2023-2-22 21:42 |
In a significant ruling, a U.S. federal judge has declared that NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) may be categorized as securities, potentially impacting the NFT industry.
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2023-2-22 21:42 |
In a significant ruling, a U.S. federal judge has declared that NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) may be categorized as securities, potentially impacting the NFT industry.
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SEC tells the public to be wary of IEOs and their related exchanges as they may fall under securities laws
2020-1-15 02:26 | |
The SEC warned investors that initial exchange offerings, while claiming to be different from initial coin offerings, may still violate federal securities law.
2020-1-15 20:07 | |
China Securities Regulatory Commission has recently received an application for listing a blockchain-based exchange-traded fund.
2019-12-30 09:00 | |
SEC Commissioner and ‘Cryptomom’ Hester Peirce tells Cointelegraph how recent changes in securities law may impact crypto and what she wants to see from Congress
2019-12-30 23:24 | |
Coinspeaker Ethereum 2. 0 and Securities Taxation Theories by Attorney GulovsenGrant Gulovsen wrote in a blog post that the new long awaited Ethereum patch may cause regulatory changes of unexpected sizes.
2019-12-25 19:56 | |
China's securities watchdog is reported to be hiring Yao Qian, the former head of the central bank's digital currency initiative, as the chief of its new tech regulation bureau.
2019-12-11 13:15 | |
Stablecoins may became a security, if lawmakers’ efforts are successful. Garcia and Gooden presented their bill to the House Financial Services Committee at the end of November, and spoke at a committee hearing on the topic of big data in the financial industry.
2019-12-2 02:14 | |
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced they are looking into amending the royal decree issued for digital assets in May 2018. According to the Bangkok Post, the SEC has already given certain crypto companies permission to legally operate and serve customers in the region, November 25, 2019.
2019-11-27 00:00 | |
The Telegram Open Network under pressure from the Securities Exchange Commission for allegedly conducting an unregistered security sale, with a court hearing scheduled for 2020. But even if TON successfully defends its case there are other issues that may worry potential investors.
2019-11-16 21:11 | |
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has issued a warning against cryptocurrency futures contracts. The regulator reminds the public of the higher risk of using leverage to trade such contracts and that the platforms themselves may be operating illegally.
2019-11-7 00:40 | |
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has ruled to allow crypto fund manager 3iQ to issue a prospectus for its prospective exchange-traded Bitcoin fund, signaling that Canada’s top securities regulator may be about to approve the launch of the nation’s first Bitcoin ETF.
2019-10-31 12:19 | |
The prospect of a Bitcoin ETF came crashing down a few weeks back when the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] rejected the last standing Bitcoin ETF application submitted by Bitwise Asset Management, on the grounds that a regulated ETF may lead to “manipulative acts and practices.
2019-10-24 22:30 | |
The Libra Fiasco, as one may call it, is something that’s been going on for a while now. Luckily, there is a potential reprieve coming after Mark Zuckerberg stands before the House Financial Services Committee on the 23rd of October.
2019-10-23 16:37 | |
Sylvia Garcia, a Democrat lawmaker from Texas, has recently introduced to Congress a bill that may cause several issues for the crypto market. According to this new bill, cryptocurrencies pegged to fiat currencies, commonly known as stablecoins, would be considered securities.
2019-10-23 00:12 | |
Heath P. Tarbert, Chairman of the U. S. Commodity Futures Commission says cryptos classified as security tokens can become commodities. The CFTC chief also revealed that Ethereum futures may hit the market within the next 12 months.
2019-10-22 12:00 | |
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) stance on crypto adoption may soon become public, as Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) sought “the opinion of financial industry partners” before finalizing the draft.
2019-10-16 22:30 | |
The U. S Securities and Exchange Commission has managed to acquire a restraining order to stop the sales of the tokens in the state against a well known encoded messaging application – Telegram, which has around 300 million clients.
