ICOs

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Investors Suing Over Status ICO Can’t Find Execs to Serve Papers

Sandali HandagamaAug 6, 2020

Investors suing crypto firm Status are seeking “alternative means” to serve top executives after they were unable to deliver court papers via traditional means.

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Novel Charts Dark Side of ICO Mania

Daniel KuhnJul 18, 2020

Haydn Wilks' latest novel examines the cryptomania of the 2017 ICO boom.

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Cosmos’ Founding Team Broke Up Early This Year. The Project Didn’t

Leigh CuenAug 10, 2020

How Cosmos, the blockchain interoperability project that turned a small ICO into a thriving ecosystem, survived the breakup of its founding team.

ICOs

The Novel Legal Strategy Bringing This ICO-Backed ‘Micro-Mobility’ Startup to Court

Daniel KuhnJun 30, 2020

Lawyers have filed suit in a "highly unusual" case against flamboyant Italian e-scooter entrepreneur Salvator Palella, over a troubled ICO back in 2018.

Market Manipulation

To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper’s Business Is Still Thriving

Anna BaydakovaJun 30, 2020

Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk.

ICOs

France

French Renewable Energy Provider Wins Regulator’s Approval for €10M Token Sale

Sebastian Sinclair

Renewables provider WPO has been granted an "ICO visa" from the French financial markets regulator.

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SEC

BitClave Search Engine Agrees to Pay Back $25M ICO in Settlement With SEC

Danny Nelson

BitClave will pay back over $25 million in a settlement with the SEC stemming from a 2017 token sale.

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Ether

Market Wrap: Ether Up 50% in 2020, Hits $200 on Sunday

Daniel Cawrey

Year to date, the native token of the Ethereum network’s 50 percent rally trounced bitcoin’s 7 percent gains.

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SEC

SEC, Kik Continue Court Clash Over $100M Kin Token Sale

Nikhilesh De

The SEC and Kik doubled down on their respective views of whether the 2017 KIN token sale was a securities transaction in new legal filings published late Friday.

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Fraud

SEC Sues Dropil Founders for Fraud After $1.8M Token Sale

Danny Nelson

The SEC has charged three California residents with defrauding investors of $1.8 million through an unregistered token sale.

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Lawsuits

Major Crypto Firms Including Binance, Civic, Tron Targeted in Flood of Lawsuits

Daniel Palmer

A flood of class-action lawsuits were filed in New York Friday, taking aim at a number of major cryptocurrency projects over their token sales.

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Fraud

SEC Charges Former State Senator Over Digital Asset ‘Scam’

Paddy Baker

The SEC alleges the Meta 1 Coin sale violated antifraud and securities regulation. It also promised some crazy returns.

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SEC

SEC Proposal Could (Eventually) Unleash Security Token Sales

Nikhilesh De

Companies looking to raise funds via security token offerings (STOs) might soon get some relief from regulatory burdens in the U.S.

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SEC

US Court Fines ICOBox $16M for Securities Violation in SEC Case

Paddy Baker

The SEC won a default judgement against ICO-as-a-service platform ICOBox and CEO Nikolay Evdokimov.

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