February 25, 2020 $257 Million ICO Project Filecoin Has New Launch Schedule, Gemini Custody Solution After facing delays, $257 million ICO Filecoin expects to launch its mainnet in Q3 2020, with Gemini offering custody support. After facing multiple delays, Filecoin (FIL) is now looking toward a mainnet launch in Q3 2020 — which will be supported by a Gemini exchange custody solution.Filecoin…
February 21, 2020 CFTC Joins the Telegram Vs. SEC Case, Shedding Light on Likely Verdict With the final verdict on TON expected before April 30, most crypto analysts believe that the court’s decision will favor the U.S.…
February 21, 2020 Aussie Blockchain Startup Tells Gov’t Its Tax Laws Are Stifling ICOs You need nothing short of “a miracle” to succeed with an initial coin offering in Australia, a local industry leader told the government this week. You need nothing short of “a miracle” to succeed with an initial coin offering (ICO) in Australia, a local industry leader told the government this week.At…
February 20, 2020 Users Pay $1M for Digital Land as 2017 ICO Finally Opens Virtual World Decentraland recently launched its virtual reality world, seeing $1 million in land sold on its digital arena. Almost three years after its ICO, Decentraland has opened its platform — a virtual world in which participants buy and sell fake land, as well as construct buildings. Over…
February 20, 2020 Gram Token Injunction Could Go Down to the Wire A New York judge has extended the restraining order that prohibits Telegram from distributing its Gram tokens. Following a two-hour hearing, a New York federal judge has extended the restraining order that prohibits Telegram from distributing its Gram tokens.On…
February 19, 2020 Korean ICO Contents Protocol Shuts Down, Will Return $7.5M to Holders The South Korean ICO Contents Protocol has decided to fold after business failed to take off, returning a significant portion of its initial funding to the holders of the CPT token. The South Korean initial coin offering project Contents Protocol will return 26,877 Ether (ETH) ($7.5…
February 12, 2020 Telegram Pushes Forward the Launch of TON Blockchain Despite Fierce Legal Battle with the SEC Coinspeaker Telegram Pushes Forward the Launch of TON Blockchain Despite Fierce Legal Battle with the SECTelegram team has released a document that is useful if you plan to create a website running on the TON blockchain.…
February 11, 2020 SEC Commissioner CryptoMom Explains Planned ICO Safe Harbor to Cointelegraph SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce aka CryptoMom tells Cointelegraph about her hopes for her new safe harbor proposal for cryptocurrencies in decentralized networks. Commissioner Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is known for her work on the regulator’s approach to crypto, enough to have earned the moniker “CryptoMom.”…
February 9, 2020 The SEC Likely to Exempt Blockchain Companies from Current ICO Restrictions Coinspeaker The SEC Likely to Exempt Blockchain Companies from Current ICO RestrictionsDuring the recent industry conference in Chicago, the SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a new regulatory framework for ICO companies and unqualified investors.Current…
January 23, 2020 Kik Representative Will Give Deposition in SEC Case on Jan. 28 The U.S. SEC has requested that Kik Interactive Inc. provided detailed information about its operations since it released its native token, Kin. The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested a deposition from a representative of Kik Interactive Inc.…
January 23, 2020 Blockvest Saved from Default Judgement in Fraud Case Blockvest obtained a small victory in a case against an elderly couple accusing it of unlawful business conduct, but this may not matter in the long run. Blockvest, which is currently embroiled in a dangerous lawsuit with the SEC, obtained a small victory in a similar case filed by an elderly couple.…
January 22, 2020 SEC Charges $600,000 ICO Project Opporty for Fraudulent Security Offering A comparatively small initial coin offering project is charged by the SEC for an unregistered security offering, in addition to allegations of fraudulent claims. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sergii Grybniak, the founder of the initial coin offering (ICO) project Opporty, according to a Jan.…
