The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a federal agency. It holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets in the United States.
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Kodak stock sinks 45% after alleged insider trading halts its pharma pivot
Kodak Eastman stock rampaged by more than 1000% after it secured a $750M government loan to fund its transition into pharmaceuticals. ...
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This penny stock with a ticker almost identical to Tesla is up 300% this year
A warning to keen investors looking to buy stock: always double (and triple) check that you're buying the right one, and ...
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Judge rules Musk's 'Tesla stock too high imo' tweet troublesome, but not enough to sue
Lawyers for disgruntled shareholders argued that “no rational Tesla lawyer or director could have approved" Musk's 'stock ...
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SEC stalls 'anti-competitive' NYSE plan to sell super-fast connections to traders
The SEC is still mulling whether to green-light the NYSE's plan to sell high-speed wireless access to its trading platform. ...
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Telegram isn’t going to merge its cryptocurrency wallet and messenger app — for now
In a statement released yesterday, Telegram said it isn't planning on integrating its messaging app with its cryptocurrency ...
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The EU isn't particularly fond of Canada's anti-piracy laws
The European Commission isn't particularly happy with Canada's copyright policy (or the lack thereof) — and it's got some ...
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3 crypto startups miss SEC deadlines to repay millions of dollars, report
Three cryptocurrency startups have missed deadlines to refund investors who participated in their illegal digital token sales, ...
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Telegram denies SEC allegations that its token is a security in new court filing
Messaging app Telegram wants a US court to dismiss the allegations put forward by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Cryptocurrency saves a 110-year old power plant from demolition
A US power plant that's more than 100 years old, and is of significant historical value, is being saved from demolition by ...
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Telegram is postponing its token sale, and it’s still not happy with the SEC
Telegram has yielded to the US Securities and Exchange Commission over the sale of its Gram tokens, for now. But it still ...
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Kik fires staff and shuts down messaging app but won’t stop fighting the SEC over its ICO
Kik's CEO said in a blog post this morning that the ongoing fight with the SEC has left the company with no other decision ...
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SEC sues cryptocurrency startup ICOBox for selling $14.6M worth of unregistered tokens
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued cryptocurrency startup ICOBox, and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov, for ...
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SEC unsurprisingly slaps Russian firm with $270K fine for misleading ICO promotions
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled a fine with a Russian firm that was pushing initial ...
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SEC takes action against financial charlatan who operated a $14M fraudulent ICO
The US SEC is taking action against an individual to safeguard investor funds that were raised through the allegedly fraudulent ...
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FBI suspects tea company that 'pivoted' to blockchain of insider trading
Long Island Tea Corp changed its name to Long Blockchain Corp in 2017. Now the FBI is investigating the company suspecting ...
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Moonday Mornings: Facebook scammers target UAE investors with fake Bitcoin ads
Welcome to another week and another Moonday Mornings. It's Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top Bitcoin, cryptocurrency ...
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Why your ecommerce business needs to start as an affiliate site
There is a lot of risk involved in starting an ecommerce business. For one, most would-be merchants don’t know what products ...
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Moonday Morning: Bitcoin dev ordered to prove Craig Wright isn’t Satoshi
It's Monday which means it's Moonday Morning and time to catch up with the top cryptocurrency and blockchain news from over ...
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Here's what Thailand should call its first ICO/STO portal
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the country's first initial coin offering portal to police the issuance ...
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SEC chairman explains how it classifies cryptocurrencies as securities
SEC chairman Jay Clayton has confirmed how it decides whether cryptocurrencies are securities, after calls backed by Coin ...
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More Bitcoin ETF hopes dashed after SEC says it's 'inappropriate'
According to a note from the SEC, an Exchange Traded Fund put forward by Blockforce Capital's Reality Shares ETF Trusts has ...
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Moonday Mornings: The SEC wants to know about your blockchain
It's time for the wrap of the weekend's cryptocurrency and blockchain news with Moonday Mornings, check it out here.
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SEC pushes long-awaited decision on Bitcoin ETF to February 2019
If you had any hopes that a Bitcoin ETF would be coming in early 2019, it's time to put them aside again, as the SEC has ...
