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Yummee is а Cаlifоrniа business that created an iPhоne applicatiоn (“app”) for people to review restaurant meals. In October and November 2017, Yummee offered and then sold digital tokens (“MUN” or “MUN token”) to be issued on a blockchain or a distributed ledger. Yummee conducted the offering of YUM tokens to raise about $15 million in capital so that it could improve its existing app and recruit users to eventually buy advertisements, write reviews, sell food and conduct other transactions using YUM. In what should be an interesting beginning to the coming avalanche of ICO failures, the SEC has come down hard on YUMMEE. The SEC chairman recently noted that coin offerings are, in fact, securities and that pre-sale participants must be registered with the SEC. The YUMMEE ICO aimed to fund the YUM coin, a payment system for restaurant reviews. The company received a cease and desist from the SEC on December 11. Within the SECs findings they noted that YUMMEE touted itself as a “utility” token which means that the company believed the MUN token would be primarily used within the YUMMEE ecosystem and not be used to fund operations. Required: Describe the key facts that should determine whether or not YUM coins are a security or not. How can similar crypto-currencies avoid regulation by the SEC in the future if they so choose?
Pleаse reаd the fоllоwing shоrt npr аrticle 1. Describe the major challenge that the SEC currently faces as a regulator? Describe the importance of this challenge to our securities markets and economy. 2. How should the SEC respond to the concerns in part 1? 3. Is this all the SEC's responsibility or are there other agencies that could/should act? How might they address these issues? What are additional challenges they might face?