September 18, 2018 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA), the self regulatory group for the peer to peer lending industry, has added a new member: CrowdProperty. The P2PFA represents the most prestigious online lenders in the UK as well as the majority of online lending volume…. Read More

September 18, 2018 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Hester Peirce delivered a speech at the Cato Fintech event in SF this week tackling an important topic: That of regulators (and policymakers in general) being too risk averse. This is a truism in policy. We elect, or appoint, public… Read More

September 18, 2018 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

WorldRemit, a UK based Fintech in the digital money transfer sector, has integrated with WhatsApp – one of the most popular messaging services in the world. WorldRemit says that customers in over 145 countries may now receive WhatsApp notifications about their money transfers in real… Read More

September 18, 2018 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Aescuvest, a Germany based investment crowdfunding platform, has announced it will now operate on a pan-European basis. Aescuvest has partnered with EIT Health to become the first online investment platform to offer crowdfunding specifically for SMEs in the healthcare sector Aescuvest states that it will… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 11:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

After a bumpy year, or so, Tezos has announced that it is live on the Mainnet. In a brief release, Tezos Foundation stated; “On June 30, the Tezos Foundation proposed a genesis block that became the seed of the Tezos network. For a time following… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a Reg CF crowdfunding platform that is an offshoot of AngelList, recently visited with Fortune to talk about its services and expectations for the near future. During the discussion with Republic CEO and co-founder Kendrick Nguyen, he indicated that Republic will be issuing its… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

IronX, a cryptocurrency exchange joint venture between IronFX Group and EmurgoHK, has received regulatory approval from the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The licensed was received a month earlier than expected. IronFX is a forex and commodity brokerage based in Cypress. EmurgoHG is the creator… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 1:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF), Finance Center for South-South Cooperation (FCSSC) and Women Political Leaders Global Forum (WPL), have joined to host a blockchain focused summit to be held at the United Nations on September 24th.  This summit, entitled “Blockchain for Social Good: Utilizing Blockchain to… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Caspian, a cryptocurrency trading platform targeting institutional investors, says it has raised USD $16 million a pre-sale of their CSP token. Investors take note: the initial coin offering is not available in both the US and China. A public sale is scheduled for October 3rd…. Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Sweetbridge Alliance Network has added InstaSupply, a financing supply chain provicer for mid-sized businesses using blockchain, to its Network and named it an official reseller of Sweetbridge protocol technologies. Sweetbridge says that through this collaboration their liquidity protocol will provide low-cost access to capital for… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs, a UK based online investment platform, has added two new non executive directors to its board. Ian McCaig, former CEO of First Utility and LastMinute, and Mark Brooker, former COO of Betfair and Trainline, have been enlisted to help guide the growing Fintech. Seedrs… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a leading online property finance platform, has closed on a $39.5 million Series C funding round that is comprised of both debt and equity. The funding has been in process throughout the summer and is viewed as positioning the UK based company for an… Read More

September 16, 2018 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

ITsMine, a cybersecurity company has been named one of the top 10  most innovative cybersecurity startups at China’s 2018 ISC Conference. ITsMine is a part of the  OurCrowd Labs/02, seed stage incubator portfolio, which focuses on cutting-edge tech in areas including AI, deep learning, autonomous transportation… Read More

September 15, 2018 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based HyperChain Capital, a digital assets management platform, has launched HyperBlocks Pro, described as a “professional proof of stake service.” The PoS service is said to be the first in the world backed by a major blockchain firm. HyperChain believes that more blockchain companies… Read More

September 15, 2018 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

ELIX is a blockchain based platform that is crypto native seeking to provide multiple services including a crowdfunding / lending service along with a crypto wallet and payments. The ELIX coin never did an initial coin offering it simply gave the digital tokens away (about… Read More

September 14, 2018 @ 6:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine published their monthly report on Reg CF volume and according to their numbers, $7.4 million was raised during August. This comes after a new high in July when it topped $10.7 million. Since the securities exemption went into effect in May 2016, Reg CF… Read More

September 14, 2018 @ 1:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitGo revealed yesterday it has received regulatory approval from the South Dakota Division of Banking  to operate as a public South Dakota Trust Company. BitGo says it is the “first qualified custodian purpose-built for storing digital assets.” BitGo offers a custody solution for institutional investors in digital… Read More

September 14, 2018 @ 1:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Indian Cabinet, Chaired by Prime Minister Modi, has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) pertaining to “Collaborative Research on Distributed Ledger and Blockchain Technology in the context of Development of digital economy by Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) with the participating member banks,… Read More

September 14, 2018 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Protocol and Wyre have formed a partnership where the Wyre payment platform will be integrated into Republic Protocol’s digital asset marketplace. The agreement is being described as bridging traditional finance to crypto trading in Republic’s dark pool service. Additionally, Wyre will be supporting Republic Protocol by… Read More

September 14, 2018 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has announced it will commence selling Bitcoin on its retail site. Additionally, Medici Ventures, part of the Overstock portfolio of blockchain based companies, has announced that Bitsy.com has kicked off a beta launch of its cryptocurrency wallet that “creates a simple, secure, and… Read More