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Markets

Exchanges

To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper's Business Is Still Thriving

Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

Jun 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2020

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Policy

France

French Renewable Energy Provider Wins Regulator's Approval for €10M Token Sale

Renewables provider WPO has been granted an "ICO visa" from the French financial markets regulator.

By Sebastian Sinclair

Sponsored

Jun 3, 2020 at 9:44 a.m. UTC

Jun 3, 2020

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Sec

BitClave Search Engine Agrees to Pay Back $25M ICO in Settlement With SEC

BitClave will pay back over $25 million in a settlement with the SEC stemming from a 2017 token sale.

By Danny Nelson

Sponsored

May 28, 2020 at 7:44 p.m. UTC

May 28, 2020

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Markets

Gold

Market Wrap: Ether Up 50% in 2020, Hits $200 on Sunday

Year to date, the native token of the Ethereum network’s 50 percent rally trounced bitcoin’s 7 percent gains.

By Daniel Cawrey

Sponsored

Apr 27, 2020 at 8:43 p.m. UTC

Apr 27, 2020

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Markets

Sec

SEC, Kik Continue Court Clash Over $100M Kin Token Sale

The SEC and Kik doubled down on their respective views of whether the 2017 KIN token sale was a securities transaction in new legal filings published late Friday.

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

Apr 25, 2020 at 9:06 a.m. UTC

Apr 25, 2020

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Markets

Fraud

SEC Sues Dropil Founders for Fraud After $1.8M Token Sale

The SEC has charged three California residents with defrauding investors of $1.8 million through an unregistered token sale.

By Danny Nelson

Sponsored

Apr 24, 2020 at 3:37 p.m. UTC

Apr 24, 2020

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Bitmex

Major Crypto Firms Including Binance, Civic, Tron Targeted in Flood of Lawsuits

A flood of class-action lawsuits were filed in New York Friday, taking aim at a number of major cryptocurrency projects over their token sales.

By Daniel Palmer

Sponsored

Apr 6, 2020 at 10:47 a.m. UTC

Apr 6, 2020

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Fraud

SEC Charges Former State Senator Over Digital Asset 'Scam'

The SEC alleges the Meta 1 Coin sale violated antifraud and securities regulation. It also promised some crazy returns.

By Paddy Baker

Sponsored

Mar 23, 2020 at 1:15 p.m. UTC

Mar 23, 2020

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Sec

SEC Proposal Could (Eventually) Unleash Security Token Sales

Companies looking to raise funds via security token offerings (STOs) might soon get some relief from regulatory burdens in the U.S.

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

Mar 16, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 16, 2020

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Markets

Sec

US Court Fines ICOBox $16M for Securities Violation in SEC Case

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

By Paddy Baker

Sponsored

Mar 12, 2020 at 4:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 12, 2020

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