February 5, 2019 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The Brexit claxon sounds loudly. A report released this week indicates a decline in both the number of deals and the total amount deals for the UK early stage equity market. Beauhurst has published their annual recap of total investment for 2018. The Deal quantifies the… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

India’s “first” native blockchain protocol, Eleven01, has launched their testnet. According to Eleven01, their platform is geared toward emerging markets looking to implement blockchain tech into mainstream industries including, retail, agriculture, banking, healthcare, finance, and more. Ausaf Ahmad, CEO of Eleven01, was formerly at Microsoft… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Valley Association (CVA) has announced new board members following their annual meeting Zug, Switzerland – also known as Crypto Valley. CVA is a leading blockchain focused advocacy group which has worked closely with Swiss public officials to foster an ecosystem of innovation in… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Falkensteiner Hotels & Resorts and Finnest have closed on an €8.5 million funding round – one of the largest ever for a crowd finance platform. Finnest GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is a Fintech providing crowdfunding services in the DACH region as well as Slovakia and Croatia…. Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 11:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kraken, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in operation, has acquired UK based Crypto Facilities, according to a release by Crypto Derivatives. The exact terms of the deal were not disclosed but the two companies said it was a “nine-figure deal” and Kraken’s largest acquisition… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 5:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

St. Louis, Missouri based crowdfunding platform Nvsted has launched two new investment campaigns. The local-focused platform is helping biotech startup Pluton Biosciences and CAD Trailer Designs raise growth capital. Nvested has positioned its platform as the “first hyper-local regulation crowdfunding portal” around. Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 4:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock’s (NASDAQ:OSTK) Medici Land Governance (MLG) subsidiary has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the municipality of Tulum in Quintana Roo, Mexico. The MOU is to develop a digital land records platform built on their blockchain platform. MLG and Tulum officials expect to “work together to… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) will announce Q4 fiscal 2019 financial results and Q1 fiscal 2020 guidance on its earnings call scheduled for February 14th. The Valentines Day event has removed some of the surprise as Nvidia revealed reduced guidance last week. “Q4 was an extraordinary, unusually turbulent, and… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

A former Securities and Exchange Commission Senior Counsel, Philip Moustakis, has joined the law firm Seward & Kissel LLP to support the firm’s Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Group. Moustakis worked in the SEC’s New York Regional Office and pursued many different investigations during his tenure including charges… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Cutting the Red Tape. We elect and appoint public officials to represent our best interests. Far too often, these policymakers take this mandate as a carte blanche to enact new laws and craft more rules. Unfortunately, this approach can be misguided as well-intentioned politicians and… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) and FIO Protocol, an inter-wallet operability protocol that makes it easier to move tokens and coins, has announced that Trust Wallet, the official mobile wallet of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has joined the Foundation. Trust Wallet was acquired by Binance… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

dozens, a “new banking and wealth management alternative” wants to be where you save your money. dozens will accomplish this by providing proprietary financial products including a 5% annual interest rate which will make high-interest rates accessible to more people. dozens is placing the money… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Online business finance marketplace Funding Options has launched in the Netherlands. The expansion by Funding Options is being done in partnership with ING Bank and is the company’s first foray outside the United Kingdom. Funding Options will now service the Netherlands’ 1.8 million SMEs gain access to finance alternatives…. Read More

February 2, 2019 @ 1:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dinosaur Financial Group issued a release on their relationship with tZero, Overstock’s digital asset trading marketplace, on Friday. The announcement that Dinosaur’s institutional brokerage firm was partnering with tZero was old news. A few days prior, tZero had announced the commencement of trading via Dinosaur as the “introducing… Read More

February 2, 2019 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK and Europe and other jurisdictions are not alone in pursuing the digital banking revoluation. In Australia, Xinja is following in the footsteps of platforms like Revolut and Monza by raising growth capital on a crowdfunding platform. Several weeks into their public campaign on… Read More

February 2, 2019 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner is now offering an Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA), according to a release from the property crowdfunding platform. Just like a regular ISA, investors may place up to £20,000 per year into an IF ISA account, which may then be used to invest… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Principality of Liechtenstein signed a declaration joining the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP). Liechtenstein is now the 28th European country in the Partnership. The EBP launched in April of 2018 when 21 EU member states, plus Norway, agreed to cooperate in the establishment of a… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding (or Reg CF), created by Title III of the JOBS Act, has been available for several years now. While not without its shortcomings, Reg CF has been leveraged by hundreds of issuers, typically smaller firms, raising over $100 million since May 2016. This past week, Crowdfund Capital… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Modulus has formed a partnership with security token issuance platform Securitize. Modulus is a Fintech provider that provides services to professional traders, brokerages, trading firms, and more. Modulus says its products and services reach millions of users around the world. The company also has entered… Read More

February 1, 2019 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Chamber of Digital Commerce is calling on the US to act when it comes to policy regarding blockchain (or distributed ledger technology – DLT) and digital assets. The Chamber has long been at the forefront of the policy debate when it comes to cryptocurrency… Read More