ICO Radio

It's entirely possible to run an ICO for a Utility token in the UK In a surprising clear and illuminating interview with an ex FCA member and regulation lawyer we clear away the fog of war created by the SEC around the different types of tokens. This week’s fascinating interviewee is regulation lawyer Sam Robinson, who brings eighteen years’ experience starting with the FSA, and now specialising in FinTech, for the world’s 6th largest law firm (by lawyer headcount, and 6th largest in the UK, by revenue). Just the person, then, to clarify the difference between Utility, Payment and Security Tokens, how that definition is made, whether each needs to be regulated, and why. He explains how there are some genuine Utility Tokens in the UK - even though the SEC states there’s no such thing; but that the excitement about issuing Security Tokens is growing by the month, bringing as it does a way to stand out among ICOs - even if the rules are more burdensome. So, Sam brings clarity; both to the definitions and need fo