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Further SEC action and guidance with respect to ICOs and cryptocurrencies

By Louis Rambo and Trevor Dodge on Posted in Cryptocurrencies, Enforcement Action, Initial Coin Offerings, Regulation: Federal, SEC, Securities
The SEC took two additional steps today in its regulation and oversight of the initial coin offering (“ICO”) and cryptocurrency markets. In the SEC’s latest action targeting an ICO, the SEC Enforcement Division’s new Cyber Unit intervened in an attempted ICO by Munchee, Inc., an online food review service with plans to build out its network … Continue Reading

SEC Cyber Unit Targets PlexCoin

By Trevor Dodge on Posted in Cryptocurrencies, Enforcement Action, Initial Coin Offerings, Regulation: Federal, SEC
On December 4, the SEC’s new Cyber Unit announced it obtained an emergency asset freeze to halt the initial coin offering (“ICO”) of PlexCoin. According to the SEC, the Plexcoin ICO had raised up to $15 million to date through the fraudulent sale of unregistered securities. This is the first-ever enforcement action by the SEC’s … Continue Reading
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