SEC Withdraws 14 Gensler-Era Rule Proposals to "Promote Innovation"

Plus Pres. Trump wants the GENIUS Act "to my desk ASAP — NO DELAYS, NO ADD ONS."

This newsletter is off today, back on Friday.

GENIUS Act Regulating Stablecoins Passes Senate, Moves to House

Plus "an unprecedented display of SEC staff exercising ultra vires law enforcement power."

Chinese Stock Scams Becoming "Epidemic of Fraud" for U.S. Investors

Plus there are 100 days until Securities Enforcement Forum Central, please save the date!

S&P 500 Companies Spending Record Amounts on Bodyguards

Plus you probably own crypto, you just don't know it.

SEC and Ripple Try (Again) to Reduce Court-Ordered $125 Million Penalty

Plus will Walmart and Amazon launch their own stablecoins?

From Crypto Bankruptcies to Crypto IPOs, Big Law Wins

Plus are crypto assets approaching the tipping point of presenting systemic risk to the financial system?

DOJ Releases New FCPA Guidelines, Will Enforce FCPA "Firmly but Fairly"

Plus the new parties stepping up in crypto enforcement as the SEC pulls back.

Number of DOJ Fraud Section's Foreign Bribery Cases and Prosecutors Cut in Half

Plus the SEC says it has already made substantial progress toward DOGE targets for cuts in workforce.

Senate Plan to Fold PCAOB into SEC Bars SEC from Using Transaction Fees to Fund Oversight

Plus the Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging SEC disgorgement power.

Court Rules Bernstein Litowitz Can Hire Former SEC Chief Litigation Counsel--No "Appearance of Impropriety"

Plus the deepest of dives into the hack of the SEC's EDGAR system.

Is the CFTC About to Be a “Commission of One?”

Plus the never-ending Madoff aftermath.