May 27, 2019 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Four German banks including, DekaBank, dwpbank, DZ BANK and Helaba, have partnered with finledger to issue promissory notes using Ethereum blockchain, according to a release. The issuance is said to be a first ever as the pilot offering seeks to establish a base point standard… Read More

May 26, 2019 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Canada-based Fintech Blockstation announced a relationship with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE). As part of a pilot program, the Blockstation trading platform is being used by the JSE for listing, trading, clearing, and settlement of digital currencies (BTC and ETH). Security tokens are… Read More

May 26, 2019 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Multiple reports this weekend indicate that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is the victim of a double spend attack or 51% attack. A double spend attack is exactly what it sounds like. You can spend “money” twice. For a good explanation of how this may occur with… Read More

May 26, 2019 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad is moving deeper into venture capital. The agency has launched a new website for its venture arm Libertad – a name derived from Latin that means Freedom. It is also the name of a ship that carried Jewish immigrants setting sail… Read More

May 25, 2019 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of their ongoing “Occasional Paper Series,” the European Central Bank (ECB) has published a missive entitled, Crypto-Assets: Implications for financial stability, monetary policy, and payments and market infrastructures.” The paper was produced by the ECB Crypto-Assets Task Force. The ECB has monitored digital… Read More

May 25, 2019 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee under the leadership of Representative Maxine Waters announced the creation of two new task forces earlier this month. The Committee created a task force on Fintech  (Financial Technology) and AI (artificial intelligence). Yesterday the Committee included the first two meetings… Read More

May 24, 2019 @ 2:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

A new report reaffirms that leading social platform Facebook is planning its very own cryptocurrency. The BBC has entered the mix by providing new details on the digital coin dubbed GlobalCoin for its international approach. The “Stablecoin” is expected to launch in Q1 of 2020,… Read More

May 24, 2019 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

At one time, Loot had all the appearances of a promising young Fintech. Launched in 2014, in January of this year, it was reported that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had taken a 25% stake in the startup as it prepared to launch a new… Read More

May 24, 2019 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Long-embattled Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will depart her office on June 7th thus initiating a scramble as to who will replace her in a historically important time for the UK. The ramifications of Brexit are profound and inestimable. But it is clear… Read More

May 24, 2019 @ 3:28 am By JD Alois  |  

SoLo Funds, a peer-to-peer lending platform that provides access to small loans, reports that it is now available across the contiguous US. Travis Holoway, CEO and Co-founder of SoLo Funds, says there is no longer a need to go to a payday lender. “SoLo is… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iconoclastic crypto-preneur Brock Pierce is taking advantage of new legislation enacted in Puerto Rico to help rebuild the island since Hurrican Maria hit it hard. Recently, the Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rossello has signed into law a bill that creates Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ)…. Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 4:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Matt Branton, CTO of Neutral and architect of Neutral Dollar – an aspiring stablecoin, has slammed stablecoin leader Tether in a statement. Neutral Dollar (NASD) is a stablecoin pegged to a basket of four other stablecoins (USDC, PAX, DAI, TUSD) which just recently went live…. Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Tel Aviv University and  Moshe Hogeg have joined to launch the Hogeg Blockchain Research Institute. Hogeg is not without controversy having been the target of several lawsuits. Hogeg is the founder of Sirin Labs that raised a reported $158 million in an initial coin offering…. Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Aspiring Fintech Loot has shuttered its doors and gone into administration. According to a statement posted on their website, Loot has hired Henry Anthony Shinners and Adam Henry Stephens of Smith & Williamson LLP to handle the dissolution. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) was… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

REITBZ, a security token offering (STO) backed by real estate in South America, is scheduled to close tomorrow (May 24). The STO is the creation of BTG Pactual, the largest private investment bank in South America with This is the first security token backed by… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK is a hotbed of Fintech innovation and a leading global hub of finance – both the analog and digital kind. Brexit has put this prominence in question as European barriers re-emerge. But between robust government support and a vibrant ecosystem which is well… Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

aescuvest, a Germany based crowdfunding platform serving the healthcare market, has received a €1 million investment from a group of investors, according to a note from the firm. This is aescuvest’s first external round of financing. Mutschler Ventures AG, which specializes in start-ups, the holding… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 3:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securities custody is a challenging service even for analog firms. Crypto brings with it a whole host of nuanced hurdles when providing custody for digital assets. There are a few firms that have successfully launched custody for crypto – such as PrimeTrust. Fidelity is providing… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Unicorn and stealth bank Transferwise has raised $292 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion. According to multiple reports, Transferwise has doubled its valuation in contrast to its last funding round. The round was said to be over-subscribed. Transferwise last raised capital at a… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a leading crowdfunding platform serving the real estate marketplace, is expecting “substantial institutional growth.” In the online capital formation world, institutional money is needed for a platform to effectively scale. Since platform launch, PeerStreet has done a pretty effective job as loan facilitations have… Read More