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News and knowledge about initial coin offerings.

Should ICO project founders be held criminally liable for withholding information?

There are some exciting things going on in the crypto start-up space. With cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin gaining traction around the world, and with blockchains like Ethereum gaining greater usage, start-up founders are seeing new opportunities to innovate. These start-ups are creating new currencies, digitizing and tokenizing assets like real estate and contracts, tackling the remittance […]

Should ICO project founders be held criminally liable for withholding information?

Filecoin (FIL) price soars following mainnet launch; reaches $900m market cap

Filecoinโ€™s mainnet launch has long been highly anticipated, with a plethora of retail and venture capital pouring into the cryptocurrencyโ€™s 2017 initial coin offering, which raised over $205 million. The mainnet launch of the decentralized data and information storage blockchain has been plagued by multiple delays, but finally started coming to fruition in late-September when […]

Filecoin (FIL) price soars following mainnet launch; reaches $900m market cap

Hereโ€™s the simple reason why the new class-action lawsuit against 11 crypto companies may soon be dismissed

Some of the most prominent crypto companies in existence are now facing a torrent of coordinated class-action lawsuits, which accuse them of issuing and selling unregistered securities to unsuspecting investors. Some of the defendants include notable exchanges such as Binance, Bitmex, and KuCoin, as well as prominent blockchain and crypto companies like TRON, Block.one, and […]

Hereโ€™s the simple reason why the new class-action lawsuit against 11 crypto companies may soon be dismissed

An attorney reviews ‘CryptoMom’ Hester Peirce’s plan to develop a framework for token sales; could it work?

Last week, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce (aka โ€˜CryptoMomโ€™) formally proposed a โ€œsafe harborโ€ for fundraising by token sale. Intended to โ€œbridge the gap between regulation and decentralization,โ€ the proposal would essentially make ICOs legal โ€“ with certain requisites. To find out more about this, CryptoSlate spoke to co-founder of Athena Blockchain and adjunct professor at […]

An attorney reviews ‘CryptoMom’ Hester Peirce’s plan to develop a framework for token sales; could it work?