August 3, 2022 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Several US Senators, all members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, have introduced new bi-partisan legislation targeting the digital asset sector. U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee and John Boozman, Ranking Member, along with Senators Cory Booker and John Thune have introduced the Digital… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued stronger rules in regards to promoting what is deemed to be high risk investments. As anticipated, the FCA expects firms to use “clearer” and “more prominent risk warnings.” The tactic of offering a refer a friend bonus… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 7:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) met today to discuss liquidity for certain exempt securities in the form of secondary trading. More specifically, the Committee addressed securities issued under Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) and Regulation A (Reg… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE: LC) has appointed Faiz Ahmad and Kathryn Reimann as its newest members of its Board of Directors, effective August 15, 2022. LendingClub also announced that Patricia McCord has decided that she will resign from the Board, effective September 30, 2022. Scott Sanborn, CEO… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) released Q2 2022 financial results that delivered a sequential increase in net revenue of 6% or $318 million, but the slight improvement was not enough to please analysts as it was deemed a miss. Shares in Robinhood were trading at around $9… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Singapore government has posted a response to questions emanating from Parliament pertaining to the collapse of TerraUSD – LUNA. TerraUSD was an aspiring algorithmic stablecoin that was tied to LUNA. TerraUSD sought to maintain a US dollar peg but failed in its mission, thus… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has determined that Robinhood Crypto failed to maintain effective bank secrecy act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance in regards to reporting requirements. Adrienne A. Harris, Superintendent of Financial Services, said Robinhood Crypto will pay a $30… Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, a digital asset services firms that provides custody solutions, has partnered with Tokeny – a top security token platform. According to a company statement, Fireblocks aims to provide the ability for customers to mint and manage permissioned digital assets such as securities and stablecoins…. Read More

August 2, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Open banking provider Yapily now offers Yapily Variable Recurring Payments (VRP), the ability for users to enable scheduled payments that are not consistent amounts. Yapily is joining other open banking firms in providing the service. VRP is a service that is mandated by the UK… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 8:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a settlement with Opendoor (NASDAQ:OPEN) that proposed a $62 million settlement from the Proptech firm. Opendoor has agreed to the order. According to the FTC, Opendoor promoted its services by information consumers they could… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Forsage and eleven individuals alleging a cryptocurrency ponzi scam that is said to have pilfered over $300 million from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, in 2020, Vladimir Okhotnikov, Jane Doe aka – Lola… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), held a meeting to discuss proposed rules on climate risk disclosure. The meeting addressed potential rule changes initiated by the SEC and championed by SEC Chairman Gary Gensler. When… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Latin American Digital bank Nubank (NYSE: NU) has emerged as the largest brokerage in Brazil as it tops 5 million investors. According to a blog post, Nubank has the largest number of active investors on a digital brokerage in the country. Nubank facilitated the investing features with… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) and the Investment Company Institute (ICI) have published a “playbook” on T+1 settlement. The T+1 Securities Settlement Industry Implementation Playbook outlines the approach to identifying the implementation activities, timelines, dependencies, and… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Grasshopper, a digital bank serving small businesses, including startups, has raised an additional $30.4 million. This brings the total raised to date to $160 million. Grasshopper was approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a De Novo charter in May 2019…. Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinshares is reporting that crypto, or digital assets, have booked their 5th consecutive week of inflows after a period of prolonged decline. According to the report, last week digital assets saw $81 million of purchases and a 5 week total of $530 million as investors… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Webull, a trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, has launched services in Singapore, according to a corporate statement. Singapore residents have been able to trade using Webull since May accessing US-listed equities, ETFs, options, and fractional shares, as well as… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

GenoCrowd is reporting that it has taken just three days to raise its funding threshold for a real estate project. The “Das Rosenthaler”  property located in Nuremberg and managed by W&L AG, will return 5.5% interest to investors with early backers adding 50 basis points… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 4:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its 41st annual Small Business Forum report, an effort to help guide the Commission on important issues facing small businesses and access to capital in the USA. While the SEC focuses most of its attention… Read More

July 30, 2022 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Jupiter Exchange has raised $5 million to launch an alternative asset exchange, according to a statement from the company. The Seed round was led by White Hilt Capital. Jupiter Exchange will leverage NFT technology to “curate” iconic objects and make fractional ownership possible for anyone… Read More