2019-11-28 18:57 |
Former UBS executive Claude Waelchli has launched a digital securities issuance platform dubbed Tokenyz
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed and settled charges last week against Friedman LLP, the former auditing firm of stablecoin issuer Tether, finding “serial violations of the federal securities laws” and numerous instances of “improper professional conduct,” according to an order published Monday.
2022-9-27 20:22 | |
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A week ago, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced a fine for ICO promoters CoinLaunch for conducting unregistered ICOs. Commercial litigator, economist, and former coder, Evan Thomas took this news to warn other ICO/STO projects about facing the same consequences.
2019-7-29 19:09 | |
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The FBI is investigating possible insider trading and securities fraud committed by Long Blockchain in 2017 during its pivot from beverage provider Long Island Iced Tea.
2019-7-26 19:01 | |
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Jon Montroll, the former CEO of WeExchange and BitFunder, is going to prison for 14 months now that he has been judged as guilty by the New York justice. He was condemned for obstruction of justice and securities fraud.
2019-7-13 00:29 | |
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Jeff Dorman,a former analyst at Merrill Lynch and Lehman, took to twitter recently to “to clear up a lot of misconceptions (on IEOs) that I’ve been hearing from others”. He begins by reiterating why IEOs.
2019-5-28 19:15 | |
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The former US Securities and Futures Trading Commissioner and blockchain supporter Bart Chilton has died. Chilton was also known for his tight stance on swaps and derivatives, as well as being a critic of high-frequency traders.
2019-4-30 23:00 | |
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Billionaire Elon Musk is apparently in the midst of an ugly civil war brewing within Tesla. Recent news suggests there’s a faction inside the electric-car company Musk co-founded that desperately wants him out.
2019-4-7 21:40 | |
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Coinspeaker Zipmex Exchange Partners with AEC Securities Public Company with the Support of Former Chairman of Stock Exchange Thailand to Launch in South East AsiaZipmex has partnered with AEC Securities, a public listed trading and brokerage firm.
2019-3-27 22:28 | |
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Initial Money Offerings (ICOs) have developed a negative reputation and many investors seem to find themselves dissatisfied with platforms skirting securities laws. Notable actions against ICOs include Ripple Labs and Bitconnect.
2019-3-23 13:32 | |
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An ICO fraud case has concluded with a guilty plea. Jared Rice Sr. , the former CEO of decentralized bank startup AriseBank and creator of the AriseCoin, has pleaded guilty to cheating investors out of $4.
2019-3-23 16:35 | |
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Jared Rice, former AriseBank CEO, pleaded guilty to securities fraud and could face as much as 20 years in prison.
2019-3-22 01:15 | |
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Riot Blockchain, a former biotech firm turned bitcoin-mining company, expects to launch a regulated cryptocurrency exchange by the end of the second quarter of 2019, or June 30. The company is initially investing up to $250,000 to make this roll-out happen.
2019-3-18 00:30 | |
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The alleged ringleaders of OneCoin, the multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency-fuelled pyramid scheme, have finally been busted. On Friday, US authorities apprehended brother-and-sister duo Konstantin Ignatov and Ruja Ignatova at Los Angeles International Airport over their role in the international blockchain-based scam, reports Bloomberg.
2019-3-11 14:42 | |
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Earlier this week, former Barack Obama adviser Larry Summers called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s spending proposals “dangerous. ” Obama Adviser Summers: Ocasio-Cortez Plan ‘Dangerous’ for US Economy Summers, who was once the chief economist at the World Bank, told CNBC that advocating to run up the national debt – as Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have – and let the Federal Reserve endlessly monetize the debt by “printing” more money to acquire Treasury securities is not a “realistic calculus.
