“Those who engage in semantic gymnastics or elaborate structuring exercises in an effort to avoid having a ‘coin’ be a ‘security’ are squarely in the crosshairs of our enforcement division.” Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testifying on February 6 before Congress. In a public statement put […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made it clear that they consider tokens sold during an initial coin offering securities for the purposes of regulatory enforcement. This means that companies launching ICOs will need to comply with SEC rules regarding public sales of these regulated financial products. Now, selling […]
Well, that took a turn. In a very short period of time, Telegram has gone from a popular messaging app to a lucrative blockchain investment to a publicly aborted ICO filled with questions. What exactly happened here? The short version is that the company doesn’t need to launch an ICO. […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission has started to take a hard look at cryptocurrencies, sending out what the Wall Street Journal has described as “dozens of subpoenas and information requests” to companies trying to launch initial coin offerings. The agency itself has issued numerous warnings to companies that it might […]
“We Accept Bitcoin.” The rental sign hangs on the outside of a San Juan apartment building. From the second floor window, you can see the Caribbean Sea, from the ground floor, a four-lane road and the beginnings of the Old Town’s boardwalk. The building has been for rent since the […]
“It’s a twist on a prediction market,” said Paul Makowski, speaking about the startup Polyswarm, of which he is Chief Technology Officer. “[It’s] designed to incentivize security experts around the world to proffer information on the latest malware threats.” At the Blockchain Unbound conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bitcoin […]
In your winter update, one of the things you said was that scaling was one of the biggest challenges that Steemit faced over the last year. It took a lot more resources than you thought. So how do you feel about the state of scaling now? Can you give us an […]
The Quick Pitch Zipper is a mobile phone e-wallet. It centralizes cryptocurrency storage and transactions so that users can manage their tokens and their related online identity from their phones. The company is currently holding a private offering. The public coin offering has been delayed. If it begins, Zipper will […]
The Quick Pitch The Vestarin project is about making cryptocurrency less atomized and more useful. Through a combination of the company’s platform, chiefly expressed through a mobile app, and its crypto token, the goal will be to allow users to more seamlessly spend and swap the hundreds of currencies on […]
The Quick Pitch Answer this question. How do you buy a bitcoin? How about an Ether? For the layperson, it is not so easy, and that is the problem that Pundi X would like to solve. Relying on both proprietary devices and its own token, the company is developing a […]
