2019-3-28 20:52 |
Swiss financial regulator FINMA has finished enforcement proceedings against crypto mining firm Envion, concluding that its ICO was illegal
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Financial regulators in Switzerland have disclosed the illegal acts committed by Envion AG, a cryptocurrency “mining operation” that illegitimately collected over $90 million with an initial coin offering (ICO) last year.
2019-3-27 18:38 | |
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Sponsy is a failed ICO that attempted to launch in the summer of 2018, according to the Financial Times. The proprietor of the crypto project currently has it listed on eBay for a price of $60,000 and says the firm’s biggest mistake was building a product first.
2019-3-27 00:00 | |
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Blockchain lawyer Andrew Hinkes has joined has joined legal services firm Carlton Fields, where he will focus on litigating cases for token sellers.
2019-3-23 15:00 | |
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Morgan Creek Digital has invested an undisclosed amount in Ikigai Asset Management, a cryptocurrency and digital asset management firm that claims to be focused on generating superior risk-adjusted returns for its clients through venture-stage pre-Initial Coin Offering (ICO) investments, according to a Business Wire press release on March 20, 2019.
2019-3-22 06:00 | |
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It’s long been said that cryptocurrency adoption will be what fuels the next bull run, just as the ICO… The post Adoption: Fortune 500 Firm Avnet Introduces Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash Payments to 2.
2019-3-21 18:53 | |
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Sunday, a Ukranian blockchain CEO got kidnapped in Kiev. Gregory Kucherkov is the CEO of Cornerstone, an effort to fund real estate investment with a blockchain token. Conerstone is planning an ICO.
2019-3-14 20:45 | |
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The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the country’s first initial coin offering (ICO) portal to police the issuance of digital, blockchain-based tokens. The portal is almost ready to launch and is awaiting final approval from other government agencies like the Commerce Ministry, the Bangkok Post reports.
2019-3-13 14:01 | |
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Accounting firm Pwc’s Hong Kong branch recently released a crypto insolvency report guiding crypto business owners on what to do “when things start to go wrong.” News.Bitcoin.com spoke to the crypto head of Pwc’s Asia operations, part of the team who released the report, on how he views the current cryptocurrency landscape, the factors that […] The post New Pwc Report on Crypto Insolvency Captures the ICO Chaos appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-2-28 04:45 | |
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Tron is making headway and its changes have already enabled it to catch up to EOS, a blockchain firm that is backed by $4 billion that it was able to raise through its ICO. According to a report by Tron, it is performing better than EOS. As the report states, “if we take a closer […]
2019-2-26 18:39 | |
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The SEC acknowledged a settlement with Gladius Network LLC today. Gladius raised almost $13 million in an ICO at the height of the crypto boom, from October to December 2017. The company tattled on itself last August, self-reporting potential violations to the SEC.
2019-2-21 22:42 | |
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BlueOcean Ventures is a Swiss venture capital firm specialized in investing in ventures from the medical field. For the first time, the BlueOcean STO gives investors the possibility of buying a tradable token (BOV Token) in the highly illiquid asset class of Swiss and European Medtech and life science venture capital investments.
2019-2-17 16:47 | |
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Smart contracts auditing firm Hosho has laid off a significant number of staff, citing an increased amount of automated tooling
2019-2-2 21:28 | |
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CoinSpeaker South Korea Will Remain Firm on Maintaining ICO Ban, Reveals Country’s Financial Watchdog According to FSC, the ban will not be lifted, as firms conducting ICOs were making use of foreign jurisdictions, but still raising funds from South Korean nationals.
2019-2-1 10:49 | |
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KIK CEO Ted Livingston is challenging the SEC’s treatment of the firm’s native token which was released last year. In September 2018, $100 million worth of Kin tokens were sold to the public. However, according to Livingston, the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission believes that Kik issued an unregistered currency, a claim […]
2019-1-28 17:28 | |
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Binance will be holding initial coin offerings (ICOs) on the firm’s token sale platform Launchpad nearly every month in 2019. TRON’s BitTorrent and Fetch. ai are two of the ICOs slated to be offered in 2019.
2019-1-4 10:38 | |
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It seems like cryptocurrency firms are not shying away from controversies anytime soon. Sydney-based Power Ledger faced fire last week after investors and industry experts called out the firm’s dubious social media practices, reported Financial Review on December 26, 2018.
