• SEC kills Unikrn
    Ashton Kutcher and Mark Cuban were both investors in Unikrn (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
    Regulation

    Online gaming platform with A-list investors killed by SEC

    Ashton Kutcher and Mark Cuban were among the investors in Unikrn, which is paying a $6.1 million penalty that is ‘substantially all of the company’s assets’ and disabling its tokens

    September 15, 2020 /

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s unrelenting crackdown on unregistered initial coin offerings has claimed another victim—this time, an online gaming and gambling platform that attracted a star-studded list of investors.

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  • Steven Segal SEC fine Bitcoiin
    Steven Seagal didn't see that one coming. (Photo: Flickr/Gage Skidmore)
    Alt coins,  People,  Regulation

    Steven Seagal KOed by SEC

    The martial arts actor agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges over his endorsement of a 2018 ICO

    February 27, 2020 /

    Seagal agreed to a $314,000 fine for failing to disclose that he had been promised $1 million in cash and cryptocurrency for promoting Bitcoiin2Gen's initial coin offering.

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