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Chinese Regulators Question 8 Crypto Companies in Shenzhen

20.12.2019
Authorities in Shenzhen have started pressuring crypto businesses operating in China’s tech capital. Eight companies, two suspected operators of trading platforms, and six entities allegedly associated with coin offerings, have been placed under inquiry, Chinese media revealed, with...

French Financial Watchdog Approves First ICO Under New ‘Visa’ Scheme

20.12.2019
The approved ICO issuer can now legally market and host their sale until the beginning of June 2020

This Token Project Offered to Shut Down. Its Market Cap Shot Up $10M

13.12.2019
Should DigixDAO completely dissolve its treasury or keep making grants to enhance the ecosystem? That's the question for token holders to decide

The State Encourages ICO Fraud. The Free Market Minimizes It

11.12.2019
Many Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have been and are frauds. The state enables this con game in various ways, including the establishment of accredited investors and the regulation of businesses that sell equity. Shut off from the most lucrative aspects of investment, average people rush into...

25,000 Blockchain Firms in China Tried to Issue Cryptos, Senior Official Claims

25.11.2019
Some 25,000 Chinese companies have tried to issue their own tokens over the past few years, a new report authored by five government agencies claims

Bank of Lithuania Issues Guidelines on Security Token Offerings

26.10.2019
Recognizing that businesses are seeking alternative ways to raise capital other than bank lending, the Bank of Lithuania has issued new guidelines on security token offerings. The goal is to clarify applicable rules without introducing more regulations. Also read: Mario Draghi Leaves European...

Belarusian Bank Gets the Go-Ahead to Service Crypto Investors

23.10.2019
A bank in Belarus has effectively gotten the green light to process transfers related to digital assets. DFS, an affiliated company of Belveb Banking Holding’s member VEB Technologies, was recently registered as a resident of the High Technologies Park. The country’s special economic...

ICOs Are Dead But ICO Scammers Are Immortal

16.10.2019
The initial coin offering may have all but died, but the ICO scammer marches on regardless. Whereas legitimate projects have to wrangle with all kinds of challenges including the strength of the market, generating value for investors, creating a real product and actually delivering on the promises...

UK Regulator Ramps up Crypto Investigations and Considers KYC for Wallets

8.10.2019
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been relentlessly scrutinizing cryptocurrency startups and investigations are up 74% from last year. Meanwhile, proponents of decentralized software development models and open collaboration are upset about the FCA aiming to extend KYC/AML...

Russia Regulates Digital Rights, Advances Other Crypto-Related Bills

4.10.2019
After much deliberation in the past months and years, Moscow has recently taken important steps toward regulating the crypto space. These are part of the efforts to open the way for the development of the Russian digital economy. The country, heavily dependent on energy exports and hurt by Western...

EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale

1.10.2019
Block.One will pay $24 million after settling charges that it operated an unregistered securities sale with its $4.1 billion EOS raise

WATCH: He Admitted to Faking Crypto Volumes, Then Got 5 New Clients

10.9.2019
Here's CoinDesk's full interview with Alexey Andryunin, the 20-year-old ICO pumper who was in the business of market manipulation

IEOs, ICOs, STOs and Now IDOs — How to Raise Funds for Crypto in 2019?

1.9.2019
Are IEOs just having their golden period or are they here to stay?

Smokescreens and Mirrors: How Does a Country Do an ICO? They Call It QE

22.8.2019
Financial regulators all around the world have been cracking down hard on ICOs for promising more than they can deliver. At the same time governments and central banks are pulling off far worse scams, such as QE, wiping out the savings of everyone that depends on them. To hide this fact they...

SEC Settles with ICO Service Over Undisclosed Payments for Positive Reviews

20.8.2019
ICORating agreed to pay $106,998 in interest and a civil penalty of $162,000 without commenting on the SEC’s findings

Blockchain Firm Veritaseum Calls for Assets to Be Unfrozen in SEC Response

20.8.2019
Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC's claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors

Tokens Built on Bitcoin Cash Are Cheaper to Send Than Those of Rival Networks

10.8.2019
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin technology has inspired a lot of innovation spawning a myriad of tokens representing digitized assets. There are now token creation systems on blockchain networks like Omni Layer, Counterparty, and Ethereum. Each framework comes with the cost of sending tokens...