Tag: ICO

Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
May 30, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018

Initial Coin Offerings… remember them? Investor interest seemed to wane as Crypto Winter took hold of the industry, and regulators across the globe began to clamp down on what they perceived to be fraudulent activities. Fraud losses have been excessive, and the need for valid investor protections has pushed many fund raises down a track…

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Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
April 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC clarifies guidelines for classifying an ICO as an investment contract

Crypto attorneys that support Initial Coin Offering (ICO) promoters in the United States have been requesting for some time more clarification from the SEC on how it interprets current securities legislation to determine whether or not an ICO qualifies as an “investment contract”, thereby necessitating formal registration and investor disclosure requirements under the law. At…

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Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018
March 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Prediction market startup Numerai raises $11 million in ICO

Numerai is an American prediction market company and hedge fund that recently raised $11 million in an ICO so it can launch the Erasure project. The information comes from the company itself. What Numerai does is “… incentivizing the construction of an artificial intelligence hedge fund with Numeraire, a cryptographic token on the Ethereum blockchain.”…

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Dukascopy Bank launches Dukascoin
December 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FINMA gives a green light to Dukascoin

The ICO of Dukascoins/Dukasnotes has been a subject to a green light from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for two months now and the good news has finally arrived. FINMA has given a green light to Dukascoin, making it the first ever ICO of a Swiss Bank. Dukascopy Bank has announced the Live…

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The world’s largest crypto IPO postponed
December 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Presto files complaint against South Korea for banning ICOs

The company Presto informed the public that it has filed a constitutional complaint against South Korean’s ban on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), as the country's economic media outlet Sedaily reported earlier. LeapRate reminds that, after China announced its ban on domestic exchanges trading Bitcoin, South Korea was the next country that also came out with the news…

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swissquote ico
October 22, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Swissquote becomes first bank to enable its clients to buy ICO tokens

Leading online Swiss bank Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has announced that it has become the first bank worldwide to offer its clients the opportunity to participate in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ICOs are a new way for companies to raise money via crowdfunding using blockchain technology. This opens new opportunities for Swissquote clients to…

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The market impact of the IMF reducing UAE's Global GDP growth forecast
October 08, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

ICOs to become legitimate corporate funding options in UAE

The United Arab Emirates announced its plans to make initial coin offerings legitimate funding options for local businesses. Reuters reported that the new rule is to be introduced some time in 2019, allowing ICOs to "replace" IPOs, if companies decide to do so. The new rule means that ICOs will be equal in "weight" and…

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