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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to give crypto projects a three-year safe harbor allowing time for tokens to work towards passing the SEC’s securities evaluation processes. origin »
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Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Gary Gensler, has said that the features of some decentralized finance (DeFi) projects could cause them to fall under the regulatory ambit of the SEC.
2021-8-20 08:15 | |
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As regulatory agencies are becoming more active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space, it seems that seems that some Initial Coin Offering (ICO) projects are trying to be more compliant with the U.
2019-1-12 07:10 | |
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In a dramatic turnaround for one of 2017’s most egregious ICO projects, ParagonCoin (PRG) – recently fined $250k by the SEC for selling an unregistered security, and ordered to repay its investors – has cracked the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and is now worth over half a billion dollars.
2019-1-1 18:01 | |
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Cryptocurrency project Prometheum raised $12 million in seed funding this week before the company gears up to offer a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-approved security token to investors in early-2019, reported American Banker on December 21, 2018.
2018-12-24 21:00 | |
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Investment company, Pantera Capital Management, has revealed that some of its ICO projects could be flagged by the SEC. The post Major Investment Company Warns of SEC Clampdown on Illegal ICOs appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-12-20 00:45 | |
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This Thursday, CEO of Pantera Capital investment firm Dan Morehead sent out a newsletter to their clients claiming that 25% of their investments could be ICOs in violation of U.S. securities laws: “While we believe the vast majority of the projects in our portfolio should not be affected, approximately 25 percent of our fund’s capital… The post 25% of ICOs in Pantera Could be Securities, May Require Refunds Due to SEC Rulings appeared first on UNHASHED.
2018-12-17 21:03 | |
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Increasingly frequent action taken by the SEC against initial coin offerings is expected to lead to more cryptocurrency projects being forced to refund investors. Among those expected to be affected is the first U.
2018-12-15 15:15 | |
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Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital says that as much as one-quarter of the projects its ICO fund invested in may be in violation of US securities laws after the SEC decision. Things keep going from bad to worse for US blockchain companies that held ICOs without registering with the SEC.
2018-12-15 00:00 | |
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Some blockchain token projects may be allowed to bypass U. S. securities registration requirements by obtaining so-called no-action letters from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to an agency official.
2018-12-15 21:07 | |
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Blockchain and crypto projects that raised millions of dollars via tokenized crowdfunding means are now lining up to return their capital to their original investors. Because apparently, they were not allowed to raise funds in the first place.
2018-12-14 18:45 | |
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CoinSpeaker Blockchain Token Projects Can Bypass U. S. Securities Registration Requirements, Says SEC Official Good news for blockchain token projects concerning their ability to bypass U.
2018-12-14 12:35 | |
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One of the most criticized parts of the cryptocurrency market and blockchain industry is the ICO. Initial Coin Offering is a method that many startups in the blockchain industry utilize to raise funds for their projects and companies.
2018-12-11 11:11 | |
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As always, we’re celebrating the top 10 ERC-20 projects with the highest dev activity for the past month. November has proven a true test of faith for many crypto projects. From the SEC’s recent takedown of two ICOs to the all-embracing market slump, BUIDLing – as of late – has been for the brave.
2018-12-8 17:09 | |
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Exchanges are a key factor in the success of the cryptocurrency industry. These platforms provide a streamlined way for investors to purchase and trade digital assets. There are thousands of different currencies in existence, with more coming every single day.
2018-12-7 20:03 | |
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An SEC-compliant Security Token Offering has successfully distributed its tokens to investors. Issued on the Republic Crypto platform, the company Coinvest (COIN) hopes it will be an example to other cryptocurrency projects that crowd sales can be legitimately conducted.
2018-12-5 22:36 | |
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Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer DJ Khalid have both settled charges with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for failing to disclose that they were paid to promote initial coin offering (ICO) projects to the public.
2018-12-1 23:00 | |
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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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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission has hit two celebrities with record fines for shilling initial coin offerings (ICOs). Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and music producer DJ Khaled were taken to task for failing to disclose payments they received for touting the projects.