2019-3-8 22:57 | |
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A former regional director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Shamoil T. Shipchandler, has resigned his position at the SEC for Jones Day, a global law firm. Shipchandler, who supervised a large number of high-profile crypto cases, was in charge of more than a hundred attorneys, accountants, investigators and compliance examiners at the […]
2019-1-30 09:10 | |
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On Wednesday, Jan. 23, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (DoBS) published guidance for virtual currency businesses operating in the state. The state’s financial agency has decided a money transmission license for cryptocurrency operations is not required.
2019-1-24 21:28 | |
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Last week, two of the largest banking regulators within the European Union released reports calling for uniformity in the regulations of crypto assets and Initial Coin offerings (ICOs) across the continent.
2019-1-16 01:54 | |
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Tron Brings On Former SEC Attorney Tron, a company headed by Justin Sun, has undoubtedly had a good week. The firm’s strong performance continued on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Tron Foundation, the world-renowned blockchain startup has hired a supervisory attorney formerly of the U.
2019-1-10 03:30 | |
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As the BitConnect saga slowly unravels, an Australian BitConnect promoter received a travel ban and had its assets frozen following a request made to Federal Court by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) on January 5, 2019.
2019-1-9 18:30 | |
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Nano’s days in court pile up as more former investors seek justice.
2019-1-9 01:44 | |
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The Australian Securities Exchange will continue to work on its DLT-based settlement system despite the departure of of Blythe Masters, the former CEO of its partner Digital Asset.
2018-12-20 21:00 | |
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The Australian Securities Exchange will continue to work on its DLT-based settlement system despite the departure of of Blythe Masters, the former CEO of its partner Digital Asset.
2018-12-20 21:00 | |
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CoinSpeaker Former AriseBank Executives to Pay a $2. 7 Million Charge for ICO Scams For operating a fraudulent Initial Coin Offering, former AriseBank executives have to pay nearly $2.
2018-12-13 12:56 | |
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According to news outlet, Coin Desk, AriseBank – which was forced to terminate by the US Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC) back in January 2018 – saw two of its former executives, namely, CEO, Jared Rice Sr and COO, Stanley Ford settle their payments in regard to a lawsuit that involved the duo’s fraudulent activities […]
2018-12-13 08:01 | |
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Two executives behind an alleged ICO scam will have to pay a hefty fine, in a settlement that the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission hopes will send a message to the crypto industry. Jared Rice Sr.
2018-12-13 02:19 | |
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A new development has arisen in the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) efforts to regulate ICOs: a District Judge has turned back a request for an injunction.
2018-11-30 23:08 | |
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Shapeshift CEO Eric Voorhees and cryptocurrency loans startup Salt Lending Ltd. is under investigation by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning its $50 million ICO in 2017, per a Wall Street Journal article, published November 15, 2018.
2018-11-19 01:00 | |
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A Brooklyn-based businessman turned cryptocurrency huckster faces up to five years in prison for orchestrating two monstrously phony initial coin offerings (ICOs) last year. Maksim Zaslavskiy, a former institutional developer and “businessman,” plead guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud before a New York district court yesterday, reports FinanceFeeds.
2018-11-16 14:18 | |
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The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors.
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
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In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
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Aiming to create an SEC and FINRA-compliant U. S. exchange, blockchain-based crowdfunding firm seriesOne and crypto exchange Bithumb have formed a joint venture. According to an announcement made on November 1, 2018, officials behind the venture look to trade security tokens within a “compliant marketplace” and within the context of “other applicable regulatory approvals.
2018-11-1 19:06 | |
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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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According to recent court documents, an Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint has been filed at a U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against BitConnect.
2018-10-19 22:58 | |
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Former CFTC Head Affirms: Most Tokens From ICOs Are Securities Gary Gensler, the former chairman of the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has recently affirmed that most of the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) made since last year have created tokens that can be a considered a form of securities. The comments were originally […]
2018-10-16 00:54 | |
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Yao Qian, the former architect of China's central bank digital currency (CBDC)left his position and has now taken up the role of general manager at the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (CSDC).
