Tagged: ico

February 5, 2018 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marco Santori, formerly a Partner at Cooley, LLP and author of the controversial SAFT or Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, has joined Blockchain as President and Chief Legal Officer.  In the past, Santori has been labeled “the Dean of Digital Currency Lawyers” by some and… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 1:58 pm By Therese Torris  |  

The Paris Fintech Forum 2018 (#PFF18) was a huge event, here are a few highlights from the sessions moderated by Crowdfund Insider & friends. The conference gathered more than 2,500 delegates from more than 50 countries from the five continents at the old French stock… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Waves has announced a new partnership that will expand its presence into the hot Southeast Asian initial coin offering (ICO) market. Waves has announced an agreement to collaborate with Indonesian platform Tokenomy to push into major new global opportunities. Waves says that as part of… Read More

February 2, 2018 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The KROPS Initial Coin Offering has received a Cease & Desist (C&D) from the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission. The C&D, embedded below, demands the immediate halt to the sale of KROPS Tokens or KropCoins. The SEC states the company has not filed the necessary… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 12:09 pm By Todd R. Kornfeld, Irwin M. Latner and Johanna R. Collins-Wood  |  

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have recently become very popular, causing investors of all levels of sophistication to consider buying ICO tokens (or coins). Regardless of whether you view ICO tokens as “investments,” or whether you want to buy tokens for their utility function to make… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 9:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Venezuela has issued a White Paper on its proposed cryptocurrency Petro (PTR). Petro has its origin in former President Hugo Chavez’s controversial idea of a strong currency backed by raw materials, in this case, petroleum; Venezuela is recognized as having the largest oil reserves in the… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 9:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

IdentityMind Global, Digital Identities You Can Trust, an SaaS platform that builds, maintains and analyzes digital identities worldwide, allowing companies to perform identity proofing, risk-based authentication, regulatory identification, and to detect and prevent identity fraud, announced the immediate availability of its KYC Plug-in for ICOs… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 8:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and the Investor Education Centre (IEC), a subsidiary of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), jointly launched a public education campaign today on the risks associated with ICOs and cryptocurrencies. The campaign aims to provide the… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 1:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowd Genie Financial Services Pte Ltd, regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced an initial coin offering (ICO) via their related entity CGSPV Pte. Ltd. The peer to peer lender states that it intends on issuing 60 million Crowd Genie Coins, or… Read More

January 31, 2018 @ 12:55 am By JD Alois  |  

One of the most anticipated initial coin offerings (ICO) in 2018, Kodak and its KODAKCoin security token has shared more than 40,000 potential investors have expressed interest in participating in the funding round. KODAKCoin is now moving to the “accredited investor verification phase” where individuals… Read More

January 30, 2018 @ 4:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, social media giant Facebook announced it is officially banning all ads concerning bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies, and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Facebook Product Management Director, Rob Leathern, stated the platform’s team has created a new policy that prohibits ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently… Read More

January 30, 2018 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the brakes on another initial coin offering (ICO) that flouted established securities laws. The SEC obtained a court order halting the AriseBank ICO that targeted retail investors to invest in the “world’s first decentralized bank. AriseCoin’s public… Read More

January 30, 2018 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DiversyFund, a real estate crowdfunding marketplace, announced on Tuesday it secured $1 million during its Series A funding round. According to DiversyFund, the closing of funding round represents a significant milestone for its platform. It plans to use the additional capital to further develop online… Read More

January 29, 2018 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The SelfKey token Airdop has pushed pause as some users have expressed concern over the private key usage in the SelfKey wallet. SelfKey announced they were pausing the Airdrop in order to address this community concern. SelfKey is a Blockchain based digital identity system that allows… Read More

January 29, 2018 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Waves has announced that the Simdaq initial coin offering (ICO) has hit its hard cap in just 28 hours. The partnership with the Waves Lab incubator helped Simdaq raise $5 million in a bit over a day. Simdaq wants to democratize crypto trading by sharing insights… Read More

January 26, 2018 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

  This past week both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission came out with strong statements warning the exuberant initial coin offering industry (ICO) that regulators will no longer tolerate the flouting of existing securities law. ICOs have increased rapidly… Read More

January 25, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Traditional financial models, be on your guard. WAWLLET, reportedly the world’s first multi-asset wallet and personal financial passport, connecting people, banks and financial services, will launch an up-to-89 million-ICO for its WIN Tokens, valued at $3 USD per Token, on 29 January. 44 million WIN Tokens… Read More

January 25, 2018 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Cayman based Mobius Network has announced the close of their MOBI initial coin offering public sale. Mobius says the token sale was scheduled to close on February 18th, but sold out in just over two hours. Mobius previously announced the closing of a $35 million… Read More

January 25, 2018 @ 9:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Bart Chilton, a former Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2007 to 2014, has signed up to advise Omega One, an offshoot of Consensys. Omega One is on a mission to build a bridge between traditional markets and digital assets by improving… Read More

January 25, 2018 @ 12:36 am By JD Alois  |  

SelfKey, a blockchain-based digital identity firm, has obtained a Mauritius’ Regulatory Sandbox License (RSL), according to information provided by the company. This license will allow SelfKey to develop their self-sovereign digital identity wallet and financial services marketplace under supervision and scrutiny of the Board of… Read More