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Tag: Initial Coin Offerings
Proof of Use? Civil Believes This ICO Model Lets It Sell Anyone Tokens Legally
Civil, the blockchain startup looking to disrupt media, will be offering its crypto token to investors of all kinds – both accredited and unaccredited – next week. As a spoke of ConsenSys, the ethereum startup incubator and business all its…
No Longer Beta: $200 Million Tezos Blockchain Will Be Official Mainnet Soon
The “experimental” phase for the Tezos blockchain is over. On Monday morning, the Tezos Foundation will officially announce that the protocol will no longer be in a beta period, and instead be a full mainnet, launched and run by its…
Can Security Tokens Save Crypto From the Bear Market Blues?
“Security tokens will save crypto.” That’s what Trevor Koverko, CEO of the crypto project Polymath, told CoinDesk at a blockchain technology festival in Toronto this week. There, tokenized dividends were the week’s hot topic, even despite the bear market in…
Regulated Trader Templum Hosts Security Token Sale for Luxury Resort
Token trading platform Templum Markets has launched a sale of a security token on behalf of a popular Colorado resort. Accredited investors can now indirectly own shares in the St. Regis Aspen Resort by purchasing so-called “Aspen coins” through the…
Tezos ICO Class Action Looms After Motion to Dismiss Denied
A federal court judge in California has blocked a move that sought to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that the initial coin offering (ICO) conducted by the Tezos Foundation violated securities laws in the U.S. The decision came Tuesday,…
A Small Crypto Coin Is Making Big Claims About a Private Proof-of-Stake
If any coin is going to fly under the radar, it makes sense for a privacy coin to do so. Spectre (not be confused with a separate project called SPECTRE), created two crypto tokens – the aptly named spectre token and…
Ex-Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Is Making a Cryptocurrency
Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to U.S. President Donald Trump, confirmed Wednesday that he wants to launch a cryptocurrency of its own. Speaking to CNBC on Wednesday, the Breitbart co-founder said “they’re the future,” adding that “we’re working on some…
Augur Passes CryptoKitties: Ethereum App Enters Top 5 with $400K Debut
One Augur user was so eager, they didn’t even wait for the user interface. That may have summed up the state of affairs Tuesday, hours after the Forecast Foundation, the non-profit behind the Augur protocol, announced the launch of its…
Block.One Is Taking a Bigger Role With EOS (And That’s a Big Deal)
Block.One has decided to start voting with its hoard of EOS tokens. Announced last week, the decision finds the startup that created the EOS software, now powered by the fifth most valuable cryptocurrency, breaking with precedent in a move that…