2018-10-16 00:25 | |
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Carlson Tong Ka-shing believes Hong Kong needs a more robust regulatory framework for cryptocurrency trading. The soon-to-be former head of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has called for greater emphasis on investor protection in the volatile virtual currency trading arena.
2018-10-15 18:00 | |
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The former chief of China's central bank digital currency initiative has left the role to lead the country's central securities clearing house.
2018-10-15 12:50 | |
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In what may be a sign that business in the cryptocurrency space is in a winding down phase, U. K. -based bitcoin exchange Coinfloor is bidding adieu to half of its staff.
2018-10-9 00:14 | |
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Michael Didiuk, a former member of the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), has said the Ripple token… The post Former SEC Member Says XRP is a Currency, Not a Security appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-10-6 10:02 | |
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A former employee of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Michael Didiuk has spoken about XRP and stated that the digital currency is a currency, not a security. He has also justified why he said this.
2018-10-5 15:30 | |
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Angelina Kwan, former managing director and head of regulatory compliance for Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing, is taking on the position of COO of BitMEX, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, at a time when the challenges facing these exchanges are greater than ever.
2018-10-2 15:47 | |
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Swiss startup SEBA Crypto AG has raised 100 million Swiss francs (~$103 million) to launch a bank specializing in offering cryptocurrency services to companies and investors, Reuters reports.
2018-9-27 12:26 | |
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Following a successful launch in California only a few months ago, the U. S. branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin is adding five new coins to its listings. Those coins include Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Stellar lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC) and 0x (ZRX).
2018-9-20 16:49 | |
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In April 2018, former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent off inquiries to more than a dozen cryptocurrencyexchanges to learn more about their internal operations.
2018-9-19 02:06 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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Last week, Fortune reported that the security token protocol, 0x, is now partnered with Harbor. Co-founded by former PayPal COO, David Sacks, Harbor is “building a decentralized compliance protocol that standardizes the way securities are issued and traded on blockchains.
2018-9-10 19:18 | |
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Rialto Trading and Bittrex have announced a partnership deal to develop a novel digital asset trading service. The former, an Alternative Trading System (ATS), and the latter, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, plan to launch a cryptocurrency securities trading platform.
2018-8-24 00:43 | |
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A former Tesla employee today filed a formal complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the automaker failed to disclose to shareholders a drug trafficking operation run out of its Nevada Gigafactory.
2018-8-17 04:13 | |
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The CEO of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has presented its annual earnings report, and if the content is anything to go by, we can safely say he’s been indoctrinated into the Cult of the Distributed Ledger.
2018-8-16 16:45 | |
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San Francisco based crypto trading and investment platform, Omniex, has bolstered its leadership advisory team with the addition of former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Arthur Levitt and ex-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) chair Sheila Blair, according to a press release on August 7.
2018-8-9 08:00 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine UBS to Build Digital-Asset Infrastructure, Eyes Bitcoin Services for Individuals UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti said the bank is building digital-asset infrastructure and exploring bitcoin access for individual clients, joining a growing wave of European lenders moving toward regulated crypto services.
Reports say Swiss banking giant UBS is planning to let a small group of its private bank clients buy and sell major cryptocurrencies. The step would open access to Bitcoin and Ethereum for people who have worked with the bank for years, not for every customer.
Bitcoin Magazine UBS Plans Bitcoin Trading for Select Wealth Clients UBS is considering offering bitcoin trading to a small group of Swiss private banking clients as the bank explores a crypto trading service with external partners.
Chainlink and Swift enable tokenized fund workflows via existing banking systems. UBS pilots new Chainlink-Swift system, avoiding costly infrastructure upgrades. Global institutions can connect with crypto using their tested rails.
Institutional interest and adoption significantly increased after Spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds) were approved in the US. As a result, Morgan Stanley and UBS have entered a race to add crypto products to their platforms.
Swiss bank UBS Group AG has now entered the cryptocurrency arena alongside global banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc, enabling wealthy clients in Hong Kong to engage in the trading of specific cryptocurrency-linked exchange-traded funds.
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