Alibaba Payment Affiliate Rules Out ICO Fundraising Ant Financial Services Group, Alibaba’s payment affiliate and operator of AliPay, has taken a critical stance over initial coin offerings.… Read More
The Right Way to Think About Crypto Tokens Two researchers have written a paper that explains how utility tokens give consumers direct collective power over price, provided issuers don’t cheat.… Read More
Social Media Giant Snap Confirms It’s Banned ICO Ads Snapchat just became the latest social media platform to ban advertising for initial coin offerings.… Read More
Ethereum and Stellar? Kik’s Kin Token to Use Two Chains While Kik said it would move its “kin” crypto tokens off ethereum and onto stellar, today it announced it was allowing the tokens to live on both. … Read More
Waking Dragon? Asia’s Token Economy Is Charging Full Speed Ahead At the Token 2049 conference in Hong Kong, Asia’s vibrant market for cryptocurrencies and ICOs took the spotlight.… Read More
In Praise of the Cryptocurrency Bubble This mania is incentivizing the formation of collaborative networks of developers and entrepreneurs. Their ideas will shape the economy of the future.… Read More
Bermuda Drafting ICO-Friendly Legislation to Draw Crypto Businesses Bermuda is drafting ICO regulation in the hopes of creating a friendly environment for crypto businesses, the island’s premier has said. … Read More
Venezuelan Politician Blasts US Sanctions as Petro ICO Goes Public A politician from Venezuela’s ruling party has denounced U.S. sanctions against the petro, as the sale of the token opens to the public.… Read More
Russian Government Resolves Disagreement on Draft Crypto Law The Bank of Russia and the country’s Finance Ministry have reportedly resolved a disagreement over the specifics of a proposed cryptocurrency law. … Read More
Israeli Regulator: Utility Tokens Shouldn’t Be Deemed Securities The Israel Securities Authority also proposed an ICO sandbox in a recent report now in the hands of the agency’s chair, who will decide how to proceed… Read More