For the past few months, issuers of token sales or “initial coin offerings” (ICOs) have known that they were, to some extent, sailing in unchartered waters. Those waters have just gotten a bit murkier with an announcement by...more
9/8/2017
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Canadian Securities Administration ,
Capital Raising ,
China ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Global Market ,
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) ,
Illegal Activity ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Investment Contract ,
Popular ,
Public Financing ,
Pyramid Schemes ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Startups ,
Token Sales
On January 22, 2014, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot (the ALJ) issued an initial decision censuring the Chinese accounting firms affiliated with Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG LLP...more
1/24/2014
/ Auditors ,
Audits ,
China ,
CSRC ,
Deloitte ,
Ernst & Young ,
Financial Statements ,
KPMG ,
Multinationals ,
PricewaterhouseCoopers ,
Sarbanes-Oxley ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud