Category: ICO
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The way forward for ICOs: Learn crypto from Biden’s SEC chair pick, part 1/3
Gensler will likely be replacing Jay Clayton, who famously slowed down the ICO market during his tenure at the SEC. Will Gensler issue new clarity?
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‘Drive your lambos to the moon,’ says Lindsay Lohan in crypto promotion vid
The celebrity was commissioned to record a promotional video for cryptocurrency, in which she forecast new all-time price highs for Bitcoin and Ether.
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Ripple Lawsuit Could Invoke Billions in Losses to ‘Innocent Third-Parties,’ Says Former SEC Commissioner
The crypto community is extremely curious about what will happen to Ripple Labs and the token asset XRP, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently filed a lawsuit against Ripple and two executives. On December 25, the large cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp announced delisting XRP for U.S. customers, and a former SEC Commissioner thinks…
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SEC scuppers ShipChain’s $27M ICO and fines the firm its last $2M
The defunct firm is not the first to run aground due to failure to abide by U.S. securities laws.
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Law Decoded: Crypto on the rise, Big Tech on notice, Dec. 11–18
The crypto industry is ending 2020 on a high note, while major social media platforms face a phalanx of lawmakers and lawsuits.
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Did you fall for it? 13 ICO scams that fooled thousands
ICOs are revolutionary for business, though the fear of being scammed keeps investors at a distance.
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SEC’s fintech wing leaves the nest, becoming stand-alone office
FinHub will have new independence and responsibilities, reporting directly to the SEC’s chairman.
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Report: 33% of US Based ICO Investors Say Founders Intentionally Deceived Them or Withheld Key Information
A survey conducted by Xangle Research finds that a third (33%) of respondents say founders of an initial coin offering (ICO) in which they invested either intentionally deceived them or withheld key information. A further 17% of the responding ICO investors say they did not know if they had been deceived. However, about half (50%)…