Cryptocurrency Resources: Video

 
Get In the Know About Common Crypto Scams, Initial Coin Offerings, Other Cryptocurrency-Related Securities Offerings

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

CFTC FinTech Conference: Combatting Cryptocurrency Fraud

Joe Rotunda, director of the Enforcement Division of the Texas State Securities Board, participated in a panel on detecting and preventing cryptocurrency-related investment fraud at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission conference Oct. 3-4, 2018, in Washington. D.C.

Federal Trade Commission WorkshopDecrypting Cryptocurrency Scams

Joe Rotunda, director of the Enforcement Division of the Texas State Securities Board, participated in a FTC workshop in Chicago on June 25, 2018. The panel, comprised of regulators, academics, and consumer advocates, addressed the problem of fraudulent promoters taking advantage of increasing consumer interest in cryptocurrency-related  investments. 

Blockchain Is Not What You Think It Is

Cesare Fracassi, director of the Blockchain Initiative at the University of Texas, explains blockchain – what it is, how it is used, and the technical and economic changes that are arising from it.

 

Emerging Investor Threat: Cryptocurrency Offerings

The TSSB has found widespread fraud in securities tied to cryptocurrencies.

Read the results of a four-week investigation in 2017-2018 into crypto offerings and ongoing enforcement efforts.