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Podcast: Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Episode: Nick Morgan: The DAO, the SEC and the ICO Boom
Description: Nick Morgan, a former attorney at the SEC, joined us to discuss their recent report on the DAO and what it means for the ICO boom.
Topics covered in this episode:
The history and mandate of the SEC
Nick’s years as a trial attorney at the SEC
How the Howey Test is used to determine if something is a security
The application of the Howey Test to the DAO case
The weaknesses in their argument that token holders relied on the effort of others
Why the SEC did not prosecute the Slock.it founders
Why th...