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December 10, 2025

Meme Coins are Like Penny Stocks. We Must Regulate Them That Way.

Introduction In August, Kanye West launched a meme coin—a type of crypto asset inspired by a celebrity or internet trend that is often heavily promoted and hyped. The coin surged almost…

Fact Sheets

December 08, 2025

Everything You Want to Know About Bank Capital

Bank capital is essential for banks because not only is it used to fund financial activities, like making loans, but it also protects banks against failure by absorbing losses. Banks need that…

Banking

December 08, 2025

Key Information on Better Markets and Its Activities

Better Markets promotes—and gets policymakers to prioritize—the best interests of Main Street Americans in economic and financial policymaking. It exposes how the economy and financial systems are rigged against most…

Key Information

December 01, 2025

Key Questions Congress Should Ask the Banking Regulators

Since January the Trump Administration’s heads of banking policy have wasted no time in taking unprecedented steps to change the rules to favor Wall Street, rescind vital protections for Main Street, and…

Fact Sheets

November 20, 2025

Sports Betting Scandals Show the Perils of Prediction Markets

Introduction What do scandals in professional sports have to do with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)? A lot, as it happens. That’s because companies like Kalshi and Polymarket want to circumvent…

Fact Sheets

Image of the CFTC seal on the CFTC building

November 19, 2025

Key Questions Senators Should Ask Mike Selig, the Nominee to Chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Mike Selig, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is set to appear before the Senate Agriculture Committee on November 19, 2025. The CFTC’s mandate has long…

Fact Sheets

November 12, 2025

The SEC Is Demolishing Investor Protection, Threatening Capital Formation & the U.S. Economy

Like Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House, Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—led by his Chair, Paul Atkins—is demolishing investor protection, which has been the SEC’s primary mission…

Fact Sheets

November 05, 2025

The SEC’s Attempt to Kill Securities Class Actions Through Mandatory Arbitration Violates Congressional Action

Introduction Class actions “play an essential role in deterring securities fraud and compensating victims for their losses.”[i] Congress recognized this fact thirty years ago when it passed the Private Securities…

Fact Sheets

November 04, 2025

This Veterans Day, The Trump Administration Can Honor the Military Community by Protecting and Strengthening the CFPB

Service members, veterans, and their families are disproportionately targeted by financial scams and financial predators. That’s painfully obvious whenever one walks outside the gates of a military base: paycheck lenders, check…

Fact Sheets