Feds Arrest Man In SEC X Account Hack Touting Bitcoin ETF

By Aislinn Keely

An Alabama man was arrested Thursday on federal charges tied to the January hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which caused bitcoin prices to spike after a phony post falsely touted that the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded products, federal authorities said.

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