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SEC Wins Case Against Crypto Influencer Ian Balina For Securities Laws Violation

On Wednesday, a Texas federal court judge ruled in favor of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the case against crypto influencer Ian Balina. The case is part of the Sparkster saga that started in 2018.

2024-5-26 08:00
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Canadian Regulator Found QuadrigaCX CEO Guilty of Gambling With Customers’ Funds

The infamous QuadrigaCX case is under investigation in Canada. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) found former QuadrigaCX CEO Gerald Cotten guilty of misappropriation of users’ funds. Instead of putting the customers’ money into cold storage, Gerald was buying properties across the globe.

2020-6-12 12:56	QuadrigaCX
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NY Judge Grants Blockchain Association ‘Amicus Curiae’ Despite SEC’s Opposition in Kik Case

New York court judge accepts Washington D. C blockchain advocacy group, Blockchain Association filing “amicus curiae”, a friend of the court, in the case between Kik and U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

2020-4-30 00:06
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Telegram Claims Recent Ruling Undermines SEC’s Case

Telegram has mustered a recent case ruling in California to bolster its claims that Gram tokens are not securities

2020-3-10 13:44	#tokens
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United States SEC Wins $16M Case Again ICOBox

The ICOBox platform received a court decision in absentia, after failing to defend its side against the accusations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ICOBox Investigated for Aggressive Token Promotion ICOBox was sentenced to repaying $16M for acting as an unregistered broker.

2020-3-7 17:00	Securities and Exchange Commission
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Is XRP a Security? Lawyer Makes Case For This Argument

While Bitcoin has been defined as a non-security by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the regulatory status of XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency, is still up in the air. The cryptocurrency being found as a security could, as fintech upstart Ripple put it, “upend and threaten to destroy the established XRP market more broadly.

2020-3-4 08:10	XRP
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US Rapper Dismissed From ICO Lawsuit, Kevin Hart Still on Trial

Atlanta rapper T. I, real name Clifford Harris Jr, has been cleared of securities fraud charges stemming from his alleged promotion of the FLiK ICO. However, fellow defendants, businessman Ryan Felton, along with actor and comedian Kevin Hart, still have a case to answer.

2020-3-4 18:00
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NY Judge Extends Date To Release Telegram’s GRAM Tokens, Will Be ‘Mindful’ Of April 30th

Telegram’s ICO case with U. S Securities Commission (SEC) drags on as a New York judge extends the restraining order keeping the GRAM investors in wait for their tokens. As the April deadline approaches, whereby investors in Telegram’s $1.

2020-2-20 20:13
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CFTC Asked to Provide Opinion in SEC Case Against Telegram ICO

A U.S. judge has asked lawyers from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide an opinion in the case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Telegram's $1.7 billion token sale.

2020-2-8 21:00	TON
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SEC Brings Hammer Down on Infamous Bitcoin Scammer

After filing a motion for sanctions against Blockvest and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, the U. S SEC is now hoping to close the case for good. US securities regulator builds up a case against Blockvest The US SEC continues its efforts to crack down on numerous crypto scams that took place in the last few years.

2020-1-28 19:00	SEC
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Chamber of Digital Commerce And The Blockchain Association Side With Telegram In SEC GRAM Case

An amicus brief was just filed by the Chamber of Digital Commerce in the continuing legal battle between the SEC (United States Securities Exchange) and Telegram. The document which was filed on January 21st was authored by one Lilya Tessler, the current head of Sidley Austin LLP, based in New York, and counsel to the […]

2020-1-22 18:42
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Blockchain Association Sides With Telegram Against SEC, Says Grams Are Not Securities

The U.S. advocacy group has come out strongly on the side of Telegram in its ongoing SEC court case.

2020-1-23 15:17
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Court Blocks U.S. SEC from Obtaining Telegram ICO Financials

The case against Telegram by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has hit a snag as a court has denied the Commissions requests to view the company’s financials, reports FinanceFeeds.

2020-1-7 17:42	United States
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U.S SEC Demands Telegram Token Bank Records

The US SEC recently demanded that Telegram shares its financial details as part of their case regarding Telegram’s ICO, which the company refused to do. The beef between Telegram and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears to still be on-going as 2020 kicks off.

2020-1-3 17:30	Telegram
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The SEC Isn’t Done Yet, Files Documents To Reopen Bitcoin Scam Case; Seeking Monetary Relief

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to revisit the Renwick Haddow case, a Bitcoin-related fraud where investors were stripped of a combined amount of $37 million. According to news outlet, Cointelegraph, the SEC expressed their intentions in a letter sent to Judge Lorna G.

