March 6, 2018 @ 4:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The World Economic Forum announced the creation of a new consortium to strengthen cybersecurity for fintech companies and data aggregators. The consortium’s founding members include global bank Citigroup, insurance company Zurich Insurance Group, fintech lender Kabbage, infotech company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and financial infrastructure… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 11:28 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Polymath, continuing its mission to disrupt the investment banking world via its “industry-first” security token issuance platform, announced the “Dean of Digital Currency Lawyers,” Marco Santori, will be joining its advisory board, effective immediately. Santori will provide guidance on operationalizing the legal elements of Polymath’s ST20 security… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 8:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Robo.cash outlined the results of its first year in operation on the European P2P lending market: 2,000 investors from the EU and Switzerland invested over €3M in the issue of 330,000 short-term PDL-loans in Kazakhstan and Spain. The average inflow of investments is €240,000 with… Read More

March 1, 2018 @ 12:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Havven’s crypto-monetary system and stablecoin sale closed within a day, with a total cap of USD$30 million. Tokens will be distributed to sale participants between March 7-13. Havven aims to combat one of the biggest problems of cryptocurrencies at the moment: volatility. The Australian blockchain-based solution… Read More

March 1, 2018 @ 11:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Polymath, seeking to disrupt investment banking with its industry-first security token issuance platform, has partnered with video gaming community platform Rupie; enterprise blockchain solution provider OneLedger; and P2P IoT sensor data marketplace DataBroker DAO to provide advice and counsel on the design and execution of each partner’s upcoming Initial… Read More

March 1, 2018 @ 10:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Sancus BMS Group,  part of GLI Finance which includes Sancus Finance (formerly Platform Black)and Sancus Finance (formally FundingKnight), announced its first significant drawdown of £17.5 million on its new facility with Honeycomb Investment Trust plc to expand its property-backed lending activities. The provision of the £50 million accordion… Read More

February 27, 2018 @ 1:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Within a month of launching its de Vere Crypto cryptocurrency app and despite last week’s crypto crash, deVere Group has decided to add two new tokens to its crypto trading app. Users of deVere Crypto can now also store, transfer and exchange Ripple (XRP) and Dash (DASH), alongside… Read More

February 27, 2018 @ 12:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Coalichain, a decentralized political platform that connects citizens to their leaders and governments, has announced its ZUZ token crowdsale. Coalichain’s ICO pre-sale for the ZUZ token begins 28 February and will last until the crowdsale on 2 May. 1,770,000,000 ZUZ will be issued, and contributions… Read More

February 27, 2018 @ 11:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Supreme Court of Israel intervened in a decision by an Israeli bank and ruled that it cannot extensively block the activity of the crypto stock exchange. The Court noted that the bank’s fears and attitudes toward the crypto industry were unfounded speculations. Supreme Court Justice… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 2:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Multiven, a provider of independent and politically-neutral software integrity maintenance and cyber-defense services, opened its ICO on Chaineum.  The ICO aims at distributing Multiven Coin tokens (MultiCoins) which will serve as the medium of exchange for the soon-to-be-launched Multiven Open Marketplace (MOM) – a blockchain-based marketplace that aims… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 1:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Donations continue to increase on the Broward Education Foundation GoFundMe campaign to support the victims of the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School located in Parkland, Florida. In a week since the 19 year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style assault rifle, over 29,265 people… Read More

February 22, 2018 @ 12:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

CoinDesk, Inc, a digital media, events and information services company for the crypto and blockchain community, will partner with New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) to sponsor “Blockchain Week New York City”, an event which will run from 11- 17 May, showcasing the big… Read More

February 21, 2018 @ 7:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Groundfloor, said to be the first issuer qualified by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to offer real estate based payment dependent notes that are available to non-accredited investors, has raised a total of $4.3 million from 671 participating investors in a combination of two… Read More

February 20, 2018 @ 12:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In late January, TrustToken, a global platform for tokenizing fiat currencies and real-world assets backed by Stanford-StartX, FJ Labs, and BlockTower Capital, launched TrueUSD, reportedly the first fiat-backed stablecoin to offer token-holders legally protected certificates of ownership of US Dollars. Co-founded by CTO Rafael Cosman, CEO… Read More

February 20, 2018 @ 12:14 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

It’s no secret that the mobile voting sector is ripe for much-needed innovation and disruption. Votem, a Cleveland-based blockchain-based voting platform, saw this niche when the startup launched in 2016. Now Votem has put a public presale of Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (SAFT) for… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 12:37 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Santander InnoVentures, the fintech venture capital fund of Santander Group, has invested in San Francisco-based startup Roostify, specialized in the digitalization of the process of obtaining a mortgage, enabling it to be done even via smartphone. Founded in 2014, Roostify built its enterprise platform with… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 12:22 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With 13 days remaining on its campaign, Jinglz has nabbed more than $728K from over 878 investors on its StartEngine Reg CF equity crowdfunding campaign. Jinglz builds products that aim to create measurable, positive change in the mobile advertising space. The startup’s new technology uses mobile device… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 11:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Millions of Africans now have access to financial systems thanks to cashless systems using digital technology; consequently, more and more people are seeing the benefits of mobile banking, according to Ecobank, a leading independent pan-African banking group. Ecobank, the main sponsor at the Africa Tech summit… Read More

February 15, 2018 @ 11:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

KICKICO, a blockchain platform for fundraising in cryptocurrencies, is aiming to bring DAO into the ICO landscape.  KICKICO is launching Community Choice, a new function that will give the crypto community the ability to vet, rate and filter the ICO space and to determine which… Read More

February 14, 2018 @ 7:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mobius, described as a “turn-key blockchain-enabling platform” using patent-pending technology, offers a range of products, including a free, universal API that allows non-blockchain developers to connect resources to smart contracts and the blockchain ecosystem. Existing web properties, apps, devices and data streams can utilize the… Read More