Token Sales

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Fintech Startup Aims to Create New Asset Class With 'Continuous' ICO Model
A newly launched fintech firm hopes to leverage the token sale model to back investments in real-world assets. But it's taking a different approach than many previous projects...
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Closer Look at SEC ‘Accredited Investor’ Revamp Suggests Little Will Change
For the first time in decades, the SEC is lowering the barrier to investing in private securities, including crypto tokens. How much lower is unclear.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
SEC Reveals Telegram's Communications With Investors, Seeks to Question Advisor
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants Telegram’s former chief investment advisor to testify and hand over documents related to the company's $1.7 billion 201...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

SIX Swiss Exchange is based in Zurich.
Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lines up Buyers for 'Initial Digital Offering'
Swiss stock exchange SIX's SDX blockchain platform has organized a consortium of institutions to back its "initial digital offering" set for mid-2020.
SIX Swiss Exchange is based in Zurich.

William Mougayar and Blockstack's Muneeb Ali, at Token Summit NYC 2019. Photo by Brady Dale.
Blockstack's Regulated Token Offerings Raise $23 Million
Blockstack has raised a total of $23 million through two SEC-regulated token offerings, the company announced Tuesday.
William Mougayar and Blockstack's Muneeb Ali, at Token Summit NYC 2019. Photo by Brady Dale.

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Liquid Exchange Reveals Escrow Account for Sale of Telegram Tokens
Crypto exchange Liquid has disclosed a wallet address where the proceeds from its July sale of Telegram's GRAM tokens are being held in escrow.
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Polkadot founder Gavin Wood
Ethereum Co-Founder's Polkadot Closes Token Sale, Claims $1.2 Billion Valuation
Polkadot has closed on a private token sale that it says values the blockchain interoperability project as a tech unicorn.
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Messaging Giant Telegram's ICO Token Is at Last Going on (Limited) Public Sale
Telegram's gram token, previously sold to accredited investors in one of the biggest-ever ICOs, is to be offered to the public via a third party firm.
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$1 Billion Valuation May Elude Ethereum Co-Founder’s New Blockchain Polkadot
Polkadot’s bid for unicorn status has hit a snag, with three Chinese funds buying into the token sale at valuations below $1 billion.
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Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain
Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating a new security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.
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