2019-12-9 20:34	Legal & Regulation
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US SEC Re-Opens Infamous Bitcoin Scammer Case

According to recent documents, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes that the case against the serial Ponzi scammer, Renwick Haddow, has yet to be properly solved. The United States SEC does not appear to be satisfied with the New York Southern District Court judge’s decision regarding the case against Renwick Haddow.

2019-12-9 13:45	U.A.E.
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Buy Bitcoin on This Dip, Say Goldman Sachs Analysts

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	goldman sachs
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FBI suspects tea company that ‘pivoted’ to blockchain of insider trading

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	hard fork
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ICO Law Specialist Calls for Kik CEO to Stand Down in Crypto/Securities Case vs SEC

A partner at a law firm working with startups that have raised funds using via an initial coin offering is calling on the CEO of Kik to stand down in his case against the SEC. The expert in crypto law believes that Ted Livingston might well do more harm than good to the industry.

2019-7-2 02:00	SEC
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Vectorium Plus ICO

Vectorium Islands are places where the collectivity can produce renewable energy and cryptocurrecy. Those Islands produce power energy value combining wind, solar and waste by a virtuous ecosystem regulated by blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.

2019-6-18 01:23
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SEC’s allegation against Kik is gross mischaracterization and misleading of the facts, says Ted Livingston

Recently, Ted Livingston, the CEO of a Canadian-based messaging startup, Kik, spoke about the reason they were being sued by the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission, in an interview for CNBC Crypto Trader.

2019-6-9 18:30	SEC
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SEC continues to divide and conquer the whole industry, says Kik CEO Ted Livingston

Recently, Ted Livingston, the CEO of Kik, a Canadian-based messaging startup, shed light on the on-going case with the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission [SEC], in an interview with Ran NeuNer for CNBC Crypto Trader.

2019-6-8 16:00	SEC
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The SEC's Case Against Kik Could Have Ramifications For Other 2017 ICOs

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	law and legislation
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SEC Accusing Kik for Illegal ICO, and They May Be Right

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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Need to Know: Kik’s $5 Million Fund to Fight the SEC

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	Regulations
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SEC Sues California Operator Behind $26 Million Crypto Pyramid Scam

By CCN: On Thursday, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil injunctive action against the operator of an alleged pyramid scheme that raised $26 million from investors. The defendant in the case is Daniel Pacheco, 45, a resident of San Clemente, California who has been charged by the SEC with selling unregistered securities as well as operating a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme.

2019-5-28 09:16	SEC
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Tether Partly Backed by Bitcoin, Court Transcription Reveals

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	Law & justice
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Blockstream Releases First Enterprise-Grade Product on Liquid

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	Digital assets
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Bitfinex, Attorney General Legal Sparring Continues With New Court Filings

Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.

2019-5-7 01:42	Law & justice
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Is Mining Equipment a Security? Bitcoin Mining Case Moved to Arbitration

The court in the Roberts v. Obelisk, Inc. case has granted a motion to compel arbitration, according to a report by The Block Crypto. The ongoing case (Roberts v. Obelisk, Inc. , 2019 U. S. Dist.

2019-5-5 21:42	bitcoin mining
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Don’t get Excited about Court’s Show Cause Order in Bitfinex-Tether Case

According to the latest revelations, as of April 30, the USDT stablecoin is only about 74 percent backed by fiat equivalent, stated issuer’s general counsel. On Tuesday, Tether’s general counsel Stuart Hoegner wrote in an affidavit that the company behind USDT holds about $2.

2019-5-4 02:15	Tether (USDT)
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“Holders Are Not at Risk”: Bitfinex Lawyer Responds to NY Attorney General

Bitfinex and Tether’s legal counsel has written a response to the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) ex parte order, which claims that Bitifinex used Tether’s reserves to cover some $850 million in losses.

2019-5-1 01:22	Law & justice
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Bitfinex Faces Legal Action From NY Attorney General: Here’s What This Means

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	Law & justice
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Op Ed: We Just Launched the First Cryptocurrency-to-Tax Payment Partnership

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	Adoption
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Judge Rules ATB Coin ICO Was A Securities Offering

The folks at ATB Coin asked a New York judge to dismiss a case brought against them by those who invested in the company's initial coin offering (ICO). The judge denied the request based on an established presence in New York and the argument that the ICO indeed qualified as an unregistered security offering.

