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The Reserve Bank of Australia believes a “digital Australian dollar” would be an unnecessary disruption to the existing financial system, particularly for retail use. The bank cites research by accounting firm Ernst & Young that also found a CBDC would be the least effective solution for promoting growth in the Australian fintech sector.
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The key message from the SEC is that “SAFT” ICO contracts were always nonsense — you can’t transmute a security into a non-security by using magic words, and especially not when the investment opportunity in question was a detailed plan to dump securities on retail without doing things properly.
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Hot on the heels of the ill-fated Bananacoin (remember that?) comes another token linked to the price of a foodstuff. Yesterday, the crypto world was rocked by the announcement of an Initial Sardine Coin Offering. Specifically, a Vintage 2020 Sardine Coin, known as SARD2020.
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At least two entities invoiced Telegram for commissions from selling the company’s tokens in the summer of 2018, months after the company’s initial coin offering (ICO), newly released documents show.