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DeFi is almost certainly the future, but that future may not be today.
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ICO News
An initial coin offering, or ICO, is a controversial fundraising method for launching blockchain and cryptocurrency networks that involves the sale and distribution of a new crypto asset in exchange for other tokens, commonly Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).
During the “ICO mania” of 2017 to 2018, projects collectively raised billions of dollars in capital, largely through nonaccredited investors.
This funding method has since lost most of its legitimacy, both inside and outside the industry. Many ICOs were clearly frauds or, at best, operating in regulatory gray areas. Over the past few years, regulatory agencies such as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,or SEC, have brought legal action to past and present ICOs, slowly creating legal precedent and guidelines for future ventures.
While the ICO is now a precarious fundraising method for projects and investors alike, it did showcase a powerful use case of blockchain in permissionless fundraising at incredible scale. Over time, the launch methods of cryptocurrency networks will become more sophisticated, safe and, perhaps, regulatorily sound.
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Widespread crypto adoption by enterprises has the potential to become a self-perpetuating mechanism for public blockchains, creating bigger, stronger networks.
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With regulators unlikely to change old-fashioned rules in favor of the emerging market, DeFi might be burdened under fraud and new portions of restrictions.
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Like the ICO boom of 2017, DeFi plays to our desire to get rich fast without any responsibilities.
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The man is known for his predictions, but is he right about this one?
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The only way you can protect yourself and analyze crypto tokens properly is by exercising caution to the best of your ability.
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After three long years, the class-action lawsuit alleging that Tezos violated securities laws through its 2017 ICO has concluded.
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Sworn in for her second term today, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce tells Cointelegraph about the commission’s work on crypto and new tech in investing.
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New muscle from law enforcement investigating crypto suggests that government innovation may be slow but the government gets what it wants.
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The long arm of the law comes for another ICO.
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ETC quickly sidelines an interesting offer from Charles Hoskinson.
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Adam Back admitted that some ICOs might have funded useful research, but still contends that they are deeply unethical.
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Plaintiffs as the court to authorize communication via email and Twitter to Status co-founders as part of a class-action lawsuit over SNT’s ICO.
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The collapse of the initial coin offerings provided invaluable lessons on how to avoid a similar fate, MEW’s Kosala Hemachandra says.
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