Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

December 27, 2019 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Malta-headquartered digital asset exchange OKEx has introduced Bitcoin (BTC) options trading for a certain group of crypto traders ahead of their official public launch, which is scheduled for January of next year. According to a release, OKEx claims it’s ranked third-largest out of all digital… Read More

December 26, 2019 @ 4:53 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Binance, one the world’s busiest cryptocurrency exchanges that blocked U.S. customers this year and now sits in 33rd place, has enabled cryptocurrency purchases via Visa credit card for its European and UK customers. “Binance will now allow users to bind their Visa cards to their accounts and… Read More

December 26, 2019 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockquake, a digital asset exchange that touts its regulatory compliance cred, has moved into beta. According to a tweet by Antonio Brasse, Blockquake CEO and co-founder, live production testing has commenced with trading in BTC, ETH, LTC, CAD, USD, JPY and more. Merry Christmas, Happy… Read More

December 24, 2019 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, Crowdfund Insider reported on NextSeed’s first Reg D offering for a real estate investment. NextSeed started life as a platform acting as a bank replacement. Small businesses could raise debt capital, first under the Texas intrastate exemption (no longer in use) and… Read More

December 24, 2019 @ 11:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The number of FINRA regulated “funding portals,” investment crowdfunding platforms that have been approved to issue securities under Reg CF, has continued to move upward since the new entity was created under the JOBS Act of 2012. Today, there are well over forty funding portals…. Read More

December 23, 2019 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading global investment crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has received the tender to operate a medical cannabis incubator. OurCrowd is part of a consortium that won the tender including Perrigo, a non-prescription drug company, and BOL Pharma, a medical cannabis company in Israel and an OurCrowd portfolio… Read More

December 23, 2019 @ 8:21 am By Therese Torris  |  

The French community of Fintech startups gathered at the annual dinner of the France Fintech Association to review the achievements of the past year and celebrate the holiday season. Crowdfund Insider took the opportunity to ask leading executives in Fintech and alternative finance to take… Read More

December 22, 2019 @ 10:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

B-North, a UK-based business lending company, has now raised more than £1.9 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company’s initiative originally sought to raise a minimum of £1,750,000. B-North is currently offering 11.77% in equity at a £14,247,942 pre-money valuation.  As previously… Read More

December 22, 2019 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lenders reportedly raised over £7 million (appr. $9.1 million) to fund the ongoing development of their platforms via crowdfunding in 2018. Overall, Fintech has been a hot sector of crowdfunding with many big names in the emerging financial services sector recognizing the benefits of… Read More

December 20, 2019 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a leading Reg CF funding portal and investment community, has circulated an email providing some end of year perspective. In the three years of operation, Republic has captured over 400,000 people in their community. Now that does not mean these are all investors but… Read More

December 20, 2019 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset platform Smartlands and UK Sotheby’s International Realty have agreed to experiment on the tokenization of luxury properties, according to a note from Smartlands. The tokenization platform said that blockchain technology can facilitate access to exclusive opportunities for a new generation of investors worldwide…. Read More

December 20, 2019 @ 10:29 am By Cali Haan  |  

A former employee for the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange (Payward Inc.) is suing the company in California for discrimination, harassment, wrongful dismissal and retaliation for whistleblowing. The story was broken by Attack of the 50-Foot Blockchain author, David Gerard. Plaintiff Nathan Peter Runyon, “a decorated Marine… Read More

December 19, 2019 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Günther Lindenlaub, COO of the Invesdor Group – a combination of Invesdor (Finland) and Finnest (Austria), has distributed a positive note about the forthcoming year. Lindenlaub states: “alternative financing in the area of ​​equity could also be a possible trend for 2020 for German companies… Read More

December 19, 2019 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Stratis, an “enterprise blockchain platform,” has launched a security token offering platform for enterprises to issue digital securities.  The company reports that its platform has been constructed while in regular dialogue with clients that are engaging with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Stratis… Read More

December 19, 2019 @ 1:54 am By JD Alois  |  

WiseAlpha, an interesting Fintech that offers an online marketplace for corporate bonds, is looking to boost investor interest by offering a new “bond academy” to educate investors about the corporate bond market. WiseAlpha is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and has sought to… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 10:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) recently announced the first block trade of Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Options (BTM) submitted to ICE Futures U.S. In a release, Trabue Bland, President of ICE Futures US, stated: “Based on our benchmark physically delivered bitcoin futures, these options contracts offer… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 10:35 pm By Cali Haan  |  

UK cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor has announced it is delisting Ethereum, “to focus on providing Bitcoin only services from the 3rd of January 2020,” Bitcoin’s 11th anniversary. “The decision will allow Coinfloor to provide a richer set of services for the world’s leading cryptocurrency while maintaining focus on… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

A new study produced by prominent UK investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs and London-based law firm Joelson indicates the investors are more inclined to support female-founded startups that issue securities on crowdfunding platforms. The report states that 100% of female-founded businesses and 90% of male and… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 7:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kapitus, a U.S.-based small and medium-sized business financing provider, announced on Tuesday it closed its second asset-backed securitization (ABS) for $160 million. Kapitus reported that the facility, which has a 3-year revolving period, a 5-year legal final, and is expandable to $500 million, was issued in… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 1:08 am By Cali Haan  |  

On December 13th, Bottle Pay, a company variously described as a “custodial Bitcoin wallet provider,” a “payments startup” and a “social media Bitcoin tipping service,” announced it is closing December 31st because it does not want to impose extraordinary anti-money laundering (AML) measures on users. On… Read More