Last year’s explosion in cryptocurrencies (in both price and awareness among the public) has made the financial world sit up and take notice. The promise of blockchain technology disrupting industries, democratizing finance through decentralization and potentially making investors wealthy—was the driving force behind the rise… Read More
Tagged democravesting, jen nash, perspective
An increasingly “techno-savvy” ruling elite in North Korea is using a “full range” of computerized devices and tactics, including the issuing of fraudulent ICOs (initial coin offerings), to evade global sanctions and, “…generate revenue for the Kim regime,” Insikt Group reports. Insikt’s cybersecurity researchers have… Read More
Tagged fraud, hold coin, huzu, insikt, intersteller, marine chain, north korea, stellar
The CEO of Informatics Services Corporation (ISC), a private Fintech company in Iran, says the country’s Central Bank has given his company permission to start trailing the cryptocurrency it designed for the Iranian state, Ibena reports. Seyyed Abotaleb Najafi, the London-trained CEO of ISC, reportedly emphasized… Read More
Tagged informatics services corporation, iran, seyyed abotaleb najafi
Vertalo, a liquidity enablement and compliance platform for regulated digital assets, announced on Monday it has formed a new partnership with Securrency, a global financial services technology infrastructure and products company, to bolster the future of the security token economy. Vertalo reported it will integrate Securrency’s CAT-20 and 721 security… Read More
Tagged cryptocurrency, partnership, securrency, vertalo
Today, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the winners of their annual Global Fintech Hackcelerator which takes place during the Singapore Fintech Festival each year. Three winners have been selected from a group of 20 finalists. KPMG assisted in the competition. “The Global… Read More
Tagged bettertradeoff, billion group, global fintech hackcelerator, kpmg, mas, monetary authority of singapore, mosabi, singapore, singapore fintech festival, sopnendu mohanty
Blockchain startup Sweetbridge has added former Director of the US Mint, Edmund Moy to its advisory board. Moy is said to be one of the first senior federal government officials to embrace the potential of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Sweetbridge is described as a network that will… Read More
Tagged edward moy, Scott Nelson, sweetbridge
Revolut, fintech unicorn and successful Crowdcube alum, is taking its customer protection to the next level, intending to become a world leader. As part of the platform’s plan, a new fleet of machine learning technology has been unveiled, a fleet that has already reportedly seen… Read More
Tagged anti money laundering, crowdcube, customer protection, fraud, nik storonsky, revolut, unicorn
The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to approve the first initial coin offering (ICO) portal at some point this month, according to a report in the Bangkok Post. The approval follows a royal decree from last May that stipulated that the Thai… Read More
Tagged icos, initial coin offerings, sec, thailand
Investment crowdfunding platform StartEngine launched a Reg A+ self-crowdfunding offer for security tokens some time ago. Unfortunately, the offering has not yet been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last week, StartEngine opened up a “limited time” $10 million security token offering (STO) using… Read More
Tagged regulation a, regulation d, security token offering, startengine
The CEO of London-based digital only banking platform Revolut has denied popular claims that Wall Street is poised to avalanche into cryptocurrency investing. Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky, told an audience at the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, last week, that, as far as he is concerned: “There is… Read More
Tagged assif hirji, banking, conibase, digital bank, nik storonsky, revolut
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