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In the U.S., another application has been made for a Bitcoin ETF by CBOE Global Markets following previous applications by other companies that were rejected because the market is ‘unregulated.’ Now that the SEC has clarified that Bitcoin and Ethereum are not to be regulated as securities, this...
Coinbase U.K. CEO Zeeshan Feroz said that the announcement of Ethereum Classic was more successful than Bitcoin Cash at the CryptoCompare MJAC 2018 conference today. He also spoke on the use of mobile payment networks to bring financial services to the unbanked, criticized the current financial payments system,...
The head of the SEC has clarified how his agency defines what is or is not a security, saying that the tokens used in initial coin offerings (ICOs) are securities, whereas coins like Bitcoin are not. SEC Clarifies Position on Securities, ICOs Jay Clayton, the head of the...
Goldman Sachs current president, David M. Solomon — who moonlights as an EDM DJ and practices yoga — is set to become the company’s CEO by the end of this year. Solomon as CEO at Goldman Solomon, who has already started putting together his management team, is set...
As the US Securities Exchange Commission continues to debate over whether Ethereum qualifies as a security or not, developers go on about the business of pushing the network forward at a three-day gathering. SEC Continues to Debate What Qualifies as a Security Former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading...
It has been a tumultuous week for San Francisco based Ripple Labs which now finds itself embroiled in another law suit. This time a disgruntled investor has taken up legal action claiming the blockchain firm has violated federal securities laws. Digital Coins Created ‘Out of Thin Air’ According...
The self-branded “Venture Capital Working Group” has approached the SEC to propose regulatory “Safe Harbors” for some tokens and cryptocurrency. Crypto Advocates Bring Proposal to SEC A group of lawyers and investors assembled by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz met with the SEC in Washington on March 28 to lobby...
In a sign of the times, crypto-related scams have surpassed those involving oil, gas, and real estate in recent months as the most popular means by which fraudsters are attempting to take money from Texas investors, according to a cryptocurrency report authored by Joe Rotunda and his agency...
XRP is marketed as a valuable link between the world of traditional banking and digital currencies, supposedly designed to revolutionize how banks move cash across borders, making transactions faster and cheaper. Despite this, Ripple is struggling to get listed on two major U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchanges, Gemini and Coinbase. According to people...
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Securities Division has stopped five firms — Mattervest, Pink Ribbon, Across Platforms, Sparkco, and 18moons — from conducting initial coin offerings (ICOs) for cryptocurrencies. William Galvin, the state’s top securities regulator, has ordered the firms to stop the sale of the “unregistered...
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