ICOs

Crime

ICO Platform Promises Full Refund Following $7 Million Hack

Initial coin offering support platform KickICO lost $7.7 million in KICK tokens in a hack on Thursday, the company reported. 

Policy & regulation  ·  27 July 2018
Investments

Ex-Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Is Making a Cryptocurrency

Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, confirmed Wednesday that he is working on a cryptocurrency of his own.

Markets  ·  19 July 2018
ICOs

Sex Workers Have Serious Issues With a Crypto-Powered ‘Uber for Escorts’

Describing itself as the "Uber of escorting," PinkDate is one of several sex industry startups launching a cryptocurrency-fueled booking app.

Markets  ·  16 July 2018
Ethereum

CoinList’s Fifth ICO Is a $61 Million Bid to Tokenize All the Assets

CoinList, arguably the top site for listing token sales, has chosen TrustToken as the fifth ICO to be hosted on its website.

Tech  ·  13 July 2018
Investments

Report: More Than Three-Quarters of ICOs Were Scams

In a report by an advisory firm on initial coin offering (ICO) investments, data shows close to 80% of all ICOs in 2017 were scams.

Markets  ·  12 July 2018
Investments

Augur Passes CryptoKitties: Ethereum App Sees $400K in First-Day Betting

With strong first day volumes, newly launched crypto app Augur has surpassed what may be the most popular decentralized application.

Markets  ·  11 July 2018
Trading

More Than Half of ICOs Fail Within 4 Months, Study Suggests

A new study suggests that, while many ICOs become inactive soon after launch, there are rewards for investors willing to take a risk.

Markets  ·  10 July 2018
Regulation

PBoC Will ‘Crush’ Foreign ICOs Targeting Chinese Investors: Official

Pan Gongsheng, a vice governor of the People's Bank of China, has once more issued strong statements on initial coin offerings.

Policy & regulation  ·  10 July 2018
Ethereum

Augur Is Live: Decentralized Prediction Market Launches After 2-Year Beta

A platform for creating decentralized prediction markets, which held one of the first-ever ICOs, has gone live. Finally.

Tech  ·  10 July 2018
Tezos

Tezos Investors Got a Chance to Sell This Week – And They Took It

Tezos' price dropped by a third in its first 24 hours of trading as a real token, rather than an IOU.

Markets  ·  6 July 2018
Thailand

Thailand SEC Reveals Date for Enacting ICO Licensing Rule

After a months-long process that saw public hearings and legislative debates, Thailand regulators said a rule on ICOs will take effect this month.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 July 2018
ICOs

Why Companies Need to Get on the Tokenization Train

EY's blockchain lead makes the case for enterprises to embrace tokenization and move away from simply treating blockchains like fancy notaries.

Business  ·  3 July 2018
Investments

Smartphone Giant Xiaomi Disavows ICO Token Pegged to Its Stock

An initial coin offering is selling a token that claims to be pegged to smartphone maker Xiaomi's stock price in its IPO next week.

Markets  ·  3 July 2018
Tezos

Delays Be Damned: Tezos Blockchain Tech Enters Beta Testing

A nearly year-long wait appears to be over for investors in the embattled block chain project Tezos.

Markets  ·  30 June 2018
Russia

Execs at Payments Giant Qiwi Launch Crypto Investment Bank

Senior staff at a Qiwi subsidiary are launching a crypto investment bank to advise ICO investors and help companies tokenize their assets.

Business  ·  30 June 2018