The Trump administration is focused on testing Humphrey’s Executor, a 90-year-old legal precedent that requires cause for firing independent agency appointees.

Opponents of the proposed DEI rule said it amounted to a public shaming of companies. They also faulted the SEC’s approval of the measure.

Some companies with ongoing legal and regulatory disputes with federal agencies have an incentive to wait for the new, likely more business-friendly, administration to come into power.

Stocks are currently priced in increments of one cent. But changing that could lower transaction costs for consumers.

The ruling could minimize federal agencies’ power to make and enforce policy.

Trades must be finalized by the end of the following business day to minimize failures in volatile markets.

It could soon be easier to buy and sell ether, a cousin of bitcoin, via traditional market mechanisms.

The rules are softer than those initially proposed.

Both regulators and crypto bros cheer a ruling on Ripple Labs. Many call the regulatory framework governing digital assets outmoded.

Are cryptocurrencies securities like stocks and bonds? There isn’t consensus, but the answer would make a huge difference to the crypto industry.