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Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

Decentralized capital marketplace Swarm Fund has announced the launch of an initial coin offering with a compliance-oriented structure that is tailored to meet the evolving regulatory environment. Swarm says it provides cryptocurrency investors access to high-return, institutional-style investment funds backed by real-world assets.

"We've put in the legal legwork over the past three years to make sure we were a part of the discussion around regulation, versus trying to fight it," said Swarm Fund founder and cryptocurrency pioneer Joel Dietz, who notes that this purposefully thought-out legal structure is particularly important in the context of China's decision this week to ban ICOs in that country. "As people realize that they can't just blissfully ignore the regulatory environment, it provides a great opening for projects like Swarm Fund, which has been deliberately designed to engage regulators," Dietz added.

Swarm Fund's operating model is based on the recommendations from Distributed Networks and the Law, the seminal academic paper on the intersection of blockchain technologies and regulatory compliance. Produced by the Harvard Berkman Center in 2014, the paper was the result of numerous contributors in the blockchain and regulatory fields, including Dietz.

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