Tagged: ico

December 20, 2017 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, the blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) that is in the midst of a huge initial coin offering, has agreed to take a 1% stake in Kennedy Cabot Acquisition Holdings (KCA) with a $1 million investment. KCA is a FINRA approved Broker Dealer and… Read More

December 19, 2017 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tZero initial coin offering (ICO) has revealed that institutional investors have committed more than $100 million in the first 12 hours of the pre-sales offer. Additionally, more than 10,000 subscribers have registered for accredited investor status via the Saftlaunch platform where the ICO is… Read More

December 19, 2017 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past November Crowdfund Insider had the opportunity to participate in the World Funding Summit in Los Angeles. Organized by Economist and Entrepreneur Victoria Silchenko, the event has updated and changed over the years as the Fintech industry has quickly expanded beyond capital formation. In… Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The highly anticipated tZERO initial coin offering (ICO) has finally launched on SaftLaunch. The ICO was delayed once before and appeared to be in a holding pattern earlier today but now the offer is live and open to certain investors. Part of the delay… Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 2:23 pm By Joshua Ashley Klayman & Jay G. Baris  |  

  This article is written by the authors solely in their personal capacities, and the views expressed are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employer or any other person.  This article does not constitute, and should not be relied… Read More

December 18, 2017 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

TZero, the creation of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) CEO Patrick Byrne, is a Blockchain platform for capital markets. Envisioned as a distributed ledger technology for trading and investing including the burgeoning initial coin offering (ICO) market, TZERO claims to be the first SEC and FINRA compliant ATS… Read More

December 15, 2017 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Initial Coin Offerings are fat targets for attorneys representing disgruntled investors. Tezos is the most prominent example of an ICO gone bad due to the very public internal infighting, the fact that creators attempted to describe investments as donations and the hundreds of millions of… Read More

December 15, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Buried within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Distributed Ledger Technology (IE Blockchain) Feedback Statement on an earlier discussion paper was a section dedicated to Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and regulatory requirements. The FCA, like much of the rest of the world, is seeking to enable… Read More

December 15, 2017 @ 7:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a feedback statement on distributed ledger technology (DLT) or Blockchain.  The document comes following an earlier discussion paper published in April designed to commence a dialogue between interested parties and the regulator. The FCA has now responded to received… Read More

December 14, 2017 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a Reg CF crowdfunding platform, listed its first Initial Coin Offering (ICO) this past week. Republic Crypto offered the security in conjunction with CoinList that is hosting the offer for accredited investors under Reg D (506c). Both CoinList and Republic are the creation of… Read More

December 13, 2017 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The opportunity is simply too strong to resist. The rapid rise of tokenized securities and the booming initial coin offering market is compelling crowdfunding platforms to reposition provide issuers the platform they demand. As the United States is the top ICO issuer in the world,… Read More

December 13, 2017 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Described as an initiative to fight global poverty and inequality, Patrick Byrne, founder of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has formed joint venture with Hernando de Soto – prominent economist who has been deeply engaged in the Blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.  The new company, called De Soto, Inc., will… Read More

December 12, 2017 @ 6:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shmuel Hauser, the Chairman of the Israel Securities Authority, published a statement today addressing Fintech, Bitcoin and Initial Coin Offerings, in an extended comment on regulations and the changing financial landscape. Hauser stated; “From a regulator perspective, we want make sure that Fintech will not… Read More

December 12, 2017 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Props, a decentralized video network operated by YouNow, Inc., has opened its public token sale on CoinList. The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) expects the offer to close on December 22nd making it the third ICO to fund on the AngelList founded platform. YouNow’s community that is… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the Securities and Exchange Division announced it had halted an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) as an unregulated securities offering. Munchee, a food review App based on Blockchain, agreed to refund all investors without accepting nor denying the allegation. The ICO was seeking $15 million… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shut down an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) as conducting an unregistered securities offering. This is the first time the SEC has has halted an ICO where there were no allegations of fraud representing a new shift in approach… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

SelfKey, a “self sovereign identity” firm, has just completed a pre-sale of KEY tokens raising $5 million. Now SelfKey is preparing to launch its public Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on December 15th. The token sale has a hard cap of US$21.78 million. The private pre-sale started… Read More

December 10, 2017 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week saw a bit of reversal in South Korea’s stance on Initial Coin Offerings (ICO). In September, it was reported that Korea had decided to totally ban ICOs following a similar approach by China. But during a presentation at the National Assembly by… Read More

December 8, 2017 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Telcoin, a French Accelerator startup that is based in Tokyo, is planning to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on December 11th. Co-founded by Claude Eguienta and Paul Neuner, Telcoin has created a cryptocurrency that expects to be distributed by mobile operators and accepted everywhere…. Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 4:06 pm By Amy Wan  |  

In the early days of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), basically for much of this year, one of the keys of a successful ICO raise was ability to snag a crypto-influencer onto one’s advisory board – or to get them to be an early investor in… Read More