CRYPTO TALKS

Crypto-currency firm Ripple has been charged with conducting investments without proper licences by the US Securities and Exchange Commission The SEC asserted that Ripple's XRP token is a tradable asset, known as a security, and thus subject to its regulations. The firm argues that XRP is a currency and therefore does not have to be registered as an investment contract.  The value of XRP fell by more than 30% on the news. Digital currencies are governed by another US regulator - the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) - which has different rules. Ripple's chief executive Brad Garlinghouse, and former chief executive Chris Larsen, have both been charged with violating the Securities Act. "We allege that Ripple and its executives failed over a period of years to satisfy [the SEC's] core investor protection provisions, and as a result, investors lacked information to which they were entitled," said Marc Berger, deputy director of the watchdog's enforceme...

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Bitcoin the cryptocurrency, that caused a ‘bull-rush’ and surge of investments in 2017, rose by more than 6 per cent again on Wednesday December, 2020 The value of Bitcoin has reached a record $20,000 after a volatile few years.  The cryptocurrency , which caused a ‘gold-rush’ style surge of investments in 2017, rose by more than 6 per cent on Wednesday to reach $20,632 (£15,283) against the dollar. It has seen a rise of more than 400 per cent this year, after a low point of $3,600 in March . Why has this happened in such a rocky year? Here’s everything you need to know. What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is the leading digital currency and it has soared in value since launching with a value of less than 10 cents in 2010. The price was fairly stable until 2017, when it rocketed from less than $1,000 at the beginning of the year to come close to $20,000 at the end of December 2017.  Since then the price has fluctuated significantly, but it has been s...

CRYPTO-ASSETS INVESTMENT SCAMS     A fter a series of interactions and one-on-one meetings with Top security agencies and authorities worldwide such as the SEC, FCA, BlackRock, FSA, KPMG, PWC to mention a few, we discovered that consumers are being increasingly targeted by crypto-asset related investment scams in the UK, US, Germany, Sweden, Italy. Financial Asset Management Certain crypto-assets, like Bitcoin and Ether (also known as cryptocurrencies) are not regulated. This means that buying, selling or transferring these crypto-assets falls outside the remit of these financial Assets Authorities. The same is true for the operation of a cryptocurrency exchange. However, some types of crypto-asset products may be or may involve regulated investments depending on their nature and how they are structured. For example, firms that sell regulated investments with an underlying crypto-asset element may need to be authorised to do so. The FCA in particular has pre...