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March 3, 2026 @ 6:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

A “wealth tax,” which is really a confiscation tax that seeks to tax unrealized capital gains, has never worked anywhere. Yet, some policymakers and special interest groups are pursuing this self-destructive policy with California leading the way. As California’s state budget is mired in debt… Read More

March 3, 2026 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

EuroCrowd, a pan-European organization that advocates for online capital formation in the EU, says that crowdfunding under ECSPR [European Crowdfunding Service Provider regulation] remains, at best, partially realized in Germany. While Germany is home to the largest Economy in Europe, the success of securities crowdfunding… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 6:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Years of success and methodical design in Europe have Pliant well-prepared to compete in the United States. Co-founder and CEO Malte Rau believes Pliant’s genesis in a region with strict regulations prepares it for success in America. Pliant offers a comprehensive B2B payment solution…. Read More

February 27, 2026 @ 6:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Crypto takes center stage in this week’s edition of Web3 Thoughts of the Week. Market manipulation, stablecoins, altcoins, Bitcoin and more are included. Bitcoin and contagion “Digital asset treasuries (DATs) are beginning to show signs of stress from the sharp sell-off in Bitcoin, which is… Read More

February 25, 2026 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), has launched stock trading and ETFs for all US customers. The announcement fulfills previous announcements as the marketplace seeks to become the “everything app,” supplying all an individual’s financial services needs. Shares of Coinbase pushed higher on the news, closing the day up… Read More

February 25, 2026 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

After approving a new wealth tax that would have harmed the Netherlands economy, undermining entrepreneurship and innovation, the government has reversed its decision due to public outrage. According to multiple reports, the Dutch Finance Minister Eelco Heinen announced plans to change the legislation, stating that… Read More

February 25, 2026 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) is the smallest of the securities exemptions that enables online capital formation. The ecosystem has evolved over the years, having enabled over $1.34 billion as of 2024. As it stands today, an issuer may raise up to $5 million in a… Read More

February 24, 2026 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year, it was revealed that online investment platform Crowdcube had teamed up with the London Stock Exchange to provide access to late-stage, high-growth private firms listed on LSEG’s new Private Securities Market (PISCES). PISCES, or Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System, is a new regulatory framework designed… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The biggest hurdle to the CLARITY Act‘s approval in the Senate appears to be the issue of stablecoin holders generating yield. The bugaboo here is legacy banks, which tend to hold deposits and pay little to no yield to their customers. As these same banks… Read More

February 20, 2026 @ 6:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Web3 minds were focused on tokenized RWAs, stablecoins, Bitcoin and AI this week. Tokenized RWA interest surging “The steady growth that we’ve seen in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), even as the wider crypto market cap has plummeted by $1 trillion, is one of the clearest… Read More

February 19, 2026 @ 9:14 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Entrust’s new report, 2026 Global State of Post-Quantum and Cryptographic Security Trends, brings both good and bad news. The good news is that more organizations are aware of the increasingly emerging threat, but the bad news is that fewer are preparing for it. The survey polled 4.149 senior IT,… Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investing in early-stage ventures is not for the impatient nor risk-averse. However, in recent years, technological developments and regulatory changes have made this market segment more accessible to investors, including smaller ones. While still in early development, online capital formation is clearly the future, yet… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

A wealth confiscation tax has never been widely successful anywhere it has ever been attempted. Yet, some policymakers and pundits continue to support the concept of taxing unrealized gains and wealth thresholds. As the Laffer Curve explained decades ago, excessive taxation will have the opposite… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is supporting the fast emerging prediction markets. Following an onslaught of state-based lawsuits, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig has issued a statement defending these marketplaces and filed a friend-of-the-court brief advocating federal oversight rather than piecemeal state regulation. Chairman Selig… Read More

February 17, 2026 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Polynomial Chain and Polynomial Trade have issued a statement announcing their cessation of operations. The company stated they were “shutting down instead of launching a token for a dying product.” Polynomial is a DeFi platform for onchain derivatives. The company claims to have served over… Read More

February 16, 2026 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyrus Nikou, Founder and Managing Partner of Atar Capital, has shared key insights focusing on the sale of Frontier Integrity Solutions (FIS) through a management buyout whole also commenting on the foreseeable future of energy infrastructure. Just this past month, Atar Capital, a Los Angeles-based global… Read More

February 13, 2026 @ 1:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Netherlands is the next jurisdiction that seeks to punish investors by taxing unrealized capital gains. The state of California has been in the news quite a bit recently in regard to its possible confiscation tax that targets wealth investors and shareholders. The obtuse policy,… Read More

February 13, 2026 @ 10:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Federato’s co-founder and CEO Will Ross combined deep AI experience with practical market analysis to create a company that is upending the insurance industry. Ross has been involved with AI in some fashion for 15 years. Through that period, he’s seen two waves. The first… Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 10:56 am By JD Alois  |  

In the Terminator film series, Skynet was the malevolent manifestation of artificial intelligence (AI) that became self-aware and then promptly sought to eliminate the human race. While the movie was a huge hit, the reality could be just as disconcerting as the world rushes to benefit from… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

While the US financial markets are the deepest and most efficient in the world, there is always room for improvement. Public markets have been in decline for many years. Meanwhile, private markets have grown dramatically, which is good for many, but too often, retail investors… Read More