Fintech & Crypto Wars Episode #3

Twitter and SnapChat jump on the me too ICO/Cryptocurrency ad ban wagon. Payza gets popped by DOJ for being a unlicensed money service business and conspiracy to launder money. Buy side likes the SEC transaction fee pilot program. Eric Rise starts LTSE (Long Term Stock Exchange) and partners with IEX. Brett Redfearn of the SEC Division of Trading and Markets is worried about crypto market manipulation.

Join:
https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-FinTech/
https://www.meetup.com/crypto213/

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https://twitter.com/jmar42
https://twitter.com/lafintech
https://twitter.com/trevericapital
https://twitter.com/oxfordbiochron

Sources:
https://www.fastcompany.com/40546126/now-twitter-will-ban-most-cryptocurrency-ads

https://ambcrypto.com/following-facebook-google-twitter-ico-ads-banned-on-snapchat/

https://www.coindesk.com/us-crypto-payza-money-laundering-lawsuit/

http://www.pionline.com/article/20180319/PRINT/180319860/buy-side-sees-value-in-sec-access-fee-pilot-but-some-concerns-remain

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fund-fees-keep-crumbling-as-investors-go-cheap-and-passive-2018-02-23

https://qz.com/1232025/eric-riess-ltse-which-aims-to-create-a-new-us-stock-exchange-has-filed-with-the-sec-to-handle-ipos/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/top-regulator-frets-crypto-markets-could-be-full-of-manipulation

https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-FinTech/events/249071122/