Category: ICO News

Cryptocurrency News

ICOBox Startup Fails to Acknowledge US SEC Action, Owes $16M

By coinmaker March 7, 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has ordered that ICO broker ICOBox must pay $16 million after the …

Cryptocurrency News

United States SEC Wins $16M Case Again ICOBox

By coinmaker March 7, 2020

The ICOBox platform received a court decision in absentia, after failing to defend its side against the accusations of the …

Cryptocurrency News

How Ripple and XRP are Powering Frictionless Payments in Mexico?

By coinmaker March 6, 2020

Bitso, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Latin America, is using Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) to provide frictionless cross-border …

Cryptocurrency News

Steve Jobs Widow Invested at Least $5M in Telegram ICO

By coinmaker March 6, 2020

Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs, invested in Telegram’s Gram tokens as part of its initial coin offering …

Cryptocurrency News

Rapper Dismissed of Securities Fraud Charges for FLiK ICO

By coinmaker March 3, 2020

On March 3, District Judge Charles Pannell dismissed a lawsuit claiming securities fraud charges against rapper ‘T.I.’ for selling FLiK …

Cryptocurrency News

Steven Seagal Pays up $330,000 Following his ICO Endorsement

By coinmaker February 28, 2020

Plenty of celebrities have openly endorsed initial coin offering in 2016 and 2017. It was a matter of time until …

Cryptocurrency News

Korean ICO Project Shuts Down, Says ‘Negative Perceptions’ of Crypto Made Business Impossible

By coinmaker February 19, 2020

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An $8 million ICO project is shutting down, citing regulatory uncertainty and difficulties in onboarding new users. Content-sharing platform Contents …

Cryptocurrency News

Why XRP has Higher Trading Volumes than Bitcoin in Mexico?

By coinmaker February 4, 2020

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XRP seems to have taken rood with Mexican crypto traders, becoming the best-traded asset on the Bitso exchange. This is …

Bitcoin News

Bitspark Shuts Down Amid Restructuring, Coronavirus and Protests

By NixCoin February 4, 2020

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Hong Kong-based blockchain remittance startup Bitspark has abruptly announced its closure, citing internal restructuring issues. On Feb. 3, Bitspark co-founder …

Cryptocurrency News

Twitter Adds Bitcoin Emoji, Jack Dorsey Suggests Unicode Does the Same

By coinmaker February 2, 2020

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Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the newly added Bitcoin (BTC) emoji on Feb. 2 and tagged Unicode, the …

Cryptocurrency News

Kobe Bryant’s Wish to ‘Die Young’ Sounds Eerily Similar to Another LA Icon 

By coinmaker January 28, 2020

Tracy McGrady revealed that Kobe Bryant used to say that he wanted to “die young.” Bryant’s prediction of an early …

Altcoin News

DASH Added To Over 11,000 ATMs In Mexico, Is The Crypto Taking Over The Americas?

By coinmaker January 28, 2020

Over 11,000 ATMs across Mexico add Dash (DASH) buy capabilities to their machines. Adoption of DASH across the Americas is …

Cryptocurrency News

NBA Loses One of Its Favorite Sons After Kobe Bryant Killed in Helicopter Crash

By coinmaker January 26, 2020

NBA Legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were involved in a helicopter crash Sunday morning. There were no survivors …

Cryptocurrency News

SEC Charges $600,000 ICO Project Opporty for Fraudulent Security Offering

By coinmaker January 22, 2020

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sergii Grybniak, the founder of the initial coin offering (ICO) project Opporty, …

Blockchain News

SEC Charges Blockchain Marketplace Opporty Over ‘Fraudulent’ $600,000 ICO

By coinmaker January 22, 2020

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is taking action against yet another ICO issuer: blockchain-based B2B marketplace Opporty. In …