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January 7, 2022 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Parliament has created a cross-party group of MPs and Lords for “Crypto and Digital Assets.” The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) aims to act as a forum for parliamentarians, policymakers and the UK crypto sector to discuss policy and regulation of the industry. According… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Piper Sandler, a financial services firm based in Minneapolis, has surveyed teens for more than 20 years. The company researches trends regarding brand purchases and activities that may aid in discerning the rising or declining popularity of the firms that provide these products. CI recently… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 7:52 pm By Timothy Li  |  

6 years is an eternity in Fintech and this is my 6th annual Top 10 Fintech Predictions for 2022. 2021 was a great year for Fintech, billion-dollar IPOs, Crypto, NFTs, and the evolution of blockchain technology has taken over the globe. BigTech are all basically… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ian Miles Cheong, an independent journalist who is active on Twitter and writes for the Post Millennial, has been banned by PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL), allegedly due to his political beliefs. Cheong currently has almost 300,000 Twitter followers and frequently comments on current events in the political… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes that for the week ending December 31, 2021, the firm saw yearly inflows of “US$9.3bn in… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Periodically, CI takes a tally of the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) sector to capture a measure of both platforms and activity. The last time we reviewed FINRA regulated funding portals was mid-2021 and as you can understand things have changed since then. At that time,… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zelle is a peer-to-peer payments service that is now utilized by over 1000 banking apps across the US. As services like Venmo gained in popularity, traditional banks were compelled to compete and Zelle has emerged as a viable alternative for real-time transfers. Originally founded by… Read More

December 31, 2021 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinSmart Financial Inc., one of the first digital asset trading platforms to be registered as a restricted dealer under securities laws across Canada, has shared some perspective on the Binance Canada predicament. Earlier today, it was reported that Binance Canada had been registered as a… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), a research and advisory group tracking online capital formation under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) in the US, is reporting that since the industry launched over $1.1 billion has been invested for firms issuing securities under the exemption. The information is being… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder is one of the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in the United States. A FINRA regulated funding portal, Wefunder is frequently the top offering platform when it comes to Reg CF offerings in any given month. In 2021, Wefunder published an “Impact Report” that highlighted… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

In December 2019, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers in France approved its first initial coin offering (ICO). France had previously pushed forward legislation that sought to regulate ICOs under the French Pact Law (or Loi Pacte). The Loi Pacte introduced an optional visa regime for… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

If you are a criminal that steals from others, accepts bribes, or generates income from other malfeasant activities (like dealing drugs), you put yourself at risk of state/local and federal law enforcement authorities. But if you don’t get caught you are still on the hook… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The United States tax system is about as convoluted as it comes. There are federal taxes, state taxes, local taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, etc. Periodically, someone comes along and makes an attempt to simplify the system but entrenched interests, and loopy politicians, make… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain and crypto-assets space has grown tremendously during the past 18 months due in part to the acceleration of the ongoing digital transformation. Many more consumers and business organizations are completing tasks online instead of visiting physical locations to avoid the further spread of… Read More

December 24, 2021 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

By now everyone is aware there is a significant migration taking place. High tax, less business-friendly states are losing out to low tax, business welcoming states and the transition is ongoing. While there are multiple states benefiting from individuals and firms exiting California, New York,… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the US Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on stablecoins that involved advocates and those who believe they are bad. The short hearing saw witnesses grilled with the Democrats generally dismissive and the Republicans in support of digital assets tied to fiat… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has chimed in on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) inquiry into big tech and payments. In a letter dated December 21, 2021, Lina Khan, Chair of the FTC said that big tech providing financial services “demand close scrutiny.” In… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Hubert Rachwalski, CEO at Nethone, a company focused on a “Know Your Users” strategy to resolve fraud, so clients are able to gain more loyal customers while rejecting only fraudsters. Hubert talked about how cybercriminals are attempting to exploit online platforms… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Chantelle Arneaud  |  

Our third year of living with Covid-19 is about to start. Given the new omicron variant, we anxiously wait to see if it causes a spike in infection, which may cause a downward turn in economic growth. What does this mean for equity fundraising in… Read More

December 19, 2021 @ 2:40 pm By Xu Gao  |  

JD Cloud Sets Up a New Digital Economy Company with Scope of Business in Data Processing and Storage Support Services. As shown on enterprise information query platform Tianyancha.com, JD Cloud, the cloud computing brand of JD.com, has established a new digital economy Co., Ltd on… Read More