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Philippines SEC warns of 'cloud mining' Ponzi related to Bitcoin Vault
16.9.2020
The Philippines SEC has identified ‘Mining City’ as a Ponzi scheme and warned promoters of the scam that they could face up to 21 years imprisonment
Presidential Candidate Brock Pierce Served With Lawsuit for Alleged ICO Fraud
16.9.2020
Former Disney child actor and U.S. Presidential candidate, Brock Pierce, was served with a lawsuit during a political campaign event held on Monday. The class-action lawsuit was filed in May and it claims the defendants, including Pierce, sold unregistered securities during the EOS initial coin...
SEC Commissioner Peirce Dissents From Unikrn-Killing Fine, Says Action to Have Chilling Effect
16.9.2020
Noted cryptocurrency advocate and Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester M. Peirce issued a public dissent after the SEC levied a $6.1 million fine on online gaming and gambling platform Unikrn for conducting an initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017, a penalty that effectively amounts to...
Forex Strapped Nigeria Designates Crypto Assets as Securities
15.9.2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria has designated crypto assets as securities as the authorities step up efforts to regulate Africa’s largest cryptocurrency market. The SEC says the classification of crypto assets for regulation is consistent with the country’s...
Crypto Esports Startup Unikrn to Pay $6.1M in SEC Settlement Over 2017 ICO
15.9.2020
Unikrn has agreed to settle the charges, without admitting or denying them, by paying a $6.1 million penalty to be distributed among investors
Unikrn ICO faces further SEC action
15.9.2020
Another remnant of 2017 gets hit by regulation
Nigeria’s SEC Says All Crypto Assets Are Securities by Default
15.9.2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Africa's most populous country said all crypto assets will fall under the regulation that covers securities exchanges and transactions
INX Becomes the First SEC-Registered IPO to Accept Crypto
15.9.2020
15th September 2020, New York, United States: INX will start accepting bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and USDC stablecoin, starting today. INX said over 3,000 retail and accredited investors registered for the INX token offering during its first three days. Now that the minimum requirement INX has...
MicroStrategy Tells SEC It ‘May Increase’ $250M Bitcoin Reserves
14.9.2020
MicroStrategy told the SEC it "may increase" its bitcoin (BTC) holdings beyond the $250 million haul purchased in August
Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 14, 2020
14.9.2020
As some bitcoin options traders bet on new all-time highs and another DeFi protocol is attacked, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
INX starts accepting crypto payments after raising $7.5M in its IPO
14.9.2020
The company's $117 million SEC-approved IPO is the first of its kind
Rapper TI Cryptocurrency Fraud: Charged and Fined $75,000 by SEC
13.9.2020
Rapper TI and four other people, including film producer Ryan Felton, have been charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over fraudulent token sales. TI, or Tip as the rapper is also known, is also fined $75,000 by the securities regulator. Rapper TI and Film Producer Charged...
SEC Charges Rapper TI With Securities Violations for Promoting 2017 ICO
11.9.2020
The SEC alleged film producer Ryan Felton misappropriated funds from two separate initial coin offerings, and charged rapper TI with boosting one of them
Despite Warnings from Regulators, the Ethereum Fueled Pyramid Scheme Forsage Thrives
11.9.2020
While Ethereum has seen a number of benefits from the decentralized finance (defi) movement and initial coin offerings (ICOs), more recently individuals have been leveraging ether for pyramid schemes and matrix cycler programs. One particular scheme crypto enthusiasts are discussing these days...
Tokenized real estate marketplace launches with $237M in assets
10.9.2020
The platform will allow investment in commercial real estate from as little as $5,000, and liquidity in the form of token-backed loans during the 12-month lockup period
How to Watch INX’s IPO in Real Time on the Ethereum Blockchain
10.9.2020
Doing its IPO on the Ethereum blockchain gives the public, and INX itself, a novel vista on the process, which traditionally has been a back-room affair
Law Decoded: Public companies, private markets, crypto offerings and you, Aug. 28–Sept. 4
4.9.2020
In light of newly expanded qualifications for accredited investors, Law Decoded looks at recent interactions between crypto and public companies
US SEC upgrades ‘accredited investors,’ puts financial knowledge first
4.9.2020
The SEC amending its definition of accredited investors could have significant implications for regulated crypto token sales
Robinhood May Face $10M SEC Fine Over Disclosure Failures
3.9.2020
Robinhood is reportedly under investigation by the SEC for not fully disclosing that it was passing customer orders onto market makers
[aktualita] SEC vyšetřuje obchodní aplikaci Robinhood, hrozí jí pokuta
3.9.2020
Obchodní a investiční aplikaci Robinhood vyšetřuje americká Komise pro cenné papíry a burzy (SEC), důvodem je sice v podmínkách přiznaná, ale kontroverzní součást jejího byznys modelu. Na probíhající vyšetřování upozornil deník The Wall Street Journal. V současnosti velmi populární fintechový...