I think what should be of bigger concern is that $4 billion has been raised by upstarts globally with very little raised in Africa leave alone Kenya.

VCs have been disrupted and with the right policies and regulatory frameworks we can create a space that allows capital starved African startups to raise much needed funds.

I submit we are looking at this opportunity from the wrong side of the telescope much to our own detriment.

Our biggest problem is not lack of talent but capital and the exposure and mentorship that comes with it!

I engage with many of the blockchain upstarts. Most will fail but those that suceed will be very disruptive...

Humbly,

John Karanja

On 31 Jan 2018 08:07, "Nick Ngatia via kictanet" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This is no surprise.

With no possibility of regulating or taxing bitcoin transactions, I doubt whether any government will ever embrace bitcoin or any other crypto-currency.

To governments, anything that takes away possible tax income is non-negotiable!

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Lawrence Njogu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
This is a BIG challenge for all world governments; it is a global megatrend and no one has an answer yet if/how/when to regulate cryptocurrencies. 
From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+lnjogu=hotmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke> on behalf of WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 7:06 AM
To: lnjogu@hotmail.com
Cc: WANGARI KABIRU
Subject: [kictanet] AriseBank: SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering Scam
 





SEC Halts Alleged Initial Coin Offering 

Scam

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2018-8
Washington D.C., Jan. 30, 2018 —
The Securities and Exchange Commission obtained a court order halting an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that targeted retail investors to fund what it claimed to be the world’s first “decentralized bank.”
According to the SEC’s complaint, filed in federal district court in Dallas on Jan. 25 and unsealed late yesterday, Dallas-based AriseBank used social media, a celebrity endorsement, and other wide dissemination tactics to raise what it claims to be $600 million of its $1 billion goal in just two months.
AriseBank and its co-founders Jared Rice Sr. and Stanley Ford allegedly offered and sold unregistered investments in their purported “AriseCoin” cryptocurrency by depicting AriseBank as a first-of-its-kind decentralized bank offering a variety of consumer-facing banking products and services using more than 700 different virtual currencies.  AriseBank’s sales pitch claimed that it developed an algorithmic trading application that automatically trades in various cryptocurrencies.


 

























With the ingenuity and open innovation in the crypto world, this must make someone refer to what CBK said once....or alluded to.

Be blessed.

Regards/Wangari

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