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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The SEC's proposed crypto custody rules abandon longstanding protections that safeguard investor assets in favor of a lax regulatory regime that benefits the crypto industry. See below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The OCC has decided to handcuff its own supervisors by proposing unjustified binding limits on how examiners can correct bank risks before they escalate into failures and crises. This reckless approach won't stand the test of time. The OCC should withdraw the proposal. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Four years after the Basel Committee reduced capital requirements for European megabanks without public feedback, it is finally seeking comment on this critical policy decision. Better Markets has long called for this accountability. Learn why it matters below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September was as busy as ever for Better Markets. Take a look at our newsletter, linked below, to learn about our lawsuit against the Fed, our upcoming webinar on AI, our upcoming conference on the most critical issues affecting our economy today, and so much more.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

As the Supreme Court’s next term starts on Monday, the Court will soon issue key decisions that affect the economic and financial well-being of all Americans. See the link below to learn about the cases to watch out for.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The rules the SEC proposed today would allow the financial industry to prey on unsuspecting retail investors by exposing them to risky private market assets. That's an alarming failure to fulfill the SEC's mission to protect investors. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For the largest U.S. banks, the Fed’s stress test has already become an expensive charade with no additional capital requirement beyond the minimum buffer. The changes announced this morning make that problem worse and put Americans at greater risk.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Retail investors deserve to get the best price available in the market when they trade. But unfortunately, proposed new rules threaten to make that harder. See the link below to learn what that means for your financial future.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Fed’s stablecoin proposal fails to include guardrails essential to protecting depositors, banks, the financial system, taxpayers, and our economy. See the link below to learn more about this critical financial stability issue.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Since 2008, the Federal Reserve has struggled with a critical question: do its own bank rules make banks hold more Treasuries or fewer? The answer shapes borrowing costs, market stability, and your mortgage rate. Our new Substack explains what's at stake.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman refused accountability, claiming that she and the rules she voted to weaken were blameless for the 2023 failure of Silicon Valley Bank. Instead, she insists that the fault lies with Fed career staff. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

WATCH: Thanks to Axios & Courtenay Brown for a lively discussion with Dennis Kelleher about the SEC’s quarterly reporting rule, community banks, the debate over AI & crypto oversight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu7f...

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Dennis Kelleher makes the case for keeping quarterly reports

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Under Chair Atkins, the SEC has proven it will do anything to benefit the crypto industry—including endangering investors by exempting crypto companies that want to facilitate tokenized stock trading from the federal securities laws. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today, the SEC proposed to eliminate a basic shareholder right—the right to submit proposals on matters that shareholders consider important to the company. This is the latest move on the part of the SEC to silence shareholders. Link in the comments.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tomorrow, the SEC will host a roundtable on 24-hour stock trading and the preparedness for a 24-hour market. But if the SEC is determined to allow 24-hour trading even when it admits the market would be unprepared, there seems to be little point to the roundtable. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tech insiders' recent warnings about the threat AI poses captured headlines around the world. Learn more about what this means for you and for the financial system.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Eugene Goldman has joined our team as Senior Advisor for Securities Policy. Eugene's experience and expertise will advance our work to protect investors and support durable, sustainable economic growth.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today, investors face greater peril than at any other time in recent memory because current SEC Chair Atkins has made it his mission to eliminate disclosure requirements. That's a shift away from the SEC's decades-long mission to protect investors. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yesterday, we sued the Fed for corrupting the rulemaking process for the Bank Capital Rules. But what are the Bank Capital Rules, and how do they affect everyday Americans? Dennis Kelleher explains:

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Fed is meant to be an honest broker when enacting rules to protect hardworking Americans from Wall Street’s biggest, most dangerous banks. It should not turn that process into a charade by secretly meeting with and coaching the biggest banks to rig key financial protections.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

WATCH: Dennis Kelleher announces our lawsuit against the Fed and its Vice Chair for Supervision, Bowman, alleging that she and other Fed officials broke the law by manipulating the rulemaking process and record for the Fed's 2026 proposed Bank Capital Rules. www.youtube.com/watch?v=08DN...

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Better Markets’ Lawsuit Against the Fed for Corruption Announcement

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: We are suing the Federal Reserve—and its Vice Chair for Supervision, Michelle Bowman—for corruptly colluding with Wall Street's biggest banks to rig the rules that are supposed to protect Main Street Americans. Link to the full announcement below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman’s recent WSJ op-ed asks the right question: how can policymakers help community banks? Our new Substack explains why the problem is Bowman’s own regulatory agenda. Read more in the link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chair Atkins knows that the SEC is supposed to be the investor’s advocate. Yet he continues dismantling the guardrails that protect investors, all while claiming his actions are consistent with investor protection. Investors should not be fooled. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Most would agree that buying politicians is wrong. But not SEC Chair Atkins. The SEC has proposed to rescind the rule that prevents investment advisers from using political contributions to ensure their selection as advisers to public pension funds. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Fed, banks, hedge funds, and Treasuries are all connected through the Fed’s own balance sheet. That means changes in the size and composition of the balance sheet—which Chair Warsh has expressed a desire to shrink—have huge implications for the U.S. economy. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Take a peek at our newsletter, linked below, to learn how Better Markets stayed hard at work this past August—including by welcoming a new director of consumer financial protection policy and continuing the fight to protect Main Street Americans.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Over 225,000 Americans wrote to the SEC, telling them "Hell no" on their proposal to end quarterly reporting. What now? Dennis Kelleher explains:

