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Initial Coin Offering
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Digital Currency + Blockchain Perspectives
SEC Commissioner Peirce Proposes Safe Harbor for Blockchain Developers
Speaking at the International Blockchain Congress in Chicago on February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a safe harbor from U.S. securities laws so that developers of blockchain protocols…
Global Fintech & Digital Assets Blog
Taking the Scarlet Out of the Letters I-C-O
SEC Commissioner Peirce has proposed a three-year safe harbor for qualifying token projects, but regulatory clarity remains elusive. By Stephen P. Wink, Carolina Bernal, Shaun Musuka, and Deric Behar SEC…
Start-up Group
SEC Asserts Authority: Some ICOs Are Legal, Some Are Not
By The Newsroom
Cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) are subject to numerous federal and state laws. Dickinson Law has previously covered efforts by federal regulators to assert control over cryptocurrencies and ICOs…
Dickinson Law News
SEC Asserts Authority: Some ICOs Are Legal, Some Are Not
By The Newsroom
Cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (“ICOs”) are subject to numerous federal and state laws. Dickinson Law has previously covered efforts by federal regulators to assert control over cryptocurrencies and ICOs…
Compliance Building
The One with the Fake ComplianceGuard
By doug - admin
Compliance; solve it with the blockchain. Operational due diligence; solve it with the blockchain. Shortcomings of separately managed accounts; solve it with the blockchain. Financial audits; solve it with the…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Final report on initial coin offers (ICOs) and crypto-assets exchanges
By Maria Beatrice Gilesi (IT), Salvatore Iannitti (IT), Pietro Altomani (IT)
Consob’s final report on initial coin offers (ICOs) and crypto-assets exchanges On 2 January 2020, following the publication of a discussion document on 19 March 2019 (on which you can…
Digital Currency + Blockchain Perspectives
In the Matter of Blockchain of Things, Inc., Securities Act Release No. 19621
On December 18, 2019, the SEC issued an order instituting cease-and-desist proceedings pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act of 1933, making findings, and imposing penalties and a cease-and-desist…
Digital Currency + Blockchain Perspectives
Rensel v. Centra Tech, Inc., No. 17-cv-24500, 2019 WL 6828270 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 13, 2019)
On December 13, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida granted the plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment in a putative securities class action against Centra Tech,…
New York Venture Hub
What to Make of SEC Leniency in Block.one ICO Settlement?
On September 30, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that blockchain developer Block.one had agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle charges that it had engaged in…
Virtual Currency Report
Blockchain Week in Review: Week of November 15, 2019
By Donald Mills
U.S. Developments Telegram Submits Answer to SEC Complaint Regarding TON Blockchain Network On November 12, Telegram Group Inc. (Telegram) submitted its answer and affirmative defenses to a complaint filed against…