ICOs

Regulation

Hester Peirce: Tell Me How to Improve My Safe Harbor Proposal

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a new way to regulate token sales. If there are better alternatives, she wants to hear about them.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 February 2020
Investments

Why Security Token Offerings Are a Big Yawn in Parts of Asia

Security token offerings were supposed to be the next big blockchain-based investment vehicle. But investors in Thailand and Taiwan aren't so interested.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 February 2020
Regulation

SEC Charges Blockchain Marketplace Opporty Over ‘Fraudulent’ $600,000 ICO

The firm is alleged to have conducted a fraudulent and unregistered sale of digital assets called OPP Tokens, raising around $600,000.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 January 2020
Exchanges

Liquid Exchange Cancels Sale of Telegram’s Gram Tokens

With the SEC lawsuit holding up the launch of Telegram's TON network, the Japan-based exchange has cancelled its sale of gram tokens and refunded investors.

Policy & regulation  ·  16 January 2020
ICOs

SEC Warns Crypto Investors of Initial Exchange Offerings in New Note

The SEC warned investors that initial exchange offerings, while claiming to be different from initial coin offerings, may still violate federal securities law.

News  ·  14 January 2020
Regulation

SEC Seeks $16M From ICOBox for Unregistered Token Sale

The SEC has asked a federal court in California to fine ICOBox more than $16 million for selling illegal ICOS tokens.

News  ·  10 January 2020
ICOs

Is SardineCoin Real? The Sardines Are, At Least

SardineCoin seemed like a fishy proposition to the crypto world, but CoinDesk found the issuer’s booth, stocked with tins, at CES 2020.

News  ·  9 January 2020
Regulation

French Financial Watchdog Approves First ICO Under New ‘Visa’ Scheme

The approved ICO issuer can now legally market and host their sale until the beginning of June 2020.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 December 2019
Governance

This Token Project Offered to Shut Down. Its Market Cap Shot Up $10M

Should DigixDAO completely dissolve its treasury or keep making grants to enhance the ecosystem? That's the question for token holders to decide.

Business  ·  13 December 2019
Regulation

25,000 Blockchain Firms in China Tried to Issue Cryptos, Senior Official Claims

Some 25,000 Chinese companies have tried to issue their own tokens over the past few years, a new report authored by five government agencies claims.

News  ·  25 November 2019
Regulation

Reggie Middleton Reaches $9.5 Million SEC Settlement Over Alleged ICO Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a $9.5 million settlement stemming from the Veritaseum initial coin offering.

Policy & regulation  ·  1 November 2019
ICOs

EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale

Block.One will pay $24 million after settling charges that it operated an unregistered securities sale with its $4.1 billion EOS raise.

Markets  ·  30 September 2019
ICOs

WATCH: He Admitted to Faking Crypto Volumes, Then Got 5 New Clients

Here's CoinDesk's full interview with Alexey Andryunin, the 20-year-old ICO pumper who was in the business of market manipulation.

Markets  ·  10 September 2019
ICOs

SEC Settles With ICO Service Over Undisclosed Payments for Reviews

ICORating agreed to pay $106,998 in interest and a civil penalty of $162,000 without commenting on the SEC's findings.

Markets  ·  20 August 2019
Regulation

Blockchain Firm Veritaseum Calls for Assets to Be Unfrozen in SEC Response

Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC's claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 August 2019