August 10, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

As COVID lingered and the economy stumbled due to rapidly rising prices and geopolitical strife, investment in private UK firms continued unabated, hitting a record amount of £14.9 billion during the first half of 2022. These investments were led by the burgeoning Fintech sector that… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mike Crosbie, Chief Business Officer of poundtoken (GBPT), an issuer of a British Pound-backed stablecoin, has distributed a comment on the Bank of England’s recent missives on crypto asset risks. Like other central government regulators, the Bank of England has been keenly observing the emerging… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, Maxine Waters, has sent a letter to Equifax demanding to know how they managed to distribute bogus credit scores. Representative Waters issued the following statement on the debacle: “I am alarmed at recent news reporting that for… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Modular house creator Boxabl continues to push higher in its securities offering on StartEngine. According to an email from StartEngine, Boxabl raised over one million dollars last week and is currently over $18 million. As of this writing, Boxabl has raised $18.5 million from over… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced an enforcement action against Hello Digit (or just Digit), a neobank that claims to be the “first truly personalized and automated savings tool.” At the end of 2021, Hello Digit was acquired by Opportun. According to the… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset prime brokerage Genesis has published its Q2 report sharing some interesting insight into crypto markets. According to Genesis, crypto lending declined while OTC trading rocketed higher. Genesis shares: The lending desk originated $40.4 billion in new loans, a decline of 9% from the… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

GraniteShares has announced the listing of multiple single share ETFs on the Nasdaq, including one for Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). GraniteShares first launched leveraged ETFs on single stocks in the UK in 2019. While ETFs started as a less expensive path for a diversified portfolio of assets,… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 5:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the first and only publicly traded crypto exchange in the US, has announced its Q2  2022 financial results, which delivered a decline in both the top and bottom line. Shares in after-hours trading declined by over 4% in an overall down market day…. Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 4:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

On August 2nd, 2022, the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) met to discuss secondary trading of crowdfunded securities. While most industry insiders believe that providing liquidity via a trading platform for private securities issued under certain exemptions makes a lot of sense,… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fortress Blockchain Technology has raised a $22.5 million seed round to pursue its vision for B2B infrastructure for Web3. Fortress Blockchain was founded by Scott Purcell, the individual who founded the successful custody and infrastructure Fintech – Prime Trust. The funding was led by Ayon… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Starting next month, Dealmaker, an online investment platform, will seek to engage investors in the US and Canada to back firms raising capital that are based in the UK. Dealmaker claims that it is the “only platform now built for international capital market raises.” UK… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Criticism from various corners of the political ring continues to lament the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act – legislation that even supporters are describing as a climate bill and not doing much to mitigate inflation. SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan has issued… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Gregory Dwyer, a former head of business development at BitMEX, has pleaded guilty to a single charge of violating the Bank Secrecy Act, according to a report in WSJ.com. Dwyer was one of BitMEX’s first employees during a period of rapid growth for the crypto… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brickken has partnered with Hillstone Finance, Veritas, and Digital Gold Capital to expand its network to three new countries, according to a company release. Brikken is a company that was founded in Spain in 2020 that aims to leverage blockchain technology to tokenize or turn… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was earlier covered, the US Department of Treasury, via the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash.  Mixers are used to boost the privacy of crypto transacts but may also be used to obfuscate nefarious activity. Coin Center, a… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted another crypto mixer by sanctioning Tornado Cash. Most recently, in May, OFAC sanctioned Blender.io, a mixer that is said to be utilized by North Korea  for its “malicious cyber activities and… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital assets experienced their sixth consecutive week of inflows as 2022 continues to provide a choppy market for crypto. According to CoinShares, a mere $3 million moved into crypto last week, but the total for the month and a half stands at over half a… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Properly, a Canada-based Proptech, has raised CAD $36 million according to a blog post. The funding round brings Properly’s total raised to CAD $192 million. A valuation was not immediately available. Properly claims to be the “best funded and fastest growing real estate startup in… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Hodlnaut, a Singapore-based crypto platform, has halted all withdrawals, token swaps, and deposits – effective immediately. Holdlnaut is a crypto lending and borrowing platform that was founded in 2019 by Bitcoin maximalists Juntao Zhu and Simon Lee. Hodlnaut supported seven different digital assets: BTC, WBTC,… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

ZA Bank, one of the few approved digital-only banks in Hong Kong, has announced the launch of a new investment fund service. In a company statement, Rockson Hsu, CEO of ZA Bank, stated: “Virtual banks are playing an increasingly important role under the new normal,… Read More