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NFTs: Boon or Burden for Artists and Investors?

By: Lauren Mack and Ilana Faibish NFTs (or Non-Fungible Tokens) are the latest blockchain-based craze to take over the Internet. Memes, tweets, sports highlights, Charmin toilet paper GIFs, and yes, even quarantine flatulence recordings have been minted into NFTs...

Crypto Mom’s SEC Safe Harbor Proposal for New Token Offerings

By: Steven Masur and Cameron Ashby During the 4th International Blockchain Congress in Chicago, Hester Pierce, Commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (aka, the “Crypto Mom”), announced the “Token Safe Harbor Proposal,” or the “Proposed Securities...

Are STOs the New ICOs?

November 28, 2018

As the SEC continues to crack down on noncompliant ICOs and token exchanges, many investors and crypto developers are expected to embrace the trend of adopting security token offerings, or STOs, due to the surer regulatory framework in which...

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Crowdfunding and Jurisdiction: Tokenizing the World by ICO

August 30, 2018

The crypto industry has caused yet another crack in the regulatory foundation of the global landscape- this time, it’s regarding digital assets and initial coin offerings (“ICOs”). ICOs are a relatively new method of fundraising utilized by start-ups and...

Why Malta? ICOs and the Application of Extraterritorial SEC Regulations

Ever since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , and other government organizations started to clamp down in earnest on initial coin offerings (ICOs), companies planning their ICOs have been running away from the United States in...

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

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...

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