Initial coin offerings | Financial Times

Friday, 11 October, 2019

Telegram Messaging
SEC sues Telegram to halt $1.7bn digital token offering
US regulator accuses messaging app of violating federal securities law
Tuesday, 1 October, 2019

Blockchain
Block.one headed
Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch.
Monday, 12 August, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
The Woz and the crypto wonga
Steve Wozniak finds himself in Malta with a token offering endorsed by the prime minister himself.
Wednesday, 7 August, 2019

Cryptocurrencies
Chat app Kik fights back against SEC crypto lawsuit
Company accuses US regulator of ‘twisting’ facts over its $100m initial coin offering
Thursday, 13 June, 2019

David Hoffman
Cryptocoin computer code fails on promoter claims
Marketing for currency offerings promise investor protections that the assets do not deliver
Monday, 10 June, 2019

Bitcoin
Cartoon, June 10
The Mega Files: Facebook wants to create ‘big, open’ global digital coin
Wednesday, 5 June, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
A $100m ICO being sued by the SEC wants more of your money
FightTheSECCoin, anyone?
Tuesday, 4 June, 2019

SEC sues messaging app Kik over $100m ICO
Monday, 3 June, 2019

Financial services
A crypto Buffett lunch is on the cards. Poor Warren Buffett.
TFW you feel sorry for the third-richest person in the world.
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Wednesday, 8 May, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
LGC-Coin fights back against the Financial Times
“We ask for consideration in publishing this momentous achievement which will change the complete cryptocurrency landscape for all.”
Friday, 3 May, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
Introducing the “exit coin” for the luxury sector
The “prestigious LGC-Coin cryptocurrency”.
Thursday, 2 May, 2019

Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
Start-ups’ U-turn on crypto funding as scrutiny rises
Lawyers scramble to help young companies comply with regulators’ rules
Monday, 15 April, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
The quality of chart needed to raise $2m in an ICO
And then to shut up shop, with all the money gone.
Monday, 1 April, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
Why security tokens are categorically and absolutely not crypto tokens
Pinch, punch, first of the month.
Friday, 29 March, 2019

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
The Bank of Hodlers [sic] (sigh)
And the myth of decentralisation.
Thursday, 14 February, 2019

FT People
Financial Services
Latest moves: JPMorgan diaspora, Wells Fargo, Credit Suisse, Goldman
Thursday, 29 November, 2018

Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled settle SEC claims over ICOs
Boxer and rapper were charged for failing to disclose payments for promoting digital currencies
Friday, 26 October, 2018

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
Initiative Q: an elementary pyramid scheme with grandiose ideas
Thursday, 25 October, 2018

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
Another Tory MP gets into crypto, then quits
Friday, 19 October, 2018

Bitcoin
No one is killing it in crypto (not even Woz)
Tuesday, 25 September, 2018

The ICO behind the tragic Everest stunt is now “airdropping” tokens from rockets
Friday, 7 September, 2018

Blockchain
Britain's first blockchain-enabled co-working space isn't blockchain-enabled
Wednesday, 5 September, 2018

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
The UK parliament's blockchain APPG continues, sans Shapps
Monday, 3 September, 2018

FT Alphaville
The baroness, the ICO fiasco, and enter Steve Wozniak
Friday, 24 August, 2018

Cryptocurrencies
China warns public over ‘blockchain’ Ponzi schemes
Retail investors told to be on guard against buzzwords and dubious marketing claims