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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the Ethereum Foundation and companies doing business with the nonprofit, according to a new report from Fortune Wednesday.

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Click through for our coverage of the SEC Twitter/X hack, new Google TV features revealed at CES, Elon Musk’s alleged drug use, and more.

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The Security and Exchange Commission’s X account was hacked on Tuesday afternoon, sending an untrue tweet that the Bitcoin ETF was approved. Chairman Gary Gensler quickly tweeted from his personal account that the tweet was false and the result of a hack. In the following 15 minutes, the price of Bitcoin shot up to…

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The X account belonging to the Securities and Exchange Commission was hacked on Tuesday, allowing a fake announcement to be posted to the web concerning a

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There’s a calamity on the horizon if you believe Gary Gensler, Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). America’s top Wall Street watchdog has issued a dire warning about artificial intelligence: if regulators don’t act now, Gensler said it’s “nearly unavoidable” that AI will trigger a financial…

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Soulja Boy and Austin Mahone are two names in music you may not have heard in a while. After a bid to stay relevant by chasing the crypto bubble before it burst, the two musicians are now in the crosshairs of the Securities and Exchange Committee after their efforts to promote Tronix cryptocurrency.

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US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler speaks into a microphone and gestures with his hand
US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Gary Gensler
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Tech hype comes in waves, and while the focus constantly changes (first crypto, then metaverse, and now AI), some things—like tech’s critics—remain the same. SEC Chair Gary Gensler has been the crypto community’s public enemy no. 1 for a few years now, but now he’s offering his somewhat caustic assessment on Silicon V…