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Earlier today, a commissioner at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed a proposal that would allow some blockchain startups exemption from current securities regulations. The regulatory change would give crypto asset companies a three year period in which they could prove themselves sufficiently decentralised to pass a Howey test.
2020-2-7 01:30 | |
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On Tuesday, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a warning on initial exchange offerings (IEOs). As the notice says, IEOs are pretty much the same as initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2020-1-15 22:45 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to make some changes to the way that individuals and entities invest in the industry. Though they are known for imposing certain restrictions, the passing of a new proposal would do exactly the opposite.
2019-12-19 17:03 | |
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The global economy is in a bit of a quandary right now. Markers are on shaky performances, while Central Banks are doing every bit to keep their fiat economies trading above water. The United States’ solution to economic slowdown is quantitative easing, or purchasing securities from banks across the nation.
2019-12-11 21:34 | |
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An official at China’s central bank recently revealed the central bank’s readiness to launch the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) according to a report by Shanghai Securities News on August 10, 2019.
2019-8-12 18:44 | |
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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 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could learn from other countries when finalizing its own crypto regulation, Commissioner Hester Peirce explains. While highlighting peculiar and notable features of the U.
2019-8-5 08:55 | |
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The intense scrutiny from regulatory agencies, governments, and central banks globally regarding Facebook’s Libra, could just be the end of the company’s stablecoin project. According to a report by CNBC, Facebook revealed in a recent filing with the U.
2019-7-31 13:29 | |
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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 | |
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Popular YouTube securities and crypto analyst, Alessio Rastani has predicted that Bitcoin will drop far below the 21-day EMA before rallying to a new all-time high in 2020. Bulls could be Walking into a Massive Trap Alessio Rastani, a popular securities trader and crypto analyst, believes that confirmation bias is misleading crypto-investors to the extent that the majority of traders will in absolute disbelief when Bitcoin drops below $6,000.
2019-7-30 13:00 | |
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Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter recently painted a wild price tag on Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 5 console. He said that the Japanese giant could price the successor to the PlayStation 4 at a whopping $800.
2019-7-10 09:42 | |
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By CCN Markets: What could possibly bring the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission together? Elon Musk it seems! Late Sunday, the tech billionaire posted a tweet saying ‘just deleted my Twitter account’.
2019-6-17 14:00 | |
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By CCN: Kik might very well have good intentions by inviting a fight with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If the litigation, which the securities regulator has filed against the company, goes Kik’s way, it will set a precedent for other blockchain startups that have taken a similar approach to raise funds in an initial coin offering (ICO).
2019-6-8 00:20 | |
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As more details have emerged regarding the case the US Securities and Exchange Commission has built against Kik and its Kin token ICO, the odds seem stacked in the agency's favor. A legal win for the SEC could spell trouble for other ICOs that were held around the same time.
2019-6-6 18:48 | |
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The Swiss think tank called Avenir Suisse recommended Switzerland’s National Bank to launch a Swiss franc token. The information was released by the privately funded think tank in a report on June 4.
2019-6-5 02:27 | |
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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 United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it is suing Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting an illegal $100 million ICO. We are excited to finally get the clarity we all need.
2019-6-5 22:48 | |
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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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Speaking at today's SEC FinTech Forum 2019, Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman said he believes ICO-funded projects could become exempt from securities laws if they become sufficiently decentralized.
2019-6-1 18:52 | |
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By CCN: Canadian mobile-messaging company Kik is preparing to fight the SEC tooth-and-nail when the agency sues the firm over its $100 million ICO. Many companies settle to avoid a protracted and expensive legal war.
2019-5-31 17:36 | |
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Security tokens are coming to Bitcoin, courtesy of Blockstream. The Bitcoin and blockchain technology company announced on May 15, 2019, the final day of the Consensus 2019 conference, that Liquid Securities, a platform for issuing and managing security tokens on its Liquid sidechain, is ready to go live.
2019-5-16 19:14 | |
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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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In early April bitcoin prices broke out, surging on news that the US Securities and Exchange Commission would allow two companies to create a cryptocurrency ETF. If this occurs, it will be the first time that US traders, will have access to cryptocurrencies through equity-like instruments.
2019-5-13 22:57 | |
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Societe Generale S. A. , one of the largest financial institutions in France, issued covered bonds worth $112 million in the form of security tokens using the Ethereum blockchain. It was a pilot program to test how the use of blockchain and cryptocurrency could reduce the time and cost of settlement of securities, reported Bloomberg, May 09,Read MoreRead More.
2019-5-11 09:00 | |
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By CCN: ‘Crypto Mom’ and SEC commissioner, Hester Peirce, has extended yet another olive branch to the cryptocurrency community. Speaking at the Securities Enforcement Forum in California on May 9th, Peirce said officials should be wary of stifling creativity with overzealous regulation.
2019-5-10 15:04 | |
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The decision of a new Bitcoin (BTC) could be delayed once again by the U. S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) as soon as next week. There are several analysts that believe that a Bitcoin ETF would be very positive for Bitcoin and digital currencies.
2019-5-9 02:33 | |
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WeChat, the #1 messaging app in China, is also widely used for cryptocurrency transactions. Recently, WeChat Payment has revised the “WeChat Agreement for Payment Service,” which involves the control and regulation of illegal transactions, including cryptocurrency transactions.
