Rephrase and rearrange the whole content into a news article of 350 words. Make sure whole content is in narrative style with h2 and h3 headings and there is no plagiarism involved compare with the following article: In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser and host Dylan Lewis discuss:The SEC’s pending decision on crypto spot ETFs and the agency’s X account getting hacked. This podcast was recorded before the SEC approved Bitcoin-tracking ETFs.Potential regulations coming for the gig economy and workers that are heavily reliant on companies like Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash.An early earnings look for Intuitive Surgical, and why surgery activity has normalized as the pandemic has waned.Burford Capital CEO Chris Bogart walks Motley Fool analyst Rich Griefner through the world of legal financing, his company’s competitive advantages, and a high-stakes case with Argentina.To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool’s free podcasts, check out our podcast center. To get started investing, check out our quick-start guide to investing in stocks. A full transcript follows the video.10 stocks we like better than WalmartWhen our analyst team has an investing tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.*They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Walmart wasn’t one of them! That’s right — they think these 10 stocks are even better buys.See the 10 stocks*Stock Advisor returns as of 1/8/2024This video was recorded on January 10, 2024.Dylan Lewis: We’re talking rules, rules, rules, Motley Fool Money starts now. I’m Dylan Lewis and I’m joined in the studio by Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser. Jason, thanks for joining me.Jason Moser: Happy to be here.Dylan Lewis: We’ve got a med tech company near all-time highs a conversation with a business that fits into the intersection of the legal system and financing. But Jason, we are kicking off today with rules and regulations. Today is the SEC deadline to weigh in on one of several applications for a Bitcoin spot ETF. But the drama started a little early on this one. We had some interesting news yesterday about this.Story continuesJason Moser: Yes, we did.Dylan Lewis: It’s funny like I’ve always say anything, at least in my mind it’s hackable. I guess that’s one of the arguments for crypto or Bitcoin is like it’s this clear ledger and it’s unhackable or the fraud obviously is not the same. I’m not a problem. But clearly somebody got hacked here in regard to this announcement. I wonder if that isn’t just a foreshadowing of what could eventually come here. But yeah, it seems like the SEC is meeting to figure out whether they want to go ahead and approve the spot Bitcoin ETF structure. I think that they’re going to do that, but you’ve got EXE saying one thing, you’ve got the SEC saying another, somebody got hacked somewhere and somehow this got out there and I don’t know how it happened, but here we are. It does seem to me though, that this is likely something that will be approved and really as a crypto skeptic, I’m not a crypto guy, not that there’s anything wrong with crypto if that’s your thing, that’s cool, whatever.Don’t at me on this one. But it is something where I think this type of structure, these spotty TFs, could bring transparency to an industry that really does need it. I think approval of this will ultimately be a good thing and could make it maybe a bit more of a legitimate and understandable market for more investors. Yeah, if you are looking for official word on this, what we saw from the SEC on EXE yesterday, not actually from the SEC. [laughs]. Their account was compromised. We will wait for the agency to officially weigh in and we should have word today. Unfortunately, we’re taping a little bit early in the day so we won’t have their answer as we’re having this conversation. But I look at this Jason and I don’t necessarily have a horse in the race when it comes to crypto as obviously it’s good for adoption if you’re a bull on the crypto space and even if you’re not necessarily a crypto bull, I look at this and I say if you are someone who is a fan of investors generally having more protection. Generally having more safeguards with where they’re put the money. Probably a good thing too.Jason Moser: Yeah, I think you’re right, I agree there. Like I said, it’s not something I’m terribly interested in. But from the perspective of bringing more transparency, more accessibility, I think that’s a good thing. Because when you look at crypto now, I mean in general, you have to kind of jump through some hoops to be a crypto investor. But it’s becoming easier. I mean, I think the idea behind this right now is though that, for your every day investor who’s looking maybe to invest in a digital currency via their traditional brokerage. I mean, your options are limited. You’re going through ultimately a futures based Bitcoin ETF, for example, which is ultimately utilizing derivative contracts to come up that pricing. It’s just added layers of complexity and ultimately, I guess it’s just not as transparent as it could be. That’s what we’re hoping this decision could do, is ultimately bring more transparency to an industry that definitely needs it.Dylan Lewis: As I mentioned, we’re taping before the SEC’s decision. We won’t know for sure where this one’s heading. But I will add the take that I think I always add when we see an incident like this where regardless of the business or the security or whatever in the mix when it comes to a hack, basically an advertisement for identity management and cybersecurity companies.Jason Moser: Oh man, I mean, it just cybersecurity these days. It is such a hard space. I mean, that’s probably a whole another show we could do just talking about that. Because it is just this ever evolving threat that’s never going to go away. I mean, you look at investing in something like cybersecurity, it can be really difficult because the companies that are doing really well today, they may be rendered obsolete tomorrow and so honestly, when I look at investing in something like a cybersecurity, I would probably opt for something like an ETF that gives you broad exposure to a number of the companies that are helping shape in advance the space.Dylan Lewis: We’re going to stick with the government theme here. The Biden Administration is set to unveil some new rules affecting independent contractors and gig economy businesses. Jason, we’re still waiting on full details for this, but the broad stroke that I’m seeing is if contractors are economically dependent on a company, they will likely be entitled to more benefits and legal protections from that business. Of course, as soon as you hear some of the elements of this and the themes here, head immediately goes to the gig economy, businesses, the Ubers, the Lifts, the DoorDashes of the world. What’s the impact for a company like that?Jason Moser: Well, I think for sure the one guarantee from this is the lawyers are going to win. But because the decision that’s made, it’s going to go through the court system and ultimately that’s probably going to take some time. This is an interesting one. I looked to Uber as sort of the easy example to go by here and how this could impact a business because, I recommended Uber in one of my services back in June of 2022. The stock is up 150% since then, and one of the biggest risks at that time was that California Proposition 22, which essentially was this. I mean, this was just this and that. In a nutshell, I would be interested to know from the worker himself, like, would you rather be a contractor or would you rather be a full time employee? My guess is that it’s going to vary. Some love the flexibility, some would love the certainty. I’m not sure ultimately how this ends up. I think regardless, for companies, it is something that if they’re required to maintain these employees as full time employees and not contractors, and that pushes those…
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