The SEC Fires a Warning Shot Against Celebrity Endorsements of ICO Investments

As the price of Bitcoin reaches record heights and a torrent of money floods into Initial Coin Offerings (“ICOs”), the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a statement on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 warning investors to be wary of “celebrities and others” promoting investments in ICOs.  See …

Concurrent Reg D & Reg S ICOs

  Initial coin offerings are all the craze, and for good reason. According to CoinSchedule, over $3 billion has been raised in the first 10 months of October. The Securities Exchange Commission released an investigative report concluding that DAO tokens were securities, and that scared people for maybe a few…