Securities Laws
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
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5 statements about Securities Laws, every show
Colbertson: Most startup founders accidentally violate securities laws during fundraising
“Probably a lot. It's a very, when it comes to securities and capital raising or raising capital in relation to securities, it's a very easy rule to violate.”
Sacks: Applying securities laws to utility tokens would destroy their functionality
“And if you were to subject them to securities laws, And impose KYC and accreditation. You have to go through all these hoops just to add one to your wallet. It would destroy the potential functionality created by these systems.”
Levine: Corporate equity derivatives are driven by tax, accounting, and law, not finance
“Corporate equity derivatives are not really driven by finance. They're driven by taxes and accounting and securities law.”
McKeon: Early ICOs ignored securities laws before adopting compliance tools
“Initially, everybody was ignoring securities laws entirely, and then there was this idea, like, oh, maybe we need to comply with these things, and so then there were all these other mechanisms, like the SAFT that were invented, and so I'd say that was the othe…”