December 2, 2018 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Uniti, the Sweden founded electric car manufacturer, will open up their current equity crowdfunding offer to the general public this week. Currently listed on Crowdcube for pre-registered investors, Uniti has raised over £686,000 from 353 investors to date. Uniti is seeking £1 million in funding… Read More

December 1, 2018 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, has filed a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As CI reported last month, StartEngine commenced a Reg D offering while their Security Token Offering (STO) under Reg A+ remains in… Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa, a blockchain project that is on a mission to provide a scalable, enterprise iteration of distributed ledger technology, has announced smart contract sharding with Testnet V3. This is the final testing phase before the mainnet is released, an event that is scheduled for January 31, 2019…. Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Patrick McHenry has been elected as the Ranking Member of the powerful House Financial Services Committee. As Republicans lose control of House, Committee leadership positions have swapped parties. McHenry has been a member of the House Financial Services Committee for some time. “I am… Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Australia’s largest online book retailer Booktopia is seeking growth capital and they are raising the funding via an equity crowdfunding offer on Equitise. This is the first time Booktopia is pursuing outside capital. Launched in 2004, Booktotopia is an e-commerce site that sells at least… Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The newest entrant into the race to provide a scalable blockchain and solve existing network shortcomings is now live. “Roma” by æternity seeks to top current market leaders and challengers in the smart contact / Dapp space. æternity Founder Yanislav Malahov said that after two years… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 7:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

LoanStreet has closed on a $6.5 million Series A funding round, according to the company. The funding was led by Valar Ventures, with participation from Third Prime Capital, Rosecliff Ventures, Ride Ventures, The Gramercy Fund, and Leland Hart, Sally Rocker, Rob Kiessling, Richard Levin, and other investors. To date,… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 6:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against two high-profile initial coin offering (ICO) promoters.  Music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. were cited for failing to disclose they were remunerated for promoting ICOs via their social media channels. The SEC… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Germany based Fintech creditshelf has completed a study entitled “Industrial SMEs and Financing 4.0” (Industrieller Mittelstand und Finanzierung 4.0). Partnering with TU Darmstadt, the research queried 244 board members and managing directors to garner the results this past July. According to the study, SMEs are more… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie, an intra-state investment crowdfunding portal, says it is the first platform to link blockchain based distributed ledgers under an “Initial Crowd Offering model” and now allows the ability to invest with a Self-Directed Individual Retirement Account (SD-IRA) via a partnership with AltoIRA. The… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 4:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property lender LendInvest is reporting it has provided an industry leading developer with a £19.3 million loan to fund a large residential development in the South West. From instruction to completion, LendInvest took only 60 days to facilitate the development loan. LendInvest states that this… Read More

November 28, 2018 @ 8:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is out with their 3rd Asia Pacific Region Alternative Finance Industry Report. According to CCAF, the alternative finance sector in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region increased to $358 billion in 2017 but overall growth has slowed. As in previous… Read More

November 28, 2018 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Shanghai Municipal Financial Regulatory Bureau (SFRB) continue to strengthen financial ties including in the hot Fintech sector. Jacqueline Loh, Deputy Managing Director of MAS, and Dr. Zheng Yang, Director General of the SFRB, highlighted the cooperation at the 4th… Read More

November 28, 2018 @ 7:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) has announced new fiat onboarding options including US dollars, British Pounds and Euros.  The news of providing more channels to participate in crypto comes following the announcement that GBX has received a full license as a provider of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). GBX is… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neufund, a full stack security token issuance platform, has announced the details of the forthcoming “equity token offering” (ETO) for their parent company Fifth Force Gmbh (token symbol FTH).  Announced last week, Neufund is poised to become the first European issuer to offer shares on… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published a primer on “Smart Contracts” today. The document has been created by the CFTC’s innovation division – LabCFTC. LabCFTC Director Daniel Gorfine commented that smart contracts are being used to drive automation in markets and may… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lender October (formerly Lendix) has launched in the Netherlands. Alongside this expansion, the Paris based October is providing SME financing in France, Spain, and Italy. According to a note from October, SMEs may apply for loans ranging from €30,000 and up to €3.5 million. The marketplace… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Almost immediately after revealing a $12.75 million funding round, Securitize has formed a partnership with Elevated Returns to boost their real estate tokenization program in Southeast Asia. Securitize is a token compliance platform and protocol for issuing and managing digital securities on the blockchain. Elevated Returns… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Australia based Birchal believes that equity crowdfunding may be the “silver bullet” for SMEs turned away by traditional banks. Pointing to a recent note from the Australian Small Business Finance Advisory Panel that many small businesses find it challenging to access finance, Birchal believes Fintech… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, Bitcoin is the most widely recognized and accepted crypto on the planet. While you can do a lot of things with BTC, there is one thing you cannot do: pay your taxes. That is until today. Starting this week, OhioCrypto has been launched by… Read More