June 2018

AUSTRIAN REGULATOR PLANS TO REGULATE CRYPTO-EXCHANGES AND ICO’S

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The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) has already been noticed several times in recent weeks that it has set milestones in the regulation of cryptocurrencies. The FMA, for example, considered the Austrian INVIA‘s crypto-mining system to be an Alternative Investment Fund (AIM) and prohibited its operation. INVIA had raised funds from investors to invest in …

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FINTELEGRAM PROJECT: “SHIT COINS” AND ICO EXPERTS’ LIABILITIES

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The ICO Ruins, Dead Coins, and the Legacy The era of the ICO’s is obviously coming to an end and leaves behind a terrible legacy. Founders, ICO experts, and bounty hunters have staged an unparalleled global hype since 2016 over all countries and jurisdictions. Now not only the founders but also the ICO experts are …

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THE END OF THE COMPROMISED ICO SERVICES INDUSTRY: ADVISORY AND BOUNTY CAMPAIGNING MAY BE A REGULATED BUSINESS

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The McAfee Way to Exploit The ICO Hype Times are changing rapidly for ICO advisors and cheerleading ICO bounty hunters. Regulators may consider them as financial services providers and/or brokers and thus require them to register with regulators and apply for the respective licenses. Actually, the hype around ICO’s was founded on those ICO advisors …

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REGULATORY AML-CRACKDOWN ON CRYPTO-EXCHANGES IN JAPAN

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We already reported today that the market capitalization of the cryptocurrencies lost almost US$ 17 billion within 24 hours. Analysts do not believe the ground has been found yet. The market is confronted with considerable uncertainties about the future of cryptocurrencies and regulatory measures are one of these sources of uncertainty. Today there was another …

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BELGIUM FSMA UPDATES LIST OF FRAUDULENT CRYPTO-SCHEMES

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The Belgium Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) has updated its list of unlawfully operating crypto-schemes along with an article headlined “CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING PLATFORMS: BEWARE OF FRAUD!” The FSMA is receiving an increasing number of consumer complaints regarding investments in cryptocurrencies. The FSMA once again warns the public about platforms offering investments in cryptocurrencies. Often …

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PROHIBITED CRYPTO-MINING SCHEME VIA STOPPED PAYOUTS TO INVESTORS EVEN THOUGH THE AUTHORITY HAS NOT FROZEN FUNDS

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Following many inquiries by clients of INVIA GmbH the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) would like to had to clarify that the prohibiting of INVIA’s business model in conjunction with the mining of cryptocurrencies does not mean that the FMA has frozen INVIA accounts. Obviously, such statements have been made by INVIA employees towards clients, …

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UPDATE ON REGULATORY HYPOTHESES FOR BLOCKCHAINS AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES

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Over the last couple of weeks, regulators and financial market authorities in many jurisdictions have issued decisions regarding blockchains and cryptocurrencies. Just a few days ago, the US SEC has made clear that it’s working on the hypothesis that cryptographic tokens sold to investors via Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) or other campaigns are to be …

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A REGULATOR’S STRONG WARNING TO FRAUDULENT ICO ISSUERS

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That’s excellent news for investors protection but probably not so good news for crypto-issuers aiming at ICOs. According to a Bloomberg report, the US SEC gave a strong warning Wednesday that U.S. scrutiny of initial coin offerings is just getting started. The SEC’s Chairman Jay Clayton said companies raising money through ICOs shouldn’t have any …

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MARSHALL ISLANDS INSTALLED CRYPTO AS LEGAL TENDER REPLACING US DOLLAR

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Just in case you missed it. In February 2018, the small Republic of Marshall Islands, an island country located near the equator in the Pacific Ocean with some 60,000 people, passed the Sovereign Currency Act, which made it the first country to issue their own cryptocurrency and certify it as legal tender. The project was friendly …

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EVENT: CRYPTO-REGULATION MEETUP ANTE PORTAS

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That’s good news to crypto-investors and the crypto-space. The German Blockchain Bundesverband will present and discuss their ideas around crypto-regulation. They call it “Token Regulation” but we prefer the broader term “Crypto-Regulation”. We had the chance to read the paper and it really constitutes an important milestone in the crypto-space, a measure of self-regulation initiative. …

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