2018-11-30 18:30 | |
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Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr., American professional boxer, and producer DJ Khaled charged with promoting cryptocurrency projects in 2017 and violating US financial law.
2018-12-3 14:14 | |
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An open source crypto database called Messari, which is based upon the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR database, is set to launch a disclosure registry to projects that issue tokens in an effort to publicly share information that could be harder for people to find otherwise. The announcement was made today at […]
2018-11-28 09:12 | |
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Companies have only recently begun taking advantage of recent SEC regulations that allow projects to raise funds. The two regulations, Reg. Crowdfunding (C. F. ) and Reg. A, allow companies to secure between $1 million and $50 million.
2018-11-25 01:35 | |
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ASI Attorney and Monax founder Preston Byrne recently discussed how the SEC has prevented the United States from participating in the ICO market. The discussion took place during an interview with CNBC Crypto Trader.
2018-11-24 21:31 | |
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There is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) crackdown happening in the United States right now. As ICOs which are not compliant with the rules from the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are not allowed, regulators from all over the country are cracking down on these fundraisers as a way to protect the investors […]
2018-11-10 20:29 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been primarily focusing on finding ways to regulate and govern projects that involve initial coin offerings (ICOs) as their way of crowdfunding. In recent weeks, sources say that the SEC has been turning their attention to crypto trading platforms.
2018-11-9 18:12 | |
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Thailand’s main regulatory authority, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), released a warning to investors regarding what it describes as “renegade ICOs. ” The warning details multiple popular ICO projects that are operating in the country without any licensing, supervision, or registration.
2018-10-30 08:00 | |
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Ever since the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a stern warning about initial coin offerings (ICOs) in February 2018, cryptocurrency projects have had to consider different options for distributing their tokens — and funding their development.
2018-10-20 19:31 | |
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With the exception of the SEC’s FinHub announcement, it has been a quiet week for regulatory news — something we’ve been getting a lot of recently as U. S. officials clamp down on unscrupulous coin offerings and crypto companies.
2018-10-20 17:49 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a new office to engage with cryptocurrency and blockchain startups. Called the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub), the division will make it easier for fintech startups to interact with the regulator on related issues and the legal implications of products before they launch them.
2018-10-19 01:51 | |
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The noise that surrounds economic relations between the United States and China is amping up exponentially. You can thank the latest trade wars for that, as fresh tensions boil over between the two nations who are currently trading new tariffs on imports, with no shortage of ill will underpinning the moves.
2018-10-10 23:38 | |
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Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.
2018-10-3 19:05 | |
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Many believe that institutional investment is going to be the driving force for the next Bitcoin bull run, pushing Bitcoin to a new ATH. The general consensus is that this will be encouraged by the acceptance of a Bitcoin ETF application, such as those that are currently in the works at the United States SEC.
2018-10-2 16:30 | |
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September has been yet another cold month for cryptocurrency. As each new month arrives, speculation of the next bull run follows, though it seems that at the moment, bullish optimism is at an all time low.
2018-9-28 15:30 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is delisting eight coins: BitcoinDark (BTCD), Bitmark (BTM), Einsteinium, (EMC2), Gridcoin (GRC), NeosCoin (NEOS), PotCoin (POT), VeriCoin (VRC) and BitcoinPlus (XBC).
2018-9-20 01:10 | |
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Citibank and Morgan Stanley step into crypto, SEC flexes its muscles in a busy week, new stablecoin projects rush to enter the market, no more 1000x growth for crypto says Vitalik.
2018-9-15 20:09 | |
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Ribbit Capital is a venture capital firm that is located in the United States, and they include a wide range of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects that they have supported. Recently, they added a new venture to their goals, voicing their need for a $420 million fund, based on a report on September 12th. This will […]
2018-9-13 18:14 | |
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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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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a non-profit watchdog for public brokerage firms in the U. S. , has had its first run-in with the cryptocurrency industry.