2019-10-14 17:28 | |
The SEC has taken abrupt action to halt the Telegram token sale just weeks before the company planned to launch its ‘Gram’ token. The crowdsale, which raised over $1.7 billion from institutional and accredited investors in the form of SAFT agreements, may have constituted the sale of an unregistered digital token offering.
2019-10-13 14:05 | |
The SEC continues to crack down on any token offerings or initial coin offerings which may violate securities laws. The latest victim in this crusade is Telegram Group Inc. Their TON tokens raised US$1.
2019-10-13 23:14 | |
As if it wasn’t knee-deep in a mess already, Telegram’s ambitious billion-dollar ICO has hit yet another setback. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is halting the company’s $1.
2019-10-12 12:51 | |
Boston based Nebulous who created a Sia network, a decentralized cloud-based data storage network has reached a settlement with the Security and Exchange Commission(SEC), over unregulated securities offerings and conversion rates.
2019-10-1 23:13 | |
Blockstack, the company that recently completed a registered and compliant token sale, may stand at a disadvantage to projects that exploited the Wild West market for ICOs. The US Securities and Exchange Commission is slapping fines and attempting to punish the projects, but only after millions were raised.
2019-10-1 18:00 | |
SEC takes no enforcement action on Siacoin; penalizes $225K - CryptoNinjas Nebulous, the company building the Sia decentralized cloud storage network, announced today that it has entered into a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
2019-10-1 17:27 | |
A set of cryptocurrency firms have banded together to create a “Crypto Rating Council” to help classify digital assets — but it unlikely to mean much. Founded by prominent exchanges like Coinbase, Bittrex, and Kraken, the group aims to rate digital assets from 1 to 5.
2019-9-30 19:14 | |
After years of waiting, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may finally be moving towards approving crypto-related exchange traded funds (ETFs). In an official announcement on Sept 26, the commission voted on new rules and form amendments that will modernize the process of listing ETFs. The new rules are aiming to establish “a clear […]
2019-9-27 18:42 | |
Banco Santander, a major Spanish bank announced on 12th Sept this month, that they have issued the first end-to-end blockchain bond. The institution revealed that it had issued a $20 million bond that is directly integrated on to the Ethereum blockchain and operations will continue on it until it reaches one-year maturity.
2019-9-23 20:30 | |
Many crypto enthusiasts and people who follow the developments of the industry very closely, may have noticed that reports on finding unregistered crypto companies have increased over the last few weeks.
2019-8-23 19:22 | |
According to Tone Vays, derivatives trader & YouTube content creator in a tweet on August 14, 2019, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is coming after Ripple Labs with Thor’s Hammer.
2019-8-15 17:26 | |
The U.S Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against Veritaseum founder, Reginald Middleton, for defrauding investors during the ICO launch of VERI tokens in April to May 2017. In a post released by research firm, Hindenburg Research, the commission will further charge two companies – New York registered, Veritaseum Inc. and Delaware registered, Veritaseum […]
2019-8-13 18:21 | |
The bitcoin price is at a prime buying opportunity, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs Securities Division. In a note to investors, Goldman Sachs outlined a strong bullish case for the long-term bitcoin price.
2019-8-12 12:23 | |
Hester Peirce may look favorably on digital assets, but ‘Crypto Mom’ is not the only parent at the SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to regard cryptocurrencies with suspicion, particularly when it comes to ICOs and their status as investment securities.
2019-8-8 22:02 | |
In a quarterly report sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook stated that technical barriers and the unclear crypto regulatory landscape in the US could mean that the Libra cryptocurrency might never see the light of day.
2019-7-30 19:04 | |
Is The ‘King Of The Geeks' The Creator Of Bitcoin? The Argument About Linus Torvalds A dramatic over extension in the volume of lending, the integration of sub-prime mortgages and other toxic assets into Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS') were not components that came up as a surprise during the recession of 2008. On May 3rd, […]
2019-7-29 21:51 | |
Long Island Tea Corp was one of those companies that randomly added the word “blockchain” to the name of their business to seem cool (and maybe bump up its stock) – but it appears its name change may be more sinister than first thought.
