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We're incredibly honored to be named a finalist for the Gregor G. Peterson Prize in Venture Philanthropy for the second year! This recognition is a testament to our work, focusing on 'venture philanthropy' which aligns perfectly with our mission to open capital markets for everyone. #ICAN #SECReform
September 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
We're incredibly honored to be named a finalist for the Gregor G. Peterson Prize in Venture Philanthropy for the second year! This recognition is a testament to our work, focusing on 'venture philanthropy' which aligns perfectly with our mission to open capital markets for everyone. #ICAN #SECReform
Spoiler: blockchain + real-time data > politicized CPI baskets. Before today’s BLS inflation controversies, we spoke with Stefan Rust of Truflation on Capital Ideas from Crowdfund Insider with Dara Albright and Mark Hiraide. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/08/2477...
Capital Ideas: Why We Can’t Trust Inflation Data, And How Blockchain Fixes It | Crowdfund Insider
In an era defined by distrust in traditional institutions, the economic scoreboard Americans rely on—government-issued statistics like the Consumer Price
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August 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Spoiler: blockchain + real-time data > politicized CPI baskets. Before today’s BLS inflation controversies, we spoke with Stefan Rust of Truflation on Capital Ideas from Crowdfund Insider with Dara Albright and Mark Hiraide. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/08/2477...
Retail investors have heard it all before: “Access to private markets is coming.”
But is it real progress—or just new packaging for the same SEC barriers?
Our interview looks at whether fresh deal structures can finally get retail a seat at the table: www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/08/2474...
But is it real progress—or just new packaging for the same SEC barriers?
Our interview looks at whether fresh deal structures can finally get retail a seat at the table: www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/08/2474...
Capital Ideas: Can Retail Investors Catch The Unicorns Before They Fly? | Crowdfund Insider
Meanwhile, the IPO window continues to shrink. Companies stay private longer, often delivering their biggest returns to insiders and early backers while
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August 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Retail investors have heard it all before: “Access to private markets is coming.”
But is it real progress—or just new packaging for the same SEC barriers?
Our interview looks at whether fresh deal structures can finally get retail a seat at the table: www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/08/2474...
But is it real progress—or just new packaging for the same SEC barriers?
Our interview looks at whether fresh deal structures can finally get retail a seat at the table: www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/08/2474...
This is why ICAN exists- because while the headlines focus on how change at the SEC impacts Wall Street, it's folks on Main Street who see no change but need it the most.
June 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is why ICAN exists- because while the headlines focus on how change at the SEC impacts Wall Street, it's folks on Main Street who see no change but need it the most.
The SEC is still pursuing victimless disgorgement—despite Liu and despite a new Commission. The looming SCOTUS petition to be decided next week in Navallier. youtu.be/TjjTR5fConA?...
SEC Roundup 82: No Harm, Big Money! Is the SEC Overreaching on Disgorgement?
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June 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The SEC is still pursuing victimless disgorgement—despite Liu and despite a new Commission. The looming SCOTUS petition to be decided next week in Navallier. youtu.be/TjjTR5fConA?...
Investor access vs. prohibition? @invest_n_change's "Leap Year Portfolio" (366 crowdfunded investments) is a powerful data point. See how #RegCF / #RegA potential is dwarfed by #RegD dominance, largely due to the #AccreditedInvestor definition. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/06/2408...
Capital Ideas: Can $12K Beat Wall Street? Paul Lovejoy’s 366-Day Crowdfunding Challenge Says Yes | Crowdfund Insider
Joined by ICAN co-founder Nick Morgan, chief legal and policy advisor Mark Hiraide, and co-host Dara Albright, Lovejoy unpacked the systemic barriers in
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June 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Investor access vs. prohibition? @invest_n_change's "Leap Year Portfolio" (366 crowdfunded investments) is a powerful data point. See how #RegCF / #RegA potential is dwarfed by #RegD dominance, largely due to the #AccreditedInvestor definition. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/06/2408...
