Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 18, 2022 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Institutional digital asset trading platform Talos is going on a hiring spree after raising a solid $105 million Series B funding round. Last week, Talos announced that it had raised capital at a unicorn valuation of $1.25 billion. Big-name investors participated in the round with… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the largest digital asset marketplace in the US, has announced it will slow its hiring process due to the “current market downtown.” The news should come as no surprise for Coinbase watchers as the crypto focused firm experienced hyperbolic growth that inevitably had… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptix, the Fintech Web 3.0 venture builder, recently announced that it has received regulatory approval to launch Equito – which is described as “a fully regulated, all-in-one investor platform designed to unlock new financing channels for European start-ups and SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises).”… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, better known for crypto derivatives trading, has launched its anticipated crypto spot exchange. BitMEX stated in a release that spot trading for digital assets is now available for both retail and institutional investors. BitMEX touted its ambition to emerge as a top ten global… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A few months ago, October co-founder and Chairman Olivier Goy went on a trip in Antarctica “to shoot a part of the documentary ‘La vie est belle’ (Life is beautiful).” A quick question for you: “what do you think was the highest temperature level ever… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a £10 million equity funding round late last year and a period of “rapid expansion” at Blend Network, the team is now expanding their UK local and regional footprint “with the opening of a number of satellite offices across the UK regions.” In March,… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Debitum reports that it is continuously monitoring the current situation with ChainFinance issued loans to the borrower in Ukraine. Recently, upon their request, Debitum have received “more detailed information about what is going on and what are the plans for the future regarding investments in… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 3:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

inbestMe, a “smart” digital investment platform, “simple to use” and customized to deliver “better returns with lower costs,” has acquired 140% (€2,113,386) of its €1,500,000 target via Crowdcube from 171 investors (at the time of writing). After launching in Spain back in 2017, inbestMe claims… Read More

May 17, 2022 @ 12:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European lender Bondora says it’s pleased to announce their platform’s 5th consecutive year of profitability. With their solid foundation, Bondora continues to “offer intuitive products that empower [their] customers to spend, grow and save their money.” Over the past 14 years, the Bondora community of… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, has strengthened its team “with the recruitment of Jarek Jakubcek as the Head of Intelligence and Investigations for Asia-Pacific.” Jarek is “a leading global expert in cybercrime and former cryptocurrency specialist in… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Mintos is pleased to announce that Notes will be launching via the platform on 25 May 2022. In anticipation of the upcoming launch, Mintos has put together “some key information regarding the transition from the current set-up to investing in Notes.” As a licensed… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 8:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following Kraken’s listings of Bifrost (BNC), Bonfida (FIDA), and Origin Protocol (OGN) for most countries, the digital asset firm is pleased to announce “the availability of these tokens for residents of the United States and Canada.” Funding and trading are now live. You may keep… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oasis Pro Inc. has completed a “significantly” oversubscribed $27+M Series A financing round. As mentioned in an update shared with CI earlier this week, the financing “included existing investor UDHC and included other strategic investors such as Blizzard the Avalanche Fund, Inveniam, Redwood Trust (NYSE:RWT),… Read More

May 15, 2022 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to facilitate the issuance and trading of digital securities, will list a private equity fund of funds on its marketplace. ADDX has partnered with Fullerton Fund Management, an Asia-based investment specialist, to offer the Fullerton Optimised… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 9:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX, has purchased a 7.62% stake, or 56,273,469 shares in Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD). Bankman-Fried paid $648,293,886.33 for the shares. The share were purchased at an average price of $11.52/each. The purchase was revealed in a filing with the Securities and… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinDCX, which claims to be one of India’s largest and “most valuable” crypto companies, recently announced the launch of CoinDCX Ventures, which is described as an investment initiative funding early-stage crypto and blockchain startups, “bolstering India’s digital asset ecosystem and accelerating the transformation of India’s… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

FTX US, part of FTX global, has applied for a trust charter issued by the New York Department of Financial Services. Under state law in New York, a digital asset business may conduct activity under either a BitLicense or a charger under New York Banking… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 9:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Exodus Movement (tZERO: EXOD, Securitize Markets: EXOD) has reported its Q1 earnings and the digital asset firm says revenue declined to $15.4 million a drop of 35% year over year. Exodus described the performance as “in line with market trends.” Exodus is a digital asset… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

While TerraUSD (UST) has lost more than half of its dollar-pegged stablecoin value, Binance – the issuer of its own stablecoin – has published a blog post discussing the importance of fiat-backed stablecoins. As the crypto world knows, UST is an algorithmic stablecoin designed to… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Societies, a Singapore-based digital finance platform, has launched in Vietnam today. This is Funding Societies 5th Asian market. Funding Societies provides smaller firms with access to capital with a credit marketplace. To date, Funding Societies has originated S$3.16 billion with just a 1.26% default… Read More