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ICO-Funded Project Sparkster Converts $22M in Ether to USDC After 3 Years, No Product
Sparkster promised investors a “no-code” software-creation platform using $30 million in funds raised from investors in 2018.
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Why ‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Ended With a Top Bid of Only $280
Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi bought Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million last year.
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SEC Charges Founder of Crypto Startup Crowd Machine With Fraud
Australian Craig Sproule is accused of misleading investors about how he was going to use the proceeds of a $41 million initial coin offering back in 2018.
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Bitqyck Founders Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion
Bruce Bise, 60, and Samuel Mendez, 65, face up to five years in federal prison after evading a combined $1.6 million in taxes.
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France’s Market Authority Warns Against Proposed Air Next ICO
The AMF said it didn’t issue a “visa” for the offering and warned of the risk of fraud.
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SEC Sues Mobile Wallet Tech Firm Rivetz Over 2017 ICO
The SEC says Rivetz’ CEO used some of the money to award himself a bonus and buy a house in the Cayman Islands.
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SEC Charges 3 More in $30M ICO Fraud Case
The new charges come 18 months after the SEC first brought charges against ex-con Boaz Manor and his business associate, Edith Pardo.
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Abandon ShipChain! Logistics Startup Torpedoed by SEC Over $27M Unregistered ICO
ShipChain is the latest ICO project sunk by Jay Clayton's SEC.
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