Token Sales

Exchanges

CoinList Launches ‘Pro’ Exchange for Token Sale Buyers

The new CoinList Pro exchange aims to help institutional traders participate in the platform's dozen or so token sales in 2020.

Business  ·  30 July 2020
Cannabis

Cannabis and Lending Firm Seeks SEC Permission to Raise $50M in Crypto Sale

Ceres, started by graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, recently filed paperwork with the SEC seeking permission to sell its digital token and Ceres coin.

Business  ·  9 July 2020
Token Sales

Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder

Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.

Tech  ·  3 June 2020
Celo

Investors on CoinList Pour $10M Into Celo Token Sale in Roughly 12 Hours

Silicon Valley blockchain startup cLabs just raised $10 million for the Celo project through a token sale to investors on CoinList.

Business  ·  13 May 2020
Lawsuits

Mysterious Company Files New Lawsuit Over Ripple’s $1.1B XRP Sale

The lawsuit alleging Ripple violated U.S. securities laws comes from a company that previously accused FTX of price manipulation.

Business  ·  5 May 2020
Pantera Capital

NEAR Protocol Launches Following $21M Token Sale Led by Andreessen Horowitz

NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.

Tech  ·  4 May 2020
DeFi

Multi-Chain DeFi Protocol Raises $750K in Token Sale With Framework Ventures

DeFi fund Framework Ventures has purchased roughly 5 percent of Kava Labs' outstanding token supply ahead of the CDP platform's launch next month.

Tech  ·  21 April 2020
Tron

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
DeFi

Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi

Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi.

Tech  ·  2 April 2020
Tokens

CasperLabs Pivots Away From Ethereum to Fundraise With Its Own Blockchain

CasperLabs is partnering with the Singapore-registered exchange BitMax to conduct a token sale kicking off on March 30.

Business  ·  25 March 2020
Ethereum

Libra Minus Facebook: Why Celo Is 2020’s Buzzy Token Project

With $30 million from Polychain and a16z, here's how the buzzy Celo plans to rival Libra on financial inclusion.

Business  ·  12 February 2020
Hong Kong

Fintech Startup Aims to Create New Asset Class With ‘Continuous’ ICO Model

A newly launched fintech firm hopes to leverage the token sale model to back investments in real-world assets. But it's taking a different approach than many previous projects.

Business  ·  16 January 2020
Regulation

Closer Look at SEC ‘Accredited Investor’ Revamp Suggests Little Will Change

For the first time in decades, the SEC is lowering the barrier to investing in private securities, including crypto tokens. How much lower is unclear.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 January 2020
Token Sales

SEC Reveals Telegram’s Communications With Investors, Seeks to Question Advisor

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants Telegram’s former chief investment advisor to testify and hand over documents related to the company's $1.7 billion 2018 token sale.

Policy & regulation  ·  6 December 2019
Banking

Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Lines up Buyers for ‘Initial Digital Offering’

Swiss stock exchange SIX's SDX blockchain platform has organized a consortium of institutions to back its "initial digital offering" set for mid-2020.

Business  ·  30 September 2019