January 3, 2023 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdStreet has announced a new addition to its Board of Advisors. According to a release today, Shawn Lese of Nuveen Real Estate has joined the platform as an advisor. At the same time, in an indication of commitment, Lese is expected… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto firm Gemini has posted an open letter criticizing Barry Silbert and his company Digital Currency Group (DCG). In November, following the collapse of FTX, Genesis – a subsidiary of DCG – halted redemptions. Gemini had utilized the Genesis lending platform for its Earn program… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech platform and broker-dealer enabling online funding rounds, has distributed a report outlining 2022 performance. According to DealMaker, 2022 was a record year as it powered $492 million in funding, claiming to process 200% more than any other platform. Dealmaker share that it… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Croatia has become the newest country to join the European Union. Croatia has also started utilizing the Euro as its currency as part of the Eurozone and part of the Schengen Area. The country relaxed its borders last month on December 8th. Croatia adds its… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goodbye 2022, and hello 2023. The past year was a tough one for many people – a terrible year for the economy with multi-decade high inflation and interest rates chasing it in an attempt to crush rising prices. All markets were impacted, including public markets,… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Credefi, a provider of decentralized and secured lending portfolios, says it has been approved to brand itself as powered by Experian while stating it is the first blockchain firm to gain this type of partnership. Experian, one of the largest credit reporting firms in the… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

GUARDD, a Fintech that was co-founded by Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss, Doug Ellenoff, and Jim Dowd, is looking to raise up to $2 million in growth capital on SeedInvest. For those of you in the know, Neiss, Ellenoff, and Dowd are Fintech superstars, each active in… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus Sotiriou, Market Analyst at digital asset broker GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK) reports that Bitcoin is being accumulated by whales. Bitcoin (BTC) has had a tough year, like most all markets. BTC started 2022 at around $47,000. As of today, it looks like it will exit 2022,… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has announced that it took $3.5 billion in crypto from FTX for safekeeping, according to a statement distributed by the Commission yesterday (December 29, 2022). The Commission stated that based on information provided by former FTX CEO Sam… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 9:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

SmartLenders, an asset manager in the marketplace lending sector, has distributed an end-of-the-year missive with an optimistic note predicting better times ahead. SmartLenders states: “It cannot be ruled out that in 2023, a massive reduction in inflation, a solution to the Ukrainian conflict and a… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinList, a primary issuance platform for digital assets as well as a trading platform (some US states and other countries), has distributed an updated on 2022. The company states that in spite of all of the challenges 2022 presented, it has been a strong year… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 3:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funds have been on the move from Alameda Research wallets – mostly in small amounts with the majority being combined into two digital wallets prior to being sent to FixedFloat/ChangeNow. This is according to a report by Martin Lee at Nansen – a blockchain analytics… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Once again, CI has reviewed the list of FINRA-regulated Funding Portals. These platforms may offer securities under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) to accredited and non-accredited investors. Funding Portals were created by the JOBS Act of 2012 specifically for online capital formation, but at the same… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

American CryptoFed DAO, LLC’s forthcoming administrative hearing, as demanded by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is scheduled to take place on January 18, 2023. The Hearing Day 4 is labeled as public on the SEC’s event page. It was previously reported that hearings were… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, a growing online capital formation platform that has established a propensity to grow both organically and via acquisitions, has distributed an update on the past year’s performance. Invesdor is based in Finland but currently operates in multiple European Union member states. In recent years,… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bankruptcy filings for private equity financed firms have moved higher in 2022 – a data point that should come as no surprise due to the challenging economic environment. According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, forty-nine private firms filed for bankruptcy protection during the year –… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) in France has posted an update on the number of bogus websites attempting to solicit investors with sketchy offerings.  The AMF reports that since the beginning of 2021, 20 websites have been added to the list while cautioning the… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Beefordeal, a real estate crowdfunding platform based in France, has gained approval to operate under the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulations (ECSPR), thus offering securities across all European Union member states. Beefordeal claims to be the first property investment platform to be approved as a… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

While 2022 started strong, things went downhill from there. You name it, 2022 has been a tough year from Giga high inflation, the largest land war in Europe since WWII, the cost of energy rocketing higher, global strife, and pandemic stress…. geez… 2023 can only… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

AlphaFlow, a real estate investment platform, may have shuttered operations. AlphaFlow’s website was live earlier this month, but in the past week or so, the site has gone offline. An email sent to a company representative has bounced. AlphaFlow was a marketplace for private real… Read More