SEC Should Have Ignored Crypto ICOs, Says Synthetix Founder

Background Synthetix (SNX) founder Kain Warwick believes US regulators should have stayed away from initial coin offerings (ICOs). SEC’s Response to ICOs Warwick criticizes the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) response to ICOs as “schizophrenic and bumbling,” leading to a worse outcome for the sector. ICOs and Retail Investors ICOs were used to raise…

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South Korean Crypto Exchange CEO Sentenced to 7 Years for $8 Million Fraud

CEO Manipulated Trading Volumes and Created False Deposits A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange CEO, Jinwook Shin, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for operating a sophisticated fraudulent scheme totaling $7.6 million. The CEO of Bitsonic, a major exchange, manipulated trading volumes using the exchange’s funds to inflate the price of its self-issued digital…

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