ICOs
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Novel Charts Dark Side of ICO Mania
Haydn Wilks' latest novel examines the cryptomania of the 2017 ICO boom.
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.
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.
