ICOs
SEC and CFTC Give Testimonies at Senate Hearing on Virtual Currencies
Today, February 6, 2018, the prospects for coherent U.S. regulation on cryptocurrencies became a little more clear, as were the impasses that were frustrating...
SEC Chair’s Written Testimony Hints at Moderation for Cryptocurrencies, but ICOs Be Warned
The written testimony from Jay Clayton, chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was released on February 5, 2018. It comes...
SEC Halts AriseBank ICO, Calling It “an Outright Scam”
The founders of the "decentralized bank" are being charged with alleged fraud and issuing unregistered securities during its ICO.
Credit Suisse Argues Irrational Exuberance Around ICOs Indicates Bitcoin Bubble
In a paper written in the fall of 2017 and published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) on Friday, January 12, 2018, Credit...
Telegram’s Privacy-Focused User Base Could Become TON Blockchain’s Killer App
In December 2017, an interesting rumor surfaced: According to “sources familiar with the matter,” the messaging app Telegram, very popular among crypto-enthusiasts for its...
Kodak Gets in on the Blockchain and ICO Picture
Kodak, the iconic photography company first established in in the 1880s, has joined the blockchain and ICO age. Today, January 9, 2018, it announced...
UBI Blockchain Is the Latest in Series of SEC Cryptocurrency Crackdown Targets
In a story that is getting all too familiar recently, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) halted trading on yet another blockchain-related company stock, UBI...
CFTC to Discuss Digital Currency Futures Certification Process
Five weeks ago, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced three exchanges had self-certified Bitcoin derivatives products. Following the subsequent backlash from the...
Our Top 5 Bitcoin “Good News” Stories of 2017
2017 has been a banner year for bitcoin and blockchain technology.
Op Ed: “We Never Thought of That” — When Venture-Backed Companies Undertake Reverse ICOs
With well over $3 billion raised this year alone, in very little time initial coin offerings (ICOs) have emerged as a major source of...
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