The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that its account had been “compromised” and removed the message. According to the social media site, there was no system breach that resulted in the account being compromised. This week, US regulators are anticipated to release a statement regarding the new ETFs. Shortly after 16:00 Washington time (21:00 GMT), the bogus post surfaced on the SEC’s official X account. The Securities and Exchange Commission “grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all registered national securities exchanges” . Business news sources and social media users quickly cited and reposted the post. Gary Gensler, the chair of the SEC, quickly released a statement on his personal X account denying the false announcement: “There was hacking of the @SECGov Twitter account, and