Tagged: wsba

February 5, 2020 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) has posted a letter addressed to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking the agency to clarify its stance on crypto and taxation. In the past, the IRS has issued several statements and warnings to holders of cryptocurrency with… Read More

May 17, 2019 @ 12:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) has published a response to the recent guidance on digital assets from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In early April, the SEC, Division of Corporate Finance, issued its first No-Action letter (NAL) to Turnkey Jet pertaining to the… Read More

November 20, 2018 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and crypto assets across global markets, announced on Tuesday the launch of its new Enterprise Solutions Working Group (EWG). According to the WSBA, the… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has shut down an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) as conducting an unregistered securities offering. This is the first time the SEC has has halted an ICO where there were no allegations of fraud representing a new shift in approach… Read More

December 6, 2017 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global Debt Registry (GDR) has joined The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA). This follows GDRs recent Blockchain proof of concept ( POC) announcement. GDR says joining WSBA reinforces GDR’s leading role in bringing the power of blockchain to the online lending space. GDR is a… Read More

September 19, 2017 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), the hot crowdfunding market that uses tokenized securities based on cryptocurrencies, is still looking to gain its sea legs. While there have been multiple phenomenal ICOs, like the recent Filecoin home-run that raised over $200 million ($135 million in just one… Read More