The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account was compromised today, leading to the false declaration that Bitcoin ETFs had been approved for trading on security exchanges.
This afternoon, the SEC’s compromised X account tweeted the announcement, which has since been removed.”Today the SEC grants approval to Bitcoin ETFs for listing on registered national security exchanges,” according to the bogus X post.
“The approved Bitcoin ETFs will be subject to ongoing surveillance and compliance measures to ensure continued investor protection.”
A picture of SEC Chair Gary Gensler and a comment endorsing the purported approval read more US SEC’s X account hacked to announce fake Bitcoin ETF approval.
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