Timothy Tilton Ayre, promoter of a scheme called HempCoin, is charged with promoting the token as an unregulated security, which has been described as “the first minable coin backed by marketable securities.”
The chief securities regulator in Malaysia has called an immediate halt to trade in the Lavidacoin (LVC), a cryptocurrency recently launched by one of the country’s foremost beauty gurus.
Unikrn, an esports betting startup based in Seattle, has been slapped with a class action lawsuit by an investor who accused the company of breaching U.S. securities laws during its initial coin offering (ICO) in 2017.
A district court in the United States has junked a motion seeking to remand against Ripple Labs and its subsidiary XRP II.
Icelandic cryptocurrency mining company Genesis Mining is all set to resume its operations in the United States after the Securities Commissioner of South Carolina dismissed its six-month-old cease and desist order against the operator.
Ripple Labs has been served with yet another lawsuit seeking to have its cryptocurrency, XRP, classified as a security.
An SEC official declared that cryptocurrencies like BTC and ETH are not considered securities under federal regulations.
Lithuania has rolled out new guidelines for initial coin offerings (ICO) and digital tokens as they relate to securities.
Securing a regulatory approval in the U.S. will allow Coinbase to operate across the country under the oversight of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Three people allegedly behind the cryptocurrency startup Centra Tech have each been charged with securities fraud, two counts of conspiracy and wire fraud.
A San Francisco resident has filed a securities class action lawsuit, claiming that Ripple Labs has violated state and federal securities laws whilst engaging in illegal schemes to raise hundreds of millions of dollars through the sale of unregistered XRP tokens.
Citing the Howey Test, former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief Gary Gensler said Ethereum and Ripple tokens could be “operating outside of U.S. laws.”