🚀 REGULATORY RESET: The SEC's withdrawal of restrictive 2019 custody guidance signals a major pivot toward embracing digital asset innovation.
Our latest SEC Roundup w/former Commissioner Troy Paredes Cooley's Rodrigo Seira breaks down what this means for investor choice.
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Our latest SEC Roundup w/former Commissioner Troy Paredes Cooley's Rodrigo Seira breaks down what this means for investor choice.
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SEC Roundup 81: Crypto Clarity at the SEC—New Approaches, New Hope
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May 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚀 REGULATORY RESET: The SEC's withdrawal of restrictive 2019 custody guidance signals a major pivot toward embracing digital asset innovation.
Our latest SEC Roundup w/former Commissioner Troy Paredes Cooley's Rodrigo Seira breaks down what this means for investor choice.
youtu.be/q2hZCXw2PkE?...
Our latest SEC Roundup w/former Commissioner Troy Paredes Cooley's Rodrigo Seira breaks down what this means for investor choice.
youtu.be/q2hZCXw2PkE?...
I'm sure Thursday's discussion about SEC crypto regulation (see here: lnkd.in/dHkQxt5g) will be more debate club than Jerry Springer, but I'm looking forward to moderating all the same.
May 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I'm sure Thursday's discussion about SEC crypto regulation (see here: lnkd.in/dHkQxt5g) will be more debate club than Jerry Springer, but I'm looking forward to moderating all the same.
ICAN's exclusive interview with Mark Elenowitz at DigitalOffering reveals how they raised $300M, sold out in 4 days, and finally brought Main Street investors to Wall Street. A new blueprint for democratic capital formation. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/05/2390...
Capital Ideas: Inside The Newsmax IPO And How Reg A + Can Democratize Wall Street | Crowdfund Insider
In the latest Capital Ideas interview, Mark Elenowitz, Managing Director at Digital Offering, revealed the strategies behind the historic Newsmax IPO. This
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May 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
ICAN's exclusive interview with Mark Elenowitz at DigitalOffering reveals how they raised $300M, sold out in 4 days, and finally brought Main Street investors to Wall Street. A new blueprint for democratic capital formation. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/05/2390...
The "new" SEC just filed its Navellier brief, doubling down against the Second Circuit's Govil decision requiring proof of investor harm for disgorgement. The SEC continues fighting to extract disgorgement without showing anyone was actually harmed financially. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
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May 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The "new" SEC just filed its Navellier brief, doubling down against the Second Circuit's Govil decision requiring proof of investor harm for disgorgement. The SEC continues fighting to extract disgorgement without showing anyone was actually harmed financially. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
Is a 2-year SEC bar really just 2 years? On the latest SEC Roundup interview, Thomas Powell shares how "temporary" bars become career death sentences. Closed accounts, canceled cards, and years of waiting for reinstatement. Recent SEC actions may signal change. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/04/25/r...
Ray of Hope Emerges for 'Forever Bars': SEC Roundup
In four separate cases, the SEC has granted applications filed by barred professionals seeking to resume working.
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April 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Is a 2-year SEC bar really just 2 years? On the latest SEC Roundup interview, Thomas Powell shares how "temporary" bars become career death sentences. Closed accounts, canceled cards, and years of waiting for reinstatement. Recent SEC actions may signal change. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/04/25/r...
ICAN's newest legal powerhouse Mark Hiraide. Turns out securities laws written when Herbert Hoover was president might need updating! Mark explains how pending legislation could finally make capital markets work for everyone, not just country club members. 🚀 www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/04/2387...
Capital Ideas: Mark Hiraide On Unlocking Capital Access And Fixing Finder Rules | Crowdfund Insider
Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) co-founder Nicolas Morgan and board member Dara Albright recently spoke with newly appointed ICAN Senior Legal
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April 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ICAN's newest legal powerhouse Mark Hiraide. Turns out securities laws written when Herbert Hoover was president might need updating! Mark explains how pending legislation could finally make capital markets work for everyone, not just country club members. 🚀 www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/04/2387...
