February 5, 2018 @ 11:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Zealand-based ClearFoundation, and its commercialization partner Utah-based ClearCenter, have announced an NZD $1 billion (or about USD $730 million) initial coin offering of ClearFoundation’s tokens known as CLEAR Tokens. So who is the ClearFoundation? The ClearFoundation was formed in 2009 in New Zealand as an… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we reported this past weekend, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, is queued up to hold a hearing on virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies. What makes this hearing interesting is the fact the two witnesses are the leading regulators in the cryptocurrency… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marco Santori, formerly a Partner at Cooley, LLP and author of the controversial SAFT or Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, has joined Blockchain as President and Chief Legal Officer.  In the past, Santori has been labeled “the Dean of Digital Currency Lawyers” by some and… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Waves has announced a new partnership that will expand its presence into the hot Southeast Asian initial coin offering (ICO) market. Waves has announced an agreement to collaborate with Indonesian platform Tokenomy to push into major new global opportunities. Waves says that as part of… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Challenger bank Banco BNI Europa is now investing in loans via the Fellow Finance platform. According to information provided by Fellow Finance, Banco BNI is the first European bank to invest in loans on its platform. Banco BNI Europa will now be present on the… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Berlin based Penta, a challenger bank for startups and businesses, has raised €2.2 million in seed funding just one month after launching in Germany. The investment round was led by Inception Capital, a Fintech focused VC based in the UK. Penta is a partner of Berlin… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Challenger bank Tandem has announced a partnership with cognitive banking company Personetics to provide users personalised insights on their spending across all of their bank accounts in one place, as well as warning people about unexpected fees and unusual activity on their accounts. Tandem… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

  Switzerland and Austria will host their annual UK Fintech Mission. This is the third UK Fintech Mission to Switzerland which, because of its past success, this year encompasses both the Austrian and Swiss markets.  The UK Fintech trade mission will take place in Vienna and… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 6:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will be holding a hearing on cryptocurrencies this Tuesday. Entitled, Virtual Currencies: The Oversight Role of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, this will be a Hearing to watch as both… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

It is that time of year again. Tax time. The dreaded annual routine where you compile all of your state and federal tax forms into an envelope and shuffle it off to your accountant. Alternatively, you may use a tax software and do it yourself… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Long Blockchain Corporation (NASDAQ:LBCC), formerly known as Long Island Ice Tea Corp. due to its focus on beverages, has done an about face regarding its previously announced decision to purchase 1,000 Antminer S9 mining rigs and 1,000 APW3++ PSUs. In January, the company stated it had signed… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 1:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

For the past several years Orchard, the digital marketplace that connects institutional money with online lenders, has predicted the outcome of the Super Bowl. The Fintech firm uses lending data as the basis for their predictions – specifically Loan Volume, Borrower Characteristics, Vintage Characteristics, and Loan… Read More

February 4, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, held their annual summit at the International  Convention Center in Jerusalem this past week. Beyond the presentations by the many cool tech startups that make up their portfolio companies,  OurCrowd took a moment to… Read More

February 3, 2018 @ 1:42 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week the House of Representatives passed a bill, HR 1457, that will enable financial institutions to accept personal identification, such as scan of a drivers license, to open up on bank account on a mobile device or computer. Per the legislative description, “the financial… Read More

February 2, 2018 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The KROPS Initial Coin Offering has received a Cease & Desist (C&D) from the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission. The C&D, embedded below, demands the immediate halt to the sale of KROPS Tokens or KropCoins. The SEC states the company has not filed the necessary… Read More

February 2, 2018 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, the UK’s largest equity crowdfunding platform, has reported that during 2017 £95 million was raised for seed through growth phase companies. Quoting numbers from Beauhurst, Crowdcube said it surpassed its nearest competitor by over £10 million. This number tops 2016 when Crowdcube raised approximately… Read More

February 2, 2018 @ 6:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Germany based ONE, an Insurtech firm that is part of the Wefox Group, has announced the public launch of their platform. ONE says they are the first Insurtech startup to have received a license to passport their services across the entire European Union and Switzerland. Simultaneously,… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 4:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has announced the launch of a new executive education program entitled Alternative Finance in Digistised Economy. The immersive program has been created in collaboration with Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education. CCAF is the leading research entity for… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 4:26 am By JD Alois  |  

In the works for some time now, the European Commission has published the final report on “Identifying market and regulatory obstacles to cross- border development of crowdfunding in the EU.” The report comes under the Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG… Read More

February 1, 2018 @ 1:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The IOTA Foundation has announced a partnership with Taipei City designed to help the Asian capital meet its smart city needs. “We are so excited about teaming up with Taipei City,” said David Sønstebø, Co-Founder of the IOTA Foundation. “It proves that our next-generation technology is… Read More