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UK Treasury publishes crypto framework paper: Here’s what’s inside

His Majesty’s Treasury published a long-anticipated consultation paper for the upcoming crypto regulation.

Nigeria revisits its payments landscape amid sluggish eNaira adoption

The Nigerian central bank has outlined key focus areas for its national payments system in a two-year roadmap leading up to 2025.

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Nigeria to create the stablecoins and ICOs legal framework

The necessity to create a legal framework for stablecoins is marked in the latest Central Bank of Nigeria strategy paper.

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SEC Charges Gig Economy Platform for $2.6 Million Unregistered Coin Offering

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Thor Technologies and its co-founders with conducting an unregistered securities offering. In 2018, the company minted and sold tokens to raise funds for its ‘gig economy platform,’ the development of which had not even started at the time. U.S. Securities Regulator Accuses Thor Technologies’ Management of […]

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SEC files unregistered securities charges against Thor Token creators for 2018 ICO

Thor Technologies got a lump of coal in its Christmas stocking from the SEC in the form of charges relating to the ICO for its Thor Token that failed a year later.

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New Hampshire Court Sides With SEC in Lawsuit Against LBRY, Project’s Team Says Loss Sets a ‘Dangerous Precedent’

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has won a court case against the blockchain-powered publishing platform LBRY. According to a New Hampshire district court ruling, Judge Paul Barbadoro agreed with SEC that the project’s native asset LBC was considered an investment contract or a transferable share representing a certificate of interest. On Twitter, LBRY […]

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Crypto Stories: How an entrepreneur raised $10M for her startup during a bear market

Josipa Majic explains what she and her partners did to build a crypto company at a time when investors were fleeing the space.

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South Korean central bank eyes MiCA, says future regulations may allow ICOs again

A Korean translation of the EU regulatory framework gave the Bank of Korea food for thought, and it shared its views on ICOs, stablecoins and protecting innovation.

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2017 ICOs aren’t over yet: SEC files suit against Dragonchain and its founder

The commission said it would be seeking “permanent injunctions, disgorgement with prejudgment interest, civil penalties against and conduct-based injunctions.”

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SEC Fines John McAfee’s Associate $375K in Penalties for ICO Promotions

According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) judgment, Jimmy Gale Watson, a former associate of the now deceased John McAfee, has been fined for being paid to promote pump and dump-fashioned initial coin offerings (ICOs). The SEC has ruled that Watson must pay roughly $375K in penalties and he’s not allowed to participate in […]

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