The SEC's dealer definition zombie lives on! Despite the formal rule's defeat, problematic court precedents remain. Watch our latest SEC Roundup discussing how this regulatory overreach could still threaten financial markets. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/04/16/s...
SEC Backs Off Dealer Rule, but Legal Uncertainty Remains — SEC Roundup
The fight over who qualifies as a securities dealer isn’t finished.
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April 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The SEC's dealer definition zombie lives on! Despite the formal rule's defeat, problematic court precedents remain. Watch our latest SEC Roundup discussing how this regulatory overreach could still threaten financial markets. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/04/16/s...
Just filed an SEC application challenging FINRA's 15-month delay processing Entrex's corporate actions. When regulators fail to act, shareholders suffer. This case raises critical questions about accountability and constitutional boundaries in securities regulation. www.icanlaw.org/post/ican-fi...
The Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) announced today that it has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on behalf of shareholders of Entrex Carbon Market, Inc.
The Investor Choice Advocates Network (ICAN) announced today that it has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (
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April 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just filed an SEC application challenging FINRA's 15-month delay processing Entrex's corporate actions. When regulators fail to act, shareholders suffer. This case raises critical questions about accountability and constitutional boundaries in securities regulation. www.icanlaw.org/post/ican-fi...
The SEC's accredited investor rule creates a discriminatory two-tier system that locks average Americans out of wealth creation opportunities. Freedom means transparency, not prohibition. Read my letter in @WSJ www.wsj.com/opinion/pate...
Opinion | Paternalism Reigns in an SEC ‘Investor’ Rule
The accredited investor standards perpetuate a two-tiered system by which only the already wealthy can access potentially transformative investments.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The SEC's accredited investor rule creates a discriminatory two-tier system that locks average Americans out of wealth creation opportunities. Freedom means transparency, not prohibition. Read my letter in @WSJ www.wsj.com/opinion/pate...
The SEC unfairly most Americans from private investments based solely on wealth. Today ICAN submitted recommendations to Congress on modernizing the accredited investor rule, featuring our Capital Ideas interviews. Let's judge investors by knowledge, not bank accounts. youtu.be/hQ3_3FfIOes?...
ICAN Response to Financial Services Committee March 2025
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April 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The SEC unfairly most Americans from private investments based solely on wealth. Today ICAN submitted recommendations to Congress on modernizing the accredited investor rule, featuring our Capital Ideas interviews. Let's judge investors by knowledge, not bank accounts. youtu.be/hQ3_3FfIOes?...
Great to see private company investment minimums dropping to $5K (WSJ today). But why does the SEC still block 80% of Americans from these opportunities while allowing unlimited lottery tickets? True financial freedom means ALL Americans choosing their investments. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Exclusive | Want to Invest in a Private Company? All It Takes Is $5,000
It is getting easier to invest in high-risk, high-reward private companies. EquityZen and Forge Global, which are marketplaces for trading shares of private companies, are lowering the minimum investm...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great to see private company investment minimums dropping to $5K (WSJ today). But why does the SEC still block 80% of Americans from these opportunities while allowing unlimited lottery tickets? True financial freedom means ALL Americans choosing their investments. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Here our interview about ASA's groundbreaking constitutional challenge to the MSRB in the 11th Circuit questions whether a quasi-governmental body with no presidential oversight should be creating securities policy. On
@ThinkAdvisor here. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/03/21/i...
@ThinkAdvisor here. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/03/21/i...
Is the MSRB Unconstitutional? — SEC Roundup
The American Securities Association has filed a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
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March 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Here our interview about ASA's groundbreaking constitutional challenge to the MSRB in the 11th Circuit questions whether a quasi-governmental body with no presidential oversight should be creating securities policy. On
@ThinkAdvisor here. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/03/21/i...
@ThinkAdvisor here. www.thinkadvisor.com/2025/03/21/i...
