Meet the ICO Pumper Who Makes His Living Manipulating Crypto Markets
In this excerpt from our exclusive interview with Alexey Andryunin the Russian trader talks about the origins of his business.
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Block.One will pay $24 million after settling charges that it operated an unregistered securities sale with its $4.1 billion EOS raise.
Here's CoinDesk's full interview with Alexey Andryunin, the 20-year-old ICO pumper who was in the business of market manipulation.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $9.5 million settlement stemming from the Veritaseum initial coin offering.
ICORating agreed to pay $106,998 in interest and a civil penalty of $162,000 without commenting on the SEC's findings.
Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC's claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors.
Kik vs SEC – The Lawyers Speak
The SEC's complaint against Kik, after it raised $100 million in an ICO, seemed pretty brutal, but not so fast, we're only hearing one side of the story. Watch more here as three lawyers discuss the case, its merits and its potential impacts for the crypto industry as a whole.
