Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

November 8, 2020 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, has noted in its weekly crypto market report that for most of the past week, Bitcoin (BTC) had been trading between the relatively tight $13,300 and $13,900 range. But then, over the span of just 48 hours, the… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Latvia-based peer to peer (P2P) lender Grupeer noted on November 5, 2020, that it would like to inform its users about the different actions it has taken (as a company) to meet its obligations towards platform investors. Grupeer’s management stated in a blog post that… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment platform Fumbi Network, which was founded by Juraj Forgacs in late 2018, has chosen French crypto-asset security firm Ledger as its custody and security solutions provider. As explained by Ledger, Fumbi Network is “a simple and secure service that enables those in the Slovak… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase has added support for Civic (CVC), Decentraland (MANA), and district0x (DNT). Users of Coinbase.com (for retail traders) can begin trading these tokens. Support for CVC, MANA, and DNT tokens has also been added for Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase… Read More

November 6, 2020 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch, a decentralized (or non-custodial) crypto exchange (DEX) aggregator with competitive prices, has introduced the second version of their software and platform. As mentioned in a blog post by 1inch: “The main highlights are Pathfinder, an API that contains a new discovery and routing algorithm,… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Yieldstreet is out with a note that their Yieldstreet Prism Fund is now available to non-accredited investors. Previously offered to accredited investors only, the Fund invests in primarily illiquid, private market assets. A single investment in the Fund provides exposure to holdings in six asset… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, an established US-based cryptocurrency exchange, recently confirmed that Ledger clients whose data was stolen during a security breach have been targeted in a phishing scam that was carried out this past week. The team of experts at Kraken Security Labs have provided an analysis… Read More

November 4, 2020 @ 9:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Australia recently added Australian Dollar (AUD) deposits through PayID/Osko to the Binance app. Customers in Australia are now able to make deposits in AUD without having to pay any fees. These transactions can be processed through PayID (directly from customers’ Australian bank accounts).  As… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Mintos, a marketplace for investing in loans that reports over 340 000 investors from 63 countries, is planning a securities offering on Crowdcube later this month. According to a release, Mintos will offer investors the opportunity to acquire a limited amount of shares of the company,… Read More

November 2, 2020 @ 6:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKCoin, a regulated digital asset exchange, notes that Bitcoin (BTC) is approaching its twelfth anniversary. The Bitcoin whitepaper was first shared publicly on October 31, 2008. The OKCoin team writes in a blog post that twelve years ago, we learned how secure financial transactions could… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robo.cash, a peer to peer (P2P) lending marketplace, has provided an update on the performance of its loan originators in Q3 2020. The Robo.cash team revealed that its Spanish loan originator, Prestamer.es, has managed to record “one of the best results in the whole group.”… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital currency exchange, notes in its latest Crypto Market Overview report that Bitcoin (BTC) almost managed to break past the $14K mark, as it “massively outperformed” altcoins (alternative coins or all coins besides Bitcoin). Binance points out that Bitcoin began moving… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Roxana Mohammadian-Molina, the Chief Strategy Officer at Blend Network, an online peer to peer (P2P) property lending platform. Roxana talked about how the UK real estate market is performing. She also discussed how her company has managed to maintain operations during… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

  Ignium, a digital security platform that facilitates issuance and custody, has partnered with Fundwise, an investment crowdfunding platform to power a blockchain-based secondary trading marketplace. According to a note from the firm, the partnership will see Fundwise tokenize issued securities via Ignium’s security token… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

INX Limited has applied for listing of its digital security, INX Token, on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE). INX is in the midst of a digital asset offering that is both a security and includes characteristics of a utility token. INX intends to launch a… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm BlockFi has announced an agreement with asset management and tokenization firm Elevated Returns to provide lending facilities against digital assets issued within the Elevated Returns group of companies. Elevated Returns is the manager of Aspen Digital – a corporation that has been… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

This past Tuesday, INX Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire Openfinance, a FINRA regulated broker-dealer and alternative trading system (ATS) in the digital security market. INX Limited is a Fintech with a vision of redefining the world of regulated security tokens and crypto… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 12:24 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty reports that it has now lent over £100,000,000 to SME property professionals. This number includes more than 1,100 homes with a value over £200 million. CrowdProperty states that these loans have enabled over £80 million spent on labor, materials, and other services  – thus… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

  StartEngine, a leading securities crowdfunding platform, has announced that it will fire up its secondary marketplace for crowdfunded securities this coming Friday, (October 30). StartEngine started the process to launch “StartEngine Secondary” years ago. A pre-cursor to receiving approval to operate an “alternative trading… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stax, an online capital formation platform, is claiming to be the first marketplace in Australia to receive investments paid in crypto in advance of an initial public offering (IPO). Stax seeks to crowdfund offerings with both AUD and crypto. West Coast Aquaculture Group Ltd (WCA)… Read More