The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Los Angeles-based media company Impact Theory with offering and selling unregistered securities in the form of crypto asset tokens. Notably, this marks the SEC’s first lawsuit targeting an NFT offering. SEC Sues Impact Theory Over $ 30M in NFT Sales From October 2021 to December …
Approximately 16 trillion PEPE tokens worth $ 15 million were illicitly transferred to crypto exchanges and sold, according to an announcement from the meme coin’s anonymous lead developer. The theft was allegedly orchestrated by three former team members who accessed the token’s multi-signature wallet before removing themselves from the project. Despite this setback, the …
The Solana-based digital asset exchange announced on Aug. 23 that it is planning the “most fair” token launch in the history of Solana. According to Cypher, part of the funds raised via the initial decentralized offering will be used “to sustain protocol development, pay for audits to relaunch the protocol, and initiate a treasury for […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Aug. 23 that it had charged a former New Jersey correctional officer “with fraudulently raising funds through the unregistered offering of the blazar token.” The Commission said the correctional officer’s scam was primarily targeted at law enforcement agents and first responders. Replacing the State Pension System …
The newly listed cryptocurrency SEI took a substantial hit after its debut, plummeting over 65% from its peak value in just three days. The coin’s latest 13% tumble mirrored a decline in the broader crypto market in the last 24 hours. New L1 Token Plummets 65% From Record High Enter SEI, the latest entrant …