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The SEC is apparently going easy on ICOs who are cooperating, paying a fine, and returning the raised money to investors.  A Litany of Settlements The US The SEC is apparently going easy on ICOs who are cooperating, paying a fine, and returning the raised money to investors. 

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has recently stepped up its enforcement actions against virtual currency exchanges and Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”) that violate federal securities laws. Due to the highly technical nature of virtual currency and its underlying technology, the area long operated as a sort of financial...

Pakistan’s own national celebrity and humanitarian Wakar Zaka has told Bitcoin News that his project, TenUp, played a key role in both informing the government about the technology and rousing a significant pressure group among the country’s population in favor of cryptocurrency legalization. Pakistan’s Finance Minister Asad Umar has issued a...

In response to a lawsuit, Israeli entrepreneur Moshe Hogeg has denied the allegations of misappropriating investors’ funds.

A Chinese investor has sued Stox.com and its owner Moshe Hogeg, for allegedly misappropriating funds raised during an ICO. Boxer Floyd Mayweather famously Floyd Mayweather famously backed the Stox ICO, which has just been sued by a Chinese investor.

Business Insider recently listed 13 celebrities who support cryptocurrencies and may hold some the digital coins themselves.

It seems that everyday a new cryptocurrency is born. Most of these you never heard of and probably never will. So, the question we have to ask is "why are ther

In an announcement, the SEC stated that it had settled charges against two celebrities - boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled.

For promoting Centra ICO and failing to comply with securities law, the U.S SEC fined Floyd Mayweather to pay $300,000 in disgorgement, $300,000 as a penalty and $14,755 in interests. Dj Khaled faces a more favorable penalty with $50,000 to be paid for disgorgement, $100,000 as a penalty and $2725...

Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and music Producer DJ Khaled penalized by the Securities and Exchange Commission for not disclosing the amount received through a promotion of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The settlement was announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday.

Securities and Exchange Commission has charged professional boxer and a rapper. Reports recently revealed that former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and a music producer [...]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has hit two celebrities with record fines for shilling initial coin offerings (ICOs). Boxer Floyd Mayweather

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a sportsman Floyd Mayweather Jr. and a musician DJ Khaled with the illegal advertising of an ICO

Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled have been charged by the regulator for promoting ICOs without disclosing payments received.

If celebs don't reveal they've been paid to promote a cryptocurrency then it could cost them.

Floyd Mayweather has been fined heavily by the U.S Securities Exchanges Commission (SEC) for an “off the ring” activity. The pro boxer promoted an Initial

The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled for advertising a cryptocurrency scam.

Prominent music producer, DJ Khaled, and boxer Floyd Mayweather were charged by the Securities and Exchange commissions [SEC] after they failed to disclose the fees they received for the promotion of initial coin offerings [ICOs]. According to a report released by SEC, Khaled and Mayweather received $50,000 and $100,000, respectively...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather Jr for unlawful ICO promotion. Both celebrities The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather Jr for unlawful ICO promotion.

World boxer Floyd Mayweather and rapper-producer DJ Khaled came under fire for promoting an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), Centra Tech — a crypto start-up co

DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather have been charged by the SEC for illegal promoting and Inital Coin Offering in 2017.

Celebrities could be in trouble if they don't disclose paid promotion of cryptocurrency projects.

Boxer and music producer to pay combined $767,500, says SEC after accusing celebrities of failing to disclose payments

The ICO’s founders were charged earlier this year

Elon Musk is no longer the most talked about source of scrutiny from the SEC. Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and music producer DJ Khaled are now in the spotlight. What...

Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled settled charges with the SEC, which said they promoted ICOs without disclosing payments from token issuers.

It now seems many self-profressed crypto asset experts will gladly offer positive reviews for a fee. That is a worrisome situation, as this "paid shilling" skews information for investors.

The difference between the terms blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrency are often not entirely understood. Here's how to distinguish between the three.

TRON co-founder and CEO Justin Sun has announced that basketball player Kobe Bryant will be speaking at TRON’s blockchain summit in San Francisco next year, but do celebrities really have a place in the crypto arena?

The term “decentralization” has seen a massive increase in usage of late, becoming one of the more common tech buzzwords of 2018. Its meteoric rise parallels a growing frustration with the injustices that derive from its seemingly evil twin, “centralization”. For others, decentralization merely appears to be a new concept...

T.I. is being sued for $5 million for allegedly misleading investors with the FLiK Token — a crypto project co-owned by Ryan Felton. 

Rapper Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (T.I.) is the latest celeb to face charges of fraud due to a cryptocurrency investment gone bad.

The United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) and its Division of Law Enforcement have decided to be stricter with ICO scams, according to the commission’s annual report. Its main aim is to reduce the number of fraudulent ICOs to the minimal due to the fact that a total amount...

The Blast, a U.S. celebrity new media obtained court documents, which said that FLiK, rapper T.I. aka, Tip and his business partner Ryan Felton has failed. They are now being sued for 5 million USD, by a group of people. The report says that the group of people claim that…

The Annual Report on the Division of Law Enforcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed its plans of placing strict

U.S. rapper T.I., otherwise called T.I.P., is being sued for $5 million by a gathering of individuals after his FLiK token has allegedly failed, as indicated by court records obtained by the news media giant in the U.S. The Blast.

Wu-Tang Clan, an American hip-hop group located in Staten Island, New York City is one of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time. The group plans on releasing a personalised crypto token in the honour of a deceased group member, Ol’ Dirty Bastard (ODB).

The seminal hip-hop group plan to honor the legacy of deceased group member Ol' Dirty Bastard by releasing a cryptocurrency bearing his name.

Johny Depp is reportedly teaming up with blockchain-based content sharing platformTaTaTu. The actor will participate in the partnership through his

Centra Tech allegedly scammed $25 million from investors in its 'initial coin offering' fundraising efforts