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‘Back to the basics’: What the SEC’s ruling on DAO tokens mean for the industry

  • The SEC has ruled Tuesday ethereum tokens bought by investors in the DAO should be treated as legal U.S. securities
  • The ruling won't put an end to token sales, also known as initial coin offerings, but it will slow down the ICO frenzy that's taken place this past year
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