July 27, 2018 @ 2:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

At the beginning of the year, the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) announced its intent to enable blockchain based clearing and settlement. Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT) has been predicted to provide a growing number of services within the securities industry. In a blog post,… Read More

July 27, 2018 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment Crowdfunding Rules Deemed Satisfactory. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has finally released its long awaited post-implementation review of crowdfunding regulation. As has been widely rumored for quite some time, the FCA is looking to adjust rules governing loan based crowdfunding, also labeled peer… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Winkelvoss Bitcoin Trust ETF was denied the ability to publicly trade today by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The order filed by the SEC was part of an ongoing saga that stems from way back in 2016 when Bats BZX Exchange requested a… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 10:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prospa, a leading online lender for Australian SMEs, has received a nice recognition being named National Fintech Lender of the Year in the 2018 MFAA Excellence Awards. The Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia  or “MFAA” is the national body representing finance brokers, mortgage managers, lenders, aggregator/broking groups… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 5:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Commissioner Hester Peirce has slammed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to deny trading of the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust on Bats BZX Exchange in a public statement. Peirce stated; “I am concerned that the Commission’s approach undermines investor protection by precluding greater institutionalization of the… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), spent some time on Capitol Hill testifying in front of the House Committee on Agriculture. While Giancarlo’s prepared remarks, and ensuing comments driven by questions from the Committee, covered a wide range of… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week S&P Global published the Global Banks Midyear report for 2018. While credit conditions remain relatively good, the trade dispute, largely with China, is causing concern. Beyond the overall good economic environment there is a pressing issue when it comes to traditional banks. The… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

There is a new bill that has been introduced into the House Financial Services Committee that is targeting “virtual currencies” and terrorism. Sponsored by Representative Ed Perlmutter, HR 6411 or the “FinCEN Improvement Act of 2018” appears to expand the reach of FinCEN which is the… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based FintruX Network, “a global P2P lending ecosystem,” has added Bob Rinaldi to its Board of Directors. Rinaldi is a long time banker and entrepreneur.  According to FIntruX, Rinaldi has served as the CEO of CI Finance, a national equipment finance company, and as a Director… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender CrowdProperty is out with a note saying they funded a £925,000 residential property in under ten minutes. To be exact, 9 minutes; 51 seconds. CrowdProperty adds that 60% of projects launching in 2018 each funding under half an hour. CrowdProperty states… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 11:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin is in a bit of a rally right now and BitMEX may be benefiting from the investor interest. According to a report from the cryptocurrency exchange, BitMEX has topped the record of Bitcoin trading during a 24 hour period. The company states that 1,041,748 BTC… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 11:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundersClub, an online capital formation platform that uses Reg D 506b to back promising young firms, has just provided an update on the status of their operations after six years of business. According to FundersClub, to date they have booked 30 exits – IE companies… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Montroll, also known as “Ukyo” – former operated of two crypto businesses WeExchange and Bitfiunder, pled guilty to securities fraud and obstruction of justice charges leveled against Montroll in New York Federal Court in New York this week. Montroll launched Bitfunder in 2012 where… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 1:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

SharesPost, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and ATS, has partnered up with OKCoin a digital asset exchange. The two firms will be working together on SharesPost’s Global Liquidity And Settlement System (GLASS) as exchange nodes. GLASS will provide OKCoin with compliant access to the U.S. investor market. GLASS is… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto marketplace Coinbase has added a new feature. According to a blog post by Coinbase CEO Zeeshan Feroz, their users may now spend their BTC, ETH and more on e-gift card. Coinbase has partnered with WeGift to enable gift cards accepted at retailers like Uber… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Republic – a Reg CF crowdfunding platform founded by AngelList veterans – announced that it was celebrating its second birthday. How time flies. Republic announced its intent to enter crowdfunding sector as a FINRA regulated funding portal back in 2016 – the same… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, the Bank of England (BoE) published a document outlining progress on their proof of concept (POC) project for a “renewed Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service that will deliver a resilient, flexible and innovative sterling payment system for the United Kingdom to meet the… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Swarm Fund has partnered with MakerDAO to integrate the Dai token into the Swarm platform. Swarm says this will enable their community of investors to lock into cyrpto prices using the stablecoin. Swarm targets crypto Investors who want to de-risk their portfolios, like family offices… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockFi is taking the more routine world of online lending and sprucing it up with a cryptocurrency to US dollar lending platform. Today, the digital asset lender has announced a solid $52.5 million investment to expand its operation further into the crypto realm. BlockFi is sharing… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Multi-year offering fraud raised at least $27.4 million from over 100 investors The Fyre Festival was billed as a super luxe musical festival to be held in the Exumas (part of the Bahamas) populated by models and the super cool. Celebrities like Bella Hadid, Kendall… Read More