The Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Tuesday that its official Twitter account was compromised, leading to the posting of an unauthorized tweet falsely stating that Bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications had been approved. The compromised tweet, which was posted at about 4:12 p.m. ET and has now been retracted by the SEC, falsely indicated the SEC had approved the listing and trading of spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs, a subject of intense debate and anticipation in the financial markets. SEC Chair Gary Gensler addressed the misinformation, clarifying in a tweet on his account t…