One of the most successful ICOs last year, that within six months of doing an ICO was valued at over $1billion, is to fight the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) as to whether it’s token Kin is not a security. The SEC believes that Kik has broken US security laws by issuing security. The firm argues that the tokens issued aren’t security tokens but a utility token as it has hundreds of thousands of people have been using Kin as a currency to buy goods and services. The firm plans to formally challenge the SEC’s position. This video is the companies vision for Kin (watch here). To see Kik’s CEO version of why he thinks the SEC has got is wrong read here.
This challenge is important as it will help to clarify and help determine what influence the SEC has and what is and what is not a security token.
