SEC removes huge pattern day trader barrier to allow retail investors to day trade Bitcoin with just $2k margin

The SEC has approved a rule change that eliminates one of Wall Street’s most recognizable barriers for small traders: the old $25,000 minimum tied to pattern day-trading restrictions. Regulators signed off on FINRA’s proposal to scrap a framework that long made it harder for smaller investors to make rapid-fire stock trades, replacing it with a system aimed at measuring intraday risk. The change might not be a rewrit…