June 18, 2018 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto Finance has received regulatory approval from Swiss regulators. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has reportedly given its seal of approval for the Crypto Fund AG – the first in Switzerland. The creation of the Fund was announced earlier this year. It is a… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

  A report in the FT is pointing to the fact that cryptocurrency / blockchain hedge fund returns have dropped dramatically in recent month as volatile markets impacted the price of Bitcoin and other alt coins. Bitcoin began the year trading far higher. On January… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading investment crowdfunding platform in the US, has just closed its self-crowdfunding round hitting its goal of $5 million backed by 3400+ investors. The Reg A+ offer was first filed in September of 2017 as the platform sought to raise growth capital. In… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Security tokens are the future of investments, so it appears. The speculation fueled initial coin offering (ICO) industry is quickly morphing into a legitimate sector of finance as securities on blockchain seem poised to become the norm. At the first Security Token Summit held in… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

In April of this year, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) commented on the status of cryptocurrencies. The RBI stated “we have decided to ring fence the RBI regulated entities from the risk of dealing with entities associated with virtual currencies. They are required to… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 1:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

German Fantasy Sports company Stryking Entertainment is rewarding people with STRYKZ tokens for predicting the right scores of a variety of World Cup games.  All fans have to do is to join the STRYKZ telegram group and post their predictions ahead of selected games. The winner will… Read More

June 17, 2018 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

KoreConX has landed a high profile advisor. David Weild, former Vice-Chairman of NASDAQ, CEO of Weild & Company, and JOBS Act proponent, has joined the Fintech firms advisory board. KoreConX is a digital investor relations platform that aids in the capital raising process and shareholder… Read More

June 16, 2018 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neoen, an independent green energy producer, and WiSEED, a European crowdfunding platform, have  inked an agreement to partner on funding of renewable energy projects in France. The very first offering is to raise money for a solar energy project located at a former coal mining… Read More

June 16, 2018 @ 1:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK Finance’s most recent report indicates that the number of new loans to UK SMEs increased slightly in the first quarter of 2018. There were 73,971 new loan approvals to SMEs across the UK in Q1 versus 72,272 in Q1 of 2017. A report by UK… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic Protocol shared last week that it would now allow third-party developers to build and operate their own independent decentralized dark pools for the trading of cryptocurrencies on their platform. The Singapore based company says it will “operate like an open source entreprise” where others… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

puddlePuddle, an online lender that provided micro-credit in a peer to peer platform, is shutting down. In an email circulated by the company, Puddle founders stated that after five years of operation the businesses model was “unsustainable.” Founded in 2012, the site was envisioned as… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 12:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cryptocurrency lottery CryptoMillionsLotto has announced its pre-sale ICO to commence on Monday (June 8). The offering is being made available to US investors using Reg D 506c. Creators are promoting CML just like any other lottery as participants get to have a chance at a… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech is gaining another boost today as the UK International Trade Secretary Dr. Liam Fox, MP, has launched a new Fintech investment drive. The UK is a leading Fintech hub. The fact the UK government has been very supportive of Fintech innovation is one of… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Alior Bank has announced a “pan-European collaboration” with Raisin, solarisBank and Mastercard. The four separate companies are seeking to create a new financial platform based on an open API model. This new model hopes to enable their clients “to benefit from truly open banking.” According… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter is reporting that subscriptions to its IFISA have surpassed £100 million. This milestone took four months to reach and, according to RateSetter, faster than any other P2P lender. To date, RateSetter has originated over £2.5 billion in online loans to… Read More

June 15, 2018 @ 7:42 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia is in the midst of a transition. Just as the Fintech industry continues to shift and change direction, Australia’s leading Fintech advocacy group adjusts and adds new names to its leadership. According to the group, the new board of directors will take shape… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 8:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ethereum rose dramatically today following the comments of William Hinman, Director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who inserted a statement in a speech today that ended the question of Ethereum being a security. Hinman told an audience… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lendingblock has partnered with Octagon Strategy Limited a global digital asset brokerage firm. The collaboration is described as Octagon Strategy joining Lendingblock Institutional Advisory Group to trial and launch the platform’s real-time exchange for fully collateralized, cross-chain borrowing and lending of cryptocurrency assets. This is… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ethereum Not a Security Speaking at the Yahoo Finance conference in San Francisco today, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Corporate Finance William Hinman tackled the topic of morphing initial coin offerings (ICOs) and whether an ICO could start life as a security and… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

In a speech delivered by the President of BAFIN Felix Hufeld, Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, addressed the topic of blockchain, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. According to BAFIN’s President, blockchain is a very promising technology. But when it comes to crypto, well not so… Read More