This shows how stupid the people over at the sec are.
Why would any ico claim being backed by the us government as a benefit?
HoweyCoins – An educational tool to alert investors to possible fraud
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#22They're going want to optimize those 8k res images down at the bottom of the page if they want to actually sell some of those coins.
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#23Probably named after the Howey Test (https://consumer.findlaw.com/securities-law/what-is-the-howe...) which is pretty clever.
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#25To be fair to many ICOs they don't make most of these claims. They are cherry picking the worst of the worst and presenting a straw man. I agree the crypto currency space is messed up but I think this could be done better.
You're spot on.
These people have the power to sue beyond their jurisdiction in many cases because they have guns. This PR scheme is a tell that they are doing the bidding of the big bankers extensive war against crypto.
Look at Jaime diamond and lodge blankfine
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#26It's a nice idea, but the meat of the site (https://www.investor.gov/howeycoins) is far too complicated for an ICO investor to read and understand.
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#27I think it's hilarious that one of their "celebrity promoters" calls the coin a bubble right on their front page: > I’m all about HoweyCoins – this thing is going to pop at the top!
Hey now, @boxingchamp1934 has never led me astray before...
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#29I'm curious that they used Hover as a domain registrar, and Heroku to host the site. I have to wonder how much hell someone had to go through to get those two as approved vendors.
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#30Related: PonzICO
https://ponzico.win/