SEC proposes a path for crypto projects to raise $75 million and later end the token’s securities contract

US regulators have already found a home for true Bitcoin perpetuals inside the CFTC’s exchange framework. The SEC is now turning to another part of the same market: how a team can pay to build a network before its token has much use. A derivatives exchange starts with an established asset and places a new […] The post…
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