Business 22 May 2019

$30M Ponzi scheme: SEC shutters dubious diamond-backed ICO

Argyle Coin and its principal Jose Angel Aman are alleged to have been engaged in the scam, under the guise of offering investors a new token backed by diamonds.

Business 16 May 2019

NextBlock CEO slapped with $25K fine in US over securities violation

The SEC has fined entrepreneur Alex Tapscott after it was found that neither Tapscott nor his firm, NextBlock Global, had ever been registered with the U.S. regulator.

Business 16 May 2019

US SEC ready to work with crypto, but is still a barrier

SEC says that it is more than willing to work with crypto and tries to defend its position by pointing out some of the pro-crypto moves it has made.

Business 15 May 2019

Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled escape Centra Tech ICO lawsuit

Floyd Mayweather, DJ Khaled, and two Centra Tech employees escaped repercussions with respect to a lawsuit filed against the startup’s fraudulent ICO.

Business 15 May 2019

SEC holds off on Bitwise crypto ETF, wants public input

US Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t quite ready to move forward with a rule change proposal submitted by Bitwise Asset Management.

Business 15 May 2019

Exchanges risk breaching securities laws with IEOs, SEC official warns

Exchanges facilitating IEOs could fall within the definition of a ”securities dealer” in the event the issuer or investors are based in the United States, the regulator warns.

Business 1 May 2019

SEC suspends trading at Oklahoma-based exchange

The SEC has suspended trading related to cryptocurrency mining firm and exchange Bitcoin Generation.

Business 26 April 2019

SEC Investor alert warns against crypto scams

The SEC has put out a pretty fleshed out warning so that investors can understand the typical pit-falls of crypto scams.

Business 17 April 2019

Blockchain startup files with SEC for treasury bond-backed stablecoin

Digital asset manager Arca filed a prospectus with the SEC, covering a fund with tokenized shares, to be made available to investors through a public listing.

Business 15 April 2019

SEC looking into misleading ETF names

The SEC is cracking down on ETFs that are using misleading names with the alleged purpose to bring in investors who don’t know better.

Business 12 April 2019

New York firm Blockstack to raise $50M via token sale

The move was confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with the firm aiming to raise capital from a U.S. token issue through a subsidiary, Blockstack Token LLC.

Press Releases 12 April 2019

Blockstack Token LLC announces SEC filing for regulated token offering

Blockstack Token LLC announced that it has filed an offering statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a $50 million token offering using the SEC Regulation A+ framework.