Sentences with phrase «as regulators begin»

ICOs generated billions of dollars for hundreds of startups last year, but the parade may soon end as regulators begin clamping down on token raises.

Not exact matches

At the time of Centra's crowdfunding effort, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators had not clearly signaled that cryptographic tokens would be regulated as securities, but it has since begun prosecutions on that basis.

While efficient, the model may attract unwanted questions from regulators, as many startups are beginning to learn firsthand.

But in the mid -»90s government regulators began to regard Southwest as a positive competitive influence on the hubbed airlines — whenever Southwest managed to enter a new market, fares fell.

In 2008, SEC chairman Christopher Cox, not a guy known for being a tough regulator, announced that the SEC would begin regulating EIAs as securities.

As the digital currency industry begins its recovery from the Christmas - time slump, bearish news emerges from Poland, suggesting that the central bank and top financial regulator are backing an...

The backdrop and general momentum of the cannabis sector is positive as the reality of its national growth potential becomes more and more apparent, but the shake out of individual players that began last year will continue in 2015, as hype will not be enough to sustain companies in the eyes of investors, and may contribute to action by regulators.

As the global financial system struggles to work its way out of the crisis and regulators in the US and Europe begin the painstaking process of derivatives reform, prime brokers, dealers and other derivatives providers find themselves staring across a dramatically altered market for options, futures, swaps and structured and more - exotic products.

The future may seem unclear for the cryptocurrency space as regulators juggle with this rising sector and as traditional companies begin to adjust to blockchain technologies.

COCOBOD, plans giving out some 60 million hybrid seedlings to farmers beginning next month, and in the Eastern Region alone, the regulator has 331 nursery sites, as against 80 last year.

Dr. Turner is right as his statement is based on present regulation, which was adjusted by regulators in the beginning of the 20ties century to protect consumers.

At the heart of Qualifi's commitment to the creation and awarding of respected qualifications is a rigorous focus on high standards and consistency, beginning with recognition as an Awarding Organisation (AO) by the qualification regulators for England (Ofqual) as well as QiW and the CCEA, and as signatory to BIS international commitments of quality.

When I fixed the «regulator», the other issues began to get better as well, but it is a long journey without help.

March 31, 2016 • The vote, however, was delayed for several hours as regulators negotiated a budget deal on another issue: the expansion of a phone subsidy to begin covering Internet access.

Just as we are beginning to see signs of recovery in housing, federal regulators are considering a policy that could threaten economic progress and financial opportunities for middle - class families.

Once we've geared up, we'd walk into the water and begin our skills of mask clearing as well regulator recovery in water swallow enough for you to stand up in.

Sunrun wants to begin leasing rooftop solar systems to residential customers in Florida, but only if state regulators confirm it won't be regulated as a public utility.

Regulators, investment banks, and political leaders are now beginning to see what has been obvious for some time to climate scientists such as James Hansen: that it makes no sense to build coal - fired power plants only to have to bulldoze them in a few years.

According to the Daily Climate, the California regulators are prepared to go as far as to declare that biofuels can not help the state fight climate change — could this be the beginning of the end for ethanol?The Corn Ethanol Question The ethanol industry is obviously worried about the move, and is opposing it — they say cutting off investments in the technology now would prevent them from reaching their fuel efficiency goals.

As patients began complaining, doctors and regulators here remained largely unaware that the problem was widespread because no independent monitoring system exists in this country that tracks implant failures.

Tony West's first official day as chief legal officer at Uber Technologies began by calling regulators to say: «Hi, it's Tony.

Within the integrated bar model, tensions will inevitably emerge between stakeholders and regulators, conflicts of interest will emerge, opposing factions will develop, and the organization will become dysfunctional as it begins to disintegrate from the inside out.

[span style = «font - size: 12.16 px; line - height: 15.808 px;»] It began with little fanfare when Maureen Jensen, the first woman to be nominated as chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Ontario Securities Commission, announced plans in late September to create the first innovation hub by a Canadian securities regulator to help financial technology companies navigate the OSC's regulatory framework.

