Initial Coin Offerings… remember them? Investor interest seemed to wane as Crypto Winter took hold of the industry, and regulators across the globe began to clamp down on what they perceived to be fraudulent activities. Fraud losses have been excessive, and the need for valid investor protections has pushed many fund raises down a track…
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Crypto enthusiasts have always argued that all things crypto will finally reach critical mass when large blocks of institutional capital flood into the marketplace. An argument can be made that billions have already been invested in Initial Coin Offering (ICO) development efforts, as well as private corporate capital that has been allocated to an abundance…
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John Berlau, a senior fellow at libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute, has wasted no time in blasting the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its heavy handed treatment of all things crypto. The SEC recently released guidelines to clarify how it applies existing statutes in order to assist legal firms and promoters of Initial…
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Crypto attorneys that support Initial Coin Offering (ICO) promoters in the United States have been requesting for some time more clarification from the SEC on how it interprets current securities legislation to determine whether or not an ICO qualifies as an “investment contract”, thereby necessitating formal registration and investor disclosure requirements under the law. At…
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Numerai is an American prediction market company and hedge fund that recently raised $11 million in an ICO so it can launch the Erasure project. The information comes from the company itself. What Numerai does is “… incentivizing the construction of an artificial intelligence hedge fund with Numeraire, a cryptographic token on the Ethereum blockchain.”…
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One overused metaphor in business is that, when a new product does not go well, the management team changes its name, re-brands it, and re-launches it, as if it were a truly newer product all together. This approach to accepting failure and moving on would not be so laughable, if the new product was diametrically…
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The ICO of Dukascoins/Dukasnotes has been a subject to a green light from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for two months now and the good news has finally arrived. FINMA has given a green light to Dukascoin, making it the first ever ICO of a Swiss Bank. Dukascopy Bank has announced the Live…
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The company Presto informed the public that it has filed a constitutional complaint against South Korean’s ban on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), as the country's economic media outlet Sedaily reported earlier. LeapRate reminds that, after China announced its ban on domestic exchanges trading Bitcoin, South Korea was the next country that also came out with the news…
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Leading online Swiss bank Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it has become the first bank worldwide to offer its clients the opportunity to participate in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ICOs are a new way for companies to raise money via crowdfunding using blockchain technology. This opens new opportunities for Swissquote clients to…
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The United Arab Emirates announced its plans to make initial coin offerings legitimate funding options for local businesses. Reuters reported that the new rule is to be introduced some time in 2019, allowing ICOs to "replace" IPOs, if companies decide to do so. The new rule means that ICOs will be equal in "weight" and…
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