Anguilla, a Caribbean nation, to become the first ICO’s regulator LeapRate

November 16, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Anguilla, a Caribbean nation, to become the first ICO's regulator

FXStreet just reported that an island in the Caribbeans, Anguilla, is to become the first regulatory body of ICOs. The government of the Caribbean nation is considering the Anguilla Token Offering Act, or AUTO, which would establish the world’s first registration process for new cryptocurrencyofferings. The Chief Minister of Anguilla, Victor Banks, commented on the idea: "We…

November 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA issues ICO risk warning

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) informed that it has today issued two Statements on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), one on risks of ICOs for investors and one on the rules applicable to firms involved in ICOs. ESMA has observed a rapid growth in ICOs globally and in Europe and is concerned that investors…

Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018

November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Quoine raises 350 million QASH in significantly oversubscribed ICO

Quoine is the first global cryptocurrency FinTech company to receive a license from Japan Financial Services Agency Quoine’s ICO, also known as the QASH Token Sale, started on November 6th at 00:00AM SGT. The QASH Token Sale had 4,988 participants from 98 countries around the world. At the end of the sale on November 8th at 23:59PM…

November 09, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

ICOs vs. IPOs - who's going to win?

ICOs, or initial coin offerings, seem to have replaced the IPOs, the initial public offerings, in hype and attention. With the cryptocurrency market capitalization currently going through $200 billion, it is interesting to note the differences between ICOs and IPOs. An ICO, or an initial coin offering, is a sort of a crowdfunding project, with…

November 06, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

SatanCoin - what's next?

With the surge of thousands of ICOs each month, and the unbelievable growth of the digital currency industry, the next coin in line is not other but the SatanCoin. The SatanCoin was created to serve no real purpose except for the fun part of ICOs and tokens. The web page states:"Damned are thy mortal coins".…

November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Chaineum to partner with open source Blockchain network Stellar for ICOs

Chaineum, the first French ICO boutique, and Lightyear.io, an organization that supports partner activities for Stellar, an open source blockchain network, have announced a partnership to collaborate in the ICO space. Through the partnership, Chaineum will use the Stellar network to support some of its upcoming ICOs. Founded by Laurent Leloup, an expert in blockchain…

October 30, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Khokholskaya Agricultural Company, Russia, to use an ICO for dairy production increase

The well established Russian agricultural company, Khokholskaya, decided to turn to digital currencies and an ICO to boost production. The upgrade will be used for the funding of a dairy farm. The company is going to release the MilkCoin. Since the demand in Russia is significantly high for dairy products and agriculture, there is a huge…

October 30, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, says 90% of ICOs will go to zero

During one of the biggest Ethereum hackathons, ETHWaterloo, the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, shared his views on the current situation with tokens and ICOs. Buterin compared the potential fail of 90% of all ICOs, or initial coin offerings, with the 90% fail rate of startups. In his opinion, it is inevitable that a large amount of…

October 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF publishes a discussion paper on ICOs, initiates its UNICORN programme

In view of the absence of specific regulations governing all new fundraising activity based on cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technology, the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) informed that it wishes to gather the views of stakeholders on the different means of supervision and launches a programme involving the support and analysis of these transactions, called…

October 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Overstock.com to launch an Initial Coin Offering next month

E-commerce veteran Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) subsidiary tZERO (tØ) has formally announced an initial coin offering (ICO). CEO Patrick Byrne announced the news at the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas yesterday. Overstock is planning to sell up to 500 million digital tokens via an initial coin offering that will launch next month. The tZERO token, according…

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