Initial coin offering enthusiasts have tried to distinguish between securities tokens and so -
called utility tokens, which they claim would not fall under SEC regulation.
Not exact matches
«Merely
calling a
token a «
utility»
token or structuring it to provide some
utility does not prevent the
token from being a security.»
Fifth, it is difficult to divorce the money and exchange component from «
utility tokens,» as app - coins are sometimes
called, particularly in the context of a speculative ICO where the
token allocation is pre-sold to persons who could not possibly consume them all and are purchasing the coins with the expectation of profit on re-sale.
«Most of the companies over the past eighteen months that have been creating these ICOs have been trying to pitch themselves as, what I would
call,
utility tokens, which means they're not subject to normal SEC registration or the normal rules that your investments would have to go through if they listed at AngelList for example,» said Barhydt.
The platform is powered by new
utility token called as TWQ (based on Ethereum's ERC 20 Smart Contract).
Digital
tokens,
called Trace
tokens, are
utility tokens to be used while interacting with the OriginTrail Decentralized Network (ODN) and will function to store data to the protocol or read from it.
GES
tokens are a form of
utility tokens made for the GES Initial Coin Offering (ICO), also
called Crowdsale, and in order to purchase them Ethers are needed.
The Israel Securities Authority is recommending lenient regulations for initial coin offerings, including a clear definition of what separates a so -
called «
utility token» from a security.
The Safinus platform will be powered by the ERC20 standard
utility token of the Ethereum blockchain
called Safinus
token represented as SAF.
Safinus
tokens called SAF is the ERC20 standard
utility token that will be used to access the platform and other platform services like creating portfolios, fees and commissions charged on the Safinus platform etc..
But he also explicitly
called out scammers, shady promoters, and ICOs which seek to dodge securities regulations by claiming they're offering dual - purpose «
utility»
tokens, labeling the latter designation just a form of semantics.
The release seemed to affirm Canada will take a similar approach to the U.S. by establishing a distinction between so -
called «securities
tokens» and «
utility tokens,» as it seeks to determine how to capture the sale of such tools for blockchain project fundraising.
XinFin hybrid network runs on a delegated proof of stake consensus between trusted master nodes and is powered by its next generation digital
token called XDC which also acts as the underlying fuel without using high energy and hash power making XDC as Green
utility Coin.
The company will issue
utility tokens called SPIN Tokens, which will provide access to the SPIN Data Protection Platform that will include a set of data loss and leak protection solutions exclusively available for token ho
tokens called SPIN
Tokens, which will provide access to the SPIN Data Protection Platform that will include a set of data loss and leak protection solutions exclusively available for token ho
Tokens, which will provide access to the SPIN Data Protection Platform that will include a set of data loss and leak protection solutions exclusively available for
token holders.
The Israel Securities Authority is recommending lenient regulations for initial coin offerings, including a clear definition of what separates a so -
called «
utility token»...
On Tuesday, SEC head Jay Clayton reminded companies that
calling their
token a «
utility» doesn't automatically make it except from federal securities laws.