Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

August 13, 2021 @ 3:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitop has made several changes to its trading platform, which offers advanced trading technology for contracts for differences (CDF). A cryptocurrency contracts exchange in Singapore, Bitop provides services in more than 150 countries. It was launched in 2018, has offices in the United… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Real estate investing platform PeerStreet has another award for their trophy case. The company was named one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology. The honour was voted on by staff who received an anonymous survey sent directly to them by Best… Read More

August 13, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Appital, the equity capital marketplace, reveals that it has acquired £2.5 million in capital from Frontline Ventures and a number of “seasoned” capital markets angel investors to bring tech innovation and automation to the equity capital markets. This should help with improving efficiency. The proceeds… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:27 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Even as India continues to debate the legality of crypto, CoinDCX has turned into the country’s first crypto unicorn following a $90 million funding round led by Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin and B Capital Group. Existing investors, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Block.one, and Jump… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trading in securities of private companies is growing in importance. While most private firms anticipate an exit event as being an initial public offering on an exchange or an acquisition by another firm – events like this tend to take quite some time, typically counted… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Coinbase Pro now accepts inbound transfers of IOTX, ORN, QUICK, TRIBE and UST. That began Aug. 10. Trading was to be allowed after 9 a,m, PT Aug. 11 if liquidity conditions were met. Once sufficient supply of IOTX, ORN, QUICK, TRIBE and UST is established on the… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto is “changing,” and BitMEX is “changing with it” according to Alexander Höptner, the CEO at the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange. In a blog post dated August 10, 2021, the team at BitMEX revealed that they’ve reached a “resolution” with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Online lender October is currently active in five different European countries and now it’s the turn of the CEO of October Italy Sergio Zocchi to share his views and insights (after the company’s Netherlands and Spain Chief Executives provided comments during interviews). Sergio Zocchi, who… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Today, nearly a year and a half since the Coronavirus pandemic began, we have all been forced to adapt to the new environment or the “new normal” in almost every aspect of life. As at any time, there are always “winners” in the economy and… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania-based Debitum, a borderless financial platform, is pleased to report that their new product on the market “Easy Invest“ has officially been launched. With this new product, Debitum offers investors the same tools that professional investors have been using for a long time – “a… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraxtor Private Ltd, an online real estate platform, has acquired in-principle approval for its Capital Markets Services (CMS) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The CMS License, after it’s issued, should allow Fraxtor to issue security tokens including debentures and collective investment schemes… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced a consent order against BitMEX and its affiliated entities. The order stems from a CFTC action filed on October 1, 2020, against BitMEX and its three individual founders, Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed. The CFTC’s… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In April 2021, lending firm E-Cash had reportedly informed European P2P lender Mintos of its intentions to begin closing down its business operations. Due to E-Cash having missed “regular settlement payments” to investors for 7 days and a wind-down process that ‘hadn’t yet been evaluated,”… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blocktrade SA, a Luxembourg-based digital asset exchange, says it has closed an over-subscribed €22 million series A funding round that garnered investors from 33 different countries. Blocktrade states that it has a vision of building an ecosystem around digital assets. Blocktrade recently hired a new… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 10:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Irish peer-to-peer lender Linked Finance says it is on track for a record year, reporting the strongest monthly lending volume in the platform’s 7-year history, according to a note from the company. Linked Finance says it lent €5.5 million in July, more than 3X July… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), the world’s security token information source, has published July 2021’s edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. As you may notice, there’s a new structure for STM’s monthly real estate analysis report. In the past, this… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

In what may be the first of many, the Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against Poloniex for operating an unregistered digital asset exchange. Poloniex has settled with the SEC by agreeing to pay a $10.4 million penalty. Poloniex settled without admitting or denying… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 1:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lender Bondora reports that its secondary market transactions fell during the month of July 2021. Last month, Bondora continued to see the “downward trend” of fewer transactions taking place on the Secondary Market, the company confirmed while noting that a total of €162,695… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Yair Benyamini, CEO and Co-Founder of Lendai. Founded during the COVID-19 crisis, the disruptive digital-first lender allows foreign and non-resident investors to buy US properties through an online mortgage approval process that takes around one week. According to Lendai, this is… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer-to-peer lender Robo.cash has shared its performance update for its loan originations made during H1 2021. The Robo.cash team writes in a blog post that as the first half of this year has now passed, they’re pleased to share with you their most recent… Read More