Top movers from today's down session 📉

Good Afternoon! 

Hey, everyone. It's Adam from Elite Trade Club. 

Welcome back from the long weekend. Here’s what moved the market today.

Markets 📈

Stocks extended their slide on Wednesday, with most major indexes falling around half-a-point. The market has taken back-to-back losses this week.

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Market-Moving News 🔎 

⚖️ Beanie Babies in the Courtroom: Defining Assets and Securities

At a pivotal hearing on Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Coinbase [COIN <0.1%] engaged in a debate central to the crypto world: What criteria define an asset as a security?

🔍 Applying the Howey Test

• Criteria for Securities: The SEC uses the Howey test to determine if an investment constitutes a security. The test evaluates if there's an investment of money in a common enterprise with an expectation of profits primarily from the efforts of others.

• Judge's Inquiry: Judge Katherine Polk Failla raised concerns about the broad application of the SEC's standard, questioning if it could extend to collectibles or commodities like Beanie Babies.

🏛️ The Beanie Baby Debate
The SEC lawyer argued that collectibles, such as baseball cards, don't constitute a common enterprise. Their value is influenced by customer taste and time, not by a collective effort to increase their worth.

The lawyer distinguished digital tokens from traditional collectibles, stating that tokens are integral to their respective crypto ecosystems and derive value from these networks.

💡 Ecosystems and Token Value
In the SEC's view, digital tokens offer access to their specific crypto ecosystems. Without these ecosystems, the tokens would be valueless, differentiating them from traditional collectibles like Beanie Babies.

The court's decision on this matter could have far-reaching implications, clarifying the fine line between various types of assets and securities in the evolving financial landscape.

BullFrog AI [BFRG] $3.19 (+20.8%)
said its collaboration with the Lieber Institute for Brain Development may have produced a breakthrough.

LQR House [LQR] $2.66 (+31.6%)
contributed another $5 million to a previously announced share buyback program.

Safety Shot [SHOT] $2.32 (+29.6%)
responded to “false claims” from FSD Pharma [HUGE -2.6%] and announced it’s continuing with the national launch of its wellness beverage.

Roma Green Finance [ROMA] $1.14 (70.8%)
continues to trade erratically after completing its IPO last week. Shares are down 60.6% over the past five trading sessions.

DatChat [DATS] $1.61 (+49.3%)
pulled back after rallying 67.1% on Tuesday, following its announcement of a $1.8 million underwritten public offering.

Transcode [RNAZ] $2.16 (43.3%)
filed for an offering of 1.5 million shares of common stock and accompanying warrants.

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