Just shared my thoughts with @CapitolAccount on the SEC's "dealer rule" zombie. Despite the formal rule being struck down, the expansive definition lives on through enforcement. The 11th Circuit precedents could let a future chairman restart enforcement. www.capitolaccountdc.com/p/the-secs-d...
The SEC's Dealer Rule Lingers On
Also, FSOC meets; confirmation hearing for Atkins and Gould set; senators back CDFI Fund
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March 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just shared my thoughts with @CapitolAccount on the SEC's "dealer rule" zombie. Despite the formal rule being struck down, the expansive definition lives on through enforcement. The 11th Circuit precedents could let a future chairman restart enforcement. www.capitolaccountdc.com/p/the-secs-d...
Honored to speak with Capitol Account about ICAN's mission to fight overreach and establish legal precedents that promote fairness in securities regulation. Our work isn't partisan—it's about ensuring capital markets remain accessible to all while keeping regulatory authority properly bounded.
A Former SEC Trial Attorney on Fighting Enforcement `Overreach'
Also, OCC nominee has lengthy list of bank clients; CFPB union applauds court ruling reinstating probationary employees; Pulte sworn in at FHFA
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March 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Honored to speak with Capitol Account about ICAN's mission to fight overreach and establish legal precedents that promote fairness in securities regulation. Our work isn't partisan—it's about ensuring capital markets remain accessible to all while keeping regulatory authority properly bounded.
NEW: The SEC's 90-year-old IPO review process adds 5 months to going public and ~40% of companies drop out. Prof. Alex Platt's research shows it's time to abolish this bureaucracy. With only 37 IPOs in 2024, the time for reform is now. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/03/2372...
Is SEC's 90-Year-Old IPO Review Process Killing Public Markets? | Crowdfund Insider
In an era when public market listings continue to decline, and private capital dominates growth financing, the mechanism by which companies go public deserves
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March 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
NEW: The SEC's 90-year-old IPO review process adds 5 months to going public and ~40% of companies drop out. Prof. Alex Platt's research shows it's time to abolish this bureaucracy. With only 37 IPOs in 2024, the time for reform is now. www.crowdfundinsider.com/2025/03/2372...
Why the SEC usually "wins."
March 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Why the SEC usually "wins."
Honored to speak at MSU Law School with Tim Pagliara of CapWealth about fighting SEC overreach. Tim's remarkable story—winning at trial in 35 minutes after a $2M legal battle—highlights why ICAN's pro bono work matters. Thanks to Prof. Kevin Douglas for moderating this important conversation!
MSU Law School Hosts ICAN: Reining In SEC Regulation by Enforcement
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March 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Honored to speak at MSU Law School with Tim Pagliara of CapWealth about fighting SEC overreach. Tim's remarkable story—winning at trial in 35 minutes after a $2M legal battle—highlights why ICAN's pro bono work matters. Thanks to Prof. Kevin Douglas for moderating this important conversation!
In a surprising twist, short seller Andrew Left (Citron Research) is petitioning the SEC for clearer rules on when investors can trade after public stock comments, arguing the regulatory gray area creates a "chilling effect" on free speech. True, @kenwhite.bsky.social? youtu.be/nFLbq_dBXEY?...
SEC Roundup 77 Andrew Left and the First Amendment
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March 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
In a surprising twist, short seller Andrew Left (Citron Research) is petitioning the SEC for clearer rules on when investors can trade after public stock comments, arguing the regulatory gray area creates a "chilling effect" on free speech. True, @kenwhite.bsky.social? youtu.be/nFLbq_dBXEY?...
ACLU said massive SEC CAT database “will pose significant risks to the privacy of millions of investors,” and we agree in today’s amicus brief. www.icanlaw.org/_files/ugd/9...
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February 15, 2024 at 10:50 PM
ACLU said massive SEC CAT database “will pose significant risks to the privacy of millions of investors,” and we agree in today’s amicus brief. www.icanlaw.org/_files/ugd/9...