September 18, 2025 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

ECSPR or European Crowdfunding Service Provider regulations were enacted by the European Union in 2021. The complete application took a few years (2023), but today, under the rules, a securities crowdfunding platform may raise up to €5 million (~ $5.89 million) from investors across the… Read More

September 18, 2025 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently, Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ) filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating its intent to enter the age of tokenized, or digital securities. While insiders have long anticipated this inevitable evolution of securities markets, the fact that one of the largest securities exchanges in the… Read More

September 17, 2025 @ 5:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made some rule changes today, and one of them will impact Regulation A (Reg A), a securities exemption utilized for online capital formation. Reg A requires an offering to be qualified by the SEC before commencing a funding round…. Read More

September 17, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Taking the other side of the rate cut discussion, Cato Institute Research Fellow Jai Kedia, believes no rate cut is necessary and there is a risk of greater inflation, which could necessitate a rate increase. “The Fed cut its target for the federal funds rate… Read More

September 17, 2025 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

LawFi, a funding platform for legal loans, says it has formed a partnership with Cordell & Cordell – a large family law firm with 200+ attorneys. LawFi operates a lending platform capable of underwriting and funding customized legal fee loans. The platform enables point-of-sale legal… Read More

September 17, 2025 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was expected, the US Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rates by 25 basis points, to 4% to 4.25% percent. The FOMC noted that while inflation remains somewhat evelated, economic activity has slowed along with job growth. Voting for the rate cut were Chairman Jerome… Read More

September 17, 2025 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, it is widely anticipated that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates for the first time since December 2024, when the FOMC decided to cut rates by 25 basis points. The bigger question is how much the Fed will cut and expectations for… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has scheduled an open meeting for tomorrow where the members of the Commission will discuss and vote on certain regulatory items. The topics of discussion include: The Commission will consider action relating to the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF that… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week was a big one for public markets as there were multiple initial public offerings. More importantly, three Fintech IPOs were adding to the growing list of Fintechs that have made it to the public markets. First up was  Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), a European firm best… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it has added four new members to fill vacancies on its Investor Advisory Committee, joining 16 other current members. The Committee aims to advise the  Commission on issues impacting investors and the regulatory needs of securities markets. SEC… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset Treasury companies, or DATs, have become a growing trend. First, with Bitcoin and this week with SOL, the native crypto of Solana, with the advent of Helius Medical Technologies (Nasdaq: HSDT) becoming a SOL DAT. In a letter, Dan Morehead, the founder and Managing Partner of… Read More

September 16, 2025 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Helius Medical Technologies (NASDAQ:HSDT) saw its shares more than double yesterday following the news that the firm will become a Solana treasury company. Shares of Helius were around $8 earlier this week. Helius closed at $18.27 last night with the company poised to inch higher… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tether will partner with Anchorage Digital to issue USA₮, a dollar-based stablecoin. Tether is already the largest issuer of a dollar-based stablecoin, but by piggybacking on Anchorage, it will gain a compliant path to offering digital dollars. Anchorage Digital is the only federally chartered digital… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The state of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against prediction market Kalshi last week, alleging the platform was conducting illegal sports betting. Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell stated that sports wagering comes with significant risk and must be strictly regulated by the state to mitigate… Read More

September 15, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pantera Capital has partnered with Summer Capital to create a SOL treasury company. The plan was originally revealed last month. SOL is the native digital asset of Solana. According to a public release, Helius Medical Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSDT) has priced an oversubscribed private investment… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 1:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

US-based Fintech Rippling has been approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority to provide services under an electronic money institution (EMI) license. The approval allows various financial services, including the possibility of offering certain bank-like services. Rippling is a platform that offers HR, IT, spend… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brian Quintenz, a former Commissioner at the Commodity  Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Trump nominee to take over the regulator as its new chair, shared an online conversation this week he had with Tyler Winklevoss, founder of Gemini Space Station, a crypto exchange expected to… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

ClearScore, a Fintech that helps lenders manage volume and risk, is reporting a full-year profit of £18.8 million for fiscal year 2024. In 2023, ClearScore generated £6.4 million in profit. Top line revenue rose 17% to £89.7 million, with annualized revenue said to be pacing… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence platform and operator of ChatGPT, will enable insiders to sell approximately $10 billion in shares at a valuation of around $500 billion. OpenAI was previously priced at a valuation of $300 billion earlier this year. The company has been growing dramatically and is… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Gemini Space Station, a crypto exchange and digital asset services provider, will complete an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq today in an offering that has generated significant interest from investors. Initially, Gemini priced the IPO at a range of $17 to $19 a… Read More