In a public statement, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance asserted "that the offer and sale of Covered Stablecoins, ... do not involve the offer and sale of securities within the meaning of [the Securities Act or the Exchange Act]."
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The SEC published a Notice of an application by certain business development companies and closed-end management investment companies requesting permission to engage in co-investment transactions in portfolio companies with each other and with certain affiliated investment entities.
Ranking member of the Senate banking Committee Elizabeth Warren and Ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters asked SEC Acting Chair Mark Uyeda to "preserve all records and communications" regarding a cryptocurrency company owned by President Trump's family, and questioned whether "this conflict of interest" may be influencing the Commission's regulatory decisions.
Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee asked SEC Chair Mark T. Uyeda to withdraw fourteen final and proposed rules "that have made the U.S. capital markets less attractive to existing and potential public companies."
A firm settled FINRA charges for failing to accurately record thousands of securities transactions over nearly a decade.