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Re:The SEC has charged two initial coin offerings with defra... by zekevermillion on Saturday September 30, 2017 @10:26AM (#15372970)
Probably not a security. But transferable WoW gold has bigger problems -- money transmitter laws. It would make Blizzard a money transmitter like E-gold, [1] or liberty reserve. Any centralized e-money issuer is doomed. That is an important part of why bitcoin exists.

[1] https://www.wired.com/2009/06/e-gold/

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