SEC announces it settled with Mango Markets over sale of unregistered tokens in $70 million coin offering
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On September 27, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made headlines by charging Mango DAO and the Blockworks Foundation for their involvement in the sale of unregistered crypto assets. The focus of the SEC’s complaint was on MNGO, the governance token associated with Mango Markets, which the SEC claims was sold without proper registration, thereby violating US securities laws. The SEC’s legal action, filed in the Southern District