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Appears in 13 stories
Receives S-8 registration; not party to compensation dispute
In 2018, Tesla's board agreed to pay Musk stock options if he hit a string of growth targets, with a maximum theoretical value of about $56 billion—already the largest CEO pay package ever written. Eight years later, Tesla is actually moving to hand over the shares, now worth more than $100 billion.
Updated 3 days ago
Previously brought two enforcement actions against Abra
Abra, a cryptocurrency wealth management platform that paid more than $83 million in regulatory settlements over the past two years, announced a $750 million merger with New Providence Acquisition Corp. III to list on Nasdaq. The deal would deliver $300 million in cash for institutional lending, yield, and custody—now Abra's sole focus after shutting down retail operations amid enforcement actions.
Updated 4 days ago
Overseeing broker-dealer registration and securities trading regulation
Elon Musk founded X.com in 1999 with a vision of building an all-in-one financial services platform, though that company became PayPal and he was ousted as chief executive. Twenty-seven years later, he's trying again. X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, announced on February 14, 2026 that users will soon be able to trade stocks and cryptocurrency directly from their timelines through a feature called Smart Cashtags.
Updated 5 days ago
Must approve merger filings
Open World, a Cayman Islands-based blockchain advisory firm that helped launch over $65 billion in token network value since 2023, is acquiring Nasdaq-listed VerifyMe through a reverse merger giving Open World shareholders 90% ownership. The deal, announced January 5 and formalized February 12, 2026, transforms a struggling authentication and logistics company into a publicly traded real-world asset tokenization platform.
Reviewing OpenAI's confidential draft registration
OpenAI filed a confidential draft registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday, May 22, 2026. The filing is the first formal step toward a public listing that could value the ChatGPT maker above $1 trillion.
Updated May 22
Operating with three Republican commissioners, no Democrats
Caroline Crenshaw walked out of the SEC on January 2, 2026, leaving the agency with three commissioners—all Republicans—for the first time in nearly two decades. She was the lone vote against Bitcoin ETFs, the single dissent on 13 crypto approvals, and the industry's most consistent obstacle. Her departure didn't just tilt the commission. It erased the opposition.
Updated May 19
Receives the Form 10, information statement, and Comcast 8-K disclosures
The divorce is final. Comcast completed the pro rata distribution of Versant Media Group shares on January 2, 2026; on January 5, the new company began regular-way trading on Nasdaq under ticker VSNT.
Updated May 15
Convened and webcast the roundtable; may convert discussions into policy actions
The SEC spent years telling crypto: "We can't see you, so we can't trust you." Now it's hosting a public, recorded forum on the most explosive question in the space: how much visibility regulators should demand—and how much privacy Americans should keep.
Reviewed and declared Medline’s registration statement effective ahead of listing
Medline's Nasdaq arrival as MDLN quickly turned from “biggest IPO of 2025” into a live market verdict. Shares jumped roughly 41% in their first session, pushing the company into a roughly $50B+ valuation almost immediately.
Disclosure venue; received the 8-K documenting the redemption plan
Gladstone issued an 8% baby bond in 2023 when money was expensive and investors wanted yield. Now the company is calling the $74.75 million 8.00% Notes due 2028 (ticker: GAINL) for redemption on December 16, 2025—at par plus accrued interest.
Publishes ServiceNow’s filings that formalize the split mechanics
ServiceNow's 5-for-1 stock split executed on schedule: shares distributed after market close December 17, split-adjusted trading began December 18. The mechanical transition was clean—one $850 share became five $170 shares—but the 'fresh start' narrative got drowned out almost immediately by deal noise and analyst skepticism.
Won a civil fraud verdict and multibillion-dollar judgment against Terraform and Kwon.
Do Kwon sold TerraUSD as math-made money that could never break. In 2022 it snapped, vaporizing more than $40 billion and triggering a global hunt for the Stanford‑trained founder. Three years, an Interpol red notice, and a Montenegro arrest later, a New York judge has now handed him 15 years in federal prison.
Updated May 11
Primary regulator setting and enforcing ETF leverage limits
In late 2025, SEC staff sent warning letters to nine ETF issuers, including Direxion and ProShares. The letters froze applications for 3x–5x leveraged ETFs tied to single stocks, sectors, and crypto assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum. The SEC staff cited Rule 18f‑4's value‑at‑risk cap and the requirement that the unleveraged underlying asset be the designated reference portfolio, which established that new ETFs cannot legally target more than 200% exposure.
Updated May 10
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