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Clearing the Law Up On Dec 16, 2020, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet passed new legislation regarding securities. The law allows for digital-only securities. In the past, securities had to exist as paper certificates, according to Reuters.
2020-12-16 18:13 | |
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After a long period of silence and uncertainty, the U.S. government has stated that at least two initial coin offerings (ICOs) are not exempt from security laws. Howey vs SEC The ruling comes after ICO participants from Recoin and Diamond Reserve Club filed a federal case against the projects’ founder Maksim Zaslavskiy for misleading investors, who […] The post US Judge Rules ICOs Covered by Securities Law appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-9-12 10:00 | |
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In moving closer to the governmental goal of cryptocurrency regulation, a United States federal judge has passed a ruling suggesting that U. S. securities laws could cover Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).
2018-9-12 06:22 | |
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In what it deems a first for both enforcement actions, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging two entities with registration failures.
2018-9-12 23:36 | |
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A new ruling by a federal judge in New York has put Initial Coin Offerings under the umbrella of securities law, in a first-of-its-kind legal case against a man charged with promoting digital currencies that were supposedly backed by non-existent real estate and diamonds.
2018-9-12 22:00 | |
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A federal judge has ruled against the defendant’s motion, which argued that two allegedly fraudulent ICOs should not be prosecuted as a securities violation.
2018-9-12 21:15 | |
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A court in the USA has today ruled that tokens sold during ICOs count as securities under federal law, according to Bloomberg, which stated in an article that “Federal prosecutors won a key legal victory when a judge ruled that U.
2018-9-12 21:09 | |
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A federal judge has ruled that a criminal case against an alleged ICO fraudster will proceed to trial, saying existing securities laws apply.
2018-9-12 19:39 | |
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Class Action Lawsuit Alleges Mark Cuban Backed Unikrn ICO Of Breaking SEC Rules Seattle based e-sport betting startup Unikrn is facing a class action suit that accuses it of violating securities law in the U.
2018-8-17 19:45 | |
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Unikrn, an e-sport betting firm that conducted an ICO last year, is now facing a class action suit that accuses it of violating US securities law.
2018-8-17 09:00 | |
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Airdrops are totally all the rage. Blockchain companies have been resorting to token giveaways and marketing bounty programs as a way of circumventing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs) – but this is probably going to change very soon.
2018-8-15 14:54 | |
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Saudi Arabia’s financial watchdog, the Standing Committee for awareness on dealing in unauthorized securities has stated categorically on August 12, 2018, that cryptocurrency trading is illegal in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2018-8-15 14:00 | |
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Don’t expect any final cryptocurrency regulations in India at least until the end of the year, according to members of the government panel set up to examine the emerging virtual currency ecosystem in the country.
2018-8-13 18:00 | |
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The regulators have awoken. SEC Director William Hinman introduced novel concepts to the securities law analysis such that sellers of digital assets may have an escape valve.
2018-8-10 22:24 | |
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Blockchain advocacy group Coin Center still believes some cryptocurrencies are securities by law, and should be regulated as such.
2018-8-10 21:05 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry in Thailand is booming with about 50 initial coin offerings (ICOs) and 20 exchanges showing interest in applying for a digital asset license, according to Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
2018-8-10 23:19 | |
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Ripple’s legal proceedings have been relatively quiet of late, we can only expect that this is as a result of Ripple’s legal representatives paying heavy attention to PR and to damage control surrounding the XRP security saga.
2018-8-9 16:30 | |
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As required by law, Square Cash has submitted its quarterly earnings report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the earnings report, it shows how much Bitcoin has transacted since the buying and selling service was revealed and how much profit has been made from it.
2018-8-6 00:30 | |
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When the SEC announced its rejection of the Winklevosses’ latest bitcoin ETF filing, the industry found itself reckoning with a problem on repeat: striving toward the goal of approval, another Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) proposal faced the SEC’s death knell.
2018-8-4 22:49 | |
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On Thursday, August 2, the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a draft Memorandum Circular that would govern initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the country. In its proposed rules, SEC stated that all tokens issued through ICOs are to be presumed securities unless the issuer proves otherwise.
2018-8-3 15:40 | |
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly.
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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A report by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse (SCAC) shows that the number of ICO and crypto-related federal class action lawsuits in the US has increased to seven in the first half of 2018.
2018-7-27 00:31 | |
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“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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A leading blockchain-focused law firm believes that compliance will soon be baked in to the very blockchain systems that the companies are based on. Zach Fallon is a former Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer and is now the Principal at law firm Blakemore Fallon.
2018-7-26 23:34 | |
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Investment management firm VanEck has lobbied the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a fresh attempt to interest the regulator in authorizing a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). VanEck: Proposed ETF ‘Consistent’ With Law In a letter dated July 20, VanEck, which earlier this month announced it planned to collaborate with fellow operator SolidX to launch a fund, reiterated its belief that the industry was both ready and able to support it.
