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Cryptocurrencies Not Custodied By Owners Are Now Subject to Securities Laws in Canada
On January 16th, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued significant guidance related to cryptocurrency use throughout its jurisdiction. The ...
January 17, 2020
PlexCoin Ordered to Pay Almost $7 Million After Fraudulent ICO
Announced October 2nd 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained a final judgement regarding PlexCoin’s 2017 Initial Coin Offering (ICO). According to the judgement, of which ...
October 04, 2019
ICO Consultant CoinLaunch Penalized $50,000 by Ontario Securities Commission After Advising Two ICOs
As of late-July 2019, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced it has reached a $50,000 settlement with Initial Coin Offering (ICO) consultant CoinLaunch. The regulator says the penalty ...
July 30, 2019
New Jersey says a 2018 ICO was a Securities Offering, Demands Restitution
On July 17th 2019, the New Jersey Bureau of Securities filed a civil action complaint targeting an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which took place in its jurisdiction back in 2018. The ICO, says the ...
July 22, 2019
US State Legislators Submit Bill to Exempt Certain Blockchain Assets from Securities Laws
On February 27th 2019, state lawmakers from the U.S. state of Rhode Island filed House Bill 5595 which, if passed into law, would effectively exempt some blockchain-based tokens from securities laws ...
March 04, 2019
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