SEC v. Tomahawk: “Free” ICO tokens constitute a sale of securities
ICO tokens are (almost certainly) securities — and “free” promotional bounties are a sale of securities.
Tag: ico
The ICO that Grant Shapps quit — OpenBrix, a property website on the blockchain
Jemima Kelly from FT asked UK Member of Parliament Grant Shapps just one question about the OpenBrix ICO, and hilarity ensued.
News: BBC on Kodak KashMiner, Indian crypto ponzi, China crypto gambling, Vinnik to France, Ethereum clog, institutional investors don’t want cryptos
I posted about the KashMiner that never was, five days before the BBC.
How To Launch A Successful ICO, 14 June 2018 — with me on the panel
Includes video of the panel!
News: Me on launching an ICO, SEC on ICOs, CFTC subpoenas exchanges, KodakCoin and NBA/NHL, 51% attacks, Mona Lisa on the blockchain, EOS security, York retrospective
Pictures from York. And “Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain” is cheap in Canada this month!
News: Poloniex reverification, Asus 20 video card motherboard, TRON buys BitTorrent, lots of security issues
I got an Ethereum scammer, pretending to be me, at last!
Kodak pt 6: KodakCoins on sale! And the Reg A+ escape route
Handelsblatt in Germany describes KodakCoin as “highly dubious”, “a half-baked marketing gag” and “a stumbling company with a fading name looking for a capital strike.”
No, Wikipedia is not in a crypto partnership with the Request Network — don’t believe the hype
The Request Network does not have a deal with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation. They are misrepresenting a deal with Wikimedia France, a local Wikimedia chapter. Also detailed: the Request ICO white paper.
News: NY Attorney General exchange inquiry, LocalBitcoins KYC, Baidu copies KodakOne, Cambridge Analytica on the blockchain, coal-fired followup
The NY Attorney General has not yet brought the hammer down on the exchanges. So far he’s just holding it in the air suggestively.
Oh, eMusic, no — don’t go blockchain! Another Kodak moment
Today’s blockchain post is over on Rocknerd — it’s early dot-com era downloaded music company eMusic taking the final resort of an utterly buggered company.