Yesterday, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission released information stating that Bitcoin ETFs have been approved. However, seeing the recent news, this announcement turns out to be false although it is broadcast on the official X account of the financial policeman. Two hypotheses emerge: either the SEC account was hacked, or an employee within the agency made a mistake. Overview !
SEC account X hacked?
Today it’s D-dayday of proclamation of SEC Verdict on Bitcoin Spot ETFs. Very confident in its approach, BlackRock estimates that its request will obtain approval from the American agency this Wednesday, January 10.
“ THE fake Bitcoin ETF approval tweet is it the result of a hack or a huge mistake on the part of the SEC intern? Here’s what the community thinks. »
It’s now official, the SEC has not yet given its approval for Spot Bitcoin ETFs. What the crypto community saw on its Twitter account yesterday, January 9, is only the fruit of a hack of the American regulator’s account or an internal error, if we take into account this article from Cointelegraph.
But we will also note the fact that the SEC has denied any form of “unauthorized” publication by its officials. The theory of the hacking of his X account was peddled by Gary Gensler. Moreover, well before the famous proclamation on the Bitcoin ETF, a tweet indicating “$BTC” appeared there.
The X team (formerly Twitter) made it the confirmation :
“ We can confirm that the SEC account was compromised and we have conducted a preliminary investigation. Based on our investigation, the compromise was not due to a breach of X’s systems, but rather to an unidentified individual taking control of a phone number associated with the @SECGov account through a third. »
A situation which did not fail to surprise the crypto community.
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