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- Branch quips it’s thinking of adding ‘blockchain’ to name
- Twitter account takes light-hearted approach to current frenzy
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may have hit on a foolproof way to boost its popularity: Piggyback the passion for blockchain.
Less than three weeks after shares of Long Island Iced Tea Corp. surged as much as 289 percent after announcing a name change to Long Blockchain Corp., the agency responsible for enforcing U.S securities law appears to want in on the action. The Fort Worth, Texas, branch of the SEC announced its new big idea on its Twitter account on Monday: