| 2026-06-12 | SEC No-Action Letter to SIFMA Temporarily Waives Customer-Reserve Protection for Brokerages Handling SpaceX IPO; Warren Presses SEC and Index Providers
11 src | | confirmed |
| 2025-07-28 | SEC chair attended Don Jr.'s party before SEC granted Don Jr.-backed gun company approval to go public
4 src Donald Trump Jr. · Paul Atkins · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-09 | SEC Reaches Controversial Settlement with Ripple Labs
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-22 | Crypto ally Paul Atkins sworn in to replace Gary Gensler atop U.S. SEC
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Paul Atkins · Mark Uyeda |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-02 | Top Anti-Corruption Officials Depart SEC Following Enforcement Pause
4 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-27 | US SEC, Tron founder Justin Sun explore resolution of civil fraud case
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Justin Sun · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-24 | SEC Closes Investigation into Robinhood Crypto Division Without Enforcement Action
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-21 | Coinbase says SEC intends to drop lawsuit against crypto exchange
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-20 | Consensys SEC case dropped after $100,000 inauguration donation
5 src Donald Trump · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2022-07-13 | Celsius Network Files Bankruptcy After Freezing $4.7 Billion in Customer Deposits, Exposing Crypto Regulatory Void
3 src Celsius Network · Securities and Exchange Commission · Federal Trade Commission · Three Arrows Capital · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-07-05 | Voyager Digital Files Bankruptcy After Three Arrows Capital Collapse, Exposing Crypto Lending Contagion and Regulatory Failure
3 src Voyager Digital · Three Arrows Capital · Securities and Exchange Commission · Celsius Network · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-05-13 | Terraform Labs Halts Terra Blockchain After Complete Collapse of UST and LUNA Destroys $40 Billion
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · CFTC · Paul Engelmayer · South Korea |
| confirmed |
| 2021-07-29 | Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Indicted for Securities Fraud, Exposing How SPAC Loophole Enabled Investor Deception
3 src Trevor Milton · Nikola Corporation · Securities and Exchange Commission · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-09-30 | WeWork Withdraws IPO After Valuation Collapses from $47 Billion to $10 Billion, Exposing Massive Corporate Governance Failure
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · New York Attorney General |
| confirmed |
| 2009-02-17 | SEC Finally Charges Allen Stanford with $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After Ignoring 12 Years of Internal Warnings
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2008-12-11 | Bernie Madoff Arrested for $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme After SEC Ignored Warnings for 16 Years
5 src Bernie Madoff · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2005-11-07 | Harry Markopolos Submits 'The World's Largest Hedge Fund Is a Fraud' to SEC, Agency Ignores Detailed Evidence for Third Time
4 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff |
| confirmed |
| 2004-04-28 | SEC Implements Alternative Net Capital Rules for Major Investment Banks
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · William Donaldson · Goldman Sachs · Morgan Stanley · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2001-10-22 | SEC Launches Investigation Into Enron's Related-Party Transactions
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Andrew Fastow · Kenneth Lay |
| confirmed |
| 1997-01-01 | SEC Fort Worth Examiners Identify Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme, Enforcement Division Ignores Warnings for 12 Years
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1992-01-01 | SEC Investigates Madoff Feeder Fund Avellino & Bienes, Misses $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme in First Regulatory Failure
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Bernie Madoff |
| confirmed |
| 1982-11-17 | SEC Adopts Rule 10b-18, Legalizing Stock Buybacks and Creating Major Wealth Extraction Mechanism
3 src Securities and Exchange Commission · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1934-07-02 | Joseph Kennedy Appointed First SEC Chairman - Wall Street Insider to Police Wall Street
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Securities and Exchange Commission · Wall Street | | confirmed |