SEC vs. Kik Interactive: A status update on the Kin ecosystem and Kin tokens
A deep analysis of the actual final judgement in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission versus Kik Interactive case. Much has been written about the Sept. 30, 2020, decision by Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission vs. Kik Interactive. In that order, the judge ruled in favor of the SEC’s motion for summary judgement, applying the Howey Test in the course of determining that Kik Interactive had violated the federal securities laws by selling contractual rights to acquire Kin tokens and later by issuing and selling....
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