IEOs

Bilibili Copycat Tried to Save Itself With a $2M Crypto IEO – It Didn’t Work

A Chinese video streaming copycat service raised $2.1 million via an initial exchange offering in August 2019, but it appears this last resort wasn’t enough to save the company.

Business  ·  30 September 2020

Poloniex’s New Tron-Powered IEO Platform Moves Exchange Closer to Justin Sun’s Orbit

The new platform uses Tron's TRX token for purchases and its first project is within the Tron fold.

Markets  ·  6 April 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
Exchanges

Kim Dotcom’s Planned Token Sale Is Off, Says Bitfinex

Bitfinex and a blockchain project launched by Kim Dotcom have "mutually agreed" to part ways, scuppering an IEO for the kimcoin token.

Markets  ·  6 November 2019
Exchanges

Coinbase May Soon Launch an Initial Exchange Offering Platform

Coinbase's head of institutional sales in Asia alluded to a forthcoming IEO product from the crypto exchange at an Invest: Asia panel on Wednesday.

Markets  ·  11 September 2019
Bitfinex

Bitfinex Enters the Initial Exchange Offering Race With Tokinex

Bitfinex just announced its first foray into the increasingly popular business of initial exchange offerings.

Markets  ·  21 May 2019
Tether

Bitfinex Will List Its New Exchange Token Starting Monday

Bitfinex will list its LEO exchange token on Monday, trading against bitcoin, ether, EOS, tether and the U.S. dollar.

Markets  ·  17 May 2019
Regulation

SEC’s Crypto Czar Says Exchanges That List IEOs May Face Legal Risks

Certain initial exchange offerings (IEOs) may be breaking U.S. securities laws, an SEC official said.

Policy & regulation  ·  13 May 2019
Exchanges

Bitfinex Releases Official White Paper for $1 Billion Exchange Token Offering

Crypto exchange Bitfinex’s $1 billion private token sale will launch next month, according to its just-released official white paper.

Markets  ·  8 May 2019
Exchanges

A Visual Guide to the Hot, New Crypto Fundraising Mechanism – the IEO

The ICO market might have cooled, but there's still fundraising going on in the blockchain space – it's now being done through the IEO, or initial exchange offering, and we break down how this mechanism is different our latest explainer video.

Markets  ·  4 May 2019