Fraud Alleged at Three Israeli ICOs That Raised $250M
The plaintiffs claim Sirin Labs, Stox and Leadcoin didn't fulfill product promises to investors.
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May 31, 2021 at 2:56 p.m. UTC
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SEC's Peirce Updates Safe Harbor Proposal for Token Sales
The updated proposal adds a number of new reporting requirements for startups.
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Apr 13, 2021 at 11:08 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Consultant Pleads Guilty to Extortion Charge
Alchemist associate Michael Hlady faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Apr 6, 2021 at 5:17 p.m. UTC
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Centra Tech Co-Founder Gets 8 Years for Crypto Fraud
Centra Tech's co-founder has been sentenced to eight years for conducting an illegal initial coin offering (ICO) that fleeced investors of $25 million.
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Mar 5, 2021 at 3:48 p.m. UTC
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US Man Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling $20M of ICO Investors' Funds
Jerry Guo represented himself to clients as an ICO consultant, then embezzled funds now worth over $20 million.
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Jan 27, 2021 at 9:16 a.m. UTC
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Kik Must Pay SEC $5M, Judge Rules, Ending Yearlong Battle Over $100M ICO
Kik will pay $5 million in penalties as part of a proposed settlement with the SEC, which sued the messaging app last year.
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Oct 20, 2020 at 5:18 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Esports Startup Unikrn to Pay $6.1M in SEC Settlement Over 2017 ICO
Unikrn has agreed to settle the charges, without admitting or denying them, by paying a $6.1 million penalty to be distributed among investors.
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Sep 15, 2020 at 7:13 p.m. UTC
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SEC Charges Rapper TI With Securities Violations for Promoting 2017 ICO
The SEC alleged film producer Ryan Felton misappropriated funds from two separate initial coin offerings, and charged rapper TI with boosting one of them.
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Sep 11, 2020 at 9:52 p.m. UTC
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What Is Yield Farming? DeFi’s Hot Trend Explained
The world of decentralized finance (DeFi) has taken off, giving birth to Ethereum-based applications like yield farming and liquidity mining. CoinDesk Senior Research Analyst Galen Moore guides us through what all these concepts mean and how people are making money in DeFi.
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Sep 8, 2020 at 2:31 p.m. UTC
Sep 8, 2020
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Tezos Investors Win $25M Settlement in Court Case Over $230M ICO
A U.S. lawsuit that alleged the Tezos ICO was an unregistered securities sale has been settled for $25 million.
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Sep 1, 2020 at 10:28 a.m. UTC
Sep 1, 2020