{
  "id": 583672,
  "title": "SEC Weighs Direct Funding for Costly Market-Tracking Database",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/sec-weighs-direct-funding-for-costly-market-tracking-database",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T16:21:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-11/sec-weighs-direct-funding-for-costly-market-tracking-database"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering taking direct control of a controversial database that tracks trades across US equities and options markets after Citadel Securities won a lawsuit challenging its funding last year.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}