Recent events
2026-04-01
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SEC announced enforcement results for fiscal year 2025 totaling $17.9 billion in monetary relief
2026-03-17
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The SEC and CFTC issued joint interpretive guidance on March 17, 2026 clarifying crypto asset classification under federal securities laws
2026-02-25
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CFTC issued Prediction Markets Advisory Release 9185-26 on February 25, 2026, describing MNPI-based trading as insider trading under CEA Section 6(c)(1) and Rule 180.1
2026-02-01
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SEC and CFTC announced they will meet regularly to coordinate on overlapping issues including prediction markets
2025-05-25
Transactions
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Over 17 million filings existed in EDGAR as of May 25, 2025
2025-05-25
Transactions
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Over 17 million filings stored in EDGAR database as of May 25, 2025
2025-01-20
Transactions
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SEC dismissed multiple crypto enforcement actions and closed investigations since January 2025 under new leadership
2024-01-01
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EDGAR Next platform launched in 2024, requiring Login.gov authentication for all filers
2023-01-01
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Over 324 SPACs from the 2021 cohort (more than 50%) were liquidated without completing acquisitions
2021-12-31
Transactions
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In 2021, there were 613 SPAC IPOs that raised $162.5 billion in total
2021-01-01
Transactions
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Institutional investors contribute the vast majority of investment dollars in SPACs, with minimal participation by retail investors
2020-01-01
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SPAC IPOs and de-SPAC transactions became increasingly popular in 2020 and 2021, leading to increased SEC scrutiny
2017-09-01
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EDGAR database was hacked in September 2017, with companies' data potentially used for insider trading
2016-10-01
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EDGAR breach was discovered and addressed in October 2016, but SEC only learned of potential illicit trading use in August 2017
2016-01-01
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SEC EDGAR system was breached in 2016 through software vulnerability in test filing component
2016-01-01
Stated positions
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Companies were using authentic financial data in EDGAR test filings instead of dummy data, which was compromised
2011-07-21
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The Dodd-Frank Act eliminated the private adviser exemption effective July 21, 2011, requiring larger private fund advisers to register with the SEC
2008-10-17
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The SEC's emergency orders were initially set to expire October 2, 2008, but were extended to October 17, 2008
2008-09-22
Transactions
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Emergency Order 58591 required institutional investment managers to file Form SH reports on EDGAR beginning September 22, 2008
2008-09-21
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The emergency orders were amended on September 21, 2008, to delay public disclosure of Form SH filings by two weeks
2008-09-17
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The SEC issued three emergency orders on September 17-18, 2008, under Section 12(k)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act
2003-03-20
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SECONDARY
Securities and Exchange Commission filed filing with the SEC on 2003-03-20. Accession number: N/A.
2002-11-04
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Foreign companies and foreign governments required to submit filings via EDGAR beginning November 4, 2002
1996-05-06
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EDGAR filing system was phased in from 1993-1996, with all public companies required to file electronically by May 6, 1996
1996-01-01
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SEC EDGAR assigns unique accession numbers to all properly processed filings since 1996
