Tagged: initial coin offering

June 18, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading investment crowdfunding platform in the US, has just closed its self-crowdfunding round hitting its goal of $5 million backed by 3400+ investors. The Reg A+ offer was first filed in September of 2017 as the platform sought to raise growth capital. In… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Security tokens are the future of investments, so it appears. The speculation fueled initial coin offering (ICO) industry is quickly morphing into a legitimate sector of finance as securities on blockchain seem poised to become the norm. At the first Security Token Summit held in… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 1:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

German Fantasy Sports company Stryking Entertainment is rewarding people with STRYKZ tokens for predicting the right scores of a variety of World Cup games.  All fans have to do is to join the STRYKZ telegram group and post their predictions ahead of selected games. The winner will… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 12:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cryptocurrency lottery CryptoMillionsLotto has announced its pre-sale ICO to commence on Monday (June 8). The offering is being made available to US investors using Reg D 506c. Creators are promoting CML just like any other lottery as participants get to have a chance at a… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ethereum Not a Security Speaking at the Yahoo Finance conference in San Francisco today, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman tackled the topic of morphing initial coin offerings (ICOs) and whether an ICO could start life as a security and… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

B21 has launched their “personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets.” B21 is described as a mobile-focused platform that allows anyone to build a portfolio of cryptocurrencies currently including Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS with additions determined by user voting. The App is available in both iOS… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, posted an update on the Titanium Blockchain enforcement action that reviewed the preliminary injunction filed against the firm. A quick review of the update indicated little new pertaining to the SEC’s move to shut down the… Read More

June 6, 2018 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Imaginea Ai Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) company based in Canada, is prepping to launch a fully regulated initial coin offering. Imaginea says it has been working closely with the Alberta Securities Commission to ensure the Security Token Offering (STO) is compliant to provincial law…. Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

ThinkCoin has entered into a partnership with GMEX Group, a crypto exchange and post-trade solutions platform. ThinkCoin is in the midst of an initial coin offering (ICO) with a hard cap of $30 million. GMEX’s Fusion platform combines centralised trading systems with blockchain technology. GMEX… Read More

June 2, 2018 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hub Token has raised $13.6 million from 20 investors, according to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering, which is ongoing, seeks to raise a total of $20 million in a Simple Agreement for Future Tokens or SAFT. Hub Token… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

EOS, described as an operating system on which scalable Decentralized Autonomous Communities, or “DACs,” can easily be built, launched, and governed, is ready to go. The company seeks to “empower communities to create the next era of disruptive organizations.” In a Tweet, EOS announced that… Read More

May 30, 2018 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Titanium Blockchain (TBIS), founded by Michael Alan Stollery, aka Michael Stollaire, has issued an official statement regarding the enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which froze all of the TBIS assets in a court ordered emergency action. TBIS raised approximately $21 million in… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 9:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received a court approved emergency asset freeze and the appointment of a receiver for Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services (TBIS) pertaining to an initial coin offering (ICO). Between November 2017 through at least January 2018, the ICO succeeded in raising as… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

VRBex, a cryptocurrency and security token exchange that prides itself on being founded and operated by a team with some serious finance cred, is looking to raise up to $100 million in equity, according to a Reg D 506c filing with the Securities and Exchange… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 4:28 pm By Cali Haan  |  

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairperson Jay Clayton told an audience in Washington Tuesday that companies seeking to raise funds via digital tokens in an Initial Coin Offering should be proactive in contacting the agency regarding compliance, Law360 reports. “We’re open for business,” said Clayton…. Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

A note by Law360 indicates that defendants Sohrab “Sam” Sharma and Robert Farkas, co-creators of Centra Tech and an affiliated initial coin offering (ICO), have pleaded not guilty in the US District Court Southern District of New York. The Centra Tech ICO reportedly raised over $32… Read More

May 21, 2018 @ 4:41 pm By Alan Yong  |  

Recently during a television interview, world-renowned investor and well-known Bitcoin cynic Warren Buffet described Bitcoin as “rat poison squared”. Buffett made the comment while responding to questions about Bitcoin’s meteoric and highly-publicized growth in the last five years. It would be an easy matter to… Read More

May 20, 2018 @ 2:52 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has spoken publicly about how draft laws winding their way now through the Russian parliament will define cryptocurrencies and tokens. Bitcoin.com reports that Medvedev recently told an audience at a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum: “We need… Read More

May 18, 2018 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that new legislation enacted to regulate the offering of digital assets, including initial coin offerings (ICOs) and businesses undertaking these activities, is now effective. A public hearing is scheduled to take place on the regulations at a future… Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Representatives from the three bodies policing securities in the US and the Chief Strategy Officer from the Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange spoke on an “Enforcement” panel May 15 at the Consensus conference in New York. Citing an “open door” policy, the regulators- James McDonald, Director of… Read More