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The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed the number of applications it has received from businesses wanting to operate initial coin offering portals in the country. However, at least one company is already issuing a token without obtaining approval. Meanwhile, the first Thai Stock Exchange-listed company to launch a token has a new plan … Read more
The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) helped bring a fraud case to court, hoping to both assist in its ultimate prosecution and establish precedent. The New York Eastern District Court decided in the CFTC’s favor, ending in a combined over $1.1 million decision in fines and restitution. It also established the regulator as having … Read more
The CFTC has won a court order to permanently ban New York-based firm CabbageTech Corp. for “fraud and misappropriation in connection with purchases and trading of BTC and LTC.” Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued three published decisions, covering nine different Bitcoin ETFs. Applications put forward by Direxion, Pro Shares, and Granite Shares were rejected along largely the same lines of argument. Also read: Meet Bitmain Founder Jihan Wu: A Most Important Man in Crypto Bitcoin ETFs Denied in Three Published … Read more
In the high-profile Thai crypto fraud case involving an actor, Thailand’s central bank has clarified that the fraud is not related to cryptocurrency trading, but a general misuse of money. Thailand has recently legalized seven cryptocurrencies, authorized seven crypto firms, and the Bank of Thailand has green-lighted commercial banks’ subsidiaries for crypto activities. Also read: Yahoo! … Read more
Playboy is reportedly suing a Canadian cryptocurrency firm for allegedly failing to integrate a “wallet that would support a range of cryptocurrencies across the company’s online media, digital and casual gaming businesses.” Playboy.tv was supposed to be the first of the company’s platforms to feature the new crypto wallet and payment options. Also read: Yahoo! Japan … Read more
A high-profile crypto case involving a well-known actor and model has come to public attention in Thailand following the enforcement of the country’s crypto regulations. Over 5,564 BTC were reportedly stolen from a bitcoin millionaire. The alleged ringleader has fled to the U.S. Thailand’s main crypto regulator is cooperating with the police on the case. … Read more
Playboy Enterprises is suing Canadian company Global Blockchain Technologies, claiming that it failed to integrate the Vice Industry Token on Playboy’s sites Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Financial software developer Intuit has been awarded a patent for processing BTC payments via SMS and we’ve covered the details in today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief. Also in The Daily, Brave browser plans to enable BAT tips for tweets and Reddit posts, cryptocurrency is projected to constitute 5 percent of the portfolios of US … Read more
A troubling characteristic of ICOs is the explicit lack of accountability that token distributors have to maintain promises. As token holdings do not represent project ownership, deceitful entrepreneurs are emerging among legitimate projects as conmen and snake oil salesmen looking to earn quick riches. A frightening Reddit post on Sunday exposed GNation’s CEO and other … Read more
