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The SEC Security Disaster

Weโve been talking about the spot Bitcoin ETF for over 6 months now. As I said back in June, most crypto bros have the same three dreams:
To get rich.
To see SEC Chair Gary Gensler sent to the black cells.
A spot Bitcoin ETF.
For the most part, weโve been making progress toward those goals. The beginning of the bull market has been helping the get rich cause, while itโs been widely reported that a spot Bitcoin ETF is painfully close.
The one thing we havenโt been able to do is give Gary Gensler the boot.
Well, that might be changing soon.
At around 4 pm today, the SEC tweeted that all spot BTC ETF applications were approved. Crypto X went wild. Champagne bottles were popped. Ticker tape was thrown from the heavens.
But then, a few minutes later, disaster struck. And it came from the mouth of Gensler:
The @SECGov twitter account was compromised, and an unauthorized tweet was posted. The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products.
โ #Gary Gensler (#@GaryGensler)
9:26 PM โข Jan 9, 2024
Which led to Bitcoin flushing from $48,000 all the way down to $45,000. In other words, the SECโs lax security resulted in the evaporation of an obscene amount of money.
And before you think that it mustโve taken some super hacker to bust into the SECโs X account, think again. It turned out that all it took was a sim swap.
Yep, the institution designed to protect investors didnโt even have 2FA enabled.
Regardless of what happens next, nobody can ever say that crypto is boring.
A Sneak Peek: ETH pumped more on the โnewsโ than BTC. Perhaps people are excited about a potential spot ETH ETF?

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The spot Bitcoin ETF fees are going to be cheaaappp.
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