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Security token offerings, or STOs, have more or less taken the mantle from their semi-defunct counterpart, the initial coin offering (ICO). Still, the extreme rise and subsequent fall of the ICO has left quite an impression on the cryptocurrency industry.At its peak prevalence in 2017, this novel fundraising prototype
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has yet again officially stated that Bitcoin (BTC) is not a security.In a letter to Cipher Technologies Bitcoin Fund dated Oct. 1 the SEC declined the investment company’s registration statement on the grounds (among others) that Bitcoin is not a security. Per
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Leading Japanese companies are forming a regulatory association for security token offerings (STO).On Sept. 30, the Nikkei Asian Review reported that firms such as SBI Securities, Nomura Securities, Monex Group and Daiwa Securities Group are part of the STO association that will propose a new set of rules and
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The Austria-based company Danube Tech GmbH secured over $143K from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for enabling interoperability between blockchains for multiple credential data formats.Implementing this new security functionality for blockchain will help the DHS to combat forgery and counterfeiting in immigration and citizenship
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If you’re reading this article, you’re either interested in creating a Security Token Offering (STO) or participating in one.Perhaps you’re an entrepreneur looking for innovative funding sources to grow your project to the next level, or maybe you’re just sick and tired of all the hassle (& hustle) that comes
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $143,478 to Vienna-based Danube Tech to develop blockchain security solutions.Silicon Valley Innovation ProgramOn Sept. 26, the United States DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced in a press release that Danube Tech was awarded a contract to assist the
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Major cryptocurrency payment services provider BitPay has undergone a security and confidentiality compliance review, the Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2).Per a Sept. 30 press release, business advisory company Aprio confirmed BitPay’s compliance with the SOC 2, a tech audit and a requirement for technology companies that assures that
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Binance, the top cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, says it’s been awarded an information security accreditation after meeting standards set out by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). To meed the internationally recognized ISO/IEC 27001 standard, Binance said, it was
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Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last
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