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Former Washington Senator Schmidt Caught up in ICO Scam

Dave Schmidt arranged with others an ICO scheme called “Meta 1 Coin” that touted lucrative investment returns.

Friday, 20/03/2020 | 21:59 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

BTSE’s IEO Sells Out 1 Million Tokens in ‘Four Hours’

Investors were allowed to purchase a minimum of one and a maximum of 25,000 tokens per each verified account.

Friday, 06/03/2020 | 17:03 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

SEC Fines Hollywood Actor Steven Seagal for Promoting B2G ICO

Seagal received $250,000 in cash and $750,000 worth of B2G tokens in exchange for his promotions.

Thursday, 27/02/2020 | 17:51 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Court Asks CFTC to Clarify If Telegram’s Token is Legit

The hearing will likely center on this key question: whether Telegram’s token, or grams, is a “security” or ‘commodity’

Friday, 07/02/2020 | 20:26 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

Scammers Launch Fake ICO for Facebook Libra on Twitter

While Libra doesn't have a monetary value, the scammers claim that investing 0.1 ETH would yield 300 million in tokens.

Tuesday, 28/01/2020 | 20:27 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

Canadian Fraudster Indicted, Slammed with Fraud Charges in ICO Scam

A follow up story of hedge fund fraudster, Boaz Manor, who led ICO after disguising his identity with a beard.

Friday, 17/01/2020 | 21:54 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Thought Leaders

HYCM Exclusive Interview: The Future of Energy

Interview with Stavros Lambouris, CEO at HYCM International.

Monday, 01/08/2022 | 07:43 GMT by FM

NY Court Orders Telegram to Reveal Its ICO Bank Records

The same judge had previously limited the scope of the documents the messaging app must produce.

Monday, 13/01/2020 | 20:10 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

AMF Approves France’s First Initial Coin Offering (French-ICO)

French-ICO, which developed a platform for funding projects in cryptocurrency, was the first to be white-listed.

Wednesday, 18/12/2019 | 22:30 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

SEC Wants Telegram’s Investment Adviser to Testify in London

A US court has ruled earlier that three Telegram executives, including CEO Pavel Durov, should testify in the case.

Wednesday, 11/12/2019 | 21:10 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICOs

Operator of RECoin, Diamond ICOs Sentenced to Prison for Fraud

Zaslavskiy is also likely to be fined, with the amount of restitution to be determined by the court later.

Monday, 18/11/2019 | 18:53 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Spain

Spain Watchdog CNMV Warns of AlyCoin ICO

So far, Spain does not have specific legislation governing cryptocurrencies.

Monday, 18/11/2019 | 17:05 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

sec

Veritaseum, SEC Discuss Possible Settlement on VERI ICO

The Veritaseum CEO had previously accused the SEC of twisting the facts about his token, called VERI.

Wednesday, 09/10/2019 | 18:02 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Thought Leaders

Multiple Offshore Jurisdictions with Deneo Partners

Many reputable brokers have wisely diversified their regulatory portfolio.

Thursday, 28/07/2022 | 15:15 GMT by FM

ICO

SEC Sues ICOBox over Unregistered $14 Million ICO

ICOBox also served a significant number of crypto projects, which were able to collect over $650 million via ICOs.

Wednesday, 18/09/2019 | 21:31 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

Bitqyck ICO Operators Fined $10 Million to Settle SEC Charges

Bitqyck sold two digital tokens, Bitqy and BitqyM, to US investors without registering their illegal $13 million offering.

Thursday, 29/08/2019 | 18:48 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

SEC Fines ICO Rating on Touting Issuer-Paid Assessment Listings

From December 2017 to July 2018, ICO Rating allegedly collected up to $100,572 in presentation fees.

Tuesday, 20/08/2019 | 21:21 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

blockchain

How to Drive Mass Adoption of Tokenized Securities

As long as the retail market sees crypto as scam-tainted futuristic tech, mass adoption will remain out of reach

Monday, 01/07/2019 | 12:39 GMT by Guest Contributors Fintech

Bitcoin Scam

SEC Halts Argyle Coin ICO For Being Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Argyle Coin promoted their offering as the world’s first cryptocurrency to correlate their tokens with real diamonds.

Tuesday, 21/05/2019 | 17:25 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Bitfinex

Bitfinex Parent Cancels Public Sale for Its LEO Tokens

The private sale would only be available to selected investors, and citizens of the USA and other countries are excluded

Friday, 10/05/2019 | 20:29 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Thought Leaders

Brokeree Solutions’ Latest Social Trading Eliminates Investment Limitations

Brokers need to offer something unique, not just basic trading signals.

Wednesday, 27/07/2022 | 16:14 GMT by FM

ICO

AriseBank CEO Faces up to 20 Years in Jail After Guilty Plea

Rice lied to his investors during AriseBank’s ICO when he claimed the startup would offer FDIC-insured bank accounts.

Thursday, 21/03/2019 | 22:02 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

ICO

SEC Orders Gladius ICO to Halt Offering and Refund Proceeds

Gladius is a blockchain-powered marketplace where users can rent out their spare bandwidth and storage.

Wednesday, 20/02/2019 | 21:48 GMT by Aziz Abdel-Qader

Funding

STOs: The New Fundraising Standard to Replace ICOs

As the popularity of STO fundraising grows, the blockchain market will mature under the watchful eye of a centralized authority

Thursday, 14/02/2019 | 07:39 GMT by Ophir Gertner

ICO

Binance to Launch Fetch.Ai Token Sale at End of February

The exchange also said that it will start offering StableUSD in a week's time

Friday, 01/02/2019 | 12:24 GMT by David Kimberley

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