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    SEC settles complaint against self-reporting ICO

    Ruling could be problematic for fraudsters of 2017 and 2018

    The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Gladius Network LLC with conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO), even after the company self-reported themselves to the commission. Companies that fund through an ICO must register the coins as securities, the SEC clarified on Wednesday. Gladius will have to offer speculators a refund.