ICO

The US SEC has charged the well-known Hollywood actor Steven Seagal for participating in an unlawful initial coin offering back in 2017-18. According to the SEC, Steven Seagal promoted an ICO conducted by Bitcoiin2Gen(B2G). The actor advertised the token...

The US SEC has alleged that Opporty International raised approximately $600,000 from nearly 200 investors in an illegal ICO. The blockchain company sold OPP Tokens, which are unregistered digital asset securities, according to the US SEC.   Opporty lied about being...

The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has indicted the conspirators behind the Blockchain Terminal's Initial Coin Offering that raised over $30 million. Edith Pardo, 68, and Boaz Manor, 46, are Canadian citizens, and Manor has served four years in...

Securities Commission Malaysia published a detailed set of guidelines regulating digital coin offerings. Digital token offerings in Malaysia would now be done via Initial Exchange Offerings instead of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).   Regulations to be implemented in the second quarter...

The SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an alert urging investors to be cautious before investing in Initial Exchange Offerings through online trading platforms. SEC informed that IEOs might be subjected to registration requirements that apply to...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday filed documents in ongoing cases with Telegram. The filing states that the evidence of post-ICO sales undercuts the company's argument that the offering was exempt from registration requirements. Telegram was...

According to an investment memorandum on the darknet website, the token sale is scheduled to launch on December 16. The darknet market claims to be seeking $146 million in its ICO. However, the whole planning could be a scam...

The SEC has alleged that funds raised in ICO by Shopin were illegal. The company raised $42 million in an ICO from August 2017 to April 2018. In its filing SEC alleged that Shopin sold unregistered securities to investors, which...

Maksim Zaslavskiy has been sentenced a year and a half in prison for conduction two fake ICOs. The court will decide the amount of restitution later. In November 2108, Zaslavskiy was proven guilty for committing securities fraud.   Zaslavskiy lured in...

The SEC has settled the charges that were raised against Block.one by imposing a fine of $24 million for selling unregistered securities. SEC's announced on Monday how the company raised billion dollars in an ICO that took place between...