Initial Coin Offering

SEC can collect unpaid ICO promotion fines from Steven Seagal, says judge

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Time Stamp: August 28, 2021 11:04 AM - Modified On: August 28, 2021 - Published By:
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advertisement Actor Steven Seagal owes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission unpaid fines stemming from a settlement related to the promotion of an initial coin offering -- and a U.S. judge has empowered the agency to seek collection. According to Bloomberg, Seagal owes more than $200,000. As previously reported, Seagal settled with the agency after being accused of not disclosing payments related to his endorsement of the Bitcoiin ICO. As part of the deal, he was ordered to pay more than $300,000. Per the report, Seagal has paid the SEC

EOS Price Prediction 2021, 2025, 2030

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Time Stamp: July 25, 2021 3:00 AM - Modified On: July 25, 2021 - Published By:
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What is EOS? EOS is one of the best-known cryptocurrencies today that allows building decentralized apps (DApps) in a simple and scalable way. EOS cryptocurrency was developed by a company called Block.one. Founded by software programmer Daniel Larimer and entrepreneur Brendan Blumer, who still hold the roles of CTO and CEO, the company began to work on the project in 2017. In June of 2018, the EOS officially went live after a year-long Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The ICO raised more than $4 billion, despite the prohibition to participate from

$600M Crypto Ad Ban Class Action Filed in Australian Courts

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 10:54 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Law firm JPB Liberty filed a class-action lawsuit in the Federal Court of New South Wales earlier today, targeting Facebook and Google for anti-competitive behavior for banning cryptocurrency advertising in 2018.JPB argues the ban, which was loosened in 2019, killed the initial coin offering (ICO) market and caused severe financial damage to the wider cryptocurrency industry.JPB Liberty CEO Andrew Hamilton said the tech giants had acted as a cartel in launching the crypto ad ban, in order to crush competition from the blockchain sector.The suit has garnered more than $600

Brave Tokens Available for Trading on Gemini Starting April 24

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2020 12:11 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Brave, the open-source pay-to-surf browser, will soon have more options for trading its signature token.In April 6 blog post on the Gemini website, the platform announced they would soon support trading for Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT). Users will be able to deposit BAT into their Gemini accounts starting on April 24th at 9:30 AM EST, with trading to begin “soon thereafter”:“BAT is the sixth digital asset available for trading on the Gemini platform, joining bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, litecoin, and Zcash. We will be offering USD, BTC, and ETH

Poloniex Creates Tron-Only Platform, LaunchBase to Enter IEO Space

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Time Stamp: April 6, 2020 3:21 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On the 5th of April, 2020, the crypto exchange Poloniex had revealed its new initial exchange offering (IEO) platform, powered through Tron (TRX).The Many StipulationsProjects aiming to do their IEOs through the new platform have to adhere to a stipulation that one would expect from Tron’s exchange: The issuing of tokens must be done in exchange for TRX and will be done on a first-come, first-serve basis.The company was quick to state that partner projects, besides needing to agree to raise the money through TRX. Projects are further mandated to

Govt. Pauses SEC Suit Against $30 Mln ICO Amid Parallel Investigation Concerns

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Time Stamp: April 5, 2020 6:04 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Prosecutors have paused a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against the alleged operators of a $30 million fraudulent ICO amid concerns that proceedings may impact the integrity of a parallel investigation into the defendants.The United States attorney’s office for New Jersey intervened in the case on April 2.SEC suit paused amid integrity concerns over the parallel investigationThe SEC action against defendants Boaz Manor, Edith Pardo, and the associated companies CG Blockchain Inc and BCT Inc has been halted to maintain the integrity of parallel criminal investigations into

How the Pressures of the Coronavirus May Open the Door for Tokenization

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Time Stamp: April 2, 2020 2:16 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The coronavirus pandemic is the only thing on most people’s minds right now around the world.The pending economic fallout is only surpassed by the anxiety induced by surging cases in both the United States and Europe. People remain firmly in quarantine around the world, and consumer demand has fallen off a cliff as people are holed up with only basic necessities.Paired with the awful Purchasing Managers’ Index numbers published by the National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, as well asearly U.S. indicators, we’re about

New York Judge Says Telegram Can’t Distribute Grams Outside U.S. Either

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 11:29 PM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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A New York judge has ruled that the injunction barring Telegram from issuing its Gram tokens extends to all entities in the United State and overseas.On April 1, U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel, responded to the encrypted messaging firm’s request for clarification as to the scope of the court’s March 24 preliminary injunction. He denied Telegram’s move to distribute tokens to the non-US-based participants of its 2018 initial coin offering (ICO).Approximately $1.27 billion of the funds raised to finance the development of the Telegram Open Network (TON) came from

Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator Director on What DLT Startups Need to Succeed

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Time Stamp: April 1, 2020 9:28 AM - Modified On: August 29, 2021 - Published By:
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The Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator — an incubator for early stage distributed ledger technology startups at the University of California, Berkeley — recently launched its spring cohort, which includes startups seeking to fight COVID-19, launch a cannabis-themed massively multiplayer online game and create a reverse auction platform for loans.Cointelegraph spoke to Jocelyn Weber, the director of the Xcelerator, to find out more about the resources the program offers to startups, success stories from previous cohorts and advice for startups looking to launch in the crypto space.Cointelegraph: Could you give an overview