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Re:SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO by mikeleung on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:26PM (#20097818)
They are looking to be the test case to set a precedent in order to force clarity around securities laws that are outdated and unclear when being applied to cryptocurrencies
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Re:SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO by Alex3917 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:52PM (#20099111)
The law has been the same since the 1920s. Adding crypto to the mix has zero affect on whether or not something is a security offering.
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Re:SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO by mountainofdeath on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:00PM (#20099180)
If it looks like a security, and smells like a security and behaves like a security...it is a security regardless of the the mechanism.
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Re:SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO by aey on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:05AM (#20101387)
Is writing software protected by freedom of speech?

Is encoding a set of account values into a genesis block posted on GitHub a security offering?

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Re:SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO by JeremyBanks on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @05:59PM (#20099681)
They are looking for a test case because, per the SEC document, they were bankrupt and have literally no alternative but to fight it, as any settled penalty will sink their business.

They're so fucked. Good riddance.

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Re:SEC Charges Kik With Conducting $100M Unregistered ICO by Advaith on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @04:54PM (#20099128)
Interesting. The risk vs. reward seems apt in my opinion. If Kik ends up winning, it brings out clarity that a lot of people stand to benefit from.
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