2019-5-9 22:54 | |
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Swiss stock exchange SIX could issue a token on its planned digital assets exchange in 2020, according to its head of securities and exchanges.
2019-5-6 13:00 | |
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By CCN. com: According to an affidavit filed with the Supreme Court of the State of New York by Stuart Hoegner, the general counsel to Tether and major bitcoin exchange Bitfinex, only 74 percent of Tether’s holdings are backed by cash.
2019-5-1 23:36 | |
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Atonomi Token, a virtual currency that was released to the market is currently facing some legal issues after being accused of selling unregistered securities. The information was released by the recognized cryptocurrency lawyer in the community, Stephen Palley, on April 26.
2019-4-28 20:45 | |
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By CCN: Nobody puts Elon Musk in a corner. Well, maybe the SEC. The Tesla CEO has reached a settlement with the U. S. securities watchdog. According to the court filing, which still requires a judge’s John Hancock, Musk will be tweeting a whole lot less than he’d probably like, certainly less than his 26.
2019-4-27 02:32 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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North Korea could pose a threat to countries across Southeast Asia as it looks to exploit cryptocurrency exchanges due to gaps in regulatory frameworks, according to a new report.
2019-4-25 17:04 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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By CCN: Elon Musk and the SEC are talking, demonstrating progress in a regulatory battle that has been drawn out for months. While the Tesla CEO and the securities regulator have yet to reach an agreement regarding a contempt of court dispute, they could be close.
2019-4-20 03:53 | |
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Since Binance Chain is described as an exchange platform, its BEP2 tokens could appear under regulatory scrutiny
2019-4-19 19:44 | |
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The Wall Street Journal has recently published an analysis of how digital securities could affect Wall Street and how the market works. In the newspaper’s report, it is said that cryptos have potential but that the regulation may come in their way.
2019-4-18 02:30 | |
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By CCN: Crypto winter or not, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is cracking down on products that could mislead investors eager to gain exposure to bitcoin – or at least the technology behind it.
2019-4-16 08:45 | |
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Uber Technologies Inc. expects a valuation of about USD 100 billion when listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Large IPOs such as Uber’s and others could bring spectacular benefits to the crypto industry.
2019-4-14 00:00 | |
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Coinspeaker Uber’s IPO Filing Discloses $1. 8B Loss, Raising WorriesUber out-paced its rising competitor Lyft by more than $9 billion in revenue and at least 60 million users. That all could be seen from Uber’s S-1, the company has filed its IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
2019-4-13 13:16 | |
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Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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Travis J. Iles, the Securities Commissioner of Texas, isn’t taking any guff from a site called FxBitGlobe. Iles issued an “emergency” cease and desist order to FxBitGlobe, ordering them to quit attempting to do business with anyone in the great State of Texas.
2019-4-10 19:37 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued its first no-action letter to a cryptocurrency company. However, with Ripple’s XRP facing the same situation, could the commission issue a similar letter? The post Will the US SEC Issue a No-Action Letter For Ripple’s XRP? appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-4-5 17:30 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchanges Commission [SEC] released guidance with regard to analyzing which tokens could be classified as a security, a much-anticipated step from the commission. The framework was released on 3 April 2019, along with an official statement on “Framework for ‘Investment Contract’ Analysis of Digital Assets.
2019-4-4 19:30 | |
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On April Fools’ Day last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the electric carmaker had gone bankrupt. Of course it was a joke and fortunately, those were the good old days before the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission started taking issue with Musk’s tweets.
2019-4-1 18:35 | |
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If its latest job posting is anything to go by, the US Securities and Exchange Commission‘s (SEC) could be stepping up its involvement in the cryptocurrency world. The SEC is looking for an “Attorney Adviser” to operate as a “Crypto Specialist,” according to a job listing posted on federal employment website USAJobs.
2019-4-1 15:56 | |
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In what could trigger a bearish decline for the cryptocurrency market, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] has yet again stalled a publicly traded Bitcoin [BTC] product. The top regulator released a public notice to the effect on March 29.
2019-3-30 14:00 | |
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Commissioner Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes the Commission could do better in keeping in touch with the emerging digital economy. The “Crypto Mom” is beloved for her continued cryptocurrency adoption advocacy and says the SEC should pursue innovation and make regulatory compliance easier for entrepreneurs. Peirce made theseRead More
2019-3-28 21:00 | |
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Could The U. S. SEC Approve A Negative-Fee Bitcoin ETF? The cryptocurrency market has been waiting for the approval of a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would allow new investors to enter the space.
2019-3-26 20:39 | |
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The initiative is aimed at combating fraud and will kick in at the start of next year.
Hawaii's Digital Currency Innovation Lab is accepting a second round of applications through Feb. 26.
The new bill would allow the creation of “experimental regulatory regimes” for companies working on cutting-edge technologies like AI and distributed ledgers.
The Reserve Bank of India is setting up a regulatory sandbox for fintech startups – but crypto projects are excluded.
A Wyoming legislature committee has approved a regulatory sandbox bill, sending it to the full House for a vote.
After a year in the Central Bank of Bahrain's regulatory sandbox, Rain Financial is gearing up to offer crypto on-ramps from all regional currencies.