Telegram sees new support from the Blockchain Association in legal fight with SEC over $1.7 billion ICO for GRAM tokens

Apr 06 2020 01:02language

Centra Tech’s founders will now face trial in September for operating a fraudulent ICO that solicited celebrity endorsements

Mar 27 2020 20:02language

Coinspeaker Digital Dollar Team Adds 22 Advisors, Hints at Whitepaper in Q2 2020Chris Giancarlo is gathering the industry’s top minds around what could soon become the B...

Mar 27 2020 15:02language

Both Kik and the SEC appear confident they will win a summary judgment, with each party claiming to possess “undisputed evidence” supporting their claims

Mar 24 2020 20:01language

While ICO fundraising fell 95% from $7.8 billion in 2018 to $371 million last year, equity fundraising is thriving among crypto startups

Mar 23 2020 15:02language

Claiming to have “undisputed evidence” that Kik’s ICO was an unregistered securities offering, the SEC is seeking an early judgment

Mar 21 2020 20:01language

The Credits project team announced on March 18 that the platform hosted the first ICO launched using its native protocol, as the FDCE (First Decentralized Commodities Exchange...

Mar 19 2020 20:01language

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

Mar 12 2020 05:01language

ICO, STO, IEO, IDO, … , and other difficulties of contemporary investment models, but is VC still relevant and works as it did?

Mar 09 2020 10:02language

ICO conductor and broker ICOBox must pay $16 million — the result of initial SEC legal action left unacknowledged by the startup

Mar 07 2020 20:01language

The SEC wants to improve the complex and confusing rules governing ICOs and other security offerings

Mar 05 2020 05:01language

China Former Vice President of CIRC of the Party openly talks the strategic plan of CBDC and its ICO and crypto bans

Feb 28 2020 00:01language

Steven Seagal was charged by the SEC for promoting Bitcoiin2Gen, a 2018 ICO

Feb 27 2020 20:02language

The martial artist and actor was charged for not declaring payments related to his promotion a token launched by Bitcoiin2Gen.

Feb 27 2020 15:05language

Filecoin, which raised $257 million during its 2017 ICO, pushes its expected mainnet launch to Q3 2020 as Gemini promises custody solution

Feb 26 2020 00:02language

Australia needs to rethink its tax policy for initial coin offerings if it wants to compete on the global stage, a local industry leader told the government this week

Feb 21 2020 10:04language

Dcentraland, a 2017 ICO, recently launched its virtual reality platform, seeing major traffic in its first 10 days

Feb 21 2020 00:02language

The SEC has ordered Enigma to return investor funds from its 2017 ENG token ICO and pay a fine, due to the ICO’s status as an unregistered security

Feb 19 2020 20:03language

South Korean ICO project Contents Protocol will return the majority of its initial funds to token holders

Feb 19 2020 15:02language

Contents Protocol will refund approximately $7.5 million-worth of ether back to investors.

Feb 19 2020 15:02language

SEC Commissioner CryptoMom talks pending safe harbor for decentralized networks proposal with Cointelegraph

Feb 12 2020 00:02language

The frequency of ICO-related enforcement actions has been increasing in the U.S.

Feb 07 2020 20:02language

Listia's marketplace for used-goods is ditching its native XNK token in favor of YouNow's props.

Jan 30 2020 20:03language

Big names that may have invested in Telegram’s token sale are surfacing in court documents as the company fights a case brought by the SEC.

Jan 27 2020 15:03language

The SEC is targeting a U.S. ICO project for fraudulent claims, despite the relatively small sums collected

Jan 22 2020 15:23language

The firm is alleged to have conducted a fraudulent and unregistered sale of digital assets called OPP Tokens, raising around $600,000.

Jan 22 2020 15:22language

The SEC has charged Blockchain Terminal founder Boaz Manor with securities fraud for a $30 million ICO conducted in 2017 and 2018.

Jan 17 2020 20:02language

The U.S. SEC has charged Boaz Manor and his associates with raising over $30 million through a fraudulent ICO

Jan 17 2020 20:02language

Blockvest’s founder falsified evidence supporting that investors did not expect profits from pre-ICO investment

Jan 14 2020 20:02language

Telegram has agreed to provide the SEC with bank records on the condition that they can redact those records before they reach the court

Jan 14 2020 00:01language

The SEC produced evidence that Telegram kept selling tokens after its ICO, undermining the firm's argument that the sale was exempt from registration.

Jan 11 2020 00:02language

The SEC has asked a federal court in California to fine ICOBox more than $16 million for selling illegal ICOS tokens.

Jan 10 2020 20:02language

In 2018, Telegram conducted an ICO that reportedly raised $1.7 billion dollars. The private token sale involved the sale of GRAM tokens through SAFT agreements to accredited a...

Jan 10 2020 15:01language

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has denied the SEC’s request to compel Telegram to reveal its bank records

Jan 07 2020 15:02language

Telegram has been ordered by a judge to hand over financials concerning the $1.7 billion ICO for its TON blockchain.

Jan 03 2020 20:01language

SEC demands financial records of Telegram ICO

Jan 03 2020 15:03language

Ripple got lots of criticism for its sales of XRP at the end of 2019. We reported that the founder of Quantum economics, Mati Greenspan highlights the reasons for which he bel...

Jan 02 2020 15:02language

Redditor creates a new Bitcoin survival game that lets players stand against crowds of shills shouting, “Check my grandma's ICO”

Dec 24 2019 20:02language

Dec 23 2019 20:01language

The approved ICO issuer can now legally market and host their sale until the beginning of June 2020.

Dec 20 2019 15:02language

France’s financial regulator approves the country’s first ICO

Dec 19 2019 20:02language

The French financial markets regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), has made its first initial coin offering (ICO) approval. While token sales rem...

Dec 19 2019 15:05language

Internet startup Blockchain of Things has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle with the SEC over its $13 million ICO.

Dec 19 2019 10:02language

The U.S. SEC imposes a $250,000 penalty against Blockchain of Things, which may also have to refund up to $13 million netted in unregistered ICO

Dec 19 2019 00:06language

Crypto markets continued to grind downwards last week. Market benchmark BTC bleeding towards the $7000 price level as the week ended, beginning it just above the $7500 level a...

Dec 16 2019 15:01language

In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, bitter infighting at Bitmain, Libra’s white paper quietly updated, and the $146 million ICO that’s almost certainly illegal

Dec 16 2019 00:02language

With bitcoin recovering after four straight days of decline we're talking about what may be the most illegal ICO ever, tokens for Mongolian taxi fares, Bitmain’s Texas hedge...

Dec 13 2019 20:03language

The largest darknet marketplace in Russia planning a $146 million token sale to fund its global aspirations

Dec 13 2019 10:02language

Here’s one token sale that’s almost certainly illegal, and not just under securities laws.

Dec 13 2019 00:03language

U.S. SEC chairman Jay Clayton endorsed his agency’s regulatory policy on cryptocurrency despite the ICO controversy

Dec 11 2019 10:03language