Recent Thoughts & Missives
The Ripple ruling casts doubt on whether any of the other tokens listed on Coinbase would actually fall under securities regulations.
Now we understand the value of our data. So what do we need in order to capture this content, safeguard it, and have exclusive rights to monetize it for themselves? Well, a bank of course.
Can we use blockchain (as a relational framework) to secure our digital avatars and reclaim our information for our own ends? Or is assimilation into the Google/Facebook/Amazon mainframe inevitable and resistance futile?
The May 20 Taurus Ascending issue covers digital privacy rights, decentralization, and consumer practices in the wake of Covid-19.
Apart from a clarification on the Third Howey Factor, we are unlikely to get much clarity on the nuances of a token sale that would strictly remove it from the definition of a securities offering.
Most of the complaint pretty much boils down to this allegation: “There was, simply, nothing to purchase with Kin at the times Kik sold the tokens through September 26, 2017.”
My client’s CEO got stuck at the airport, so I rolled up my sleeves and pretended to be a technologist.