Investing in or organizing an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) may sound like a great idea, especially if you were not able to mint profits from Bitcoin and Ethereum but beware of the associated risks. ICO is risky both for buyers and organizers for various reasons. If this is not something you want to read, skip to the bottom sectio
Category: Cryptocurrency
On Feb. 6, 2020, Commissioner Hester M. Peirce proposed a safe harbor for security token offerings. This safe harbor will exempt cryptocurrency and blockchain from federal securities registration regulations provided they satisfy certain conditions. This has been received very well in the digital currency community which was sta
Over the last few months, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against a few different companies that sold security tokens in initial coin offerings (ICOs). Since the ICO tokens were not registered or unregistered offerings, the companies violated section 5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934