Topics Under Tag: "Blockchain"

A Social Enterprise Accelerator Launches a Cryptocurrency for its Community

Anne Field | June 12, 2018

You’ve heard of Bitcoin. But a growing number of social enterprises are also adopting blockchain-based cryptocurrencies to build safe, transparent networks and communities. One recent example is COMMON, a social entrepreneurship accelerator and collaborative community based in Boulder, Colorado. COMMON recently introduced a cryptocurrency called COMMON Cents, to be used by members of its community. The […]

ICOs

Regulators Zero in on Brave New World of Initial Coin Offerings

Amy Cortese | February 6, 2018

The SEC has spoken: ICOs are securities and should be regulated like them. In a wide-ranging hearing convened by the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday, the heads of the Securities & Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission gave their opinions of cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), blockchain and their regulatory oversight—or lack thereof, […]