February 18, 2020 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Equisafe, a digital asset platform for the issuance and management of investments, appears poised to launch in the US. According to an email update circulated by the platform, Equisafe is planning a launch event in New York City in March. Equisafe, a Paris based Fintech,… Read More

February 18, 2020 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a statement on Bottomline Technology’s purchase of the Experian Payments Gateway (EPG) business from Experian Limited. The purchased platform allows customers of Bottomline and EPG to make payments via the Bacs and Faster Payments Direct Corporate Access systems…. Read More

February 18, 2020 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

YieldStreet, an alternative investment platform that largely caters to accredited investors under Reg D 506c, has announced a new partnership with BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) on a $1 billion fund that will target retail investors. Michael Weisz, founder and President of YieldStreet, hit the studios of CNBC… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

“The route to hell is paved with goodwill” starts the missive posted by FCoin (a crypto exchange) creator Zhang Jian who then goes on to reveal that “internal problems and technical difficulties” may mean a loss of between 7000 and 13,000 Bitcoin – or up… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Central Bank of Russia issued a release this week indicating a pilot project leveraging blockchain for the issuance of “digital rights” has been completed. The intent is to allow the tokenization of goods, services, and other assets including securities. Draft legislation is expected soon…. Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an investment crowdfunding platform that is an offshoot of AngelList and affiliated with digital asset issuance platform CoinList, is one of the leading sites in the US providing access to equity capital for early-stage firms. It is also democratizing investment opportunities by allowing non-accredited… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based digital bank Starling Bank is investing in P2P loans originated on the Zopa platform, according to a report in AltFi. The write-up quotes a Starling Bank representative that explained the arrangement: “Starling is in a unique position among neobanks of having a very… Read More

February 16, 2020 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

SPiCE, the first tokenized VC fund, has partnered with Two Prime – a Fintech that focuses on the financial application of crypto in the real economy. Founded by Dr. Marc Fleury and Alexander S. Blum, Two Prime’s inaugural “FF Token,” the FF1, will be officially… Read More

February 15, 2020 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Breonna Clark, of Denver, Colorado, and Venture Capital Investments Ltd., a Colorado limited liability company, charging them with fraud and failing to… Read More

February 14, 2020 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Smartlands, a blockchain based Fintech that lays claim to tokenizing the first real estate offering in the UK, says it will revise and expand its legal framework by basing future projects on Lichtenstein law. Lichtenstein has created digital asset friendly regulation as it attempts to… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 3:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pod Point, an issuer that raised capital, totaling £3.71 million, multiple times on Crowdcube with offerings in 2015, 2016 and 2017, has been sold to EDF. Without revealing details, Crowdcube reported that early “investors via the platform will see positive returns on the initial investment.”… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 6:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a report on the issues and risks associated with crypto-asset trading platforms. IOSCO is an international organization that represents most of the regulated securities exchanges around the world.  The agency works closely with… Read More

February 13, 2020 @ 1:25 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd is arguably the leading investment crowdfunding platform in the world. Based in Israel but listing offerings from companies around the world, OurCrowd has seen approximately $1.4 billion in committed funding since inception. Of the 212 portfolio companies, 138 are based in Israel. Since its… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 11:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform PledgeMe has announced a new CEO. The platform revealed its intent to select a new Chief Executive in a blog post last September. The platform was founded by Anna Guenther in 2012 and remains the only female-led crowdfunding operating in New Zealand… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against defendants Q3 Holdings, LLC and Q3 I, LP and their principal, Michael Ackerman. As was previously reported, the Securities and… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 3:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against Michael W. Ackerman, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, who allegedly organized a cryptocurrency trading scheme that raised approximately $33 million. The SEC said that about 150 investors including many physicians, lost money in the alleged fraud…. Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 2:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the largest equity crowdfunding platform in Europe, is reporting a record quarter, its 8th in a row, according to a company release. During 2019, Crowdcube reports topping £8 million in revenue for the first time (£8.22 million) as a record 220 were funded versus… Read More

February 12, 2020 @ 12:09 am By JD Alois  |  

In a bit of a shocker, Germany based digital bank N26 has decided to exit the UK market and close all customer accounts apparently due to Brexit. According to a blog post, the Fintech said leaving the UK does not change their global vision to… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockQuake is a digital asset exchange that hopes to launch at some point in 2020. Sure, they may appear late to the game but the company has been founded by a group of Wall Street veterans who are focused on the need to be compliant… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jerome Powell, is on Capital Hill today testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee. During the Q&A portion of the Hearing, Powell was asked specifically about Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and… Read More