Category: ICO
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Filecoin Miners Start a Strike – FIL Validators Claim the Project’s Economic Model Is Not Working
The Filecoin project has surely seen a lot of hype but during the last few weeks before the launch, the cooperative digital storage crypto project has been criticized a great deal. This weekend a few Filecoin miners have been on strike and claim the economic model is not working out for them. Just recently the…
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Law Decoded: Police and thieves on their screens, Oct 2–9
The Department of Justice made headlines in crypto and elsewhere, leading a week of law enforcement locking down around the world.
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These are the end days for crypto criminals, and good riddance
Nobody who believes in crypto wants it to be a sector beholden to criminality or poor commitment to security.
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Experts weigh in: Is DeFi dead or is it still the future of finance?
The current DeFi ecosystem’s trajectory is reminiscent of the ICO boom.
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Rise of the Underdog, Securypto Takes off as Investors Scramble To Get on Board
The time of ICO’s seems behind us and many blockchain projects have fallen off the grid but one particular project seems not only to have survived but even thrived during these times. Securypto focuses on safe and truly anonymous exchange of data. In a world where datahacks have become the norm rather than the exception,…
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SEC bring John McAfee to court over ICO promotion
The cybersecurity millionaire and former presidential candidate sees new additions to his legal woes.
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SEC versus Kik: SAFTs are far from safe
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.
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The chance for DeFi to fulfill the technology’s promise
Decentralized finance clearly has the potential to change the world, but most of what carries that moniker today is not at all truly DeFi.
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ICO Aftermath: US Rules in Favour of SEC in $100M KIK Case – SALT to Reimburse Claimants From 2017 ICO
A US court has ruled in favour of the US SEC after the regulator’s filing of a motion seeking summary judgment against Kik for violating the country securities laws. Kik, which raised $100 million from 2017 ICO, had filed its own motion of summary judgment but the court refused to grant this. In his judgment,…
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Court rules Kik’s 2017 ICO violated U.S. securities laws
A judge has ruled that the $100 million ICO conducted by the Canadian messaging platform Kik in 2017 violated federal securities laws.