2022-9-28 14:35 |
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) in California has joined the bandwagon with other state regulators in cracking down on cryptocurrency organizations that violate security laws. origin »
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued crypto influencer Ian Balina for violating securities laws when he promoted an unregistered token offering in 2018. Specifically, the agency filed the action against the 33-year old YouTuber for promoting an unregistered security token and failing to offer disclosures for the initial coin offering (ICO).
2022-9-20 21:45 | |
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A Coinbase user claimed the crypto exchange "boldly flouts federal and state laws" by not completing the proper registration as a securities exchange in the United States.
2022-8-24 19:30 | |
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On June 7, the SEC announced that they are investigating Binance for potentially breaking security laws. The price of Binance Coin (BNB) has decreased slightly as a result. The post Binance Coin (BNB) Falls Slightly as SEC Investigation Looms appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-6-8 22:00 | |
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For a while, it seemed like a no-brainer that the US Securities and Exchange Commission had the upper hand in the legal battle. But the scenario changed in recent months as Ripple cinched a series of procedural wins.
2022-3-5 22:18 | |
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The House passed the Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act (20 April 2021). The passed act requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to establish a working group with the goal of clarifying in which cases the jurisdiction over a certain token belongs to SEC and in which to CFTC.
2021-6-23 23:44 | |
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Financial regulators in Dubai have enacted a 30-day window for public comments on security token regulations.
2021-3-29 12:33 | |
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Ripple (XRP) price is trading over 40% higher at the moment after it initially exploded 90% to tit a 5-week high. Fundamental analysis: Ripple responds to SEC lawsuit In December, the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Ripple over the alleged violation of federal securities laws in selling the XRP cryptocurrency […] The post Should I buy Ripple? WSB sends XRP 90% higher appeared first on Invezz.
2021-1-31 23:23 | |
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Tezos has reached a settlement with the court to end approximately three years of litigation between Tezos and a group of plaintiffs. The said plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit that concerned whether the Tezos (XTZ) cryptocurrency is a security and whether the company conducted its 2017 ICO inappropriately.
2020-9-1 18:17 | |
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Professor Rolf H. Weber, Chair of the working group for regulatory issues at the... The post Amended Swiss financial laws will benefit security token transfers: Blockchain expert appeared first on Coin Journal.
2020-7-2 15:11 | |
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Coinspeaker Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index Plunges 5. 5% as Beijing Plans to Impose New Security LawsChina is poised to pass new national security laws for Hong Kong that could plunge the semi-autonomous territory into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
2020-5-24 18:33 | |
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The U. S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ruled that startup Enigma MPC violated federal securities laws when it conducted the ENG token ICO. The company must refund investors and pay a fine.
2020-2-20 01:00 | |
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Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto and Philippine Cabinet member Raul Lambino of Crypto Valley of Asia recently met to discuss Asian countries’ crypto regulations. They urge the Philippine Congress to introduce legislation on cryptocurrencies and security tokens, calling for cooperation among Asian countries.
2020-1-13 17:20 | |
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STOKR, a European marketplace for issuing tokenized digital shares, today announced that they will support Blockstream’s Liquid Securities platform. This will enable companies to issue shares on the Liquid Network, a Bitcoin sidechain, under the legal certainty of the EU capital market laws.
2019-12-17 20:24 | |
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Fundament Group, an end-to-end security issuance solution for asset tokenization, announced today a strategic investment from the Tezos Foundation to introduce legal-tech solutions for tokenizing regulated financial products to the Tezos network.
2019-10-31 19:45 | |
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The SEC has obtained a final judgment against PlexCoin’s fraudulent ICO and its proprietors, finding the defendants in the case guilty for violating antifraud provisions of Federal security laws.
2019-10-3 13:00 | |
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Ripple, the cryptocurrency firm behind the XRP token, has requested a federal court dismissal of a class-action lawsuit; all while ignoring one major issue, XRP's security status. The original lawsuit was first launched back in early 2018, by a handful of disgruntled XRP investors.
2019-9-22 13:58 | |
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A recently concluded research conducted by the Binance Research team showed that respondents felt the second biggest risk to the stable growth and development of the crypto industry (the first being a security hack) is a change in global laws and regulations concerning the sector. There are already a few countries not in support of […]
2019-6-25 19:39 | |
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As expected, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Kik Interactive Inc. The regulatory body alleges that the social messaging firm turned crypto company broke securities laws when it held its $100 million ICO in 2017.
2019-6-5 00:00 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has published an update on how it intends to regulate crypto-related businesses and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2019-6-1 19:04 | |
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Switzerland has joined the likes of Malta and Gibraltar to become the third country in the world to introduce security token regulations. As reported by Blueshare, on May 23, 2019, the laws are stringent, but they offer clarity on the issuance process.
2019-5-25 20:00 | |
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The blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space is launching a platform to allow businesses to offer security tokens on the Liquid Network. Blockstream announced the launch of “Liquid Securities” earlier today at CoinDesk’s blockchain and cryptocurrency conference, Consensus.
2019-5-15 17:15 | |
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President Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week that would ban US companies from using equipment from firms that pose a national security risk. If signed, the order would all but block Huawei from the United States.
