Tagged: no action

September 26, 2020 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Trading and Markets, issued a no-action letter to FINRA yesterday afternoon that impacts certain trading platforms that serve as markets for digital assets that are securities. FINRA is a self-regulatory entity that coordinates with the SEC regarding… Read More

July 26, 2019 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

On the same day DLXLaw sent a letter requesting “no-action” by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Division, Pocketful of Quarters received a response from the SEC indicating its intent not to take any action against the blockchain-based platform. DLXLaw is a boutique law… Read More

April 3, 2019 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Corporate Finance, has issued its first No-Action letter pertaining to the issuance of a token that is considered not to be a regulated security. The response was engendered by a request by attorney James Curry, on behalf… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kiran Lingam, Managing Director at LendTech Angels, has published his thoughts on the Citizen.VC No-Action letter released earlier this week.  Lingam, a securities attorney by education, sees the clarification pushing marketplace lenders to use 506(b), as opposed to utilizing 506(c) – an exemption that allows… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate platform RealtyShares has shared their perspective on the recent no-action letter issued by the SEC in response to an inquiry by Citizen VC, Inc. as to that company’s method of onboarding new investors. The letter forwarded to the SEC by Citizen.VC counsel Mintz Levin outlined several policies and… Read More