2019-7-26 12:48 | |
After the tangle in Taipei between Arthur Hayes and Nouriel Roubini, Bloomberg journalist Tim Culpan claims that securities regulators in the United States – most likely the CFTC – are looking into the matter.
2019-7-19 15:56 | |
By CCN: Konstantin Ignatov, the CEO of the multi-billion-dollar “crypto” Ponzi scheme OneCoin, has pleaded not guilty to wire fraud. According to court documents, Ignatov entered the plea during a May 28 preliminary hearing via conference call.
2019-6-8 01:20 | |
In a turn everyone should’ve seen coming, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing messaging app Kik for its initial coin offering (ICO). In court documents released yesterday, the SEC outlined that Kik’s sale of one trillion “Kin” tokens was not registered with the SEC.
2019-6-5 11:26 | |
Coinspeaker SEC Accusing Kik for Illegal ICO, and They May Be RightThe U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing messenger app maker Kik for $100 million ICO for its Kin token which they think was an unregistered securities sale.
2019-6-5 11:20 | |
SEC Blockchain Forum Surprises On May 31, 2019, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) held its First Fintech Forum at its headquarters in Washington D. C. and hosted by the SEC Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (“FinHub”).
2019-6-4 22:09 | |
Determining the best way to regulate the cryptocurrency industry has been a goal of multiple jurisdictions around the world. Now, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a recent consultation paper on the matter, which was published on May 28th.
2019-6-1 01:23 | |
Jens Weidmann, the president of Deutsche Bundesbank, the central bank of Germany, said a blockchain trial project used for the transfer and settlement of securities and cash proved slower and more costly than the current traditional methods, Bloomberg reported on May 29.
2019-5-31 21:49 | |
On May 28, 2019, during the Unchained podcast, the co-founder of the social media platform Kik and its cryptocurrency arm Kin Foundation, Ted Livingston, announced the launch of a $5 million fund to fight Kin’s ICO case with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
2019-5-30 20:00 | |
ABM AMRO Clearing, a global securities services provider, has signed a new partnership with the mobile investment platform BUX to create a commission-free stock trading mobile application. The information was released by BUX in a press release on May 29.
2019-5-30 00:20 | |
According to a report from The Straits Time, May 24, 2019, Singapore-based capital market platform iSTOX has been added to the Fintech Regulatory Sandbox of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
2019-5-27 21:00 | |
As Bitwise Asset Management patiently awaits its decision from the US Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC], the firm has released yet another report detailing the Bitcoin spot market. Following their March proposal, Bitwise, among other things, highlights the tightening of trading spreads in the BTC spot market.
2019-5-25 09:45 | |
On May 20, 2019, Stephen Palley, a lawyer, published the United States District Court of Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division’s order containing allegations by plaintiffs that Clifford “T.
2019-5-23 17:00 | |
The United States Bitcoin and Treasury Investment Trust, also known as the “Trust” filed an amendment No. 3 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21. Wilshire Phoenix Funds, LLC, the sponsor behind The Trust made this announcement a few hours ago, with the amendment relating to the planned IPO of its common […] US Bitcoin & Treasury Investment Trust Files Amendment No.
2019-5-23 15:59 | |
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 21, 2019, obtained an emergency order to halt the operations of an ongoing $30 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. Necessary Safety Measures The U.
2019-5-22 16:00 | |
Tether, a stablecoin tied to the dollar that is meant to mediate the volatility of other cryptocurrencies, is partly backed by bitcoin. As detailed in court documents obtained by The Block, Tether admitted to using some of the cash reserves meant to back its stablecoin to purchase bitcoin, among other assets.
2019-5-22 23:02 | |