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Articles Posted in Cryptocurrency

Brooklyn Prosecutors Say ICOs are Securities in Alleged Fraud Case
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On March 19, 2018, federal prosecutors once again reinforced the notion that cryptocurrencies can be securities, as they upheld their certainty that ICOs offered by Maksim Zaslavskiy through his companies REcoin and Diamond Reserve Club, were in fact, securities, and thus, under the SEC’s jurisdiction. As a criminal case relating to securities fraud in the…

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SEC and CFTC Say Cryptocurrency and ICO Trading No Longer Off Their Radars
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In a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and J. Christopher Giancarlo, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, referred to the new regulation scenario for cryptocurrency trading. In fact, they expanded the concept to ”distributed ledger technology (DLT)” defined as “an array of…

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CFTC Targets Multi-Million Dollar Cryptocurrency Fraud with Multiple Suits
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In line with its expressed intent to increase its oversight over the cryptocurrency market, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed three related fraud suits in a single week. The third lawsuit targets the creators of “My Big Coin,” who allegedly used $6 million dollars received from buyers to pay off early investors and shop…

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SEC Enforcement Executive Vows to Protect Retail Investors and Address Cyber Related Misconduct
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At a recent Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington DC, Stephanie Avakian, co-director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, discussed the agency’s future priorities. Avakian emphasized that the mission of the Enforcement Division, to protect investors, will remain unchanged, but she announced a slight shift in focus areas and resource allocation. The Division of Enforcement official…

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