The SEC proposed a rulemaking that would require broker-dealers and investment advisers to eliminate conflicts of interest associated with the use of predicative data analytic technologies.

The SEC finalized amendments to rules on securities market manipulation that will remove references to reliance on credit rating agencies.

Senate Banking Committee Member Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-AR) questioned the SEC about a letter from its Investor Advisory Committee stating that “virtually all, if not all, crypto tokens are securities.”

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and Subcommittee Chair Bill Huizenga (R-MI) characterized as "unacceptable" the SEC's failure to satisfy Congressional requests for information on (i) the charges against Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX, (ii) proposed regulations on climate change and (iii) digital asset entities that have sought to register with the SEC.

Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-SC) requested information on the impact of SEC rulemakings on climate-related disclosures and private funds for small and emerging businesses.