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August 7, 2021 @ 1:15 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Shanghai Taxis Began to Accept Digital RMB Payments Shanghai Qiangsheng Taxi Company has equipped its 6000 clean energy taxis with digital RMB payment capability. Customers could hail these taxis on 62580 APP. When they arrive at their destination, they could scan the QR code on… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Chris Gonsalves, CEO at Community Gaming, a platform that combines social gaming, match automation, and blockchain payment technology to make organizing and competing in esports tournaments simple. Chris talked about how Community Gaming allows players to earn crypto and USD… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto platform, behind only Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of market capitalization, is set to undergo one of the most significant upgrades in its history. The major Ethereum blockchain network upgrade is set to take place in a few hours (at… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Three US Senators have joined together to submit an amendment to the infrastructure bill to protect digital asset innovation. Senators Pat Toomey, Ron Wyden, and Cynthia Lummis have filed the change to clarify the definition of a broker in regards to reporting requirements impacting crypto… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 7:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Animoca Brands has easily completed a securities offering on AngelHub, a Hong Kong-based firm that is the only investment crowdfunding platform regulated by the Securities Financial Commission (SFC). Animoca raised USD $2.3 million on AngelHub as part of a larger USD $139 million funding round…. Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, has been consistent in his comments regarding digital assets/crypto in regards to a need for more regulation. This week, Gensler addressed the Aspen Security Forum and his topic of choice was crypto and the need… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss is one of the creators of Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that legalized Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and launched a new sector of financial innovation. Neiss also co-founded Crowdfund Capital Advisors along with Jason Best –… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 11:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

GenoCrowd, a partnership between Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus and CrowdDesk, has announced its first securities offering for a property project in Leipzig. GenoCrowd GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of CrowdDesk GmbH. Both GenoCrowd GmbH and CrowdDesk GmbH are companies that are independent of Raiffeisenbank im Hochtaunus eG…. Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 7:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Jacobo Toll-Messia, the Founder and CEO at Nahmii AS, which is focused on providing layer-2 scalability solutions for Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform. Jacobo talked about the different approaches taken to effectively scale enterprise-grade blockchain or distributed… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdcube, the European marketplace for shares in private firms, and Crunchbase, an established data platform, have partnered in order to power the “most comprehensive” and transparent platform for private company investment in Europe. Cubex, which officially goes live today (July 28, 2021), will feature “rich”… Read More

July 28, 2021 @ 4:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendingClub (NYSE:LC), a Fintech that started as a peer-to-peer lender and now operating as a digital bank, has posted strong 2nd quarter results that easily topped expectations. LendingClub finally turned the corner on profitability shredding guidance that had expected a loss. Shares moved considerably higher… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing today on cryptocurrency aptly titled Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for? And as one may anticipate, the questions and support of digital asset innovation largely fell along party lines. For the witnesses, there were representatives from Coin Center, Filecoin,… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Fernando Martinelli, the Co-founder and CEO at Balancer Labs, which supports the ongoing development of Balancer, an automated portfolio manager and digital asset liquidity provider. As covered in May 2021, Balancer Version 2.0, the “most flexible” and efficient automated market maker… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, a report was published regarding the European Commission distributing European (ESIF) funds through European crowdfunding platforms. Obviously, if this occurs it will be a boon for both platforms and issuers. The report was written by Karsten Wenzlaff, Ana Odorovic and Ronald Kleverlaan, along with consulting… Read More

July 24, 2021 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MPOWER Financing, a global education loan provider, recently secured an equity investment of $100 million. The new funding is in addition to the $60 million MPOWER raised earlier this year from Tilden Park Capital Management that also participated in the current round along with ETS… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 7:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech, or financial technology, continues to capture outsized interest from venture funding. The transition from analog finance to fast-iterating digital finance is booming, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic (as the Delta variant rises). This publication believes we are still in the early innings of migrating… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Next week, the House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). This is not the first Congressional hearing on CBDCs, nor will it be the last. The concept of a digital dollar, issued by a central bank,… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler addressed the American Bar Association’s Derivatives and Futures Law Committee. Included in prepared remarks was a warning to crypto exchanges and their digital offerings. While most US-based crypto marketplaces have learned that adhering to securities… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  In 2018, BOX Digital Markets and tZERO entered into a joint venture that was predicted to become the world’s first regulated exchange for trading security tokens.  At the time of the announcement, it was reported that tZERO would manage the tech stack, maintenance, and… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission has updated the European Union’s anti-money laundering and countering terrorism financing (AML/CFT) rules. Included in the new policy is a requirement that anonymous crypto asset wallets will be prohibited. Along with the new policy on AML/CFT is the creation of a new… Read More