The SEC issues a statement and request for comment
The SEC issued a very important statement and request for comment to potentially allow broker-dealers to handle digital securities…
The SEC issued a very important statement and request for comment to potentially allow broker-dealers to handle digital securities…
In its complaint, the SEC alleged that Ripple Labs, Inc. and its two executives Bradley Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen sold over …
On November 2nd, the SEC published an annual report summarizing its enforcement efforts taken during the fiscal …
The case against Kik Interactive, Inc. initiated more than a year ago by the SEC has resulted in a final judgment against the company for the sale of …
Simultaneously with the SEC, the IRS unsealed their charges for tax evasion and willful failure to file tax returns following the arrest of John McAfee in Spain…
John McAfee, a legendary computer programmer, who got involved into the blockchain industry during an ICO wave and heavily promoted various tokens …
The SEC obtained a court approval of its settlement with Telegram Group, Inc. and its subsidiary TON Issuer Inc. (“Telegram”) on charges that …
The SEC continues to investigate companies that conducted ICOs in 2017 and 2018. Recently, the SEC brought charges against BitClave PTE Ltd….
A good victory for the SEC against Veritaseum, Inc., Veritaseum, LLC and Reginals Middleton, their owner, came in a form of the final judgement …
Earlier in 2017, Kik Interactive created one trillion of digital Kin tokens and sold it to U.S. investors to finance its operations. The SEC alleged that …
We became aware that the name of Blockchain Law Group and its founder attorney Katrina Arden is being misused by fraudsters …
The SEC announced that it obtained a court order against Natural Diamonds Investment Co., Eagle Financial Diamond Group Inc A/K/A Diamante …
The SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an investor alert warning the investors against false statements regarding the SEC …
Due to an increased number of fraudulent claims made by various companies that the SEC and CFTC support or endorse their ICOs, both agencies …
Today the SEC announced that it has obtained a court order halting a planned ICO and an ongoing pre-ICO of Blockvest, LLC and its founder Reginald …
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two men for alleged profiting from illegal sales of stock of a company claiming to have a …
The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order against Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc., halting its ICO that …
Today, the SEC made a press release under the above-referenced title and invited public to visit a website HoweyCoin.com to “buy into a …
On April 2, 2018, Sohrab “Sam” Sharma and Robert Farkas, co-founders of Centra Tech, Inc. were arrested and charged with violation of the anti-fraud and …
The State of Tennessee has officially recognized blockchain technology and smart contracts by giving it official status in relation to the electronic …
As part of the U.S. sanction against Venezuela, the President’s executive order prohibits any transactions involving the digital currency …
In the recent months, the SEC issued dozens of subpoenas to companies, which conducted their ICOs last year and earlier this year to provide documents …
As the SEC is conducting numerous ICO investigations, the cryptocurrency exchanges, which offer to buy, sell and trade tokens are also under a scrutiny …
In the complaint brought by the SEC, the federal agency alleged that BitFunder and its founder Jon E. Montroll violated the anti-fraud and registration provisions …
On February 6, 2018, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton spoke about virtual currencies before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of …
The SEC obtained a court order to halt an allegedly fraudulent ICO of AriseBank, which purported to be the first “decentralized bank” aiming to …
Today, the SEC Co-Enforcement Directors Stephanie Avakian and Steven Peikin and CFTC Enforcement Director James McDonald issued a joint …
The Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) was specifically created and intended to be used by enterprises to sell digital tokens …
The SEC has issued a Cease-and-Desist Order in regards to the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of the MUN token created by Munchee, Inc., a California …
The SEC just published an informative Statement on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) reviewing the rapidly growing market and …
The SEC filed charges against PlexCorps founded by Dominic Lacroix, a Canadian resident who already violated the securities law previously, and …
There had been a number of cases when people behind the ICO simply run away with the proceeds and purchasers received no tokens. Using …
The SEC issued a press-release warning against the celebrities advertising of the ICOs because more and more celebrities are starting to endorse companies …
There have been many articles written about an ICO process being an unregulated activity, which led many startups to believe that raising funds …
Today, the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged one individual and two companies with the sale of unregistered securities and …
Recently, there have been many announcements made by authorities of various countries in regards to the ICO and digital tokens. Most of them warn the …
Following the United States and other countries, the authorities of Hong Kong made a statement on the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) today …
The growing crypto market is seeing more and more offerings of tokens, often called Initial Token Offerings (ITO), Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) or alike. …
The SEC suspended trading of common stocks of the publicly traded companies First Bitcoin Capital Corp., CIAO Group, Strategic Global, and Sunshine …
Today, the Chinese authorities made an official ICO related statement, which brought panic to the market and provoked a number of news publications …
The blockchain technology allowed companies to raise capital faster and less costly. However, the greatest advantage is that a company can offer a …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a very important Investigative Report today, concluding that the securities law of the United …
Following the investigation of The DAO, the SEC issued an Investors Bulletin, which explained the nature of the Initial Coin Offering and warned …