ICO Reckoning – SEC sues ICO Promotor ICOBox and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov
The evolving crypto scam scene Parallel to the hype of binary options, a broker scene specialized in crypto scams developed since 2016. This development was...
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Regulatory Complaint – SEC charges Kik with conducting $100 million unregistered ICO
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Kik Interactive Inc. for illegally raising $100 million through its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2017. The...
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Former SEC attorney claims Bitcoin’s value derives from its potential to facilitate criminal activity
In his column for Law360, former SEC Attorney John Reed Stark once again spoke out massively against Bitcoins. However exciting, disruptive and innovative the blockchain...
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Weekly Crypto Note – Crypto Winter May Come To An End
In December 2017, the Bitcoin price scratched the $20,000 mark. The ICO hype was at its peak and produced a huge amount of new cryptocurrencies....
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNREGISTERED PUBLIC SECURITY TOKEN SALES
On July 25 2018 the U.S. SEC issued a so-called Section 21(a) report of its investigation into an offering of cryptographic blockchain tokens by “The...
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MISLEADING ICO COMMUNICATION MAY BE SECURITIES FRAUD
After the collapse of the ICO-Hype, the great awakening of regulators and investors takes place. It is becoming increasingly clear that most of the ICOs...
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U.S. SEC SETTLES WITH CRYPTO PROMOTORS FLOYD MAYWEATHER AND DJ KHALED
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) settled charges against professional boxer Floyd MAYWEATHER JR. and music producer Khaled KHALED, known as DJ Khaled, for...
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BLOCKVEST: SEC STOPS FRAUDULENT ICO FALSELY CLAIMING SEC APPROVAL
Another day, another crypto-fraud. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order halting a planned Initial...
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SEC CLOSED DOWN CRYPTO-VENTURE TOKENLOT AS UNREGULATED BROKER-DEALER
With TokenLot, the SEC has closed a distributor secondary market operator for ICO coins. In a settlement with the SEC, the operators also have to...
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FIRST-EVER SEC ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST CRYPTO-HEDGE FUND
The U.S. SEC continues its strict policy towards the still unregulated crypto-scene. With the first-ever action against a crypto- investment company, the SEC is once...