Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse has responded to some of the community’s concerns surrounding the SEC’s $1.3 billion lawsuit against the firm. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has revealed the firm unsuccessfully attempted to settle its securities violation lawsuit with the SEC, and slammed the “regulatory chaos” around cryptocurrencies. I’m not going to litigate the SEC’s unproven…
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The outlook is grim for the Canadian messaging app as it loses $5 million over its ICO for Kin tokens. On Wednesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the end of its lawsuit against Kik Interactive. The Canadian messenger app fell afoul of the U.S. regulator for failing to treat its sale of KIN…
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SEC v. Kik doesn’t have to be game-over for Kik or SAFTs. In fact, the decision is perhaps more favorable than the SEC v. Telegram order. On the last day of September 2020, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein dashed the hopes of Kik Interactive, crypto entrepreneurs and Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, or SAFT, proponents in…
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A judge has ruled that the $100 million ICO conducted by the Canadian messaging platform Kik in 2017 violated federal securities laws. U.S. District Judge Alvin Kellerstein has sided with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), ruling that the Canadian technology firm Kik’s $100 million initial coin offering (ICO) violated federal securities laws. On…
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Kik and Solana may be trying to keep damaging allegations hidden from the public. On June 18, a user posted a link to a court document that accuses Kik of facilitating the exchange of child porn on the Kin Foundation’s subreddit. The link was then crossposted to Solana’s subreddit. Moderators for both subreddits subsequently removed…
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As Telegram learned, regulators in the U.S. are a major barrier to new projects looking for funding anywhere in the world. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s vigor in pursuing initial coin offerings, or ICOs, has become a major boogeyman within the crypto community. Most recently, the case against Telegram ended with that company…
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The SEC has proposed a summary judgment that it hopes will conclude the regulator’s lengthy battle with Kik over the firm’s 2017 ICO. A new round of documents have been filed in the lengthy dispute between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and Kik Interactive Inc. over the messaging company’s 2017 initial…
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SEC seeks an early victory in lawsuit against Canadian messenger firm Kik for $100 million ICO in 2017. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested an early summary judgment in its lawsuit against Kik over the messaging company’s $100 million KIN initial coin offering (ICO) during 2017. The SEC first brought its…
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New documents reveal Kik is pushing to set a trial date for its SEC lawsuit, which may be scheduled for some time in the second half of 2020. Kik Interactive Inc. requested the formal definition of a trial date for its lawsuit with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as revealed by a…
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Kik almost went to the verge of shutting down because of its lawsuit with the SEC. A buyout from MediaLab saved it. On Oct. 13, Canadian social media and messaging app Kik revealed it’s “here to stay.” This was an apparent reversal from what the company’s CEO, Ted Livingston, said in a blog post —…
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