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Founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX Sam Bankman-Fried was indicted on eight criminal charges Tuesday after being arrested in the Bahamas on Monday.

Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with eight counts, ranging from wire fraud to money laundering to conspiracy to commit fraud on the U.S.

Regulatory filings Monday reveal that Elon Musk, an outspoken critic of Twitter’s moderation policies, purchased a 9% stake of the company.

A bout of extreme cold last winter saddled Meta Platforms with additional energy costs, the company told federal regulators in a filing made public last week.

The SEC on Friday voted to propose a new rule that would tell investors more about short sales.

The federal agency is meeting on Wednesday to consider new rules for private funds.

After their Paycheck Protection Program loan applications were rejected, some small business owners got creative to stay afloat during the Covid pandemic.

The regulator is considering tighter disclosure deadlines for hedge funds growing sizable stakes in companies.

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said he wants more transparency from the country’s largest private companies and the private firms that fund them.

Electric truck maker Nikola has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $125 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors.

Regulators announced Friday that JPMorgan Securities admitted to bookkeeping failures and agreed to pay $200 million to settle the charges.

The SEC is considering stronger insider trading rules to ensure CEOs aren’t buying and selling shares when informed by non-public info.

Around-the-clock trading could hit U.S. markets as soon as next year, says the chief executive of a company negotiating with the SEC for a 24-hour exchange.

Among the ideas Gensler pitched were new rules around marketing practices, tougher disclosure requirements and liability obligations.

The SEC is reportedly proceeding with an investigation after Steven Henkes, a former Tesla employee, filed a whistleblower complaint in 2019.

Trump wants to compete with Twitter and Facebook with a new social media platform, but the SEC is investigating the SPAC that would make that platform possible.