SEC Commissioner Peirce has revived and refreshed her proposed three-year safe harbor for qualifying token projects, but some unresolved ambiguities remain.
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester...more
Token pre-sale agreements are a popular type of financing instrument among start-ups in the blockchain space. Latham & Watkins attorneys explore the initial impact of SEC v. Kik on the use of token pre-sale agreements and...more
9/6/2019
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Blockchain ,
Capital Formation ,
Capital Raising ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Popular ,
Pre-Sale Agreements ,
Private Sales ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Transactions ,
Securities Violations ,
Security Token Offering (STOs) ,
Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) ,
Startups ,
Token Sales
Latham & Watkins has collaborated with ConsenSys to launch the Automated Convertible Note to help startups raise capital using a traditional financing instrument with an eye toward a future distribution of tokens.
In...more
5/28/2019
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CFTC ,
Commodities ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Convertible Notes ,
Financial Instruments ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
Securities ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Startups ,
Token Sales
SEC’s Hinman provides helpful guidance for analyzing digital assets under the US securities laws.
William Hinman, Director of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance, provided...more