Hacker News with Generative AI: SEC

Crypto exchange Kraken says SEC to dismiss lawsuit (usatoday.com)
Kraken, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said on Monday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed in principle to dismiss a civil lawsuit accusing it of operating illegally as an unregistered securities exchange.

Cryptocurrency, Lawsuits, SEC, Financial Regulation, Kraken

5 points by ceejayoz 2 days ago | 0 comments

SEC Declares Memecoins Are Not Subject to Oversight (nytimes.com)
The Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday that so-called memecoins — novelty digital assets — are not subject to regulatory oversight because they are not considered securities.

Cryptocurrency, Regulation, SEC, Memecoins, Finance

102 points by wslh 7 days ago | 115 comments

SEC says memecoins are not securities (cnbc.com)

SEC, Cryptocurrency, Regulation, Law

17 points by jhunter1016 7 days ago | 7 comments

Musk didn't show up for testimony in SEC probe re: Twitter acquisition (2024) (cnn.com)

Elon Musk, Twitter, SEC, Lawsuits, Business

5 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 50 days ago | 2 comments

SEC sues Musk for late reveal of Twitter share purchases (theregister.com)
America's financial watchdog has sued Elon Musk, alleging the billionaire failed to disclose his acquisition of Twitter shares in a timely manner and was therefore able to acquire the social network for $150 million less than would otherwise have been the case.

SEC, Elon Musk, Twitter, Lawsuits, Finance

8 points by rbanffy 50 days ago | 1 comments

SEC sues Elon Musk, alleging failure to properly disclose Twitter ownership (cnbc.com)

SEC, Elon Musk, Twitter, Lawsuits, Finance

10 points by r721 51 days ago | 1 comments

U.S. Judges Demand SEC 'Explain Itself' for Rebuffing Requests for Crypto Rules (coindesk.com)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission must now thoroughly "explain itself" for refusing to grant Coinbase.'s formal request that the agency write regulations for how the industry should assess whether crypto assets are securities or not, according to a circuit-court ruling on Monday.

Cryptocurrency, Regulation, Law, Finance, SEC

5 points by aspenmayer 52 days ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk slams SEC as agency threatens charges in Twitter stock probe (arstechnica.com)
SEC offered settlement in stock probe and is investigating Neuralink, Musk says.

Elon Musk, SEC, Twitter, Lawsuits, Investigations

10 points by sunny-beast 82 days ago | 0 comments

Insider trader had all the answers (bloomberg.com)
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, which is yesterday. Unlike many financial industry employees, SEC employees do not, as far as I know, actually receive annual bonuses based on how much revenue (fines) they bring in in a fiscal year. Nevertheless they keep busy in September. We talked last year about a paper by Dain C.

Finance, Insider Trading, SEC

148 points by ioblomov 156 days ago | 166 comments

SEC fines 6 major credit rating agencies over failure to keep electronic records (cnn.com)

SEC, Finance, Regulations, Electronic Records

97 points by rntn 183 days ago | 16 comments

SEC Poised to Seek Enforcement Action Barring Musk from Holding Exec Positions (thedeepdive.ca)

SEC, Elon Musk, Business, Law, Regulation

21 points by elsewhen 262 days ago | 3 comments

SEC approves 8 Ethereum ETFs including BlackRock and Fidelity (theblock.co)

SEC, Ethereum, ETFs, Finance

27 points by monero-xmr 287 days ago | 0 comments

Musk Judge Rejects Idea Billionaire Is Too Busy for SEC Probe (yahoo.com)