Bitcoin Law Review - SEC Show's Teeth, Are ICO's Securities, Ethics of Exchange Listings

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Topic 1: SEC's Suspends Swiss Bitcoin & Ethereum ETN's
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions/2018/34-84063.pdf
Subtopic: More people are realizing that Hinman's speech was more of an opinion on Ethereum's status as a Security than fact:
https://ambcrypto.com/sec-has-not-determined-whether-any-specific-cryptocurrency-may-be-deemed-a-security/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Hinman Speech:
https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/speech-hinman-061418

Topic 2: SEC Charges ICO Supperstore as Unregistered Broker-Dealer
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-11/-ico-superstore-among-crypto-businesses-that-draw-sec-sanctions?srnd=cryptocurrencies
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-185

Topic 3: Judge Rules ICO's are Securities in US vs Zaslavskiy Case. (Fact or Fake News?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-11/u-s-judge-says-initial-coin-offering-covered-by-securities-law
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/u-s-v-zaslavskiy-doj-and-sec-38782/
http://www.friedfrank.com/siteFiles/Publications/070081848 Fried.pdf

Topic 4: Ethics/Legality of Getting Crypto's Listed on Exchanges:
https://www-ccn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.ccn.com/choosing-coins-what-influences-cryptocurrency-exchanges-listings/amp/
The Picture that Manny Found (which seems a little unbelievable)
https://medium.com/@nic__carter/a-glimpse-into-the-dark-underbelly-of-cryptocurrency-markets-d1690b761eaf
We can also bring up what is and isn't manipulation as part of this topic:
https://sludgefeed.com/someone-took-out-74-million-short-on-bitcoin-before-the-drop/

Additional Highlights Time Permitting:
- CBOE is trying to launch Ethereum Futures:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/report-cboe-to-launch-ethereum-futures-trading-later-this-year
- SEC loosening in restrictions on private deals:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-chairman-wants-to-let-more-main-street-investors-in-on-private-deals-1535648208
- Ripple General Counsel Departs:
https://www.ccn.com/ripple-general-counsel-departs-cryptocurrency-firm-amid-class-action-dispute-over-xrp/
- Russian Extradition of a key member involved in BTC-e take down: https://www.bloomberg.com/crypto

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