# ICO issuer charged with fraud by SEC for selling unregistered security

# ICO issuer charged with fraud by SEC for selling unregistered security

“# ICO issuer charged with fraud by SEC for selling unregistered security ” The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has charged a cryptocurrency issuer for “making materially false and misleading statements” in connection with an unregistered security offering conducted between August 2017 and January 2018, offering further evidence that regulators were still…

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# With US regulators handing out .5B in fines since 2014, crypto is not the ‘wild west’ of finance

# With US regulators handing out $2.5B in fines since 2014, crypto is not the ‘wild west’ of finance

“# With US regulators handing out $2.5B in fines since 2014, crypto is not the ‘wild west’ of finance ” According to a report from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, unregistered securities offerings represent more than half of all crypto fines handed out by U.S. regulators. In Elliptic’s June 21 Sanctions Compliance in Cryptocurrencies report, the…

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# Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs

# Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs

“# Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling certain token types including NFTs ” Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has approved guidelines prohibiting crypto exchanges in the country from supporting four different types of tokens in certain cases. In a Friday announcement from the Thai SEC, the regulatory body said that Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol had approved…

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