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Tezos Initial Coin Offering May Violate Securities Laws

Lite DePalma Greenberg Afanador, LLC and The Restis Law Firm, P.C. ("Lite DePalma” and “Restis Law Firm") commenced a class action on behalf of United States persons and entities that contributed bitcoin (BTC) or ethereum (ETH) to the Tezos Initial Coin Offering ("ICO") in exchange for tezzies (XTZ) tokens. This action was filed on November 26, 2017 in the Northern District of California and is captioned GGCC, LLC v. Dynamic Ledger Solutions. Inc. et al., No. 5:17-cv-06779.

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than January 25, 2018. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff's counsel Joseph J. DePalma or Bruce D. Greenberg of Lite DePalma at (973) 623-3000, jdepalma@litedepalma.com, or bgreenberg@litedepalma.com. You may also contact William R. Restis at (619) 270-8383, or support@restislaw.com.

If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint here.  Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.

The complaint charges that Dynamic Ledger Solutions, Inc., Tezos Stiftung (a/k/a the Tezos Foundation), Kathleen Breitman, and Arthur Breitman engaged in an unregistered offering and sale of securities in violation of Sections 5, 12(a)(1) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §§ 77e, 77l(a)(1) and 77o.

Tezos founders claim it is a "decentralized blockchain that governs itself by establishing a true digital commonwealth." Tezos was marketed as potentially solving major limitations of bitcoin and ethereum by "letting participants directly control the rules of the network." Tezos is purportedly "designed to evolve, so that the next generation of ideas doesn't have to start over as a new blockchain."

The complaint alleges that the Tezos ICO was an offer and sale of "securities" to United States investors. As such, the defendants were required to file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No Registration Statement was filed, and no exemption from registration was available. Accordingly, Plaintiff seeks to recover bitcoin and ethereum contributed to the Tezos ICO, along with any corresponding appreciation in value of those invested assets, or the equivalent in monetary damages or restitution.

The plaintiff is represented by Lite DePalma and the Restis Law Firm, two firms with extensive experience in prosecuting investor class actions. Lite DePalma is widely recognized as a leading law firm advising and representing U.S. and international investors in securities class actions. Lite DePalma's extensive class counsel experience is listed at https://www.litedepalma.com/class-action-law-firm.

For over a decade, William Restis has been litigating complex, multi-district, and multi-party class actions. Please visit https://restislaw.com/ for more information.