Korean Officials Probe Shipwreck ICO for Possible Fraud

news Former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul believes that a call by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) to ban cryptocurrency purchases in the U.S. is a terrible idea. Appearing on CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2019, Paul discussed a number of topics surrounding the cryptocurrency space, including his belief that the federal government should leave the…

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Centralized business structures are continuing their creep into decentralized finance (DeFi), with the builders of tokens Magic Internet Money (MIM) and SPELL on Wednesday pitching a traditional legal structure to supplant the DAO overseeing the stablecoin with a nearly $700 million market cap.In a forum post, a project leader called on Abracadabra DAO to support…

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:00 UTCFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Wikimedia Commons)Powell’s Coming Inflation Speech May Weigh Over Dollar and Boost Bitcoin: AnalystsU.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is expected to bolster expectations of inflation during his keynote speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Thursday. According to analysts speaking to CoinDesk, that…

NEWSINBRIEF North Dakota’s securities watchdog has issued a cease-and-desist order against a Russia-based initial coin offering (ICO) that appeared to impersonate Liechtenstein-based Union Bank AG to promote “unregistered and potentially fraudulent securities.” On Monday, Karen Tyler, commissioner of the North Dakota Securities Department, said that the website of the supposed ICO project – called Union Bank…

news Presidential contender Andrew Yang took the stage at Consensus 2019 on Wednesday, facing a friendly (if not slightly boisterous) crowd as he discussed bitcoin, blockchain and his bid for the White House. Amid jokes about a possible YangCoin, Yang essentially pitched himself as a sympathetic friend of the crypto community in an appearance that…

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), who is pushing to revamp crypto regulation, has a 29% chance of becoming former President Donald Trump's running mate. This is according to bets placed by traders on crypto-based prediction market platform Polymarket. Trump is expected to announce his pick for vice president next week, according to reports. Sen. J.D. Vance

Ripple’s California victory muddies the waters on whether or not XRP can be considered a security. District court judges are not required to agree with rulings made by their peers in other cases. Lawyers say the lack of legal certainty for XRP and other digital assets will likely continue until there is a ruling from

Craig Wright's Tulip Trading needs to prove ownership of some 110,000 bitcoins (BTC) that are at the center of a case against a group of bitcoin developers filed in 2021, an English court document shows.In that case, the developers are fighting Tulip's lawsuit alleging they wrongfully refused to help Wright's company retrieve billions of dollars