2018-12-29 12:00 | |
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Projects which had their initial coin offerings (ICOs) on the blockchain of Ethereum have quickly liquidated their ETH holdings since June of 2018. Treasury withdrawals hit a year-high in December with more than 420,000 ETH being liquidated.
2018-12-27 14:00 | |
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Increasingly frequent action taken by the SEC against initial coin offerings is expected to lead to more cryptocurrency projects being forced to refund investors. Among those expected to be affected is the first U.
2018-12-15 15:15 | |
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Pantera Capital Management, an investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency, and crypto assets, said about 25 percent of the projects that its ICO fund invested in could be in violation of U.
2018-12-14 02:32 | |
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On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against boxing icon Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled for failing to disclose payments they received for promoting now-defunct cryptocurrency firm CentraTech to millions of followers on social media.
2018-11-30 13:36 | |
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EOSIO, better known for holding the most successful initial coin offering (ICO) in terms of funds raised, announced on Nov. 21st EOSIO, V1. 5. 0-rc1 software as a Release Candidate. The firm says that it is collecting user feedback to improve the developer experience when building applications on the EOS platform.
2018-11-22 15:59 | |
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The North Dakota Securities Department, responsible for the enforcement of the securities laws in the U. S. state, has issued a cease and desist order against Union Bank Payment Coin (UBPC) for allegedly promoting a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO).
2018-11-21 00:00 | |
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It seems there is yet another massive internal strife brewing up in the blockchain space. KodakOne – a cryptocurrency project that promised to bring photographers a new stream of revenue – purportedly owes thousands of dollars in outstanding invoices to contractors the firm recruited to build the platform.
2018-11-20 20:54 | |
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DigitalX is an ICO and blockchain advisory firm with a checkered past. Our article covers all you need to know about the company. The post What’s the Deal with ICO Advisory Firm DigitalX? appeared first on CoinCentral.
2018-11-19 19:56 | |
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A recent report details just how weak initial coin offering (ICO) fundraising is becoming amidst the persisting 2018 crypto bear market, with Q3 being the least successful fundraising quarter for ICOs so far this year.
2018-11-16 01:00 | |
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Silver Miller, one of the leading law firms for cryptocurrency related cases in the US is now suing AT&T and T-Mobile for cell phone hacks that victimized cryptocurrency holders. The crypto investor law firm usually engages in cases related to Initial Coin Offering (ICO) frauds and crypto exchange disputes.
2018-11-9 19:29 | |
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Iconiq Lab is a decentralized group that is focused on venture capital. It recently announced that it was working with the VAEON Protocol. The protocol happens to be the first EOS VC backed ICO globally.
2018-11-7 21:18 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released a report detailing actions taken against fraudulent ICOs and financial ventures, and, indeed, the year has been wrought with cases.
2018-11-3 00:33 | |
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Crypto Advisory Firm DigitalX Requested For Mediation On ICO Gone Wrong DigitalX, a publicly listed blockchain advisory firm has announced that it has been requested for mediation from the Federal Court of Australia in relation to its advisory role to an ICO.
2018-11-1 01:09 | |
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With Ethereum’s launch in 2015 came a flurry of excitement over the future potential of smart contracts. Utilizing a more flexible scripting language than Bitcoin, the platform’s decentralized applications (DApps) were touted by proponents as unlocking a plethora of formerly untapped use cases for the blockchain.
2018-10-30 21:45 | |
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American Retail Group has announced a partnership with an SEC-regulated custodian for crypto transactions as well as an SEC-registered ICO.
2018-10-23 18:37 | |
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A press release from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the suspension of securities trading for a Nevada-based firm, which had made false claims of being “under SEC Regulations.
2018-10-23 02:13 | |
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Ever since the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a stern warning about initial coin offerings (ICOs) in February 2018, cryptocurrency projects have had to consider different options for distributing their tokens — and funding their development.
2018-10-20 19:31 | |
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2018-10-20 06:33 | |
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During the Bermuda Executive Forum, which took place on Thursday, October 18, the first ever firm was chosen to conduct an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that abides by the regulation placed by the Bermuda island.
