2019-12-14 20:27 |
With bitcoin recovering after four straight days of decline we're talking about what may be the most illegal ICO ever, tokens for Mongolian taxi fares, Bitmain’s Texas hedge and one "suicidal" startups surprising success... origin »
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Here’s one token sale that’s almost certainly illegal, and not just under securities laws.
2019-12-13 02:11 | |
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Two years on from the 2017 ICO craze and some crypto projects are calling it quits despite escaping harsh sanctions from regulators. Some commentators say authorities may be forced to adopt harsher punishments for illegal token sales since indicted projects cannot be trusted to pay back investors.
2019-11-27 16:00 | |
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Вслед за Шанхаем власти китайского города Шэньчжэнь ужесточат борьбу с криптотрейдингом и схемами Pump & Dump. How to define “illegal” is pretty ambiguous under the current regulatory framework according to prior cases, ICO/IEO towards Chinese retail investors is illegal, and capital flight/forex via crypto can be illegal (and fiat on-ramp/off ramp), financial fraud like ponzi […]
2019-11-21 16:55 | |
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An inter-ministerial committee in China plans to reward individuals who report illicit ICO fundraisers. The decision could likely boost China’s crackdown on the regional cryptocurrency industry.
2019-11-19 15:55 | |
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New York court orders Veritaseum to pay $8.4 million in disgorgement, while its CEO Reginald Middleton is also liable for a $1 million civil penalty
2019-11-1 16:31 | |
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The US regulator announced that it suspends Telegram's ICO and begins investigation into illegal coin offering. The TON blockchain seems not to be launched in October, but investors are unlikely to receive reimbursement.
2019-10-18 14:32 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is in discussions with the alleged fraudulent firm Virataseum. Sec announced off into a dialogue with CEO Reginald Middleton before the pre-trial conference for a possible settlement of the $15 million illegal token sales.
2019-10-10 17:37 | |
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Kik app with over 2 million users to close unexpectedly in order to fund ongoing lawsuit for illegal ICO run in 2017
2019-10-2 22:17 | |
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Block. one – the company behind cryptocurrency EOS – was slapped with a $24 million fine this week, pertaining to its initial coin offering (ICO) back in 2017. That might sound harsh, but it’s a tiny penalty.
2019-10-1 18:40 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov for conducting an illegal token sale of $14. 6 million and acting as unregistered brokers for other digital asset offerings, the federal agency said in its official statement.
2019-9-19 20:10 | |
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Russian cryptocurrency ratings site ICO Rating has agreed to pay an undisclosed fine to the US Securities and Exchange Commission after allegedly shilling illegal token sales on its site from December 2017 to July 2018.
2019-8-21 23:27 | |
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Coinspeaker Kik Claims ‘SEC Has Been Twisting Facts’ in Their Ongoing Legal BattleKik kicked back at the SEC lawsuit that claims a $100 million ICO was illegal. The company behind Kik Messenger filed a response in U.
2019-8-7 10:13 | |
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China is not a bitcoin-friendly country as it has taken a slew of measures to kill the flagship cryptocurrency, which include imposing a blanket ban on all initial coin offerings (ICO) and shuttering crypto exchanges.
2019-7-20 13:48 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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In a press release issued June 4, 2019, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that it was suing Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting a $100 million illegal initial coin offering (ICO) of digital tokens.
2019-6-5 11:00 | |
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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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A newly released document shows the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Kik for holding a $100 million dollar ICO in 2017. SEC Claims $100 Million Token Sale was Illegal An SEC filing from June 4 shows that the U.
2019-6-4 22:30 | |
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In 2017, messaging service Kik raised $100 million during its Kin token ICO. The US Securities and Exchange Commission now claims the ICO constituted an illegal securities offering.
2019-6-5 21:48 | |
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Kik, the embattled messaging startup behind the Kin cryptocurrency, is now crowd-sourcing donations to help fund its legal battle with US regulators. The Defend Crypto Fund is said to be tailored specifically to fight the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) “on behalf of the future of crypto in the [United States].
2019-5-28 17:30 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng. Bitcoin ATM services in China have once again proved to be hopeless, after the first Bitcoin OTM (OTC Teller Machine) in Beijing was removed shortly after its installation.
2019-5-21 19:11 | |
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FINMA, Switzerland’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority, has found Envion AG guilty of receiving commercial public deposits from a minimum of 37,000 investors in the context of an initial coin offering (ICO).
2019-3-29 08:00 | |
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Swiss financial regulator FINMA has finished enforcement proceedings against crypto mining firm Envion, concluding that its ICO was illegal
2019-3-28 20:52 | |
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Financial regulators in Switzerland have disclosed the illegal acts committed by Envion AG, a cryptocurrency “mining operation” that illegitimately collected over $90 million with an initial coin offering (ICO) last year.
2019-3-27 18:38 | |
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2019-3-25 22:16 | |
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Running an unregistered crypto exchange or an initial coin offering (ICO) in Malaysia could land the operator in jail for a maximum of 10 years. $2. 43 Million in Fines Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), the country’s top financial watchdog, has announced that it would categorize cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as securities.
2019-1-17 19:33 | |
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AXL is Reverse ICO based on performance agency and corrects the performance culture sports ticket market, currently being exploited due to illegal expedient reselling,through the blockchain technology.
2019-1-7 16:33 | |
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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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Steven Peikin, the co-director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement gave a speech at the Harvard Law School’s Program on the importance of international cooperation in pursuing fraudulent ICOs on December 3, 2018.
2018-12-6 16:00 | |
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China has remained vigilant toward the fledgling blockchain and cryptocurrency industry for a while – and things might be about to get even worse. Beijing has declared security token offerings (STOs) illegal.
2018-12-3 14:39 | |
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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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Envion, a Switzerland-based startup that claims to make use of renewable energy in providing off-grid cryptocurrency mining, has reportedly been shut down by the cantonal court of Zug, in crypto-friendly Switzerland following an alleged illegal initial coin offering (ICO), according to a Handelsblatt Global report on November 28, 2018.
2018-11-30 18:00 | |
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The People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country. In its most recent financial stability report for 2018, which was published on Friday, November 3, 2018, the bank said there has been a surge in the number of "disguised" Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), including the free distribution of crypto tokens through airdrops, despite its effort to clamp down on their activities.
2018-11-5 22:04 | |
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The People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country. In its most recent financial stability report for 2018, which was published on Friday, November 3, 2018, the bank said there has been a surge in the number of "disguised" Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), including the free distribution of crypto tokens through airdrops, despite its effort to clamp down on their activities.
2018-11-7 22:04 | |
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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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The days of the pump and dump ICO may be numbered: the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is on the warpath, taking action against potentially dodgy cryptocurrency schemes.
2018-8-29 17:29 | |
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China is continuing its crackdown on bitcoin and cryptocurrency-related ventures. The country is now blocking access to more than 120 offshore cryptocurrency exchanges utilized for trading purposes by mainland customers.
2018-8-24 00:24 | |
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ECoinmerce, a DAO e-commerce platform, has announced the launch of the Crypto Community Watch program, in partnership with a consortium of crypto industry organizations including ICO Alert, GZH, Step VC and NewEconomies.
2018-8-21 19:07 | |
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Swiss markets authority investigates Envion AG for a potentially illegal $100 million initial coin offering (ICO).
2018-7-27 11:10 | |
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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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