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Long-term holders of Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) began to profit-take on their holdings amid a rapid surge in the cryptocurrency’s price. What Happened: Two long-term investors sold a total of 33,701 ETH, worth $89.72 million, on Wednesday, according to on-chain tracking platform Spot On Chain. A...

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professionals Association wants to create an initial coin offering (ICO) portal as part of a broader set of recommendations aimed at enhancing economic recovery post-epidemic. What Happened: In a letter to Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and Deputy Financial...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against Quantstamp, Inc. (QSP), a San Francisco-based firm, for executing an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) involving crypto asset securities. In a bid to settle these charges, Quantstamp has agreed to relinquish the...

A digital wallet that had accumulated over 61,000 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH) during the initial coin offering (ICO) about eight years ago has now transferred the entire amount to another wallet. The wallet in question is believed to be associated with the cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken. The value of...

An individual who took part in an Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) Initial Coin Offering (ICO) re-emerged from dormancy after a staggering 8 years and deposited 61,216 Ethereum to the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken.  What Happened: The transaction took place several hours ago, according to the...

After eight years of dormancy, an Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) wallet that received 8,000 ETH from participating in the cryptocurrency project’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2015 has awoken and transferred its contents.  What Happened: The owner of the wallet, which has been inactive since...

In a recent development within the EOS Network (CRYPTO: EOS) community, its founder Yves La Rose urged community members to explore the possibility of initiating legal proceedings against Block.one (B1), a key investor in the network. According to La Rose, B1 has not fulfilled its...

Recent activity in long-dormant Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) wallets has caught the attention of the crypto community, sparking speculation about the motivations behind these moves. These wallets are owned by so-called "whales," or holders of large amounts of cryptocurrency whose actions can...

An Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) address that had been dormant for over seven years suddenly sprang to life. The address had been involved in Ethereum’s initial coin offering or ICO, and it seems that someone might now be testing the wallet.  What Happened: The wallet’s first transaction was a...

We have reached the tipping point in the demand for cryptocurrency regulation. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Binance (CRYPTO: BNB) broke securities rules when it launched its token in an initial coin offering (ICO) five years ago, Bloomberg...

The Security and Exchange Commission is investigating the non-fungible token market — after having killed the initial coin offering craze in 2017 by deeming most tokens unregistered securities. What Happened: The SEC issued summons to NFT creators and crypto exchanges to obtain...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally decided to sue BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani for the multibillion crypto Ponzi scheme that he conducted well over three years ago — but he is nowhere to be found. What Happened: Despite its best efforts, the...

A combination of factors, such as higher institutional investment in the cryptocurrency market, the NFT (non-fungible token) boom and the popularity of meme coins such as Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)  and SafeMoon (CRYPTO: SAFEMOON), has led to a massive number of new cryptos...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. A few years ago, it would have been near-impossible to go a few days without the announcement of one Initial Coin Offering or the other in...

Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC) creator Charlie Lee, is warning about the frenzy surrounding non-fungible tokens. What Happened: Lee, a former engineer at Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) search unit Google, sounded the alarm on the parallels between the ICO rush of 2017 and the current NFT...