2018-10-19 19:50 | |
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In December 2017, Ernst & Young a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, analyzed the top ICOs that represented 87% ICO funding in 2017. In this study, the firm revisit the same group of companies to analyze the progress and investment return on their ICOs.
2018-10-25 03:00 | |
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Blockvest is being sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for making false claims that the regulator’s approval for its planned ICO. The regulator is looking for an injunction against the defendant in return for all the financial gains of its ICO activities.
2018-10-15 18:00 | |
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Singapore-based BK Global Consortium has paid 400 billion won (approximately $350 million) for a majority stake in South Korean Bithumb, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, according to a local news outlet.
2018-10-13 23:53 | |
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South Korea stood its ground on the matter of legalizing initial coin offerings (ICOs), reaffirming the ban that the country instituted last fall. ICO Ban Stands The Financial Services Commission (FSC) – South Korea’s top financial regulator — reaffirmed October 11 that the country will maintain its position on initial coin offerings and keep them outlawed.
2018-10-12 20:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.
2018-10-12 01:12 | |
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This Tuesday, Tiberius Technology Ventures temporarily halted sales of its metals-backed digital currency Tiberius Coin. The firm plans to refund $1 million to investors due to high credit card fees that it said made the project unworkable.
2018-10-10 13:00 | |
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On Oct. 8, 2018, the blockchain firm and mining pool Viabtc finished the first high-value initial coin offering (ICO) using the Wormhole protocol and Bitcoin Cash chain. According to exchange data, the Viabtc Token ICO raised US$3,700 per second capturing a total of $30 million in 2.
2018-10-10 23:15 | |
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Summer Capital Joins Swiss Cryptocurrency Investment Bank in Its Series A Fundraising A Hong Kong Firm, Summer Capital, has recently joined SEBA Crypto AG’s Series A Funding, which is its first move in the cryptocurrency space.
2018-10-9 20:25 | |
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An independent study by Autonomous Research has found that initial coin offering (ICO) activity globally has dropped over 90 percent this year. With the high of about $3 billion in funds raised by token sales at the beginning of this year, September investments were less than $300 million, according to the firm.
2018-10-9 06:15 | |
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Cryptocurrency startup Circle is venturing deeper into crypto trading. The Boston-based company is now ready to buy equity crowdfunding firm SeedInvest. If approved by regulators, the move could allow Circle to help match investors with fledgling companies trying to raise money via initial coin offerings (ICOs).
2018-10-6 20:54 | |
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In a moment that could establish a precedent in jurisprudence, an ICO advisory firm in Australia gets sued by a group of claimants at a time when the government is more sensitive to ICOs.
2018-10-1 09:23 | |
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Shares in the ASX-listed blockchain firm DigitalX slumped Friday after it revealed it is facing a legal claim from investors in an ICO it advised.
2018-9-28 14:31 | |
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On September 26th, mining firm Bitmain publicly disclosed its financial information for the first time. The move comes in anticipation of an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Bitmain, the Chinese giant of crypto mining, has publicly released its financial standings in a prospectus report on Wednesday.
2018-9-27 17:00 | |
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NiceHash, the leading hashrate marketplace, is set to inaugurate the first-ever Bitcoin-focused conference in Maribor, Slovenia. Dubbed NiceHashX, this event is styled as the “Bitcoin Conference on the Sunny Side of the Alps” and will be held over two days on November 8 and 9, 2024.
Swiss National Bank Chair Thomas Jordan says public central bank digital currency is unnecessary, suggests focusing on interbank trials. Switzerland is unlikely to introduce a public central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the near future, as risks associated with the…
Swiss National Bank Chair Thomas Jordan says public central bank digital currency is unnecessary, suggests focusing on interbank trials. Switzerland is unlikely to introduce a public central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the near future, as risks associated with the…
The move was part of zkSync developer Matter Labs' long-term goal to move its treasury reserves to a blockchain.
Raided by a Swiss prosecutor, Tyr Capital Partners is facing accusations of criminal mismanagement due to its ties to FTX. The Switzerland-based crypto hedge fund, Tyr Capital Partners, came under scrutiny in August 2023 after investors raised concerns about its…
Swiss asset manager Pando Asset seeks SEC approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF, a step towards integrating crypto into mainstream finance.
The bank's Hong Kong unit can now deal in and distribute securities, including virtual assets-related products.