A security or financial instrument is a tradable asset of any kind. Securities are broadly categorized into: debt securities, equity securities, e.g. , common stocks; and, derivative contracts, such as forwards, futures, options and swaps. The company or other entity issuing the security is called the issuer. A country's regulatory structure determines what qualifies as a security.
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5 times regulators revealed their raging boners for crypto justice in 2019
Financial watchdogs in the US went after cryptocurrency peddlers again and again this year. Here are some of the juicy highlights. ...
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SEC: Crypto 'entrepreneur' illegally raised $42M, spent funds on dating and rent
The guy behind 2017's ICO for 'Shopin Tokens' is in hot water, with authorities alleging they sold tokens on the back of ...
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Telegram exec should testify in UK over alleged illegal token sales, says US judge
A US court has asked a UK judge to depose John Hyman, Telegram’s chief investment officer, to testify in relation to the ...
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This $722M Bitcoin mining scam referred to its marks as 'dumb' investors and 'sheep'
Authorities in the US have arrested three men in connection with a Bitcoin mining scheme that allegedly defrauded investors ...
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HSBC will reportedly use blockchain to move $20B in digital assets
Global bank HSBC is planning to track $20 billion worth of digital assets on a blockchain-based custody platform by March ...
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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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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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Russia reportedly enacts laws defining cryptocurrency and smart contracts
Russia has reportedly just enacted a new "digital rights act" that defines smart contracts and cryptocurrency tokens coming ...
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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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Ripple Labs wants the US to forget it's being sued for selling Ripple (XRP) illegally
Ripple Labs has filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit that claims it's been illegally selling its Ripple (XRP) ...
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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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SEC unsurprisingly slaps Russian firm with $270K fine for misleading ICO promotions
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled a fine with a Russian firm that was pushing initial ...
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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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Moonday Mornings: Apple says no to cryptocurrency, Mastercard says yes to blockchain
It's the first day of a new week, you know what that means. It's time for Hard Fork's wrap-up of the weekend's top cryptocurrency ...
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JP Morgan claims big institutions are hot for its (non-)cryptocurrency
Despite dividing opinions earlier this year with JPM Coin, American bank JP Morgan is rolling out its blockchain-based tech ...
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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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Moonday Morning: Bitcoin dev ordered to prove Craig Wright isn’t Satoshi
It's Monday which means it's Moonday Morning and time to catch up with the top cryptocurrency and blockchain news from over ...
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Israel regulators support ‘heavily regulated’ cryptocurrency trading platform
An Israeli financial market regulator has given its recommendation for the creation of a heavily regulated cryptocurrency ...
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South Korea launches task force to fight 800% increase in cryptocurrency crimes
South Korea is preparing to come down hard on cyber-criminals with the launch of a new "task force" aimed at fighting cryptocurrency ...
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SEC chairman explains how it classifies cryptocurrencies as securities
SEC chairman Jay Clayton has confirmed how it decides whether cryptocurrencies are securities, after calls backed by Coin ...
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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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Bitwise Asset Management applies for Bitcoin-backed ETF
Bitwise Asset Management, a cryptocurrency index fund provider, has applied for a new bitcoin-backed exchange-traded fund ...
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Colorado senators want some cryptocurrencies to be exempt from securities laws
Lawmakers from Colorado are looking to introduce legislation that would exempt cryptocurrencies from current securities laws. ...
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SEC pushes long-awaited decision on Bitcoin ETF to February 2019
If you had any hopes that a Bitcoin ETF would be coming in early 2019, it's time to put them aside again, as the SEC has ...
