The price of Ether, the cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, fell below $500 for the first time this year. This comes days after an SEC commissioner reported dozens of open investigations into ICOs.
The price of Ether fell 19 percent in the last 24 hours, from $580 to $470.
“We do a lot and see a lot in the cryptocurrency space. We plan to further strengthen enforcement in this area,” Stephanie Avakian, co-director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, said at a conference on Thursday.
The SEC's decision to increase oversight of ICOs is particularly significant for the Ethereum community because many new ICOs have been built on the Ethereum platform. People creating a new token on the Ethereum blockchain must purchase ether, the currency used to pay for Ethereum transactions. Therefore, if increased SEC oversight ends the ICO boom, it will eliminate the main factor that drove the price of ether higher during 2017.
Over the past 24 hours, the price of ether has fallen dramatically, but the prices of other types of cryptocurrencies have also fallen. Bitcoin fell 6 percent, falling below $7,500 for the first time since early February. Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Monero and Dash all fell by about 10 percent.
According to https://arstechnica.com
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