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Crypto Asset Firm Launches Investable Index for Top 30 Cryptocurrencies

A new fund launched by a prominent trader aims to offer U.S. investors broad exposure to the fast developing cryptocurrency asset class.

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Cryptocurrency Investment Fund Completes $1.8 Million ICO

A digital asset investment project has netted close to $1.8 million through an initial coin offering (ICO).

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ICOs Meet IPOs: Blockchain Author Alex Tapscott to Take Token Startup Public

A prominent author is seeking to take his newly launched ICO investment firm public on a major stock exchange.

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Filecoin Presale Raises $52 Million Ahead of ICO Launch

San Francisco-based startup Protocol Labs has sold $52 million in a token pre-sale ahead of an initial coin offering launch next week.

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$1.6 Billion: All-Time ICO Funding Climbs as Record $500 Million Invested in July

Initial coin offerings are fast becoming the only way to raise money in the blockchain industry, topping $1.6 billion in all-time funding.

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The ICO Boxing Champ Floyd Mayweather Promoted Has Raised $30 Million Already

The token sale for a blockchain-based prediction market promoted earlier this month by boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., has raised $30 million.

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Tokens Can Be Securities? Even ICO Advisors Agree with the SEC

One of the ICO sector's most active advisory firms speaks out on its view of the SEC's recent guidance – and it's mostly in agreement with the agency.

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Marketplace Lender Blackmoon to Launch Ethereum Token Management Platform

Russian fintech firm Blackmoon is launching an ethereum platform for managing tokenized funds.

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The Simplest Way to Understand Why The DAO Was a Security

When is a token a security? It may not be so hard to understand, should users keep this decades-old allegorical tale in mind.

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Legal Experts Warn of Coming Crackdown on Token Exchanges

A D.C. conference focused on blockchain legal challenges has highlighted the possibility of regulatory turbulence in the token exchange sector.

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