SEC’s X account hacked, sharing ‘unauthorized tweet’ concerning spot bitcoin ETF

The company has “not accepted” the itemizing and buying and selling of spot bitcoin ETFs, chair Gary Gensler says

The U.S. Securities and Change Fee’s X account has been hacked, a spokesperson confirmed with starcrypto on Tuesday afternoon.

“The SEC’s @SECGov X/Twitter account has been compromised. The unauthorized tweet concerning bitcoin ETFs was not made by the SEC or its employees,” the spokesperson mentioned. The same assertion was shared shortly after on the media platform.

The publish, proven in a screenshot under, was up for about half-hour inflicting a variety of information shops and on-line personalities to report that the SEC granted approval for the extremely anticipated spot bitcoin ETFs. The unauthorized publish has since been deleted.

Round 4:30 p.m. EST, SEC Chair Gary Gensler tweeted, “The @SECGov twitter account was compromised, and an unauthorized tweet was posted. The SEC has not accepted the itemizing and buying and selling of spot bitcoin exchange-traded merchandise.”

After the faux publish went out, Bitcoin’s worth spiked close to $48,000 however has since fallen round $45,700, in accordance with CoinMarketCap knowledge.