Category: ICO

Polymarket Contradicts Its Oracle Service in Rarity for Prediction Market

“This market will resolve to ‘Yes’ if a preponderance of evidence suggests that Barron Trump was involved in the creation of the Solana token $DJT. Otherwise this market will resolve to ‘No,’” the contract on Polymarket read. “Determination as to whether Barron was involved in the creation of $DJT will be made by this market’s decentralized resolver, UMA, and will take into account all available evidence as of 12 PM ET, June 23.” Source

Crypto Insiders Hope for Possible Mention in Biden-Trump Debate

The form letter from Stand With Crypto concludes: “Giving the major presidential candidates a chance to weigh in on this transformational technology in the first debate would go a long way towards educating the electorate and helping American crypto owners cast an informed ballot.” Biden’s record on digital assets is familiar to the industry, which need only review his executive orders, White House statements and the actions of the U.S. regulators he appointed, including at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Trump’s administration didn’t make significant moves in crypto, and…

Abra Settles With 25 States for Operating Without Licenses, Will Return Up to $82M to U.S. Customers

“The corresponding consent orders will settle all state matters related to the Abra App in the U.S. for the period from March 2021 to June 2023,” the spokesperson said. “Since June 2023, 99% of assets held by U.S. retail customers of Abra using the Abra App have already been returned – over $250 million. Abra continues to operate in the United States through Abra Capital Management, an SEC-registered investment advisor, that allows clients to invest in crypto, earn yield, stake and borrow against their crypto holdings.” Source

Blast’s $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin’s Mt. Gox Moment

FREE, FOR A FEE: Token airdrops are, after all, free money – one reason why project teams might be less sympathetic to users who complain that they didn’t get what they thought they were owed. Now, the blockchain interoperability project LayerZero has introduced a new twist to the process – what some observers are calling “pay to claim.” When LayerZero Foundation came out last week with the ZRO airdrop, it forced users to fork over a “proof-of-donation” before they could claim the new tokens. As detailed by CoinDesk’s Shaurya Malwa,…

Navigating the Complex Risks of Tokenized Assets

As the market supply advances along the adoption curve, it becomes increasingly clear that the lack of data availability, data analytics and data quality significantly complicates the implementation of structured due diligence and monitoring processes for investors. This leads to different risk exposures throughout the lifecycle of tokenized assets. These risks are evident in the creation of new assets, modifications to asset characteristics, the contractual terms of issuance, trading, custody and the valuation of underlying assets. Investors must familiarize themselves with the potential risks along the value chain and the…

Coinbase (COIN), Ripple (XRP) Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto

A consistent strategy of Fairshake is to focus on districts that lean strongly toward one party and to support crypto-friendly candidates in those primary elections, because the winners are also likely to take the general election. If that seems a familiar gambit to elevate crypto candidates, it may be because it was the same one used by GMI PAC Inc., a leading industry PAC in 2022, which counted convicted fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, the former FTX CEO, as one of its top backers. GMI’s strategist then, Michael Carcaise, is in a…

Redefining Ownership and Industry Innovation

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ZynCoin Meme Token Patches Things Up With Tobacco Giant Philip Morris

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