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SEC Invokes Duck Test for Initial Coin Offerings-ICO Alert

November 11, 2017

The Duck Test : If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said so-called initial coin offerings aka ICOs in many cases are a duck within the context of securities... Continue Reading →

Securities Regulations and Digital Token Offering: Are you an ICO or STO?

July 05, 2018

Digital Token Offering Securities Regulation: Are you an ICO or STO?  A question that for some folks is harder to answer than whether asked if your product is butter or margarine. Blockchain token sales (aka... Continue Reading →

SEC View Towards SAFT Style ICO-Not So Fast

April 25, 2018

SAFT is Not So Safe, Says SEC Enforcement Staff. Startups swimming in the blockchain space have continued to paddle away from securities regulation and seek what seems to be the easiest way to raise capital via... Continue Reading →

SEC Head Clayton Softens View On ICOs aka New Age Private Placements

April 07, 2018

Perhaps not every member of the Trump cabinet team is a total Muppet. At least that's one take-away when attempting to wrap one's arms around comments made by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton while he was speaking to a... Continue Reading →

Smarter Than Funding Via ICO : STO- Securities Token Offering

April 19, 2018

What's Next for Crypto Cool Kid Crowd? Securities Token Offering aka STO. Unless you've been asleep for the past 12-18 months, a broad spectrum of cool kid entrepreneurs who aspire to be billionaire blockchain... Continue Reading →

ICO Regulations: Crypto Kids Need to Get Real for Bitcoin Marketplace to Morph

January 18, 2018

ICO Regulations are seemingly non-existent so far; the pump and dump penny stock promoters who were long-banished from regulated securities markets have planted their flags in the virtual world of Initial Coin... Continue Reading →

Initial Coin Offerings Surge-Accredited Investor Verification 101

August 11, 2017

Issuers of Initial Coin Offerings aka ICOs, Initial Token Offerings, TGEs and Accredited Investor Verification “This ain’t your grandfather’s IPO. Or is it? If the initial offering of a crypto-based token,... Continue Reading →

Initial Coin Offerings, ICOs, TGEs and Accredited Investor Verification

August 11, 2017

Issuers of Initial Coin Offerings, ICOs, Initial Token Offerings, TGEs and Accredited Investor Verification “This ain’t your grandfather’s IPO. Or is it? If the initial offering of a crypto-based token,... Continue Reading →