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Geoffrey Rawle, Zain Rizvi Referenced in Financial Post Article About Bitcoin
Davies lawyers Geoffrey Rawle and Zain Rizvi’s recent client communication on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) approach to cryptocurrency offerings is referenced in a recent Financial Post article.
The Post’s article discusses the strength of the CSA’s directive and quotes Geoff and Zain, who say, “The CSA notice itself serves as a warning to the ecosystem of blockchain technology business – buyers, sellers, creators, exchanges and traders – that the days of unqualified, non-exempt ICOs for all cryptocurrency technologies are over.”
Read the Financial Post article.
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