April 29, 2018 @ 8:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Canada is on a determined path to legalize both medical and recreational use of Cannabis. At some point later this year, across all of the Canadian provinces Cannabis will be legally sold thus increasing legal demand and suppliers are rushing to accommodate expectations of a… Read More

April 29, 2018 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

This crypto spoofing scam has become almost predictable as it happens all of the time. Crooks attempting to steal cryptocurrency will try and spoof Twitter accounts to make it look like a trusted, known individual or business is giving away ETH or BTC only to… Read More

April 28, 2018 @ 5:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CB Insights published their quarterly report on global investment into Fintech and following the numbers from Q1 the authors are making a bullish prediction. They expect global Fintech investment to hit a new high during 2018. The first quarter of 2018 saw 323… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a speech delivered this week at the Eurofi Summit, Commissioner Brian Quintenz, of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), addressed the topic of cryptocurrencies and digital tokens. Specifically, Quintez posed the question as to what should the proper role of a regulator be in… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 10:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Reserve of St. Louis recently published a paper entitled “The Case for Central Bank Electronic Money and the Non-case for Central Bank Cryptocurrencies. In brief, authors Aleksandr Berentsen and Fabian Schär don’t think much about central bank utilization of crypto. The duo states:… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 10:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinswipe, the “Tinder for ICOs” has filed a Form D 506c with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating its intent to raise $10 million in funding. Tinder is, of course, the very popular “dating” App that allows users to swipe right or left and express… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

In a series of Tweets, Vitalik Buterin – the creator of Ethereum – said he was boycotting the Consensus conference this year while encouraging others to do the same. At the same time, Buterin hammered CoinDesk calling the site “recklessly complicit in enabling giveaway scams.”… Read More

April 27, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), along with a host of other public market advocates, published a paper yesterday urging policy makers to take action and address the decline of public companies. SIFMA stated the obvious that the decline in public companies creates… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 11:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Carats.io is a newly launched big data for diamonds platform that is also launching a cryptocurrency.  The diamond industry today is a highly obfuscated market that includes questionable pricing that is difficult to decipher. Carats says it is introducing an algorithm that will compare daily… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet is an award-winning real estate investment platform that wants to enable a far wider audience to invest in real estate debt. The company provides investments in short term, real estate backed loans – an asset class that has traditionally been difficult to access for… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

iComply Investor Services has announced a new strategic partnership with Cointaxes, a platform for Canadian taxpayers to help manage their tax liability for crypto. The software has been available for US citizens for some time (tax day was April 15 in the States) but now… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

It’s about time. The Commodity Futures Exchange Commission (CFTC) has published a white paper on Swaps Regulation Version 2.0. Entitled, An Assessment of the Current Implementation of Reform and Proposals for Next Steps, the unique aspect of this document is the fact that CFTC Chair J. Christopher… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) in Japan has hit another cryptocurrency exchange with an enforcement action. According to the FSA’s site, “Everyone’s Bitcoin” has received an “administrative punishment” for not abiding by compliance rules for cryptocurrency exchanges. The FSA states that due to reports from… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut revealed its most recent funding round today as it raised $250 million at a valuation of $1.7 billion. In many ways, the success of Revolut is emblematic of the power and potential of investment crowdfunding. Until today’s Series C round, each successive funding round… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut has claimed Unicorn status. The UK based digital challenger bank has raised $250 million at a valuation of $1.7 billion making it one of the fastest UK Fintechs to top the billion dollar mark ever. Launched in 2015, Revolut will next expand in the… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

This should really come as no surprise. NASDAQ is open to becoming a cryptocurrency exchange. The regulated exchange says it is already providing its technology to other crypto exchanges so taking the additional step would not be that difficult. Speaking on CNBC today, NASDAQ CEO… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

SaftLaunch, an initial coin offering launch platform, has rebranded and relaunched as RenGen Labs. An email forwarded by the company announced the change: We are very excited to announce the launch of our new website! On behalf of the entire RenGen Labs team, we would… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), the largest marketplace lending platform in the US, has posted a response to a US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint that was launched in 2016. In brief, LendingClub had this to say: “We do not agree and are very disappointed that it was… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 1:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinList, an independent platform spun out by team AngelList, has announced a new service: Airdrops by CoinList – a compliant way to award and collect tokens. Emphasis on compliance. As initial coin offerings (ICOs) are going mainstream and becoming professionalized, CoinList is adding a feature that… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Valley Association (CVA), based in Zug, Switzerland, has announced a new partnership with ConsenSys. According to CVA, ConsenSys will chair new Enterprise Blockchain Working Group, while joining the existing Regulatory and Policy Working Group. Consensys is a huge, global organization. Today it claims 750+ blockchain experts… Read More