Poloniex will block US-based buyers and traders from a basket of well-known, well-established digital assets, due to doubts whether some of the coins may be considered a security.
Poloniex will stop offering trades for:
- Ignis (ARDR)
- Bytecoin (BCN)
- Decred (DCR)
- GameCredits (GAME)
- GAS (GAS)
- Lisk (LSK)
- Nxt (NXT)
- Omni (OMNI)
- Augur (REP)
The list remains accessible for all international traders. However, the rationale of Poloniex is that US securities law may be in conflict with some of the assets.
“Today’s action is a result of regulatory uncertainty in...