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In this podcast, hosts Vikram Ramakrishnan and Faizaan Shamsi, partners at the software consultancy QuantLayer, talk to investors and builders of the cryptocurrency arena. We discuss how industry participants think about crypto assets, how they uncover fraud in the market, and which technologies will turn the budding, nascent crypto space into the revolutionary powerhouse early market participants had hoped for.

Jun 11, 2019

We look at the SEC’s charging of Kik Interactive’s unregulated securities offering. We recap the SEC complaint, outlining their argument that Kik was a deeply underfunded, low-revenue, high-expense company that attempted a “hail mary” by circumventing securities law by running the Kin ICO. Finally, we step through the pieces of evidence the SEC presents.

Topics:

  • SEC put out a press release along with a complaint on Kik Interactive
     - SEC Charges Issuer With Conducting $100 Million Unregistered ICO

Links:
Press release: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2019-87
Complaint: https://www.sec.gov/litigation/complaints/2019/comp-pr2019-87.pdf
Fireside #8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlVLDKKlr4