January 12, 2018 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the land of initial coin offerings (ICO), a world that is starting to look a bit like Xanadu, an estimated $4.9 billion was raised. This number was buttressed by several sources. WSJ.com reported in December that ICOs had topped $4 billion. Crunchbase augmented that… Read More

January 12, 2018 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Protocol has announced a Blockchain based “Dark Pool” for cryptocurrency trading. Noting that 15% of all Wall Street trades on are not widely available to the public, Republic Protocol wants to provide a solution. In the US, dark pool trading, while sounding ominous, has… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 10:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

ThinCats says 2018 is poised for growth. The online lender reports that December was a record month booking £12 million of funding listed on the platform followed the biggest-ever ThinCats-listed loan of £6.7 million to the Chelsea Yacht & Boat Company at the end of September…. Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has finally filled the two vacant seats on the Commission as Hester M. Peirce and Robert J. Jackson were sworn in today by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. Peirce and Jackson will join the other two Commissioners, Kara Stein and Michael… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Security initial coin offering (ICO) specialists Polymath has announced a partnership with tZero. The Overstock subsidiary is currently hosting its ICO on SaftLaunch enlisting institutional investors for its security offer. Apparently, Polymath has already provided advice to tZERO on the design, economic model, and distribution of… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

  Recording star Drake has partnered with Brent Hocking, a successful veteran from the spirits industry, to create Virginia Black, an aged Bourbon whiskey. The company is looking to raise $30 million and the founders have decided to leverage the Reg A+ crowdfunding exemption thus… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, one of the largest crowdfunding platforms in the world, has launched a new $100 million global fund labeled “Cognitiv.” This specialized fund will focus on early-stage companies that leverage AI, IoT, robotics, digital manufacturing and more. Cognitiv is on a mission to fund tomorrow’s category… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) announced yesterday it had approved the licensing of the first seven “crowd-sourced funding” platforms. Due to a recent change in Australia’s security regulations, these investment crowdfunding platforms may allow businesses to raise up to $5 million – all… Read More

January 11, 2018 @ 7:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital challenger bank Tandem has closed on the acquisition of Harrod’s bank – the financial institution long associated with the eponymous London retail store.Tandem received regulatory approval by the Prudential Regulation Authority, a division of the Bank of England, and the Financial Conduct Authority to… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 11:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

South Korea has been back and forth on the future of cryptocurrency and its exchanges for some time now. Today, apparently things have taken a turn for the worse as reports indicate that South Korea will ban all cryptocurrencies and prominent exchanges have been raided… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 11:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has licensed the first crowdfunding platforms or “crowd-sourced funding (CSF) intermediaries” as it is called in Australia. The licensed platforms follow several prolonged years to create workable rules allowing for companies to raise capital online under the new… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

  BABB, a banking platform based on Blockchain based in London, is launching its initial coin offering (ICO) on January 15th with a pre-sale. The general token sale of BAX will commence immediately following the pre-sale seeking to raise a hard cap of USD $20… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZero, a compliant securities token offering, is experiencing significant demand. While it is hard to quantify, we have been hearing chatter for some time now that SaftLaunch, the issuing platform, has struggled to manage all of the inbound requests legitimate and otherwise. In a letter… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyMogul has announced the appointment of Chris Fraley as Chief Investment Officer. RealtyMogul says that Fraley has served as their interim Chief Investment Officer since June 2017, and has now joined full-time to continue overseeing credit and asset management for RealtyMogul’s… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech4Good, Alternative Assets, Asia Finance Association, and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, have joined together to create the 2018 Digital Assets Investment Forum (DAIF) scheduled for January 16th, 2018 in New York. This is a one day seminar covering all things blockchain including the fast evolving… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Punch TV, perhaps the first potential issuer to attempt to raise capital using updated rules under Reg A+, has had its offer suspended by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The administrative proceeding by the SEC follows an “Offer of Settlement” by Punch TV that… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Hamburg, Germany based Sutor Bank (founded in 1921) has launched a new “micro-investment app” described as delivering an “investment to go’ feature for users. Sutor Bank said it is expanding its range of Fintech collaborations by partnering with startup savemate providing the investment app that… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding or Reg CF as everyone calls it, is the youngest federal crowdfunding exemption available in the US. While the JOBS Act was signed into law in 2012, it took the Securities and Exchange Commission 4 years to release finale rules. Yes, the wheels… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Transferwise, the UK based Fintech Unicorn, announced it had launched a borderless debit card for a group of trial users. Basically it is a current account that can be used anywhere minus the silly fees banks charge consumers. Transferwise will commence a wide release… Read More

January 9, 2018 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Valley Association (CVA), based in the epicenter of ICOs in Zug, Switzerland, has published a Code of Conduct for Initial Coin Offerings. Founded in 2017, the CVA started with just 16 members at launch and today now counts over 550 corporate and individual… Read More