2018-9-12 21:15 | |
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The Nano (NANO) cryptocurrency project is one of those projects that are making major strides under the radar as most of our attention is focused on this bear market, the SEC and Wallstreet firms getting into crypto.
2018-8-25 14:31 | |
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The regulatory scrutiny over ICOs has led to the arrival of token “airdrops,” or free tokens in exchange for a few marketing efforts. However, a recent ruling by the SEC may end this augmenting form of generating hype for many cryptocurrency projects in the U.
2018-8-18 12:00 | |
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In a message on GEAR Token’s website, iconic political talk show host Larry King says that global climate change is threatening humanity’s existence and is “a potentially catastrophic issue from the combustion of fossil fuels .
2018-8-13 18:08 | |
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This week’s top stories include two feature interview: one with Kavita Gupta, founding managing partner at ConsenSys Ventures; and another with electronic dance music DJ Justin Blau (aka DJ 3BLAU) who is launching a decentralized music festival.
2018-8-13 20:52 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission continues to crack down on illicit activity within the cryptocurrency industry. It is easier said than done, as a lot of dubious-looking projects exist today. Aaron Smith of San Francisco was recently charged with insider trading.
2018-8-10 19:00 | |
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No fewer than 50 enterprises have indicated an interest in obtaining ICO licenses in Thailand. This comes after the enactment of a framework for licensing several aspects of the cryptocurrency market in the country.
2018-8-9 20:00 | |
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Around 50 prospective initial coin offerings have displayed interest in securing a licence from Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission. The news follows an approval of the licensing of digital currency businesses, which took effect last month.
2018-8-9 19:30 | |
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Malta-based tokenization platform STASIS has launched EURS, a stablecoin backed by the Euro. EURS, aiming to be the biggest "fully verified and collateralized stablecoin" in the world, launched with a $100 million pre-launch order book which is expected to hit $500 million by year’s end.
2018-7-16 19:46 | |
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Back in September 2017, when the cybersecurity arm of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was established to checkmate crypto-related crimes, PlexCorps, the parent company of PlexCoin ICO and its founder, Dominic Lacroix was among the first illegal virtual currency projects to be shuttered by the watchdog.
2018-7-12 00:45 | |
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Since its inception, the cryptocurrency industry has largely been unregulated. This has created a less rigid environment for innovative, blockchain-backed companies like BlockVest and AnthemGold to raise funds to finance their projects through initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2018-7-11 16:13 | |
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Anti-virus pioneer and crypto evangelist John McAfee told in public that he suffers pressure from the US financial regulator due to his activities as a ICO projects promoter.
2018-6-20 13:42 | |
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CBOE Global Markets President Chris Concannon has claimed that the initial coin offering (ICO) market could soon face a two-fold regulatory “reckoning,” Business Insider reports June 19. First, the SEC will go after ICO market participants.
2018-6-20 08:55 | |
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Gennaro D'Urso is the founder of Pharma Collective and Israel Mersky is the Director at Pharma Collective. Gennaro has a background in science and entrepreneurship, while Israel comes from the advertising industry and has experience in the pharmaceutical psychedelic space.
Jasper De Gooyer is the co-founder and CTO at SEDA, a multichain, permissionless protocol connecting real-world data to any network on-chain.
Bitget, top global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is responding to trader demand and is to list SKALE (SKL). The SKALE Network is designed to enhance the scalability and efficiency of Ethereum-compatible applications.
VALR, Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has launched perpetual futures trading, featuring the world's first Bitcoin and USDT perpetual futures paired against the South African Rand.
Controversial crypto exchange Binance has appointed Richard Teng as its new CEO. The appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao who pleaded guilty to charges levied against him by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will reportedly step down as CEO of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange as part of a $4.3 billion settlement with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ).
Since its 2009 inception, Bitcoin has heralded a shift from traditional to decentralized finance (DeFi), signaling the future of financial markets. Today, the crypto landscape extends beyond Bitcoin, with multiple projects contributing to a dynamic ecosystem of financial innovation.