If I understand what you are saying, they will refund the difference if the shit coin loses value? So, you buy at $1 and sell at $0 and they will refund you $0.70?
Well, that means they need to have 70% of their market cap liquid, otherwise they will fall foul of Securities laws.
The market cap is $100,000,000. So that means they need to have $70,000,000 in hand now. If they don't, it's a scam.
They're insuring against massive devaluation of other coins. Not theirs.
Crypto is not covered by security laws. This is contract law and you can sue for fraud.
Crypto is a security. Any financial instrument which can be traded is a security. Any organization which trades in securities are subject to security laws.
So, basically, anytime a company holds crypto currency in someone else's name, they have created an investment contract. This is the reason why Kraken, Coinbase, etc are regulated by the SEC. They have to register the security with the SEC.
If the company OP is talking about isn't registering the investment contract with the SEC they are in big trouble.
The upside here, is that Bitcoin is considered a "sovereign currency" by the SEC. which means, by itself, it isn't regulated. It only becomes regulatable once a contract is created that involves a non-soverign security.
Think of it this way, if you have JPY, that's not regulated by the SEC, because it is sovereign. However, when you go to the bank and exchange it for USD, at that point the transaction falls under security law.
Still don't believe me? Read up on what happened to Bitcoin Trader.
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