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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

Initial Coin Offering

Avishai Ziv in 2018 (Facebook screenshot)
February 11, 2022, 6:47 am
Court lifts gag on third suspect in huge crypto case after suit by ToI, others
Singulariteam CEO Avishai Ziv among 10 arrested in November for alleged initial coin offering fraud worth hundreds of millions of dollars; battle continues to publish 7 other names
By Simona Weinglass
Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi (R) receiving a Beitar Jerusalem fan club membership card from club owner Moshe Hogeg at an event in Barcelona, Spain, in December 2018. (Screenshot: Twitter)
May 31, 2021, 1:57 pm
3 of Israel’s most-hyped initial coin offerings were scams, ex-employees allege
An assistant to the Beitar Jerusalem owner sues his boss, claiming that Moshe Hogeg and his associates stole $250 million raised through Stox, Sirin Labs and Leadcoin ICOs
By Simona Weinglass
Moshe Hogeg, an Israeli businessman and the new owner of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer club, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on August 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 27, 2018, 12:12 pm
In court battle, blockchain firms reveal ties to banned binary options industry
Shareholders of Invest.com allege malfeasance by the company’s director, Moshe Hogeg, who owns the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team; Hogeg is countersuing
By ToI Staff
Bitcoin. (AFP Photo/Karen Bleier)
April 23, 2018, 8:35 am
Will charlatans wreck Israel’s next growth industry, cryptocurrencies?
Many Israelis are excited about the potential of the hot new high-tech field, but none more than the financial crooks. Can it self-regulate to keep the scammers out?
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative image of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
March 14, 2018, 7:58 pm
Israel Securities Authority bans cryptocurrency companies from TASE indices
Ruling says digital assets and the companies behind them are too volatile to be sold to passive investors, but can be traded on the stock exchange
By Simona Weinglass
An ad for binary options firm Prime Sales featuring a still from ‘The Wolves of Wall Street” (Screenshot)
March 14, 2018, 1:57 pm
Google to ban all ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies
In massive blow to Israel’s criminal investment scam industry, Internet giant’s move also covers unregulated forex and CFDs
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative: People watch a board showing price fluctuations at the Tel Aviv stock exchange. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
January 4, 2018, 9:03 pm
Israel moves to keep cryptocurrencies off Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Wary of volatility, Israel Securities Authority suggests new rule that would prevent most cryptocurrency firms from being traded on TASE
By Simona Weinglass
Illustrative image of bitcoins (Courtesy BitsofGold)
December 22, 2017, 8:42 pm
Bitcoin tumbles almost 30%, and one exchange temporarily halts trading
Biggest one-day drop of the year for cryptocurrency which had been soaring; Israel’s top regulator last week warned ‘it behaves like a bubble’
By Agencies and Shoshanna Solomon
Chairman of Israel Securities Authority Shmuel Hauser attends a conference in Jerusalem on June 19, 2017. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 5:57 pm
Top financial regulator calls for keeping bitcoin off Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Cryptocurrency-linked stocks tumble after Israel Securities Authority chief Shmuel Hauser tells tech funding conference, ‘It looks like a bubble and behaves like a bubble’
By Shoshanna Solomon and ToI Staff
Israel Securities Authority chairman Shmuel Hauser at a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset on September 11, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 12, 2017, 4:28 pm
Cryptocurrencies may be the next big Israeli scam, top regulator warns
Shmuel Hauser also says Israel Securities Authority cannot get binary options victims’ money back, but may help with legal fees; it is up to police to arrest the fraudsters
By Simona Weinglass
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