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In an Emergency Cease and Desist Order, the Texas State Securities Commissioner is demanding that BitConnect, which is based in the UK, stop a number of its investment programs, as well as its allegedly fraudulent sales of Bitcoin investments. According to the regulator, BitConnect sales agents are targeting prospective Texan investors, as well as investors in other parts of the US.

BitConnect issues its own currency, known as BitConnect Coins. As of earlier this month, the company was claiming that its market share for its cryptocurrency coins was $4.1B. It announced plans to issue up to 28 million coins.

According to the regulator’s order, BitConnect’s website BitConnect is an “open sourced, all-in-one Bitcoin and crypto-currency platform” that offers different investment opportunities. The site depicts BitConnect Coins as an “open source, peer-to-peer community-driven decentralized cryptocurrency” with which owners can “store and invest their wealth.”

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