Although the above suggests a co-operative relationship between the courts and the law societies, and distinct roles for each, it fails to acknowledge that both institutions are, in fact, regulating precisely the same area of lawyer conduct (albeit for different ends) and that the judiciary, beginning with Martin v. Gray in 1990, has inserted itself as a regulator in this area in an unprecedented fashion which has led to significant changes in how conflict of interests are regulated not only by the courts but also by law society rules.

The move comes just as U.S. regulators have begun clarifying their stance on virtual currencies.

I'm wondering whether we are fast approaching the tipping point for $ FB and $ GOOGL «s fall from monopolistic power, as global regulators begin to take notice as to all the (inadvertent?)

More concerns have emerged about the sector this week as Facebook banned cryptocurrency advertisements and US regulators began investigating tether, a cryptocurrency that some fear has been used to inflate the value of bitcoin.

«Regulators may want to begin taking an active oversight role as the Bitcoin ecosystem becomes more integrated into international finance and payment systems,» concludes the study.

Canadian financial regulators, long held as the paragons of a light and wait - and - see approach to the Bitcoin economy, began to move towards a more...

Another new Bitcoin «hard fork» could result in more duplicate balances as regulators only begin to get to grips with Bitcoin Cash.

The regulator also claims that, as a chartered limited purpose trust company with fiduciary powers under the banking law, itBit can begin operating immediately and is subject to ongoing supervision by the NYDFS.

As Bitcoin's bull run begins to settle above the $ 16,000 mark, financial institutions and regulators are still skeptical of the meteoric rise in value.

It could also be argued that periphery and supporting institutions such as law firms, regulators, insurers and other necessary (yet ancillary) organizations began to realize the benefits of blockchain.

In 2017 new Blockchain - based companies reach an unheard - of $ 4 bln in funding even as regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission began to circle.

As regulators turn friendly toward Bitcoin and emerging nations around the world begin to adopt it, we expect BTC prices to continue their ascension.

Regulators, attorneys general and lawmakers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada continue to spring into action to try and unravel the events that led to the personal information of as many as 60 million Facebook users leaking to a voter - profiling firm (see Probes Begin as Facebook Slammed by Data Leak Blowback).

Line Corporation has already begun the registration process as a crypto exchange with the country's financial regulator.

The effort is part of an ongoing conversation American regulators are beginning to have as cryptocurrency begins to increasingly dominate their discussions.

Regulators in the Asia Pacific have become increasingly uneasy with all these gains, and have begun to put regulation on cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.

Bitcoin futures from CME Group and CBOE will «begin by year end,» US regulators have said as they give trading the official green light Friday.

A slide that was initially leaked from a Circle presentation stated, «Circle has briefed the SEC on the transaction and indicated that upon closing that we will begin the process of registering the new entity with the SEC and FINRA as a Broker / Dealer and in turn as a licensed ATS...» On March 7, 2018, Bittrex has also said that it is in communication with the SEC, stating on its website ``... we look forward to continuing our proactive dialogue with the SEC and other regulators on how to build a secure, fully - regulated environment for blockchain that encourages innovation and economic growth.»

The issues for Bitcoin price began yesterday, as the heads of nine Bitcoin exchanges in China were met with by PBoC regulators over issues related to money laundering and other potential issues.

As governments, financial institutions, securities commissions and other policy makers begin to see the benefits of cryptocurrencies, Everus seeks to bridge the consumer - regulator gap with solutions that manage and aid compliance.

Regulators, attorneys general and lawmakers in the U.S., U.K. and Canada continue to spring into action to try and unravel the events that led to the personal information for upwards of 60 million Facebook users leaking to a voter - profiling firm (see Probes Begin as Facebook Slammed by Data Leak Blowback).

Canadian financial regulators, long held as the paragons of a light and wait - and - see approach to the Bitcoin economy, began to move towards a more active stance, and a particularly ominous passpge from the FINTRAC report even suggests that the agency can potentially «choke bitcoins oxygen (sic)» by denying Canadians access to the foreign exchange market.

Regulators throughout China and South Korea have recently began to ban the sale of new versions of digital coins, as well as China shutting down the exchanges themselves.

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