Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

February 3, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an effort to lead the industry in “trust” and “transparency” on their mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency, Kraken is pleased to release its 2022 Transparency Report. The 2022 Transparency Report “provides a summary of how they protect their clients’ privacy and financial… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 12:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a tech-enabled capital raising platform, has sued Issuance – another firm engaged in raising capital for private firms, in the US District Court, Central District of California. DealMaker is based in Canada but has several offices in the US. According to the complaint, Issuance… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, announced the signing of an MoU with The Georgian Agency for Innovation and Technology (GITA). Under the agreement, both parties “expressed mutual interest in the delivery and implementation of large-scale educational and… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding, or crowd-sourced funding (CSF) as it is called down under, generated $72 million in online capital formation, according to an industry report. The information is compiled by Birchal, the largest online investment platform in Australia. Birchals has been providing this report for several… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a Robocash survey, P2P investments confidently “remain popular among respondents with an average income.” At the same time, the share of investors with large portfolios “is growing, reaching 35%,” the team at Robo.cash has revealed. At the end of 2022, investors with income… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

January is a time of “reflection,” Bondora writes in a blog post while adding that they usually  look back at the history of investing via the European investment platform. According to Bondora, it is “no surprise that there’s always been one main driver behind everything… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2022, EstateGuru reportedly saw €183.0M worth of loans on ther platform (10% less than in 2021), with €11.8M produced in December. Estonia was “the best performing market in terms of volume, in December (€5,3M), and also in 2022 overall (€69.2).” Finland followed “with €2.2M… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Freightos (Nasdaq: CRGO), a global freight booking and payment platform, has listed its shares on the Nasdaq. Freightos is a long-time OurCrowd portfolio company and represents another exit for the global securities crowdfunding platform. Freightos went public as part of a SPAC deal sponsored by… Read More

January 28, 2023 @ 7:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie has been approved to operate an Alternative Trading System (ATS). An ATS is similar to a securities exchange but with different regulatory requirements. An entity must first be approved as a broker-dealer before applying to become an ATS. This will enable Silicon Prairie… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Fagura, a Fintech that aims to become the “first community digital bank in CEE for anyone to borrow, invest and transfer money,” has raised over €786,000 on Seedrs. According to the offering page, 287 investors backed the firm, which easily topped its €400,000 initial funding… Read More

January 27, 2023 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda, the European digital asset platform, is pleased to announce the launch of Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the “scalable” Investing-as a-service infrastructure available in Europe and globally. Already serving 20+ million customers with its initial White Label API, Bitpanda Technologies Solution is now “adding features, asset… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neighborhood Ventures, which claims to one of the country’s largest real estate crowdfunding companies, announced the launch of NV REIT, its first nationwide offering which provides “a unique real estate investment opportunity to accredited and non-accredited, individual investors of all income levels.” Previously, participation in… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The DNB considers the non-compliance to be very severe. The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank or DNB) has fined Coinbase Europe Limited €3,325,000. The administrative penalty was assessed as Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) had been providing digital asset services in the Netherlands without registration and thus… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Luno will reportedly be cutting 35% of Its staff. Luno’s management stated that the upcoming job cuts will impact company workers in all supported regions. Luno is part of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) and reports having over ten million customers globally…. Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 11:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

SongBits.com is a new platform that is planning to launch later this year that will allow users to invest in “a bit of a song from world-class artists.” Investors may then share in the song’s streaming revenues for life, according to the company. A private… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 11:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty says it has recently undertaken a review of the rates of return offered on their first-charge secured property development projects as part of CrowdProperty’s ongoing commitment to platform investors. Following the review, CrowdProperty has boosted rates of returns for new projects launched on the… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

In November 2021, pan-European crowdfunding rules became actionable after approval by the European Union in 2020. Under the new rules, or European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation (ECSPR), a platform may raise up to €5 million from investors in all member states. This opens up investment… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, one of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the US, has received regulatory approval to operate in the European Union. Wefunder is the first Funding Portal to cross the Atlantic and gain approval to provide online capital formation services. Wefunder has been sharing its… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gemini, a crypto firm regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), is cutting its employee headcount once again, according to a report. Like many other crypto trading platforms, the drop in digital asset valuations, along with crypto contagion, has impacted Gemini’s… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eleving Group has shared its operational and financial updates. Eleving Group continues “to reduce its portfolio exposure in Belarus.” The portfolio “has substantially decreased during last year and continues to further amortize.” The impact of the portfolio reduction “has been minimal on the Group’s financials…. Read More