Kaitlyn Landgraf Bartley

The SEC in recent months has issued subpoenas or requests for information to dozens of blockchain projects, companies and advisers, according to reports, indicating that it may take action against some token sales or initial coin offerings for violating securities laws. The apparent sweep indicates the SEC is increasing its involvement in coin and token offerings. […]

Venture and institutional investors are treading carefully as they begin to hold digital assets like those issued in initial coin offerings without clear guidelines from regulators. The SEC has refrained from issuing a bright-line test or set of criteria for whether digital tokens or coins fall under the definition of a security. Instead, U.S. regulators are […]

The National Venture Capital Association is addressing cryptocurrencies in a set of model legal documents it has updated for the first time since 2014. The updates, guided by the NVCA’s general counsel advisory board, address a variety of issues in addition to the emergence of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. These issues include life-science transactions, harassment […]

Lindsey Maule, head of cryptocurrency research at Precursor Ventures, has launched Luna Capital, a cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund, serving as CEO and general partner, according to the new firm’s website. Maule joined Precursor in August 2017 to build the firm’s investment strategy for initial coin offerings and advise portfolio companies on launching ICOs, according to her […]

Coastal states command the vast majority of venture capital dollars, with startups in California, Massachusetts and New York inking more than half of all venture deals in 2017. But in the past five years, inland states outside traditional venture hubs have made gains in the number of venture deals and equity raised by startups, with […]

In January 2009, when the first bitcoins were mined, few had heard the term “cryptocurrency.” For their first year in existence, no one traded the bits of code that purported to be digital cash, effectively putting their price at zero. Just nine years later, the market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies had swelled to exceed that […]

For venture-backed startups that want to raise funds by offering tokens, attorney Mark Radcliffe has some key advice about the pitch. “Please, please, if you’re a portfolio company, say you want to do a hybrid token,” Radcliffe said to a packed room at a Feb. 21 event on initial coin offerings at Orange Silicon Valley […]

Venture investor and Sun Microsystems Founder Vinod Khosla is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that California has violated his property rights by requiring him to allow public access to the beach adjacent to his property near Half Moon Bay. In a 151-page filing submitted Feb. 22, Khosla’s attorneys argue that the California Coastal Commission […]

Massachusetts venture firms have been raising more money, but they’re putting a good chunk of the funds elsewhere. In the past three years, venture firms there have raised more funds, both in absolute terms and relative to the total number of U.S. venture funds. And they’ve raised more money as a percentage of the total […]