November 8, 2022 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The dust-up between Binance and FTX has turned into a bit of a shit show. In the past days, Binance founder and CEO Chengpeng “CZ” Zhou – announced via Twitter it would be selling its FTT, the native token of FTX received from a past… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Neobank Revolut has announced a new instant messaging feature for users in the UK, US and EEA. The chat feature is for account holders to communicate with other users while sending or requesting funds. According to Revolut,  the chat feature is designed to make it… Read More

November 8, 2022 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Quona Capital has announced a new Fintech venture fund which has raised $332 million to “accelerate financial inclusion investments in emerging markets.” Quona Capital was established as an independent venture capital firm in 2015 by co-founding managing partners Monica Brand Engel, Jonathan Whittle, and Ganesh Rengaswamy. According to… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 9:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital securities exchange Upstream, part of MERJ, has announced two new digital securities on its exchange which are cross-listed on OTC Markets. Creatd, Inc. (OTCQB: CRTD) has announced that it has started the application process to dual-list its shares on Upstream. As well today, iQSTEL,… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 6:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

“We Lost. Sorry Everyone.” LBRY, issuer of digital asset LBC has lost its case against the Securities and Exchange Commission in a decision that some have described as a significant setback for the entire crypto sector. Back in 2021, LBRY was charged by the SEC with… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global banking firm HSBC is having some issues with its online banking service as well as some credit cards, according to multiple reports and Tweets. The issues kicked up last week and appear to be ongoing today. As far as we know, the problems are… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 4:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

While Wefunder has listed more securities crowdfunding offers, StartEngine has raised more money during the first nine months of 2022, according to data compiled by KingsCrowd. While it was not immediately apparent if the numbers included Reg D offerings, both platforms are active in the… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler is losing his Chief of Staff, Prashant Yerramalli. An announcement issued by the Commission indicates that Yerramalli will depart the SEC at the end of the year. Yerramalli served as the SEC’s Chief of Staff since Jan. 20, 2021, initially under… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US government has seized a “historic” amount of crypto in the form of 50,676 Bitcoin valued at $3.36 billion. The US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, has announced that the seizure was in relation to the Silk Road dark web fraud. James… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

A report from last week indicates that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is pursuing “hundreds” of criminal investigations regarding crypto. According to Bloomberg, there has been a shift in recent years away from money laundering to people being paid in crypto, migrating it to fiat,… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced the selection of Nashira Spencer as its new Chief Security Officer (CSO), effective today. Spencer will report to Tim Cuddihy, DTCC’s Group Chief Risk Officer. According to DTCC, Spencer brings 20 years of expertise in security management,… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The theme continues for investors fleeing digital assets, according to Coinshare’s weekly report on money flows. The report states that digital asset investment products experienced outflows of $ 15.6 million last week, and for the month of November, a “bad start” money exited digital assets… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has launched a new section of the Commission’s website outlining the “fundamentals of capital raising.” One of the main missions of the SEC is to facilitate capital formation for both smaller and larger firms. The… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Chengpeng “CZ” Zhou, CEO and founder of Binance, has thrown some shade at competitor FTX announcing via Twitter it will be exiting its holdings of FTT, the native token of FTX, “due to recent revelations.” The revelations were not disclosed.   As part of Binance’s… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

  Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO and founder of FTX, says a “competitor” is spreading false rumors about his company, adding that FTX is “Fine. Assets are fine.” Bankman-Fried made his claims in a series of Tweets. https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1589598284322328579?s=20&t=HvhVmAJpHWkGiSGKZ1MgYQ According to Bankman-Fried, FTX has enough assets to… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

SeedBlink has been approved to provide investment crowdfunding across all EU member states. SeedBlink joins a handful of other platforms able to sell securities under ECSPR (European Crowdfunding Services Providers Regulation). SeedBlink noted that it is the first CEE country to be authorized under the… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 4:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

A recent report from Crowdfund Capital Advisors indicates that investment crowdfunding under Reg CF is experiencing a pullback in the month of October. Virtually all markets have been roiled by exceptionally high inflation, rising interest rates, and general risk-off sentient. CCA reports that October is… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against the creator and promoters of the Trade Coin Club, which is described as a “global crypto Ponzi scheme.” According to the SEC, the alleged ponzi scam raised $295 million from more than 100,000 investors around… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Polkadot’s native token DOT is no longer a security, according to the Web3 foundation. Polkadot said it has been working with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s FinHub on the process. The Web3 Foundation said that DOT has “morphed” from a security to software, perhaps accomplishing… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a Singapore-based digital securities exchange, has “tokenized” a portfolio of wine from top vineyards in Burgundy, France, providing a keen example as to how distributed ledger technology can be utilized to turn different products into digital assets. According to ADDX, the estimated worth of… Read More