The law and finance of initial coin offerings

The law and finance of initial coin offerings

The rise of new technologies is changing the way companies raise funds. Along with the increase of crowdfunding in recent years, the use of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) has emerged more recently as a new form to raise capital. Companies in the United States raised more than $4 billion in 2017 and o...

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Main Authors: Aurelio GURREA-MARTINEZ, REMOLINA LEON, Nydia
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
Subjects:
initial coin offerings
blockchain
tokens
cryptocurrencies
securities
commodities
digital assets
fintech
debt
equity
corporate governance
accounting
finance
insolvency
data protection
financial regulation
Banking and Finance Law
Business Organizations Law
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3717
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5675/viewcontent/the_law.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:The rise of new technologies is changing the way companies raise funds. Along with the increase of crowdfunding in recent years, the use of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) has emerged more recently as a new form to raise capital. Companies in the United States raised more than $4 billion in 2017 and over $6.3 billion were raised through ICOs in the first three months of 2018. In a typical ICO, a company receives cryptocurrencies in exchange for certain rights embodied in “tokens”, whose nature, treatment and implications are generating controversy among securities regulators around the world.

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