Jason Gottlieb, a partner at Morrison Cohen, told Crowdfund Insider that, in his opinion, “Despite its firm view that most (and maybe all) ICOs were unregistered securities offerings, the courts have not yet decided whether the “coins” or “utility tokens” are truly securities.”; the reports point to the SEC investigating at least 12 ICOs and their gatekeepers; regulators have been increasing their understanding of the space in the last year as the ICO market has taken off. Source.
The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed significant changes to crowdfunding and Reg A+ in a big to boost the use...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested that Lending Club provide increased disclosure on its loan portfolio and sources of funds also suggesting they improve non-GAAP reporting which is potentially misleading for investors; Lending Club has agreed to provide more disclosure and evolved its SEC filings accordingly however it has defended its non-GAAP accounting procedures, reporting it did not see the measures as misleading; recent requests for added disclosure as a publicly traded company are included in the SEC's last correspondence on November 4; the items remain open and the SEC's most recent correspondence is in addition to its review of the company following the replacement of its CEO in May. Source
The SEC suspended trading of OTC-listed technology company CIAO Group (now rebranded as NuMelo Technology); trading is currently suspended until August 23; the SEC is questioning the accuracy of a planned ICO by the firm and the initiative that the ICO funding would support; the additional funding would support a digital financial products marketplace for the African market based on blockchain technology. Source
The Securities and Exchange Commission voted to finalize rules that require brokers and investment advisers to act in the best...
The SEC has agreed to reconsider its review of the Winklevoss bitcoin ETF rejection following a petition from the Bats exchange; a comment period is now open for support or opposition of the Disapproval Order until May 15; the SEC has not approved any bitcoin ETFs for trading also rejecting the listing of SolidX on the NYSE Arca. Source
Stock option financing startup SecFi has raised $550mn from Serengeti Asset Management; SecFi is a platform that allows workers to...
Issuance in Q4 2018 totaled $2.6 billion, the slowest pace of issuance in 5 quarters; this represented a decrease of...
This week’s PeerIQ Industry Update covers 4th quarter GDP news, another round of bank earnings, the new SoFi CEO, fintech fundraising’s and the latest securitization trends; the new SoFi CEO was accepted positively across the market as the company looks to expand products in coming quarters; SoFi and Lending Club are looking at a busy quarter on securitization issuance and PeerIQ reviews their most recent deals; Streetshares secured a $23mn series B round led by Rotunda Capital; PeerIQ also took a deep dive into the key points of the recent letter CFPB Director Mulvaney circulated to staff about his vision for the bureau. Source.
More than 24 million mortgage loan documents were exposed online after the vendor OpticsML, who works with banks, had their server...