Enigma settled with the SEC for its unregistered ICO, agreeing to pay a fine and return investor funds. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, recently announced its conquest over yet another unregistered ICO from 2017. The SEC went after Enigma for its 2017 ICO, labeling the capital raise as an unregistered securities offering,…
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce aka CryptoMom tells Cointelegraph about her hopes for her new safe harbor proposal for cryptocurrencies in decentralized networks. Commissioner Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is known for her work on the regulator’s approach to crypto, enough to have earned the moniker “CryptoMom.” On Thursday, Feb. 6,…
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The U.S. SEC has requested that Kik Interactive Inc. provided detailed information about its operations since it released its native token, Kin. The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested a deposition from a representative of Kik Interactive Inc. to provide detailed information about its operations since releasing native token Kin. Kik Interactive, the…
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Let’s take a look at some of the key factors that helped spur the growth of the crypto market in 2019. During the first couple of months of 2019, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) stayed put under the $4,000 mark, thereby solidifying fears that the market was indeed in the midst of a long crypto…
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The U.S. SEC has charged Boaz Manor and his associates with raising over $30 million through a fraudulent initial coin offering. The United States Securities and Exchange Commision has charged a group of criminals, who raised over $30 million through a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO). Per a Jan. 12 press release, the SEC charged…
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Amid the constantly growing cryptocurrency market, the number of irreversible coins in increasing affecting the whole industry development. The initial coin offering crypto buzz hit all-time high popularity in 2017 when there were 875 projects, a significant jump from 29 in the previous year. 2018 picked up on the trend, introducing a further 1,253 projects.…
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The sale of Telegram Open Network tokens held by Liquid Exchange was canceled due to launch delays, with the funds being returned to the investors. Liquid Exchange has canceled the sale of Telegram Open Network’s (TON) Gram tokens, according to a Jan. 10 company post. The exchange returned the funds of all investors who participated…
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The SEC posted a statement on Jan. 14 advising potential investors to be cautious with IEOs, which could be unregistered securities. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent out a warning today from its Investor Education and Advocacy wing, urging citizens to be wary of initial coin offerings (IEOs). In a Jan. 14 statement…
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Per today’s filings, Telegram will provide the requested bank records that the SEC believes will be evidence of rule-breaking in its $1.7 billion offering of Gram tokens. Telegram will release bank records that the United States Securities Exchange Commission believes will prove misconduct in the latter’s $1.7 billion offering of Gram tokens. International privacy laws…
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The SEC is renewing its request for Telegram’s bank records in connection to a 2018 ICO as evidence of commission-driven sale of tokens by third parties emerges. The Securities and Exchange Commission is once again requesting that Telegram provide bank records on its Gram initial coin offering (ICO). The timing of the request, filed on…
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