April 26, 2025

Author - John Deacon

John is a researcher and digitally independent practitioner working on aligned cognitive extension technology. Creative and technical writings are rooted in industry experience spanning instrumentation, automation and workflow engineering, systems dynamics, and strategic communications design.

Chronological Case for Kin as a Utility Token

2017–2020: The SEC’s Ear­ly Cryp­to Reg­u­la­tions and the Kik Case July 2017 – The SEC issues the DAO Report, con­clud­ing that DAO tokens are secu­ri­ties under the Howey Test. This marks the SEC’s first offi­cial stance on ICOs...