SEC

10 statements across 9 episodes · 0 bullish · 5 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Oct 12, 2016 by Timothy Sykes · across every show →

Everything said about SEC, oldest first

Oct 12, 2016 bearish
Assertion Supported
Sykes: John McAfee's penny stock tanked 50% under an SEC investigation
“His penny stock has also gone from 30 cents to four dollars a share, and it just tanked 50% in the past two days now that he's under SEC investigation.”
Timothy Sykes Oct 12, 2016 ▶ 22:25 EP 445: $20M in 2015 Infoproduct Revenue With "Degenerate" Customers with Timothy Sykes
Jul 1, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Fernandez is personally cited in SEC's final Title III JOBS Act rules
“If you look at the final rules of Title III of the JOBS Act on the SEC site, there's some, I'm mentioning there a couple of times.”
Manny Fernandez Jul 1, 2017 ▶ 10:37 707: Government Gives Him Power to Let Non-Accredited Investors Invest
Aug 18, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Kineshanko: Blockchain activity can be traced to identify specific users
“Well, you can actually track activity on the blockchain quite nicely because it's all open source. So it's a bit tricky to figure out who's doing what, because people can have, you know, you or I could create wallets, numerous wallets and do stuff with those.…”
Tom Kineshanko Aug 18, 2017 ▶ 6:06 755: Want to Invest in BitCoin But Don't Understand It? Listen to This.
Oct 2, 2017 bearish
Opinion
Strict SEC Regulation Is Causing the US to Fall Behind in Crypto
“I feel that now Americans are falling behind on everything because of the fact that America is too tight in the SEC. Everything is too tough now to create these next generation blockchain companies, fintech companies, anything related to gaming, you know, bank…”
Ransu Salovaara Oct 2, 2017 ▶ 13:16 800: Crypto: He's Advisor Behind Worlds Top ICO's
Oct 4, 2017 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Bogart: Odds of SEC approving a Bitcoin ETF remain very low
“I think it's still quite low. I mean, the SEC has made, you know, a pretty definitive decision about this, that the underlying markets for Bitcoin are too unregulated, and therefore they're not going to allow a regulated product. So it's kind of a circular arg…”
Spencer Bogart Oct 4, 2017 ▶ 6:17 802: Crypto VC: After $10m Raised in ICO for Fund 3, Now Demand High for $250m Fund 4
Oct 4, 2017 neutral
Insight
Bogart: SEC regulators face asymmetric downside risk approving Bitcoin ETFs
“If you're at the SEC, you know, this is one of those things where if you approve this particular ETF, and it goes really well, you know, nobody comes back and kind of, you know, gives you a big promotion, right? But if you do approve it, and something goes wro…”
Spencer Bogart Oct 4, 2017 ▶ 5:27 802: Crypto VC: After $10m Raised in ICO for Fund 3, Now Demand High for $250m Fund 4
Jun 17, 2020 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Masterworks' first SEC-registered art offering took 1.5 years to clear
“All of our offerings are filed with the SEC. They're technically public offerings. So we filed our first offering with the SEC maybe a year and a half, two years ago. Took us nearly, nearly a year and a half to get that through the SEC just because they'd real…”
Scott Lynn Jun 17, 2020 ▶ 7:02 Masterworks: SaaS Wealth Going Into Picasso Paintings, 20x Returns?
Apr 9, 2021 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
SEC will not allow unregulated private company token trading in US
“Like, the SEC isn't going to allow that to happen, at least in America.”
Max Metcalfe Apr 9, 2021 ▶ 13:16 The First SaaS on BitClout will Replace Substack, Patreon
Jul 23, 2024 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Singh: PAR faced SEC probes and a jailed CFO in 2018
“I got on the board, I think February, March of 20,020 18, and then within two or three months of joining the board, we had our prior CFO literally got sentenced to jail for stealing money. We were under DOJ and SEC investigation for bribery and corruption. Our…”
Savneet Singh Jul 23, 2024 ▶ 2:51 39 Year Old Public SaaS CEO Doubles Revenue to $400m Over the Last 24 Months - His Genius M&A Playbook
Mar 14, 2026 neutral
Assertion Supported
Guseinov: CyberDefender went public via self-registration without an underwriter
“It was gone through what's called a self-listing. It's a little different now. There's a different, different regulations around that today. It's a little easier to actually do a public today, but back then it was a self-registration. So it's as if I go public…”
Gary Guseinov Mar 14, 2026 ▶ 8:43 From $7M to $70M Revenue: How RealDefense Scaled Through Acquisitions | Gary Guseinov
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