ICO "Listing" Website Charged With Unlawfully Touting Digital Asset Securities
Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2021) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against the operator of Coinschedule.com, a once-popular website that profiled offerings of digital asset securities.
- Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - July 14, 2021) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against the operator of Coinschedule.com, a once-popular website that profiled offerings of digital asset securities.
- The SECs order finds that United Kingdom-based Blotics Ltd. violated the anti-touting provisions of the federal securities laws by failing to disclose the compensation it received from issuers of the digital asset securities it profiled.
- In reality, the token issuers paid Coinschedule to profile their token offerings on Coinschedule.com, a fact that Coinschedule failed to disclose to visitors.
- The securities law prohibiting touting securities for compensation without appropriate disclosures to investors is clear and longstanding.