2019-4-10 18:39	law and legislation
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Crypto Lawyer: SEC’s ICO Guidance Just a Legal ‘Nothingburger’

When the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission publishes anything related to the cryptocurrency space, the industry immediately pays attention. However, a highly-touted guidance document from the regulator in regards to blockchain and ICOs is shaping up to be seen as a case of nothing to see here.

2019-4-4 01:15	Securities and Exchange Commission
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Crypto AriseCoin Creator Pleads Guilty to $4.2 Million Securities Fraud

An ICO fraud case has concluded with a guilty plea. Jared Rice Sr. , the former CEO of decentralized bank startup AriseBank and creator of the AriseCoin, has pleaded guilty to cheating investors out of $4.

2019-3-23 16:35
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AriseBank Cryptocurrency Scamming CEO Pleads Guilty of Deception in $4M Fraud Case

The AriseBank CEO, who faced up to 120 years in jail, entered a guilty plea for a count of securities fraud that implicates him for deceiving investors of AriseBank when he was at its helm. This according to a recent report from Dallas News.

2019-3-22 16:00
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Cryptocurrency scammer pleads guilty in $4M fraud case

AriseBank CEO Jared Rice, who faced 120 years in prison for defrauding investors of $4 million in a cryptocurrency scam, has pleaded guilty. The cryptopreneur plead guilty yesterday morning after standing in front of judges in Texas, local outlet Dallas News reports.

2019-3-21 17:54	hard fork
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British Columbia Securities Commission Adds CBE HYIP to Investment Caution List

While there are many legitimate investments that could be made in the crypto space that offer good returns, there are also fraudulent offers that prey on individuals’ lack of information regarding the crypto industry and offer bogus amounts as returns on investments.

2019-3-13 22:41	News
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U.S. SEC Chairperson Jay Clayton Clarifies that Ethereum is Not a Security

CoinSpeaker U. S. SEC Chairperson Jay Clayton Clarifies that Ethereum is Not a SecurityIn his answer letter, Jay Clayton opens up on defining ICO tokens as securities saying that there cannot be a static approach to deal with different crypto assets.

2019-3-13 11:53
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Malaysian Securities Commission Seeks Public Opinion On ICOs

The Securities Commission Malaysia has published two consolation papers on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and property crowdfunding on March 6, 2019, and asked members of the public to leave their comments.

2019-3-8 20:00	Securities
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SEC Gains Injunction Against Blockvest LLC in Fraudulent Securities Case

In a sudden turn of events, the US SEC has been given an injunction against Blockvest, a digital asset firm accused of selling unregistered securities in a February 14, 2019, press release. New Developments The SEC has gained a small victory in their case agonists Blockvest, a blockchain-based asset exchange, by getting an injunction against them onRead MoreRead More.

2019-2-17 18:00
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SEC Obtains Preliminary Injunction Against Blockvest For Fraudulent Securities Offer

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a preliminary injunction granted against Blockvest LLC for unlicensed security offer. This overturns a previous court order, claiming that the SEC failed to prove that the token was a security.

2019-2-16 05:00	security
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Canadian Securities Regulators Are Probing into Controversy Surronding QuadrigaCX Exchange

According to a recent report released by Reuters, it seems that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is looking into Quadriga CX. The investigation started due to the effect that regulatory gaps have over investors and the market.

2019-2-11 00:42	News
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Canadian Startup Kik Plans to Fight a Legal Battle Against the SEC Over an ICO Case

Kik Interactive Inc. , a social media startup based in Waterloo, Ontario is planning to fight the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in court. The startup’s 2017 initial coin offering is at the center of the controversy, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

2019-1-29 15:29
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Kik Looks to Challenge SEC over ICO Securities Debacle

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal published on January 27, 2019, Canadian social-media giant Kik Interactive Inc. is contemplating locking horns with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the latter’s diktat on the legal status of tokens issued throug initial coin offerings (ICOs).

2019-1-28 16:00	United States
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Why is Kik Challenging The SEC In Anticipated Crypto ICO Court Case?

Ever since initial coin offerings (ICOs) became mainstream, regulators, especially the U. S. ’ governmental agencies, have sought to make moves against this newfangled form of funding. The crypto assets from these sales are touted as utility-centric, but incumbents have argued that they resemble securities.

2019-1-28 03:00	SEC
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Canada’s First All-Crypto Legal Firm Opens Its Doors to Global Clientele

Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.

2019-1-11 21:17	Startups
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