From Slack just now
@kris
Hi Everyone - we've gathered a lot of feedback from the community regarding the asset contract over the last 48 hours. We take all input very seriously - everything that the community views as of a matter of vital importance will be acted upon. As a result, we're discussing with our legal counsel a new smart contract design, which would allow us to deliver essentially the same value for token holders, but without any risk of MCO token being qualified as a security. Given that these matters involve a multi-jurisdiction legal review, please allow us to complete the work first, before we comment in more detail. We are committed to making sure that every issue raised by the community is addressed appropriately.
Thread in #communityToday at 10:07 AM
It seems there might be a formula to implement it, and if so, this is going to be massive. The competition is facing similar problems and it seems there might be another way. Check comment from Julian (TENX CEO) when he was asked in reddit about their (similar) asset contract:
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Julian,
How can you say that Tenx Pay will have rewards, when the SEC clearly has set a precident for going after any ICO or coin project which issues virtual tokens that look or act like securities? This post here has some good information on DAO. This particular quote highlights the situation:
The DAO’s business model was similar to a venture capital fund. Investors used virtual currency to buy DAO tokens in the hopes of future dividend-like payments.
Seems to me that saying you'll have rewards isn't accurate. If you do, you definitely won't be able to give them to USA investors and card holders, correct? Your message says you will have rewards and then you go on to say that you're waiting on legal advice. Well, what happens if the legal advice is: you can't pay out dividends or rewards to token holders because it would be seen as a security? I don't understand how you can be so sure.
Unless by rewards you mean stickers, merchandise or cashback incentives? Sounds to me like you're not talking about an asset contract type situation where you can earn by holding TenX Pay or am I misreading the situation here? I know you're putting this out there because Monaco just said they aren't having an asset contract system in place because of legal concerns about securities and potential to be delisted from exchanges like Bittrex (based in Seattle).
If you're only putting out unsubstantiated or vague claims to get some good PR from the bad situation at MCO, it's going to hurt the Pay investors in the long run. So, some clarification would be greatly appreciated on all of this. I think many of us can say you've done a great job engaging the community and answering questions.
Can you please elaborate on this, particularly is a "reward" the same as a "dividend" being paid to token holders? The wording of choice here seems to be very selective.
Thank you and much love.
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Reply from Julian:
Rewards in form of token - we do not do any fishy-take-back things. Give me, till I have the green light for all legal opinions and you will see how it is compliant (and will once again be copied by everyone else).
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Original post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TenX/comments/7a0b6z/tenx_we_do_have_rewards/