August 2nd, 2025
SEC Crypto News - Page 119
CEO of ICE’s Bakkt Digital Asset Platform Mike Blandina Quits 4 Months after Joining
By Bhushan Akolkar
April 24th, 2020
Huge changes at the Bakkt’s top management: ICE’s Vice President, M&A and Integration David Clifton will replace Bakkt’s current CEO Mike Blandina.
Meet rICO: German Regulators Approved Reversible ICO
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku
April 22nd, 2020
The new reversible ICO model, rICO, which is approved by German regulators, allows investors to reserve tokens in the first phase of the offering and purchase them during the second phase.
Bitnomial Exchange Gets CFTC Approval to Offer Bitcoin Futures and Options Contracts
By Muhaimin Olowoporoku
April 21st, 2020
Bitnomial, unlike CME, appears to focus on physically-settled contracts, it means that clients can get the actual Bitcoin when the contract expires, rather than the fiat equivalent.
Battle between Telegram and SEC May Push Crypto Legislation, Blockchain Association Says
By Jeff Fawkes
April 10th, 2020
The New York Judge Kevin Castel claims that Telegram’s TON Grams are securities. But Blockchain Association’s (BA) Kristin Smith put out the fact that Grams only arrive under the security name while being not a security. BA filed the letter of support to the court earlier this week.
Visa and Mastercard Stocks Rose 12% on Monday, Both Up in Pre-Market
By Darya Rudz
April 7th, 2020
At the moment of writing, Visa stock is 3.69% up, $175.69 per share in the-premarket. Mastercard is also upgrading, making up $275.95 per share.
Lawsuits Filed against Binance, Block.one, BitMEX and Other Crypto-Related Companies
By Jeff Fawkes
April 4th, 2020
Binance, Block.one, BitMEX, BiBox, KayDex, BProtocol, Status and TRON Foundation received the class-action lawsuits. The lawsuits claim that those companies were selling or helping with the selling of unregistered securities.
Judge Halts Telegram Founders Dream of Successful TON Launch
By Jeff Fawkes
April 2nd, 2020
Judge Kevin Castel is clearly against Telegram in the case of the GRAM token launch. Federal Judge claims that Telegram founders can not distribute their tokens to anyone, not only to U.S. citizens.
Peloton (PTON) Stock Down 4%, Could Be Much Stronger after Coronavirus Shutdowns End
By Darya Rudz
April 1st, 2020
As gyms are closed, the demand for alternatives modes of working out has increased. And here comes Peloton that provides fitness solutions for at-home sports activities. Peloton (PTON) stock is expected to surge in the near future.
Santander Plans to Launch Ripple-powered Payments Solution One Pay FX in Mexico in 2020
By Andy Watson
March 30th, 2020
Santander’s Ripple-powered payments solution, which is set to launch in Mexico, will enhance transparency in operations, improve speed in sending and receiving payment.
Digital Dollar Team Adds 22 Advisors, Hints at Whitepaper in Q2 2020
By Jeff Fawkes
March 27th, 2020
Ex-CFTC chief’s Digital Dollar Initiative adds 22 new advisors and will release a white paper in the next two months. The Digital Dollar is serious as never, as ex-CFTC, FED, Treasury board directors join the venture.
Telegram Open Network May Launch without Durov Brothers, TON Developer Says
By Jeff Fawkes
March 26th, 2020
Even if the regulators restrict the official Telegram TON team to coordinate their project, it can be launched as a ‘fork’ by anyone else. The community has already launched an experimental testnet that works well with the Telegram’s code. What will they do next?
U.S. Court Supports SEC and Blocks Telegram from Issuing Its Gram Tokens
By Bhushan Akolkar
March 25th, 2020
The court said that since Telegram was planning to sell its TON tokens in the secondary markets, they shall be categorized as unregistered securities under the Howey Test.
U.S. Cryptocurrency Act of 2020 Introduced by Congressman Paul Gosar
By Christopher Hamman
March 10th, 2020
A new more detailed version of the U.S. Cryptocurrency Act has been officially presented by Paul Gosar.
Inovio (INO) Stock Crashes Over 30%, Citron Research Casts Doubt on Coronavirus Vaccine
By Tolu Ajiboye
March 10th, 2020
Inovio (INO) stock has now erased some of its YTD gains after Citron Research suggested the company was grandstanding. Citron’s analysts now put INO at $2.
TSLA Stock 10% Down, Top Tesla Investor Says Tesla Achieves More after Leadership Shuffle
By Teuta Franjkovic
March 9th, 2020
James Anderson, a major investor in Tesla Inc. said the company is better run after independent directors were appointed to supervise Elon Musk. But today TSLA stock is in red.