The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO; stylized as ico. ) in the United Kingdom, is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.
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Russian dark web market Hydra wants $146M in Bitcoin to expand globally
Hydra reckons its selling $146 million worth of tokens for Bitcoin so that it can buiild a worldwide platform that includes ...
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Crypto firm that raised $12.7M with ICO admits it ran out of money, closes doors
A cryptocurrency startup that settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its illegal token sale has ...
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Stablecoin businesses ARE money transmitters, says FinCEN chief
Stablecoins fall under FinCEN's remit to safeguard money transmission services, which means issuers must register as such ...
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A German airline just flew 3 execs holding blockchain tickets
A German airline has claimed to be the first to allow passengers holding blockchain-based tickets to board a flight, Reuters ...
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Brooklyn man sentenced to 18 months in prison after running fraudulent ICOs
A man in the US has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after running two illegal cryptocurrency Initial Coin Offerings ...
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Telegram denies SEC allegations that its token is a security in new court filing
Messaging app Telegram wants a US court to dismiss the allegations put forward by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Moonday Mornings: Bitcoin isn’t money, says UK tax authority
It’s time for Hard Fork’s wrap-up of this weekend's cryptocurrency and blockchain news that you can’t afford to miss, ...
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Fraudulent PlexCoin ICO's showrunners fined nearly $7M
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been busy dishing out enforcement actions over the past few weeks – and ...
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Block.one illegally sold securities to build the EOS cloud computing service, SEC finds
Securities law has finally caught up with Block.one, with the SEC finally recognizing the year-long ICO for EOS tokens to ...
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Adult content marketplace Fantasy Market charged with running fraudulent ICO
The founder of Fantasy Market, a purported online adult entertainment marketplace, has been charged with running a fraudulent ...
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SEC sues cryptocurrency startup ICOBox for selling $14.6M worth of unregistered tokens
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued cryptocurrency startup ICOBox, and its founder Nikolay Evdokimov, for ...
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Ethereum 'ICO architect' arrested over alleged $12M cryptocurrency extortion
Two people, including a former advisor to Ethereum, have been arrested for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar cryptocurrency ...
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Moonday Mornings: Justin Sun reportedly invited Donald Trump to Warren Buffett lunch
This is our weekly Monday morning roundup of important cryptocurrency and blockchain. If you read this, you'll be up-to-date, ...
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Blockchain startup agrees to $23M settlement over allegedly fraudulent tokens
The founders of blockchain startup Bitqyck Inc didn't agree to or deny the charges, but must return $13 million raised, and ...
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Telegram promises to finish messy launch of its ‘cryptocurrency’ Gram by October 31
The long-awaited Gram token from instant messaging platform Telegram is allegedly rolling out to investors very soon, but ...
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Overstock's blockchain mad CEO resigns after disclosing romantic relationship with suspected Russian spy
The blockchain-mad CEO of online retailer Overstock has stepped down amid a confession that he was romantically involved ...
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SEC takes action against financial charlatan who operated a $14M fraudulent ICO
The US SEC is taking action against an individual to safeguard investor funds that were raised through the allegedly fraudulent ...
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US state regulator slaps 'fraudulent' ICOs with cease and desist orders
A US state regulator is cracking down on two New Jersey-based initial coin offerings (ICO) offering “fraudulent unregistered ...
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French government to create ‘ICO white list’ with new regulations
France is knuckling down on digital assets and is set to approve the first wave of cryptocurrency businesses under new ICO ...
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What's a cryptocurrency exit scam and how do I spot one?
Google ‘cryptocurrency’ and the likelihood is you’ll see ‘exit scam’ somewhere in the results. But, what are they, ...
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Marriott fined $123m for 2018 data breach that hit 339m customers
UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said it plans to fine Marriott £99 million ($123 million) under EU GDPR laws ...
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British Airways fined $229m over last year's data breach
British Airways is about to be slapped with a massive fine of £183 million by the ICO, for failing to preventing the theft ...
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Kik raised $98M with a potentially illegal ICO. Now it wants your money to fight the SEC
Kik has resorted to begging the public for money to keep fighting the SEC over claims it illegally sold unregistered securities. ...
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Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent are among the first 197 regulated blockchain firms in China
China's Cyberspace Administration has released the first list of companies approved to conduct business with blockchain tech. ...
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Swiss watchdog says cryptocurrency mining firm’s $90M ICO was illegal
Swiss regulators have disclosed the fraud committed by Envion AG, a cryptocurrency startup that illegitimately collected ...
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Cryptocurrency scammer pleads guilty in $4M fraud case
AriseBank CEO Jared Rice, who faced 120 years in prison for defrauding investors of $4 million in a cryptocurrency scam, ...
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Bulgarian cryptocurrency scam lures UK investors with fake FCA accreditation
The UK FCA is warning consumers to be extra vigilant as cryptocurrency scammers are falsely claiming to have FCA accreditation. ...
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Here's what Thailand should call its first ICO/STO portal
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the country's first initial coin offering portal to police the issuance ...
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Alibaba finally got its shitcoin namesake to drop its name
In a joint statement released on Monday, Alibabacoin and Alibaba announced they have reached an agreement which will see ...
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Moonday Mornings: 30% of cryptocurreny startups failed in 2018
Another weekend has come and gone, meaning there's blockchain and cryptocurrency news to catch up on, thankfully Monday Mornings ...
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Here's what you need to know about security token offerings (STOs)
This episode of Hard Fork Basics is going to try to shed some light on what security token offerings are all about and what ...
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Moonday Mornings: Kik preps to fight the SEC over ICO
It's Monday Morning, you should know how this works by now.Dive in for a wrap up of the weekend's blockchain and cryptocurrency ...
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ICOs banked $13B with ‘little work, accountability, or transparency,’ report
Ethereum's ICO process has earned token founders estimated combined profits of $12.8B, made entirely of cryptocurrency created ...
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Blockchain startup Zwoop collapses following cancellation of ICO
VC-backed cryptocurrency startup Zwoop has gone into administration. According to an exclusive report by The Telegraph’s ...
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‘Unregulated ICOs are dead’ — welcome to the era of the STO
One of Alan Sugar's earliest apprentices and author of Tokenomics: The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs and tokens, Thomas ...
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Uber fined €1M for 2016 data breach by Dutch and British privacy watchdogs
The Dutch Data Protection Authority and UK's Information Commissioner's Office have fined Uber over €1M the company's data ...