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

AI's increasing presence and capabilities raise questions about how this technology will impact elections and our democracy. Better Markets' last Substack on AI and the real economy, linked below, explores how AI influences the public and who is accountable.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The SEC should not allow funds that would be used for nothing other than gambling to be regulated as if they are similar to the ETFs in which millions of Americans invest. To do so would further betray its core mission to protect investors. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The FDIC's reckless proposals will dismantle the FDIC's ability to prepare for the financial crisis. That's too big a risk to allow. See the link below to learn more.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Major broker-dealers failed to submit public comments on the SEC's recent trade-through proposal, choosing silence over public engagement on a critical market structure issue. An expert examines why in his latest Substack, linked below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Breaking: The Ninth Circuit rejected Kalshi’s attempts to circumvent state gaming laws by calling its wagers “swaps.” See the link below to learn more about what this means for prediction markets.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Treasury Secretary Bessent's unusual interventionist actions have not worked, and as Chair Warsh will likely highlight tomorrow, the Fed won't be the savior this time. There is no more free lunch in the Treasury market. See the link below to learn more about what that means.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The CFTC’s interest in 24/7 futures trading and perpetual futures on physical commodities signals it intends to continue blurring the line between investing and gambling. See the link below on why the CFTC should stop threatening to turn derivatives markets into casinos.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Prediction markets tried to break state and tribal gambling laws. The next frontier might be their attempt to overtake the stock market by maneuvering around investor protections. This should worry everyone. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The explosive number of data centers is powering AI's massive buildout, but who bears their cost? Our latest Substack, linked below, reveals how the hidden financial and economic costs of data centers fall on local communities. bettermarkets.substack.com/p/who-pays-f...

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Who Pays for AI’s Buildout? Inside Data Center Funding and Its Fallout

Evan LeFlore, Director of AI, Innovation, and Economic Opportunity, Better Markets

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The SEC and CFTC's joint request for comment on how to regulate event contracts on public companies' KPIs appears to be driven by prediction market platforms’ desire for legal cover for their offerings of event contracts on corporate events. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If the SEC is going to assume more responsibility for the CAT—the most important tool it has to fight crime on Wall Street—it must also take steps to strengthen, not weaken, the CAT, including by ensuring that the CAT is fully funded.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

CME CEO Terry Duffy is right—unregulated prediction markets are dangerous, vulnerable to manipulation by people with insider information, and promote event contracts that offer no economic utility. Read more via the link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Congress passed the GENIUS Act to bring stablecoins into the regulated financial system. But regulators' reckless implementation is reviving a financial risk that can lead to Fed bailouts. bettermarkets.substack.com/p/did-the-ge...

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Did the GENIUS Act Sow the Seeds of the Next Bailout? Banks, Stablecoins, and Step-In Risk

Christopher Appel, Director of Banking Policy, Better Markets

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's no surprise the CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee is working to benefit the crypto and prediction market industries at the expense of everyday Americans—over half of the Committee's members are from the very industries the CFTC is tasked to regulate. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The SEC insists that its proposed crypto rules ensure that investors are adequately protected. Yet the SEC is exempting crypto from the very requirements that would protect investors. See the link below to learn more about the SEC's special treatment of the crypto industry.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Agentic AI—AI that works with little to no human intervention—is a fast-approaching reality. But when things go wrong, who's accountable? Our Substack, linked below, explores the legal and financial stability implications for our financial systems.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Right now, the rules governing AI are being written by the very firms that stand to profit from its implementation. Better Markets' response to Congress ensures that the public interest has a seat at the table as these laws are shaped. Click the link below to learn more.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The trade-through rule is a crucial investor protection. The SEC's proposal to eliminate the rule would unnecessarily burden investors with higher prices—all while benefitting the SEC's favorite constituency: the crypto industry. See the link below to learn more.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The FFIEC's proposal to weaken bank management supervision is a mistake that would leave Main Street exposed. Click the link to read more about why the proposal should be withdrawn.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Today, CFPB leadership silenced consumers so Wall Street and Big Tech can hide the tricks they use to extract money from hardworking Americans. Better Markets' Amanda Fischer explains via the link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The SEC's announcement that it will no longer prevent companies from unilaterally excluding shareholder proposals from their proxy materials makes clear that the agency now believes shareholders—the ultimate owners of public companies—should have no voice whatsoever. Link below.

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Better Markets @bettermarkets.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Fed's bank capital proposals would create serious risks to our financial system. We offer a better path: a targeted, transparent, and evidence-based approach to strengthen the capital framework and financial stability. See more below. bettermarkets.substack.com/p/a-better-p...

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A Better Path Forward on Bank Capital: What the Federal Banking Agencies Should Do Next

Christopher Appel, Director of Banking Policy, Better Markets

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