Financial Markets

SEC Proposes Major Rewrite of Registered Offerings and Public-Company Reporting

SEC proposes broad overhaul of registered offerings and filer categories to ease capital raising and expand scaled reporting relief for smaller issuers.

#sec, #securities, #regulation, #ipos

SEC Rescinds Decades-Old 'No-Deny' Settlement Policy and Will Not Enforce Past Provisions

The SEC removed Rule 202.5(e), ending decades of 'no-deny' settlement provisions and saying it will not enforce existing no‑deny clauses.

#sec, #securities, #regulation, #enforcement

UK’s FCA and Bank of England set roadmap for tokenisation and longer settlement hours

FCA and Bank of England launch joint consultation on tokenised securities, outline RTGS sync service for 2028 and staged steps toward near-24/7 settlement.

#tokenisation, #bankofengland, #fca, #settlement

How a KelpDAO rsETH Exploit Knocked Aave From the Top of DeFi TVL Rankings

An April rsETH exploit routed stolen tokens into Aave, triggering risk controls and a 44% drop in Aave's TVL as Lido reclaimed the top spot.

#defi, #aave, #lido, #layerzero

Creditors Ask New York Court to Force Tether to Turn Over $344M in Frozen USDT

Creditors with terrorism judgments ask a New York court to compel Tether to cancel and reissue $344.1m in frozen USDT tied to Iran sanctions.

#tether, #usdt, #iran, #sanctions, #cryptocurrency

Hub Group Expands Scope of Accounting Problems, Says 2023 and 2024 Audited Statements 'Should No Longer Be Relied On'

Hub Group's audit committee says audited financial statements for 2023 and 2024 were materially misstated and should not be relied on.

$HUBG, #hubgroup, #accounting, #restatement, #sec, #nasdaq

SEC Proposes Letting Public Companies File Semiannual 10-S Instead of Quarterly 10-Qs

The SEC proposed letting U.S. public companies swap quarterly 10-Qs for a single semiannual 10-S, aiming to reduce filings while preserving 8-K disclosures.

#sec, #disclosure, #filings, #regulation

Pfizer Keeps 2026 Outlook as Q1 Revenue Rises 5%; COVID Sales Slide

Pfizer posted 5% revenue growth in Q1 and kept its 2026 outlook, as gains from newer drugs offset steep declines in Comirnaty and Paxlovid sales.

$PFE, #pfizer, #earnings, #pharma

Cerebras Sets Terms for Revived IPO That Could Raise Up to $3.5 Billion

Sunnyvale AI-chip maker plans to sell 28m shares at $115–$125 for a Nasdaq CBRS listing; implied valuation about $26.6B with concentrated customers.

$CBRS, #ai, #ipo, #semiconductors, #cerebras

April 2026 Was the Most-Hacked Month for Crypto as Drift and KelpDAO Thefts Top $625 Million

April 2026 saw 28–30 crypto exploits and roughly $625M stolen, largely from Drift Protocol and KelpDAO — attacks that exploited operational and cross‑chain weaknesses.

#crypto, #defi, #hacks

Samsung Posts Record Q1 Revenue and Profit as AI Memory Demand Soars

Samsung posted record Q1 revenue and operating profit as AI-driven memory demand and HBM4 shipments powered a surge in semiconductor earnings.

$005930.KS, #samsung, #semiconductors, #ai, #earnings

Robinhood Q1 Revenue Up 15% as Crypto Revenue Falls 47%, Shares Slip

Robinhood reported Q1 revenue up 15% to $1.07B but crypto revenue plunged 47% and app crypto volume fell 48%, sending HOOD shares lower after-hours.

$HOOD, #robinhood, #crypto, #earnings, #stocks

SEC Chairman Says Agency Is “On the Cusp” of an ‘Innovation Exemption’ to Allow Tokenized Securities Trading

SEC Chair Paul S. Atkins said the agency is close to an ‘innovation exemption’ to permit a limited, compliant path for trading tokenized securities on-chain.

#sec, #crypto, #tokenization, #regulation

Army Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket, CFTC Says

CFTC and Manhattan prosecutors say an Army master sergeant used classified info from a 2026 operation to earn over $400,000 trading on Polymarket.

#cftc, #polymarket, #insidertrading, #crypto

U.S. and CFTC sue New York to block state enforcement against prediction markets

The CFTC and U.S. sued New York seeking a federal ruling that event contracts are covered by federal commodities law, not state gambling rules.

$COIN, #cftc, #predictionmarkets, #gambling, #regulation, #newyork