The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla CEO Elon Musk for allegedly delaying a disclosure of a stake in Twitter—allowing him to "underpay by at least $150 million for shares he purchased after his beneficial ownership report was due.

The Securities and Exchange Commission sued tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, accusing him of securities fraud linked to his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, now known as X. The SEC specifically accused Musk of failing to disclose his ownership stake of Twitter in a timely manner before purchasing the social media platform outright in 2022.

Regulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X.

The lawsuit accused Musk of misleading shareholders by not reporting his 2022 investment in the social-media company in a timely manner.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in early 2022, before buying the social media

The SEC sued Elon Musk, accusing the X owner of failing to properly disclose his purchases of Twitter stock in 2022.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued tech billionaire Elon Musk, alleging he committed securities fraud by failing to disclose his ownership of Twitter. According to the SEC

The charges even have an added advantage of driving a wedge between Trump’s new SEC chair, Paul ­Atkins, and his enforcement staff that investigated the matter if ­Atkins raises these issues and looks to dismiss or impose a slap-on-the-wrist penalty.

Bitcoin might have a shot at outperforming Nvidia over the long run. Yet it also wasn't surprising to see some of those big investors reduce their exposure to the chipmaker after its 2,100% run over the past five years.

The new $TRUMP meme coin – a type of cryptocurrency – launched Friday night with posts on Trump's Truth Social social media platform and on X, the social network previously known as Twitter. According to the coin's website, gettrumpmemes.com, there are 200 million $TRUMP coins available now, with plans to have 1 billion over the next three years.

Bitcoin ( BTC 1.30%) had a phenomenal year in 2024. The cryptocurrency returned 119%, easily outperforming the 23% gain in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), which itself is commonly seen as a barometer for the overall U.S. stock market. In fact, only five stocks in the S&P 500 created more wealth than Bitcoin last year.