February 18, 2021 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Following its initial public offering, online mortgage lender loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) is out with Q4 earnings. According to a company statement, loanDepot generated record revenue, as well as earnings as top-line numbers, came in at $4.3 billion generating $2 billion of net income. Shares in loanDepot… Read More

February 18, 2021 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

As the House Financial Services Committee prepares for its first of three hearings to investigate the Robinhood/GameStop/Reddit odyssey additional information continues to be distributed. Yesterday, Senator Elizabeth Warren, who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, posted a comment regarding a letter she sent to Robinhood… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 5:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Committee on Financial Services will hold the first of three hearings on the Gamestop – Robinhood saga that saw hedge fund short sellers compelled to sell positions in a short squeeze driven by collaborative trading that was organized on Reddit. Entitled, “Game Stopped?… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against Coinseed and its co-founder and CEO, Delgerdalai Davaasambuu, in connection with Coinseed’s offer and sale of digital asset securities. According to Coinseed’s website, the company offers Apps on both the Apple App Store as well as… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Justice has announced an indictment of three North Korean hackers said to be involved with the Korean military regarding   to cyberattacks and financial including theft of money and cryptocurrency.  The indictment is an expansion of a 2018 case outlining similar nefarious… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Simetria has received a no-action letter from the Israel Securities Authority. Simetria says it will launch the first digital securities offering platform at some point in May 2021. Simetria added that it has also requested a permit that would allow it to settle digital securities… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 12:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie, a funding portal as well as a broker-dealer, has noted that it has filed for an Alternative Trading System (ATS) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The intent is to provide liquidity for traditionally illiquid securities like securities issued under Reg CF in… Read More

February 17, 2021 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, JOFF Fintech (NASD:JOFFU) filed an 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in regards to its initial public offering (IPO) that floated on the Nasdaq on February 9th. The SPAC indicated that it had raised $414 million, including warrants, in a hunt for… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 7:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Money transfer Fintech Joompay has partnered with Visa (NYSE:V) in a move that makes the company a Principal Member of the Visa, allowing it to issue new Joompay cards across Europe. “Getting a Visa Principal Membership is a significant milestone in the development of the… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

FileCoin, a token issuer that completed one of the most successful offerings on record raising $205 million, says that available storage now tops 2.5 billion gigabytes (2.5 exbibytes (EiB)). In November, it was reported that Filecoin had 1 billion gigabytes of storage. Filecoin is a… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Technicorum Holdings has announced that Daniel Daboczy, c0-founder of international crowdfunding platform FundedByMe, has been selected as their new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Daboczy announced that he was stepping down as CEO of FundedByMe back in November of 2020. Technicorum Holdings, based in Singapore, is… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Microstrategy (NASD:MSTR) has announced its intent to offer $600 million in debt and use the proceeds to buy more Bitcoin. Microstrategy made headlines in a previous debt offering when the company did the same. In December, Microstrategy closed on an offering of $650 million of… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Warburg Pincus LLC has invested $75 million into Personetics, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm providing proactive engagement for banks and other financial services firms. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Personetics has created an AI software platform for global banks. The service is currently… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending-as-a-service (LaaS) platform Trade Ledger has raised £13.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Point72 Ventures – a VC firm founded by billionaire Steven Cohen. Alex Tarhini, Operating Partner at Point72 Ventures will be joining the board of the firm. Trade Ledger… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

MoneyLion, a digital banking Fintech, is the next company to go public via a special acquisition company (SPAC). The deal was announced last Friday where MoneyLion will merge with Fusion Acquisition (NYSE:FUSE) at a transaction value of $2.4  billion and $2.9 billion in equity value… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Last November, Hong Kong kicked off a consultation pertaining to anti-money laundering (AML) and counter finance terrorist (CFT) regulation that will impact cryptocurrency exchanges or virtual asset service providers (VASPs). The deadline for comments delivered to the Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FTSB),… Read More

February 14, 2021 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Last month, the Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce in Ontario, Canada, issued its final report as to how to improve capital formation and affiliated economic growth and prosperity. The Taskforce’s goal was to “address the issues of tomorrow’s capital markets with bold and innovative recommendations that… Read More

February 13, 2021 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Committee on Financial Services, Chaired by Maxine Waters, has announced the witnesses on the forthcoming hearing entitled “Game Stopped? Who Wins and Loses When Short Sellers, Social Media, and Retail Investors Collide.” Witnesses include: Vlad Tenev, Chief Executive Officer, Robinhood Markets, Inc. Steve Huffman, Chief Executive… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

loanDepot (NYSE:LDI) floated shares today on the NYSE following a significant decrease in its IPO price. The online mortgage lender listed shares at $14 each after previously filing an S-1 indicating its intent to float shares in a range of $19 to $21. The number… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is going all-in on Bitcoin as he announced via Twitter that he has requested the city manager to research a vendor to facilitate Bitcoin payments as well as paying employees in Bitcoin. Crypto insiders quickly embraced the move with Anthony Pompliano… Read More