Entrepreneurs looking to launch a new cryptocurrency can do it through an initial coin offering (ICO), a variation on an initial public offering (IPO). There is little to no government regulation of ICOs currently , and anyone can launch one, provided they get the technology put in place.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently ruled that ICOs, but not crowdselling, will be treated as the sale of a security . This basically means that all ICOs must be registered like IPOs and offered only to accredited investors.
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ICOs are, for the most part, completely unregulated , so investors must exercise a high degree of caution and diligence when researching and investing in ICOs.
Read moreWhich country has banned initial coin offerings?
On September 4, 2017 seven Chinese financial regulators officially banned all ICOs within the People’s Republic of China , demanding that the proceeds from all past ICOs be refunded to investors or face being “severely punished according to the law”.
Read moreAre ICO legal in the US?
Due to national legislation, participants from the following countries are not allowed to participate in the IDO : “US person” (as per this definition), Canada, South Korea, Burma, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe, Singapore and …
Read moreAre ICOs legal in the UK?
Exchange tokens are used in a similar way to traditional fiat currency and can be used as a means of exchange, but are not currently viewed as legal tender in the UK and they are not considered to be a ‘currency’ or ‘money’.
Read moreDo you have to register an ICO?
Under the Data Protection Act 2018 organisations processing personal information are required to pay a data protection fee unless they are exempt . … Perhaps unsurprisingly, more sole traders and organisations have fulfilled their legal requirement to register with the ICO than ever before.
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