TNB Tech Minute: SEC Says X Account Was ‘Compromised’ After False Bitcoin Tweet

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🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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0:31.9	I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal.
0:34.0	Bitcoin briefly jumped to near $48,000
0:37.8	after a message posted on the Securities and Exchange Commission's
0:41.0	account on X said the agency had approved the listing of exchange
0:44.8	traded funds that hold the cryptocurrency.
0:47.6	According to the SEC, the message, which later appears to have been deleted, was unauthorized. The SEC said that its
0:53.9	ex-account had been compromised. The SEC's decision on spot Bitcoin ETFs is
0:59.0	expected tomorrow. NASA has delayed two astronaut missions to the Moon, citing technical challenges that have emerged
1:05.9	with everything from a spacecraft to new spacesuits. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
1:10.9	said the new schedule delays two lunar missions by about a year each.
1:15.3	The delays are a setback for the Space Agency's Artemis program, which seeks to invigorate U.S.
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