• Cryptocurrencies,  United States

    South Carolina AG fights against Genesis crypto creationism

    American state issues sends cease and desist to Icelandic miner

    The South Carolina Attorney General’s office sent a cease and desist letter to Genesis Mines for offering sales through its website within the state without a license. The state exercised its authority over the Icelandic cryptomining titan in court. The cease and desist named Genesis’ Swiss parterners Swiss Gold Global in Zurich and its Hong Kong parent company. Instead of selling traditional shares or other securities, Genesis directly sells to users maintenance-free plans for a given amount of the network’s computing power as measured in thousand hashed per second (kilo hash per second or kH/s).  As of today, these shares are all “sold out” on the website: Because of the…

  • Steven Seagal
    Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Ethereum,  Media,  United States

    Steven Seagal’s crypto marked for death by New Jersey

    Coin promoted by cheesy action star under siege by state regulators for being in dark territory

    It’s hyped, involves of millions dollars, and has Steven Seagal. It’s not another box office bomb but a new cryptocurrency that, like a Seagal movie, is a hot mess just days before its release. Only this time, it’s New Jersey’s government and not angry studio execs trying to pull the plug. The Asbury Park Press reported Wednesday that New Jersey’s Bureau of Securities has ordered the company pushing “Bitcoiin” (yes, that’s an extra “i” and, no, it’s not bitcoin) to stop selling its token ahead of its ICO to investors in the state. The regulators deem it an unregistered security. The guys (really, it’s almost always guys) behind Bitcoiin hired…