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Marijuana
A Former Beauty Queen Raised $12M to 'Revolutionize' Cannabis. The Courts Can't Find Her
Here's how a weed-smoking model raised millions of dollars with a 2017 token sale in California, then disappeared during an ongoing lawsuit.
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By Leigh Cuen
Aug 19, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
Aug 19, 2020
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Jae Kwon (Tendermint)
Finance
Tendermint
Cosmos’ Founding Team Broke Up Early This Year. The Project Didn’t
How Cosmos, the blockchain interoperability project that turned a small ICO into a thriving ecosystem, survived the breakup of its founding team.
Jae Kwon (Tendermint)
By Leigh Cuen
Aug 10, 2020 at 2:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 10, 2020
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Icos
Investors Suing Over Status ICO Can't Find Execs to Serve Papers
Investors suing crypto firm Status are seeking “alternative means” to serve top executives after they were unable to deliver court papers via traditional means.
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By Sandali Handagama
Aug 6, 2020 at 9:21 a.m. UTC
Aug 6, 2020
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Books
Novel Charts Dark Side of ICO Mania
Haydn Wilks' latest novel examines the cryptomania of the 2017 ICO boom.
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By Daniel Kuhn
Jul 18, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Jul 18, 2020
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Helbiz e-scooter in front of a shopping center in Milan, Italy (Helbiz)
Policy
Icos
The Novel Legal Strategy Bringing This ICO-Backed ‘Micro-Mobility’ Startup to Court
Lawyers have filed suit in a "highly unusual" case against flamboyant Italian e-scooter entrepreneur Salvator Palella, over a troubled ICO back in 2018.
Helbiz e-scooter in front of a shopping center in Milan, Italy (Helbiz)
By Daniel Kuhn
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:24 p.m. UTC
Jun 30, 2020
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Alexey Andryunin (CoinDesk archives)
Markets
Exchanges
To His Own Surprise, Crypto Volume Pumper's Business Is Still Thriving
Remember that college student who spoke candidly about inflating crypto trading volumes? He’s still at it – and COVID-19 has kept his business brisk.
Alexey Andryunin (CoinDesk archives)
By Anna Baydakova
Jun 30, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 30, 2020
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France
French Renewable Energy Provider Wins Regulator's Approval for €10M Token Sale
Renewables provider WPO has been granted an "ICO visa" from the French financial markets regulator.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Jun 3, 2020 at 9:44 a.m. UTC
Jun 3, 2020
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Sec
BitClave Search Engine Agrees to Pay Back $25M ICO in Settlement With SEC
BitClave will pay back over $25 million in a settlement with the SEC stemming from a 2017 token sale.
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By Danny Nelson
May 28, 2020 at 7:44 p.m. UTC
May 28, 2020
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Markets
Gold
Market Wrap: Ether Up 50% in 2020, Hits $200 on Sunday
Year to date, the native token of the Ethereum network’s 50 percent rally trounced bitcoin’s 7 percent gains.
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By Daniel Cawrey
Apr 27, 2020 at 8:43 p.m. UTC
Apr 27, 2020
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The Kin cryptocurrrency was launched by the social media app Kik back in 2017. (Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock)
Markets
Sec
SEC, Kik Continue Court Clash Over $100M Kin Token Sale
The SEC and Kik doubled down on their respective views of whether the 2017 KIN token sale was a securities transaction in new legal filings published late Friday.
The Kin cryptocurrrency was launched by the social media app Kik back in 2017. (Sharaf Maksumov / Shutterstock)
By Nikhilesh De
Apr 25, 2020 at 9:06 a.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2020
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