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Continue ReadingThe upcoming trial of two men accused of running the fraudulent Centra Tech initial coin offering (ICO), which raised $60 million after soliciting celebrity endorsements in 2018, has been postponed…
Continue ReadingTelegram is seeking to appeal a United States federal court’s recent ruling in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission to halt distribution of GRAM tokens. Rejection of the injunction…
Continue ReadingA United States District Court has granted an injunction against Telegram, preventing the company from issuing its GRAM tokens at the present time. Court says that GRAMS are securities under…
Continue ReadingCanadian messenger firm Kik is seeking pre-trial summary judgment in its legal dispute with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the company’s $100 million initial coin offering…
Continue ReadingA report published by research firm CB Insights has found that equity funding has dramatically overtaken initial coin offerings (ICOs) as the dominant means of finance in the blockchain space. …
Continue ReadingThe Tezos Foundation moved to settle its $25M consolidated class-action lawsuit on March 20, following more than two years of fighting in court. In a post on its website, the…
Continue ReadingThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested an early summary judgment in its lawsuit against Kik over the messaging company’s $100 million KIN initial coin offering (ICO)…
Continue ReadingThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has frozen the assets of Meta 1 Coin, an alleged crypto scam backed by a former state senator that promised investors returns…
Continue ReadingThe legendary video game company, The Atari Group, will conduct an Initial Coin Offering with the intention of launching a cryptocurrency casino. Atari Atari was founded in 1972 in Sunnyvale,…
Continue ReadingWelcome to Cointelegraph China Focus. Focus is a new talk show series launched by Cointelegraph China that covers the hottest topics from around the world. Cointelegraph China Focus invites blockchain…
Continue ReadingAlternet Systems Inc (ALYI), an energy storage, military application, and electric motorcycle firm, has entered into a new partnership to launch a cryptocurrency dedicated to funding electric vehicle projects in…
Continue ReadingEthereum has been among the frontrunners in the crypto market in terms of year-to-date performance. The number two cryptocurrency rose over 100% at the start of the year, fueled by…
Continue ReadingIn a world where blockchain technology is rapidly breaking barriers and disrupting industries one at a time, the emergence of new models to replace classical crowdfunding ventures is just a…
Continue ReadingThe ICOBox platform received a court decision in absentia, after failing to defend its side against the accusations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ICOBox Investigated for Aggressive…
Continue ReadingThere are a number of ways people can obtain cryptocurrencies and one of them is through airdrops, a type of distribution where creators send free coins to numerous crypto wallet…
Continue ReadingA Russian oligarch, a former cabinet minister and the COO of German fintech company Wirecard invested in Telegram’s $1.7 billion initial coin offering (ICO), according to a previously unreported court…
Continue ReadingOn March 3, District Judge Charles Pannell dismissed a lawsuit claiming securities fraud charges against rapper ‘T.I.’ for selling FLiK tokens for his company’s initial coin offering (ICO) during August…
Continue ReadingThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged actor Steven Seagal for promoting an initial coin offering (ICO) without disclosing that he was paid for it. He was ordered to…
Continue ReadingAfter facing multiple delays, Filecoin (FIL) is now looking toward a mainnet launch in Q3 2020 — which will be supported by a Gemini exchange custody solution. Filecoin will send…
Continue ReadingThe number two cryptocurrency by market cap, Ethereum, has been leading the crypto rally of 2020, causing its value to more than double year-to-date.VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Continue ReadingThe United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission has recently weighed in on the Security and Exchange Commission’s ongoing legal battle with Telegram by filing a letter that contained its views…
Continue ReadingYou need nothing short of “a miracle” to succeed with an initial coin offering (ICO) in Australia, a local industry leader told the government this week. At a Select Committee…
Continue ReadingAlmost three years after its ICO, Decentraland has opened its platform — a virtual world in which participants buy and sell fake land, as well as construct buildings. Over the…
Continue ReadingFollowing a two-hour hearing, a New York federal judge has extended the restraining order that prohibits Telegram from distributing its Gram tokens. On Feb 19, Judge P. Kevin Castel of…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, recently announced its conquest over yet another unregistered ICO from 2017. The SEC went after Enigma for its 2017 ICO, labeling the…
Continue ReadingThe South Korean initial coin offering project Contents Protocol will return 26,877 Ether (ETH) ($7.5 million at press time) to holders of its CPT token. Both legal obstacles and business…
Continue ReadingEthereum has been leading crypto markets in recent weeks and its return to bullish territory yesterday has reversed any pullback momentum. These three reasons are why ETH is performing well.…
Continue ReadingEthereum has over doubled in price since the beginning of this year and yet again it is dominating crypto markets today. A new seven month high has been hit as…
Continue ReadingCommissioner Hester Peirce of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is known for her work on the regulator’s approach to crypto, enough to have earned the moniker “CryptoMom.” On…
Continue ReadingNews about initial coin offerings (ICOs) is back with a vengeance. Only this time, it’s not about how much money there is to be raised, but how much money there…
Continue ReadingThe cryptocurrency industry has grown exponentially and there are many facets to the blockchain industry. One specific area of expertise that’s grown significantly in the last few years is the…
Continue ReadingThe crypto market is driven almost solely by hype and speculation, especially when it comes to altcoin assets outside of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap.One subset of once-hyped…
Continue ReadingThe United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested a deposition from a representative of Kik Interactive Inc. to provide detailed information about its operations since releasing native token Kin.…
Continue ReadingBlockvest, which is currently embroiled in a dangerous lawsuit with the SEC, obtained a small victory in a similar case filed by an elderly couple. However, the Jan. 21 court…
Continue ReadingRemember Polkadot? It’s the multi-chain network that raised $145 million in 2017 and hasn’t been seen since. But unlike many of the blockchain projects from that era, Polkadot hasn’t taken…
Continue ReadingThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sergii Grybniak, the founder of the initial coin offering (ICO) project Opporty, according to a Jan. 21 press release. Despite raising approximately…
Continue ReadingA project which conducted a 2016 initial coin offering (ICO) has voted to liquidate its $64 million treasury, returning funds to investors. Project Ragnarok, a measure to return ether to…
Continue ReadingDuring the first couple of months of 2019, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) stayed put under the $4,000 mark, thereby solidifying fears that the market was indeed in the midst…
Continue ReadingThe Securities Commission Malaysia has published the country’s guidelines on digital assets which set out the regulatory framework for token sales. All token offerings must now be carried out only…
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