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When you make a living thinking and doing things differently, sometimes you have to lose the battle to win the war over freedom of choice.

Our “Year of Crypto” is making good on its promise… and so are we. Another week, another round of news that shows we didn’t just nail it… We crushed it.

In case you haven’t noticed, and not many investors have, there’s a war going on right now between the exchanges and the SEC over the public’s right to get the same stock bid and ask price data that hedge funds, high frequency traders, and banks, pay through the nose for.

What you may know is, the exchanges operate what regulators and detractors call a two-tier system, providing the most basic “national best bid and offer” (NBBO) data to the public while selling “deep book” bid and offer price and size data via expensive “private feeds” to big boys.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is out to level the field for the little guys, but the exchanges are suing to stop new rules from being enacted.

The tail is wagging the dog these days and it’s making the exchanges nervous. They are trying to keep retail down and out, but a war is being waged in court to settle this once and for all.

Here’s what the war’s about and depending on if it’s won or lost, who wins and who loses.

Let’s jump in…

The bean counters in Washington have a lot of work to do when it comes to this new asset class. That’s why you need to follow our simple advice when it comes to crypto and taxes.

The competition is getting fierce in the all-electric, light-duty pickup truck segment of the electric vehicle market.