Hot news   - SEC Chairman Clayton just confirmed Commission staff analysis that found Ethereum (and cryptos like it) are not securities.


SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

https://coincenter.org/link/sec-chairman-clayton-just-confirmed-commission-staff-analysis-that-ethereum-and-cryptos-like-it-are-not-securities

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Drew Hinkes, an adjunct professor at NYU Law and Athena Blockchain general counsel, pointed out to Decrypt  that the statement merely confirms Clayton’s position, not that of the Commission. “Clayton’s statement is a staff member’s statement agreeing with a prior staff member’s public statement,” he said. “Although there is political capital necessary to make these public statements, they do not create or establish the law for these topics.”

Hinkes added that the statement does at least confirm that there is a system of “internal analysis used by the regulator when considering the status of certain instruments.” Yet this is “not as useful as guidance, rulemaking, a regulation, or a law would be for issuers” and leaves startups—and their lawyers—“unclear as to whether offerings should be structured around these comments.”

In other words, we’re still in the dark.

“Did Clayton endorse the SAFT framework? (No),” industry lawyer Marco Santori summarized in social media comments. “Nor did he say that Ether is not a security. Words have meaning, though, and so does diction. It’s tough to ignore these letters and everything that goes into them.”

Emaar Group, the Dubai-based real estate giant is all set to launch an Emaar community token on the Ethereum [ETH] blockchain and the ERC20 token framework. The Emaar group was behind the development of the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa, Dubai Fountain, Dubai Mall, and the Dubai Opera House. The group boasts a revenue of $5.38 billion.

Based on the Commission's screening, ministers blacklisted today 15 countries. Of those, 5 have taken no commitments since the first blacklist adopted in 2017: American Samoa, Guam, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, and US Virgin Islands. 3 others were on the 2017 list but were moved to the grey list following commitments they had taken but have now to be blacklisted again for not having followed up: Barbados, United Arab Emirates and Marshall Islands. A further 7 countries were moved today from the grey list to the blacklist for the same reason: Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Fiji, Oman, Vanuatu and Dominica.Another 34 countries will continue to be monitored in 2019 (grey list), while 25 countries from the original screening process have now been cleared.

Ethereum Blockchain Is One of the Most Useful
The blockchain of Ethereum (ETH) is one of the most useful in the blockchain space. Nevertheless, the blockchain project is paying a big price for the abundant fake projects in the crypto industry. A lot of Initial Coin Offerings used the protocol of Ethereum in 2017 and 2018. Ethereum is now the one paying for the sham motives of most of these projects.
The massive decline in the value of Ethereum is basically as a result of the low rate of new Initial Coin Offerings coming in the market. Investors are now smarter, they now have a better understanding of the landscape. A lot of existing projects are now selling-off their Ether as a result of the crash in the value of the digital currency.
However, the founder of ConsenSys and the co-creator of Ethereum – Joseph Lubin – believes that the adoption process and use cases of Ethereum’s protocol is growing rapidly.

Hot news   - SEC Chairman Clayton just confirmed Commission staff analysis that found Ethereum (and cryptos like it) are not securities.


SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

https://coincenter.org/link/sec-chairman-clayton-just-confirmed-commission-staff-analysis-that-ethereum-and-cryptos-like-it-are-not-securities

However, until now it was never fully clear whether Hinman was communicating official SEC policy or his own personal views. Previously, Clayton had said that he did not consider Bitcoin a security, but he had declined to address other assets, including Ethereum.
The distinction is crucial. A securities classification would have likely seen Ethereum booted from US cryptocurrency exchanges, and the SEC previously warned that exchanges that list illegal securities could themselves faces repercussions.
This increased regulatory clarity could further help spur institutional adoption, as questions surrounding cryptocurrencies’ legal status has been identified as one of several roadblocks to convincing more institutions to become active in the crypto space.

Oh, my friend.
I known the story of Hal Finney, who passed by years ago due to his disease.
After saw your thread, I have a bad feeling regards to the image.
Then, I searched and found the article.
https://www.coindesk.com/hal-finney-bitcoin-words
It is real image of Hal Finney, I guess based on Google Search results.
So, I think that you should not post it here, as the way you show your respect to Hal Finney.
He is one of the most honourable bitcoin developers.

"Straight" is not possible. You have to prove that your "fins" have value in general. This is done only by selling them for bitcoins!

It is easy.
1. Convert all your "fins" in bitcoins.
2. Sell your bitcoins to me.
3. You now have fiat currency and can pay in a shop, bakery, pub etc.

Oh, my friend.
I known the story of Hal Finney, who passed by years ago due to his disease.
After saw your thread, I have a bad feeling regards to the image.
Then, I searched and found the article.
https://www.coindesk.com/hal-finney-bitcoin-words
It is real image of Hal Finney, I guess based on Google Search results.
So, I think that you should not post it here, as the way you show your respect to Hal Finney.
He is one of the most honourable bitcoin developers.

forget binance coin if the exchange goes down the fake security is down... it has no other use purpose its not meant for general public unlike ethereum which is meant for people it does not represent any exchange or company... if binance is company your bnb token is a security so your buying a security and people are stupid to get into that illusion that this token is superior blah blah... get the facts right and in the end its your hard earned money i suppose. ask binance to give you stake in his company as this bnb token is a security am sure you will get a big NO

Ether, based on my understanding of the present state of Ether, the Ethereum network, its decentralized structure, we believe that current offers and sales of Ether are not securities transactions

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said earlier this year that all cryptocurrencies aside from bitcoin and ether constitute securities and “if it’s a security, we’re regulating it.”

I believe so for the fact that ETH and BNB are two different cryptocurrencies of which if we compare the two, its very obvious that ETH has far more use cases and is a very superior than BNB.

In an interview on March 4th, Zhao Changpeng has claimed Binance will not pay back investors through their token (BNB) as it would not be beneficial for either party involved. On the issue, he replied on Twitter saying: “No, that would make (BNB) a security, and you don’t want that,”

Mass adoption incomming ... Samsung s10  

One particular video demonstration reveals that the Samsung Galaxy S10 will launch without supporting Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap and undoubtedly the most important asset in the crypto space. The app, however, does support Ethereum out of the box.

With very important updates just recently been implemented, there is no doubt that Ethereum and its community continues to strive to improve itself to be more competitive as possible.

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This is improving, but many people still think that blockchain technology is synonymous with cryptocurrencies, which isn’t true. It is essential to understand that it is so much more than that. The potential that Ethereum has to build vital apps and address significant use cases is unmatched.

Estonia-based digital trading platform DX.Exchange has added tokenized Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) to its services, according to press release shared with Cointelegraph on March 6.