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In addition to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which created it, the SEC enforces the Securities Act of 1933, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, and other statutes. The SEC was created by Section 4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 (now codified as 15 U.S.C. § 78d and commonly referred to as the Exchange Act or the 1934 Act).
Nearly half of all corporate donations in the 2024 election cycle have come from crypto companies, emphasizing the sector’s growing influence in politics.
The Ripple CLO meant that US regulators have always been protecting banks despite facilitating money laundering through their platform while targeting crypto unnecessarily.
