Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

May 5, 2022 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

  Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is part of a long list of big investors who have committed capital to Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter (NYSE:TWTR). According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Binance has promised $500 million in equity… Read More

May 5, 2022 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse is reportedly expanding the market data offering on its Cloud-powered online analytics platform A7 in order to include historical market data from international derivatives marketplace CME Group. The two companies have reached a licensing agreement, which will allow market participants to test out… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two of the most successful investment crowdfunding platforms, Wefunder and StartEngine, have been hit with penalties by FINRA. According to a statement by FINRA, Wefunder has been assessed with a $1.4 million fine and StartEngine must pay $350,000 in regards to failing to comply with… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Meshwap, decentralized exchange (DEX), has launched on Polygon reporting one million-plus users accessing its DeFi ecosystem. Polygon is a platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development claiming 7000+ applications hosted, over 3.4 billion total transactions processed, and about 135M+ unique user addresses. Meshswap is an… Read More

May 4, 2022 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a European investment platform providing access to short-term property-backed loans, has returned to Seedrs once again to raise additional growth capital. According to the offering page, EstateGuru has cruised past its €500,000 initial target, having raised almost €1.2 million as of this writing. EstateGuru… Read More

May 3, 2022 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Lending Works recently shared their Q1 2022 performance update on their stats page, and they also released their Outcome Statement for 2021. During Q1 2022, Lending Works claims that it focused on “understanding the impact of cost-of-living challenges on [their] active loan… Read More

May 3, 2022 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry business partners are reportedly repaying an additional €0.7 million on war-affected Ukrainian and Russian short-term loans. After today’s repayment, the total amount of repaid war-affected loans in April “will be €3.64 million (significantly more than the planned amount of EUR 1,3 million at the… Read More

May 3, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the EstateGuru team claims to have predicted, the total funded amount in March was “similar to February.” EstateGuru‘s management writes in a blog post that investors “financed €16.7M worth of loans and, despite macroeconomic changes, investor and borrower behavior remains stable.” During March, Estonia… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Prosper has shared their platform’s Performance Update for March 2022. Haiyan Huang from Prosper notes that in March 2022, approximately 55% of loan originations “were rated AA- B, remaining stable month-over-month.” And the average loan size in March “decreased by approximately 4% month-over-month.”… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockQuake, a regulatory-driven crypto exchange, is offering zero-fee crypto trading for the first million purchasers of its native token QuakeCoin (QUAKE). BlockQuake says it is the first FinCEN registered crypto trading platform to offer no-fee trading. Individuals who qualify may trade up to $100,000 a… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blend Network CEO Yann Murciano has discussed the challenges of building a property “power team.” Yann recently focused on the “all-important” challenge of simplifying and streamlining “overly time-consuming processes and operations.” When speaking with property developers, one of the “most common” complaints that Blend Network… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 2:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assurely, an Insurtech that has targeted the marketplace sector, has partnered with Dalmore Group to offer TigerMark Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance. TigerMark is an Assurely product that provides D&O insurance and claims to be the only program on the market that covers companies raising… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to confirm that their crypto trading platform now supports CFG. Funding and Trading You may now add CFG to your Kraken account “by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.” Trading will “begin April… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a recent Robo.cash survey, a quarter or 25% of P2P investors are “actively involved in the ESG trend.” At the same time, the survey by Robo.cash reveals that “most respondents take this criterion into account when choosing a P2P platform.” Over half of… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 5:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinList has announced the launch of CoinList Digital Asset Services. CoinList described the business line as a “new chapter ” for the digital asset firm. CoinList is a digital asset issuance ecosystem as well as a trading platform. The company has powered many big crypto… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Relai, a Bitcoin trading app, says it has quickly surpassed its offering goal on Crowdcube in just a few hours. According to the company, Relai reached its fundraising target on Crowdcube within the first few hours. Pepe Borrell, VP of international at Crowdcube, said that… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Genesis, a crypto asset spot and derivatives trading platform, has distributed a report on Q1 performance. According to Genesis, it was a record quarter in crypto derivatives trading in contrast to the lower crypto trading volumes and volatile market exacerbated by the war in Ukraine,… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinFLEX, a crypto futures exchange and yield platform, has announced the launch of a US-facing marketplace CoinFLEX.US. CoinFLEX is ostensibly based in Seychelles. Based in Miami – a burgeoning Fintech hub, the US subsidiary will offer zero-fee trading and interest-earning stablecoin flexUSD. CoinFLEX is backed… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

French biotech firm HCS Pharma, will be offering pre-IPO securities via a security token offering on the European Digital Assets Exchange or EDSX. EDSX entered the digital security space earlier this month announcing that it had completed all of the necessary requirements to operate as an… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus, which claims to be a leading international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, and FTX.COM, a global cryptocurrency exchange, announced that FTX has contracted with Eventus “to deploy the firm’s Validus platform for trade surveillance and risk monitoring on all… Read More