In the wake of a lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, messaging service Telegram told backers that it would likely postpone the public launch of its Gram token.
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Outraged Kik blasts SEC lawsuit
Kik Interactive responded angrily yesterday to a lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging its $100 million initial coin offering of the Kin cryptocurrency was illegal. The case is the SEC’s highest-profile action to date claiming that an ICO violated the law by selling an unregistered security to the public.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) questioning Facebook's David Marcus on Libra before the House Financial Services Committee, July 17, 2019 (via C-SPAN).News analysis: Less-hostile House politicizes Facebook Libra debate
Facing questions about speed and power, David Marcus refused to make promises about the cryptocurrency
Facebook’s David Marcus got a warmer reception from the House yesterday than he did in the Senate on Tuesday. Not that it was friendly, but the questions focused more on the power Facebook would gain from its Libra cryptocurrency, and getting Marcus to commit to working at the pace of Washington, D.C., not Silicon Valley.
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Kik hit with SEC securities lawsuit over its $100 million ICO
The Securities and Exchange Commission argues that the Kin cryptocurrency was a security
In one of its highest profile enforcement actions to date, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Kik Interactive today, claiming it illegally raised $100 million through an initial coin offering in 2017 without registering as a security.