2019-5-15 03:54 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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Two Israeli citizens have been apprehended by law enforcement based on suspicions that they developed and ran a darknet marketplace for dealing illegal goods. The Israeli police announced via Twitter that it has collaborated with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to arrest two locals who they believe managed the dark web marketplace, which used bitcoin to facilitate trades.
2019-5-8 18:42 | |
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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the U. S. Department of the Treasury, has imposed its first-ever penalty on a peer-to-peer crypto exchange for violating AML regulations, among other violations.
2019-4-20 23:38 | |
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VIMee is a social network being developed on the Waves high speed blockchain technology that supports community building and social interaction with cryptocurrency rewards. VIMee combines the simplicity of centralized social media, with the security of decentralization, and the flexibility cryptocurrency brings.
2019-4-16 17:03 | |
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Bitcoin trader Jacob Burrell Campos was sentenced on April 8, 2019, to serve a two-year prison sentence and to forfeit more than $800,000 “for operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
2019-4-13 18:54 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.
2019-4-4 22:02 | |
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Japanese regulators have reportedly approved draft amendments to the country's financial instruments and payment services laws, introducing stricter regulations for margin trading of digital assets.
2019-3-21 21:27 | |
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Ripple prices stable below 34 cents Security laws relating to blockchain still fuzzy says, David Schwartz Transaction volumes shrinking as prices consolidate David Schwartz, the CTO of Ripple Inc, believes that existing security laws are vague and are therefore a hindrance.
2019-3-18 21:00 | |
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More than a fortnight since Cryptopia hinted at reimbursing users affected by a security breach that occurred in mid-January, the New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange has confirmed to customers that it will offer a ‘rebate’.
2019-3-18 15:21 | |
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On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry.
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
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CoinSpeaker U. S. SEC Chairperson Jay Clayton Clarifies that Ethereum is Not a SecurityIn his answer letter, Jay Clayton opens up on defining ICO tokens as securities saying that there cannot be a static approach to deal with different crypto assets.
2019-3-13 11:53 | |
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One of the most hyped innovations to come out of the crypto space in 2018 was the security token. In the midst of a crashing utility token market caused by overinflated valuations, regulatory issues and (of course) a lack of utility, security tokens emerged with the promise of being a safer, more regulatory compliant andRead MoreRead More.
2019-3-11 22:00 | |
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Since it came to life in early 2009, Bitcoin has begun disrupting the world of finance. Over the years, this decentralized digital currency came to mean different things for different people.
2019-2-18 18:30 | |
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The National Revenue Agency of Bulgaria is preparing to conduct inspections on cryptocurrency trading platforms and their customers. The authority wants to make sure that both are fulfilling their obligations under the country’s tax and social security laws.
2019-1-15 11:00 | |
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U.S. congressman Darren Soto has argued that applying federal securities laws to cryptocurrencies “can be very intense and hurt the market unless it is truly a security”
2019-1-11 04:05 | |
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The European Cryptocurrency Exchange, or EUCX (pronounced You See Ex) is a new cryptocurrency exchange with a global focus, based in the Netherlands, filling the European gap in secure and regulated exchanges aimed at the professional retail trader and boutique firms.
2019-1-4 15:03 | |
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For investors whose first time investing in bitcoin was in 2018 or after late 2017, there is a high likelihood that they have incurred substantial losses for the fiscal year of 2018 if they haven’t sold yet.
2018-12-29 02:01 | |
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Two U. S. congressmen have introduced a bill aimed at amending the country’s securities laws to exclude cryptocurrencies from the definition of a security. The bipartisan bill also seeks to adjust taxation and create tax exemptions for certain cryptocurrency transactions.
2018-12-21 17:45 | |
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The head honcho of Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Finance warned during a weekend conference that security token offerings are illegal, at least in Beijing.
2018-12-4 15:24 | |
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On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
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Global private capital platform CapBridge Pte. Ltd. has garnered a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate a security exchange known as 1exchange (also called 1X), which became operational on November 21, 2018.
2018-11-24 21:31 | |
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Circle’s USD Coin (USDC) has released an independent, third-party attestation of its bank account, and according to a top 5 public accounting firm, the stablecoin has its funds in order.
2018-11-22 22:05 | |
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Ripple’s legal team in their ongoing securities suit is attempting a new tack: to have the claim proceed at the federal level. In a move that legal commentator Jake Chervinsky described as “seriously crafty,” Ripple has filed a formal notice-of-removal motion to have their most recent securities suit, Zakinov et al v.
2018-11-14 00:41 | |
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Aiming to create an SEC and FINRA-compliant U. S. exchange, blockchain-based crowdfunding firm seriesOne and crypto exchange Bithumb have formed a joint venture. According to an announcement made on November 1, 2018, officials behind the venture look to trade security tokens within a “compliant marketplace” and within the context of “other applicable regulatory approvals.
2018-11-1 19:06 | |
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Rhetorical style should never distract from the content of someone’s arguments. So when I heard that Nouriel Roubini testified to the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, I decided to peruse his testimony and reflect on it.
2018-10-24 19:38 | |
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The Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) has released a new report suggesting that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recommend to the European Commission that it regulate the cryptocurrency space with existing legislation rather than instilling new rules and laws.
2018-10-23 00:41 | |
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