Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s influence

Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by pjc50 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @08:51AM (#31581068)

There's a reason random startups aren't allowed to make IPOs directly to the public, and attempts to circumvent this with ICOs got the hammer brought down on them.

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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by rvz on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @10:04AM (#31581958)

Exactly. Unregistered ICOs are illegal in the US which is what happened after 2017. [0] More countries to follow banning them for sure.

[0] https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/general-reso...

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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by dubswithus on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @09:34AM (#31581590)

We have WeFunder and StartEngine. I'm sure there are a few others by now as well.

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Re:Tech experts urge Washington to resist crypto industry’s ... by dropnerd on Thursday June 02, 2022 @02:25AM (#31592019)

the result of this is people can only buy virgin galactic when they actually want to buy spacex. seems misguided

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