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SFC Warns ICOs May Be Subject to HK Securities Laws

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·Sep. 6, 2017·1 min read

Hong Kong financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), has announced that tokens issued via initial coin offerings (ICOs) may be classified as securities; the classification may extend beyond ICOs into digital asset exchanges dealing in the tokens. Source

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