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Forms of Communication Subject to Regulation & ICO Marketing Collateral

May 1, 2018

ICOs have become a dominant topic of discussion both within the blockchain community and among securities attorneys and regulators. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) views an ICO as an offering of securities if it meets all of...

U.S. Regulators & Your Cryptocurrency: State Money Transmission Laws

April 20, 2018

In part one of this series, I provided an overview of the US regulatory landscape that impacts cryptocurrency businesses. This article resumes the topic and focuses on state money transmission laws. State money transmission laws present stifling hurdles to...

US Regulators & Your Cryptocurrency: It’s Complicated

December 22, 2017

This is the first in a series of posts in which I’ll examine the US regulations that impact cryptocurrency businesses. Many describe bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as being unregulated. As a blanket statement, this is not true. What is...

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