Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

July 24, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX Trading Ltd., owner and operator of FTX.com, a global cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced a joint offer with West Realm Shires Inc., the owner and operator of FTX US, and Alameda Ventures Ltd, “to provide early liquidity to customers of Voyager Digital, LLC, which filed… Read More

July 24, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain.com is joining a handful of other crypto firms that have cut jobs while slowing its expansion. As has been widely reported, Blockchain.com will let go approximately 150 employees or about 25% of its staff while shuttering an office in Argentina and slowing growth of… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security Token Market (STM) has announced that the global market “leader” in US real estate tokenization, RealT, has joined the STM data partnership network. RealT was “launched in 2019 and has built a vibrant and growing investor community of over 9,200 active investors from 135… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent days, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an enforcement action alleging insider trading involving a former Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) manager and two other partners. Simultaneously, criminal charges were filed by the US Department of Justice. Buried within the SEC complaint was the statement… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jupiter Exchange, an alternative asset exchange using fractional NFT technology, announced that it has closed on a $5 million seed funding round “led by White Hilt Capital.” Jupiter curates iconic objects and makes fractional ownership “available to anyone through its digital marketplace and exchange.” Loren… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinDCX, one of the largest crypto exchanges in India with over 13 million users, has hired former Amazon Pay executive Gaurav Arora as Senior Vice President, CoinDCX Pro. The company states that Arora will lead it to the next phase of growth bringing innovation to… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, the Financial Services and Markets Bill was introduced to Parliament in the UK. The legislation will replace “hundreds of pieces of EU retained law” as the UK moves beyond the oversight in Brussels. The aim of the bill is to establish a “coherent, agile… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite the ongoing holiday season, EstateGuru investors reportedly financed €14.1 million worth of loans during the month of June 2022. All of the primary markets they operate in performed “exceptionally,” led by Estonia (€3.5M), Germany (€3.0M) and Lithuania (€2.7M). EstateGuru further revealed that they witnessed… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK Government is currently dealing with a political crisis with over 50 parliament members resigned from the government “in protest” of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership, the Robo.cash team recently noted. Many events, like the Chris Pincher affair, raising taxes amid inflation, the “partygate”… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 2:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prosper recently shared their performance data from the Prosper Portfolio for June 2022. Highlights from the Prosper Performance Update – June 2022 are as follows: In June, approximately 57% of loan originations “were rated AA-B, remaining stable month-over-month.” The average loan size in June “decreased… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Mintos has shared their latest Insight report, which is their monthly publication that summarizes what’s been happening on their platform, including wider market updates, educational topics, and other pertinent information. During the last 6 months, the dynamics of the investment market “have… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Celsuis held its first hearing in bankruptcy court, publishing a presention that highlights the grim decline in value of its crypto holdings in just a few weeks. According to a presentation, as of March 30, 2022, Celsius helld over $22 billion in assets. That amount… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding in Australia grew by 82% in the first 6 months of the year, according to the leading platform Birchal. Birchal shares that this growth was fueled largely due to its operations as it garnered 73% of all online securities offering. Crowd-sourced funding (or… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini recently revealed their upcoming partnership with the Pyth network in order to “bring accurate and trusted on-chain market data to users across the globe.” As a data publisher to Pyth, Gemini is delighted “to continue contributing to the growth of the… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a real estate investment platform that has long leveraged Reg A+ to offer REIT investments, is expanding its pool of offerings according to an email. Fundrise will soon offer the “Fundrise Innovation Fund” aiming to provide access to “high growth, pre-IPO technology companies.” As… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

For those interested in how Go & Grow works, Bondora recently shared information about what makes it successful (mainly its portfolio distribution). Bondora has provided details on how the claims added to Go & Grow are distributed, the most common ratings, the “most popular” goal… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This month PeerBerry repaid more than EUR 1.4 million of “war-affected” loans. As confirmed in a blog post, PeerBerry business partners are “repaying EUR 1,2 million of war-affected Ukrainian and Russian short-term loans.” An additional amount of “up to EUR 200 000 of war-affected real… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

SquareBook, a digital auction platform for equity capital raising, is aiming to raise £300,000 on Seedrs. According to the offering page, SquareBook is offering equity at a pre-money valuation of £24.9 million.  The security offering is EIS qualified and approved for the Seedrs Secondary Market…. Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 11:43 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenSea has cut its employee headcount by 20%, according to a tweet by founder and CEO Devin Finzer. Approximately 50 employees are being let go. In the tweet, Finzer blamed the action on the ongoing “crypto-winter.” OpenSea is one of the largest NFT, or non-fungible token,… Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year, FINTRAC announced that crowdfunding platforms, as well as certain payment providers, must now register with FINTRAC. FINTRAC is the Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre of Canada. It is the agency that seeks to detect, prevent, and deter nefarious activity such as money… Read More