SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is an independent agency of the United States federal government.

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Government Shutdown Threatens Trump’s Financial Deregulation
Government Shutdown Threatens Trump’s Financial Deregulation
January 17, 2019  |  Regulation

The government shutdown, which is now the longest in modern history, is hurting President Donald Trump’s deregulation plans in the financial services industry. According to...

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Ukraine Hacker, Others Charged In Hacking SEC’s EDGAR Database
Ukraine Hacker, Others Charged In Hacking SEC’s EDGAR Database
January 15, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

U.S. authorities charged a hacker residing in Ukraine and several others on Tuesday (Jan. 15) with trading on non-public corporate earnings information they got by...

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Shutdown Impacting FinTech Firms, Financial Regulations
Shutdown Impacting FinTech Firms, Financial Regulations
January 14, 2019  |  Regulation

Count the FinTech sector — and regulation of that sector — among those impacted by the government shutdown that has roiled Washington through the past...

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SEC Accepts 287 Form D Filings For ICOs
SEC Accepts 287 Form D Filings For ICOs
January 11, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Fundraisings accepted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that were related to initial coin offerings (ICO) soared in 2018: According to a Marketwatch...

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IPOs On Pause As Gov’t Shutdown Drags On
IPOs On Pause As Gov’t Shutdown Drags On
January 09, 2019  |  IPO

The government shutdown could force companies planning to go public in the early part of 2019 to postpone their IPOs. The Wall Street Journal reported...

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Uber IPO Lowered To $90B
Uber IPO Lowered To $90B
January 08, 2019  |  IPO

A new report says that Uber’s valuation when it goes public is likely to be $14 billion less than its most recent private valuation. According...

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The 2018 Bitcoin Crash, Bit By Bit
The 2018 Bitcoin Crash, Bit By Bit
December 31, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Call it a long day’s journey into … twilight? At this writing, bitcoin’s price hovers around $3,807. The nadir has been a bit more than...

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SEC Eyes Amazon Prime Data
SEC Eyes Amazon Prime Data
December 26, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon has reportedly refused to disclose information about Prime memberships to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after it was asked to do so....

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Crypto Scam Victims Unlikely To Get Their Money Back
Crypto Scam Victims Unlikely To Get Their Money Back
December 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and various state regulators have been investigating more than 90 cryptocurrency cases in which investors lost money. According to...

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