Tagged: ico

January 24, 2018 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has shut down another initial coin offering with allegations of fraud. The ICO unfortunately named My Big Coin (MBC) ends up becoming My Big Con as the enforcement action has charged defendants Randall Crater of East Hampton, New York, Mark Gillespie of Hartland,… Read More

January 24, 2018 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Swiss State Secretariat for International Financial Matters (SIF) has announced the creation of a Blockchain / ICO working group this past week. The new Group has been tasked to review the legal framework and identify any need for action with the involvement of the… Read More

January 23, 2018 @ 11:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Waves Lab, a Moscow-based incubator for new projects on the Waves platform, has announced a total budget of 1 million WAVES for future participants, as the first tranche of entrants launch their applications. The commitment, reportedly worth approximately $9 million after the recent cryptocurrency sell-off… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 7:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton delivered a speech today to the Securities Regulation Institute. While covering several topics, Chair Clayton hit upon the hot subject of initial coin offerings (ICO) and the swirling regulatory environment delivering a stern rebuke to market… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tZero initial coin offering is one of the most anticipated ICOs scheduled to take place this quarter. tZero, an offshoot of Overstock.com, is founder Patrick Byrne’s vision of the digital asset future. While the past year has been a sugar rush bonanza of global… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Aurora Labs S.A., a Panama based company, has completed their initial coin offering raising over $6 million. Aurora has launched the IDEX – a real time decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. The funds received will be used to fuel platform growth. Aurora announced a strategic partnership with… Read More

January 20, 2018 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) issued a warning statement this past week regarding initial coin offerings (ICO). The IOSCO Board also shared it had established an ICO Consultation Network through which members may discuss their experiences and bring their concerns, including any cross-border… Read More

January 20, 2018 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a warning on initial coin offerings (ICOs). The Board Communication should come as no surprise as dozens of national securities regulators have published warnings already as public officials struggle to grapple with the concept of digital… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC), along with Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), has issued a new “cautoinary statement” regarding investor interest in initial coin offerings (ICOs). This is not the first time SC has warned the public against dubious crypto offerings. Today’s statement affirms that ICOs… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

A group of 500 Startups Global Seed Accelerator alumni have launched a new token offering designed to help individuals get exposure into promising initial coin offerings (ICOs). 22X Fund claims the title of the first-ever token offering backed by real equity. The token pre-sales begin on… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 10:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The big crypto news all last week was the announcement that Kodak, a company that was founded in 1888, was launching an initial coin offering for a new photography rights platform. The news tripled the market capitalization of Kodak almost immediately as the cool blockchain… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 1:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Pingvalue plans an upcoming ICO with a €30M target conducted for developing its blockchain-based advertising services. Chaineum, a French ICO Boutique founded by Laurent Leloup, is leading this ICO. Following the recent successful ICO conducted by Domraider, Chaineum is leading this offering with a pre-ICO opening… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division has filed an administrative complaint against Kirill Bensonoff and Caviar, a Cayman Island company. Bensonoff is said to own a home in Brookline, Massachusetts and is described as attempting to avoid US securities laws by operating out… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

There is a rapid push to standardize and professionalize the initial coin offering (ICO) market. As competition heats up, you no longer can add Blockchain to your name and expect immediate token success. You need to have a reputable team in place and you need… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Polymath Network is the first cryptocurrency related project to hit the 50,000 follower ceiling on Telegram. The highly popular company is the industry first security token launch pad. As initial coin offerings become professionalized and regulated you must have a service that can manage tokenized securities and… Read More

January 16, 2018 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The announcement by Kodak that it would be jumping into the cryptocurrency space with its own initial coin offering and KODAKCoin rattled all of corporate America. If a fallen star like Kodak could do it, then why not them? In a way, Kodak validates the… Read More

January 16, 2018 @ 11:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Financial technology investment platform BnkToTheFuture claims that the platforms has raised an initial $30 million for its tokenized equity market and due diligence platform in the first three days of BnkToTheFuture’s token private pre-sale open solely to institutional investors. BnkToTheFuture reportedly offers the largest online… Read More

January 14, 2018 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

This should come as no surprise but SelfKey’s public token sale closed in just 11 minutes.  According to the company, the public portion of the initial coin offering (ICO) hit its cap of $5.94 million in mere minutes. SelfKey’s pre-sale easily raised its cap of… Read More

January 13, 2018 @ 6:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Renren Calls an End to its ICO Project It was reported that Renren has closed its RRCoin ICO project after a talk with China’s regulatory authorities. Among the 1 billion RRCoins that were planned to issue, 40% would have beeen allocated to private equity, 25%… Read More

January 13, 2018 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a successful pre-sale where organizers reportedly raised $15 million, the SelfKey public Initial Coin Offering will start tomorrow (January 14th @ 12 AM UTC). Founded by Edmund Lowell, SelfKey’s tech stack is already in use.  In fact SelfKey may find itself in use with some big… Read More