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30th September 2019

EOS Maker Block.One Settles With SEC Over Unregistered Securities Sale

Block.One will pay $24 million after settling charges that it operated an unregistered securities sale with its $4.1 billion EOS raise.

10th September 2019

WATCH: He Admitted to Faking Crypto Volumes, Then Got 5 New Clients

Here’s CoinDesk’s full interview with Alexey Andryunin, the 20-year-old ICO pumper who was in the business of market manipulation.

20th August 2019

SEC Settles with ICO Service Over Undisclosed Payments for Reviews

ICORating agreed to pay $106,998 in interest and a civil penalty of $162,000 without commenting on the SEC’s findings.

20th August 2019

Blockchain Firm Veritaseum Calls for Assets to Be Unfrozen in SEC Response

Veritaseum has officially responded to the SEC’s claims it sold illegal securities and called for its funds to be unfrozen to protect investors.

5th August 2019

Meet the ICO Pumper Who Makes His Living Manipulating Crypto Markets

In this excerpt from our exclusive interview with Alexey Andryunin the Russian trader talks about the origins of his business.

21st July 2019

A Suspect Crypto Site Stole My Identity – and I’m Furious

A site called “US Veteran Token” looks to be using goodwill toward military vets to scam investors. And one of our bios was stolen to promote it.

19th July 2019

New Jersey Takes Online Market to Court Over 2018 Crypto Token Sale

The U.S. state of New Jersey is taking legal action over alleged securities violations by blockchain rental marketplace Pocketinns.

18th July 2019

For $15K, He’ll Fake Your Exchange Volume – You’ll Get on CoinMarketCap

A 20-year-old college student explains how he made a business of faking trade volumes at crypto exchanges.

5th July 2019

Arrington-backed Crypto Loans Firm to Accept Telegram’s Token as Collateral

Cryptocurrency loans firm Nexo says it will accept the gram ICO token from messaging app giant Telegram as collateral.

14th June 2019

Kik vs SEC – The Lawyers Speak

The SEC’s complaint against Kik, after it raised $100 million in an ICO, seemed pretty brutal, but not so fast, we’re only hearing one side of the story. Watch more here as three lawyers discuss the case, its merits and its potential impacts for the crypto industry as a whole.

11th June 2019

Messaging Giant Telegram’s ICO Token Is at Last Going on Public Sale

Telegram’s gram token, previously sold to accredited investors in the biggest-ever ICO in early 2018, is at last to be offered to the public.

30th May 2019

Australian Securities Watchdog Updates Guidance on ICOs and Crypto Assets

ASIC, the Australian securities regulator, has updated its guidance for businesses involved with initial coin offerings and crypto assets.

28th May 2019

Kik is Crowdfunding $5 Million in Crypto to Help Fight SEC

Messaging app firm Kik has launched a crypto crowdfunding campaign to support a likely court battle with the U.S. SEC over its ICO token, kin.

21st May 2019

SEC Moves to Halt Diamond-Linked Crypto ‘Ponzi Scheme,’ Freeze Assets

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken action over what it alleges is a $30 million crypto scam based on supposed diamond investment.

13th May 2019

From Crypto Winter to DeFi: A Year of Loss and Opportunity

The year since the last Consensus event wasn’t just a crypto winter. It also included impressive progress in blockchain evolution, writes Michael Casey.

23rd April 2019