Spotlight on Initial Coin Offerings and Digital Assets

ICO Updates

• Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic) June 14, 2018
• SEC Names Valerie A. Szczepanik Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation June 4, 2018
• SEC Obtains Emergency Order Halting Fraudulent Coin Offering Scheme May 29, 2018
• The SEC Has an Opportunity You Won’t Want to Miss: Act Now! (May 2018)
• Chairman Clayton’s Statement on Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (Dec. 2017)
  • Sample Questions for Investors Considering a Cryptocurrency or ICO Investment Opportunity (Dec. 2017)
• Statement on NASAA’s Announcement of Enforcement Sweep Targeting Fraudulent ICOs and Crypto-asset Investment Products (May 2018) Statement on Potentially Unlawful Online Platforms for Trading Digital Assets (Mar. 2018)
• SEC Halts Fraudulent Scheme Involving Unregistered ICO April 2, 2018
• Chairman’s Testimony on Virtual Currencies: The Roles of the SEC and CFTC (Feb. 2018)
• Investor Alert: Celebrity Endorsements (Nov. 2017)
• Statement on Potentially Unlawful Promotion of Initial Coin Offerings and Other Investments by Celebrities and Others (Nov. 2017)
• Investor Alert: Public Companies Making ICO-Related Claims (Aug. 2017) (This investor alert is also available in Spanish, Alerta al inversionista: Las empresas públicas que hacen declaraciones relacionadas a las ICO.)
• Investor Bulletin: Initial Coin Offerings (July 2017) (This investor bulletin is also available in Spanish, Boletín del inversionista: Oferta inicial de criptomonedas.)
• Investor Alert: Bitcoin and Other Virtual Currency-Related Investments (May 2014)
• Investor Alert: Ponzi Schemes Using Virtual Currencies (July 2013)