2018-7-24 19:00 | |
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Joe E. Montroll of Saginaw Texas is facing up to 20 years in prison after admitting to lying to investigators about his role in the theft of Bitcoins deposited by customers of his platform. 2018 has seen a raft of arrests and convictions in the cryptocurrency space as law enforcement, and financial regulators work hard […] The post Bitcoin Trader Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud, Faces 20 Years in Prison appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-7-24 16:27 | |
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FinanceFeeds’ revealed, on July 20, that the founder of the shutdown bitcoin stock exchange, BitFunder, Jon Montroll is trying to work on a “plea agreement” with the U. S Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), for both his and BitFunder’s multiple fraud and scam activities.
2018-7-20 21:08 | |
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Court documents filed on July 3rd show that YouTube has been added as a defendant in a class action lawsuit against BitConnect. The lawsuit was initially filed on January, 24 by six individuals represent by law firm Silver Miller.
2018-7-6 19:55 | |
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Ripple is staring down the barrel of yet another securities lawsuit — its third one this year. Filed in the Superior Court of the State of California in San Mateo County, the class action alleges that Ripple and its team illegally sold and promoted XRP, Ripple’s currency, as an unregistered security.
2018-7-5 23:14 | |
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The company and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse have been accused of fraud and securities law violation - for the third time this year.
2018-7-5 13:21 | |
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Thailand is taking a rather proactive approach towards regulating the field of cryptocurrencies. In search of legislative balance, the country passed a new law which is putting an end to a long-standing debate.
2018-7-3 02:00 | |
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With a new cryptocurrency law taking effect soon, a group of traditional securities firms in Thailand plans to jointly launch an exchange.
2018-7-2 16:00 | |
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A Southern District Court judge in Florida produced a report arguing why Centra Tech’s ICO tokens should be classed as securities. Hit with a class-action lawsuit for violating US securities law, several of the Centra Tech team members already face prosecution by the US Government — having had 91,000 Ether seized from the project’s ICO […] The post US Judge Argues Centra Tech Tokens are Securities appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-6-29 00:21 | |
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The SEC’s proclamation that ether (ETH) is not a security has sparked some celebration amongst the cryptocurrency community. Regulatory clarity is always a good thing, but ICO operators shouldn’t see this as a reason to put the champagne on ice.
2018-6-26 19:36 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealed in a litigation release dated June 20 another emergency court order for an asset freeze over Dominic Lacroix, who the agency describes as a “recidivist Quebec securities law violator.
2018-6-22 16:28 | |
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The U.S. SEC has received an emergency court order to freeze the assets of Dominic Lacroix, who was previously accused of violating securities law in regards to PlexCoin ICO
2018-6-21 03:48 | |
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Cambodian authorities have now announced that domestic investors are required to obtain a license in order to allow them to buy, sell or trade cryptocurrencies. Without a license, these activities would now be considered illegal.
2018-6-20 13:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared that Ethereum (ETH) is not a security under U. S. securities law as it is a decentralized structure that is not controlled by any committed third party.
2018-6-15 01:10 | |
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In an informal statement made at Yahoo Finance’s All Market Summit: Crypto, William Hinman, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s director of corporate finance, indicated that the regulatory agency has no plans to deem ether a security.
2018-6-14 21:32 | |
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Canada’s government has released draft regulations for “virtual currencies” with a consultation period of 90 days, saying that proposed regulatory changes could mean a loss of $60 million over 10 years for businesses that deal in cryptocurrencies but will improve Canada’s international reputation and make it easier for crypto businesses to deal overseas.
2018-6-13 20:24 | |
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Key takeaway Dogizen is the first Telegram ICO, raising nearly $4m in its presale so far. The project is a direct competition to Catizen, the popular cat-themed game on Telegram. What is Dogizen? Dogizen is an exciting project that prides itself as the first Telegram ICO.
Coinbase expands its advisory council with Trumps 2024 strategist and former NY Fed president, strengthening its regulatory strategy. The post Coinbase taps Trump’s 2024 strategist and former NY Fed president for its advisory council appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Trump Media launches Truth.Fi, planning a $250M investment in fintech, ETFs, and Bitcoin as it expands into financial services. The post Trump Media launches new fintech platform Truth.Fi, allocating $250M to Bitcoin and ETFs appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
a16z refocuses on US crypto opportunities post-Trump's re-election, scaling back UK operations amid pro-crypto executive orders. The post a16z cuts UK crypto plans as it shifts focus to Trump-era US opportunities appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
MEXC, the world’s leading cryptocurrency trading platform, announced the launch of the Jambo (J), an innovative on-chain mobile network project. The launch will be accompanied by Airdrop+ rewards of 28,000 J, 5,000 MX and 50,000 USDT.
Coinbase reintroduces Bitcoin-backed loans via Morpho integration, allowing USDC borrowing without selling Bitcoin. The post Coinbase brings back Bitcoin-backed loans with Morpho’s DeFi integration appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
eToro's IPO could enhance its market presence and investor reach, potentially influencing the broader fintech and crypto sectors' growth. The post eToro confidentially files for US IPO with Goldman Sachs’ support appeared first on Crypto Briefing.