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Markets

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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Markets

SoluTech to Burn its Tokens Under Terms of SEC Settlement; Co-Founder Fined

SoluTech, which violated securities laws and misrepresented its revenue during the token sale, now must destroy all its tokens.

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Policy

Stripe to Pay $120,000 in PlexCoin ICO Settlement With Massachusetts Attorney General

The payments processor facilitated millions of dollars of PlexCoin investments before shuttering accounts in September 2017.

Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.

Markets

DeFi Is Hot but Retail Interest Nowhere Close to ICO Frenzy

It may be too early to draw parallels between the DeFi explosion and the ICO bubble of two years ago.

Did someone say "bubble?"

Markets

Boontech, Founder Pavithran Settle SEC Charges Over Fraudulent ICO and Registration Violations

Marketed as a “decentralized job marketplace,” Boontech and founder Rajesh Pavithran have settled charges of fraud and registration violation brought by the SEC.

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Finance

Token Sales Are Back in 2020

As the price of bitcoin rises, token sales have become trendy once more. Here's how Avalanche, Polkadot and NEAR have fared in 2020.

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Markets

US Government Files Fresh Charges Against PlexCoin ICO Organizers

Having only settled with the SEC last year, the PlexCoin founders now face a fresh round of charges from the U.S. Department of Justice.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr

Markets

US Court Freezes Assets Linked to Alleged $9M ICO Scam

A federal court has frozen assets raised from investors in the Meta 1 Coin token sale.

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Finance

Russian Oligarch, Ex-Cabinet Minister Invested in Telegram's ICO, Court Filing Says

Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea soccer club, invested $10 million in Telegram’s $1.7 billion token sale through a British Virgin Islands-based entity, court papers indicate.

CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY: Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea soccer club, invested $10 million in Telegram’s token sale through a British Virgin Islands-based entity, court papers indicate. (Image: Shutterstock.)