SAFT

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

By Daniel Kuhn

Jun 30, 2020 at 6:24 p.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2020

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Tokens

With Kik and Telegram Cases, the SEC Tries to Kill the SAFT

Invented by white shoe New York City law firms, the two-step Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) was supposed to keep crypto companies out of trouble. Now, the SEC is co...

By Preston J. Byrne

Apr 28, 2020 at 5:43 p.m. UTC

Apr 28, 2020

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Policy

Sec

Telegram's Fight Against SEC Will Help Push Cryptocurrency Legislation, Says Trade Group

Telegram’s ongoing court battle with the SEC over its $1.7 billion token offering could put pressure on Congress to move cryptocurrency regulation forward, according to the Bl...

By Anna Baydakova

Apr 9, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. UTC

Apr 9, 2020

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Price-news

Hedera Hashgraph Asks Investors to Wait Longer for Tokens After Price Crash

Hedera Hashgraph, the company behind the blockchain-like Hedera network, is asking investors to wait longer for tokens they paid for, in order to stabilize their cratering pri...

By Paddy Baker

Dec 24, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 24, 2019

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Proof-of-work

Kadena Goes Live, Announces New Token Sale Aiming for $20 Million

"This is the first time anyone has ever scaled proof-of-work," said Kadena co-founder Will Martino.

By Christine Kim

Nov 4, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 4, 2019

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Security

Charts: SEC Data Shows Token Filing Figures Just Keep Rising

Since SAFT came into to use last year, the number of companies reporting to the SEC to work in this framework has increased, CoinDesk finds.

By Muyao Shen

Jul 2, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Jul 2, 2018

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Markets

LinkedIn Co-Founder Is Raising $20 Million for Token Project

Newly published public documents indicate that one of the co-founders of LinkedIn is raising as much as $20 million in a SAFT sale.

By Stan Higgins

Jun 4, 2018 at 4:15 p.m. UTC

Jun 4, 2018

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Venture capital

$125 Million: Orchid Is Raising One of 2018's Biggest Token Sales

A startup with the aim of building a private, peer-to-peer browser using cryptocurrency has told the SEC it plans to hold a $125 million SAFT.

By David Floyd

Apr 23, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. UTC

Apr 23, 2018

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Tax

What ICO Issuers and Investors Need to Know About Taxes

There is little guidance from the IRS on how to treat a token offering or SAFT for tax purposes. Determining how to do so is a fact-intensive process.

By Lisa Zarlenga John Cobb

Apr 16, 2018 at 11:00 p.m. UTC

Apr 16, 2018

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