(Adds latest stories) Jan 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission waded into the battle between small investors and Wall Street hedge funds, warning brokerages and the pack of social-media traders that it was watching for potential wrongdoing. Coverage highlights below: LATEST NEWS > GameStop"s rally cools as U.S. regulators eye wild trading > White House says it will defer to SEC on retail stock surge > Short-seller Citron changes course, adjusts to new reality > GameStop third biggest short - S3 Partners > UK trading app Freetrade disables orders to buy U.S. stocks > Stock market wars: U.S. lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez breaks it down > Robinhood gets $1 bln of fresh funding from existing investors > Famed GameStop bull "Roaring Kitty" is a financial advisor > Texas atty general probes trade curbs from Robinhood > GameStop may be up 350%, but investors love the 50-cent options > Rush to stocks continues amid retail frenzy, BofA data show > Wall St Week Ahead-Sideshow or main event? > COLUMN-Micro-bubbles just reinforce cheap money > Robinhood is new eye of GameStop storm as outrage grows > Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop frenzy > Small investors behind surge in shares hit by restrictions > EXCLUSIVE-AMC explores capital raise amid stock surge-sources > Robinhood CEO says limited trade to protect firm and customers > Online investor army takes wallop with trading barriers > U.S. Congress to hold hearings on GameStop trading > U.S. lawmakers AOC and Ted Cruz agree on Robinhood probe > Reddit raiders swarm silver stocks as GameStop retreats > GameStop surge leaves U.S.-based mutual funds and ETFs behind > GameStop slugfest spreads to Asia > Losses top $70 bln on short positions in U.S. firms-Ortex data > GameStop dented after Reddit group briefly shuts doors > GameStop fever sweeps Europe"s most shorted stocks > Malaysian retail investors look to prop up medical glove shares > India"s small investors rush to join GameStop frenzy ANALYSIS > GameStop"s "Reddit rally" puts scrutiny on social media forums > Asia"s "ant" and "moth" investors test broker nerves > From broker notes to memes: how the stock market went viral > How Wall Street gains from "populist" trading movement > Short sellers face derision, death threats > Day traders turn social media platforms into squawk boxes > Robinhood in eye of GameStop storm > "GameStop effect" could ripple further > GameStop effect puts global bets worth billions at risk > Costly short squeeze makes Reddit required reading > Power to the players: Wall Street levels up in Reddit rally > Retail trading frenzy sparks jitters for GameStop short-seller > "This is not normal" - Wall Street grows wary of stock bubbles > Bearish GameStop options contracts fly off the shelf BREAKINGVIEWS > Robinhood free lunch was never really free > Breakdown: GameStop, a financial markets whodunnit > Short squeezers could end up strangling themselves > GameStop turns short-bashing debate on its head FACTBOX > The U.S. retail trading frenzy in numbers > Stonks to the moon: Deciphering Reddit"s WallStreetBets lingo > A peek into stocks swept up in GameStop retail trading frenzy > Stocks shunned by Wall Street surge as "GameStop Effect" swells EXPLAINER > How retail traders squeezed Wall Street for shorting GameStop QUOTES > GameStop retreats as Reddit rally runs into trading curbs > No let up in short squeeze, retail frenzy forces funds to cover TIMELINE > GameStop"s 1,600% surge in retail investor vs hedge fund battle (Compiled by Aditya Soni, Sriraj Kalluvila and Bernard Orr)