Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) – essentially, crowdfunding the sale of a digital bearer instrument whose sole record is on a blockchain – threaten to disrupt traditional funding methods, including public offerings and venture funding. Their
Continue Reading Initial Coin Offerings: The Next Killer App on the Blockchain?
Please read “The Financial Report”, Vol. 6, No. 16, by DLA Piper. This issue discusses:
| • | News from the Americas |
| • | US Securities and Exchange Commission Developments |
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US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Developments |
With effect from 1 July 2017, new rules have been introduced by the China Netcasting Services Association (“CNSA”) which increase the regulatory scruti
ny applied to online video content. The rules, which are aimed at
Continue Reading China introduces new rules to “purify” online video content
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rtual currency for the 1st time falls under Italian anti-money laundering law with the decree implementing the European 4th AML Directive. The long awaited Italian legislative decree implementing the European 4th anti-money laundering (AML)
Continue Reading Virtual currency gets regulated under anti-money laundering laws
One of the more interesting phenomena in early-stage investing is the recent emergence of initial coin offerings (ICOs), token generation events (TGEs), or similar distributed ledger or blockchain-enabled means for raising capital. Much has been
Continue Reading SEC report on tokens as securities: seven takeaways
