Tag: ICO
Swedish Bitcoin fraudster extradited from Thailand to US
US authorities have extradited a Swedish citizen from Thailand for his alleged involvement in a fake securities scam. The sale of the fraudulent investments...
Block.One agrees to pay SEC $24 million over unregistered EOS ICO
EOS creator Block.One has reached a settlement with the SEC for conducting an “unregistered” initial coin offering.
The ICO in question took place between June...
Blockchain tech solution to IPO decline, says former NASDAQ exec
A former vice-chairman for Nasdaq, David Weild witnessed first-hand the many obstacles companies faced when going public. Wanting to rectify this situation, he authored...
Emergency lawsuit filed against ICO to block selloff of $8 million in investor assets
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed suit to freeze the assets raised by Veritaseum's VERI Token ICO that occurred in 2017.
The...
Russia says ‘Nyet’ to Facebook’s Libra
Russia will legalize cryptocurrency and ICOs within the next two weeks, but the country is saying “nyet” to Facebook's Libra.
Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev...
CRYPTO CRACKDOWN: SEC sues social media startup over $100 million ICO
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Kik, claiming that the company's US$100 million ICO in 2017 was illegal.
Kik Interactive Inc....