Global

September 5, 2018 @ 11:30 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Australian developer Tower Holdings is hoping to fund an ambitious development on Great Keppel Island via a $300-million dollar security-token offering, blockchain and crypto media-and-promotional-outlet Micky.com reports. The project, which Micky claims, “has met all legal requirements…(and) has been approved by all levels of government,” is being promoted… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

A recent draft of legislation by the European Parliament pertaining to European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) indicates an interest in rolling in initial coin offerings (ICOs) along with more traditional securities. While still just a draft, the document shows a clear interest in empowering online… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the very first OECD Blockchain Policy Forum taking place in Paris this week, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria opened the conference calling blockchain (or distributed ledger technology) an “unprecedented technological revolution.” The Forum saw the participation of multiple public officials including the Premier… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week, HMRC released numbers on the relatively new Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) that enables savers to invest in debt based crowdfunding offerings. The UK government indicated that IFISA participation had topped £290 million during the 2017/18 tax year, or 8 times more than… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

TAPPP, a US based pre-paid platform enabling access to premium live sports content, has secured $5 million in Series A funding, led by leAD Sports / OurCrowd’s ADvantage Fund. This is OurCrowd’s Advantage Sportstech Fund’s first investment. OurCrowd partnered with the Dassler Family to launch… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 9:35 am By Cali Haan  |  

Officials from The   (BOL) have urged Laotians to  “think carefully” before investing in cryptocurrencies in Laos’s unregulated markets, Vientiane Times (VT) reports. BOT officials were reportedly moved to issue the notice after seeing local advertisements soliciting citizens to buy, sell and use cryptocurrencies.. An official who spoke… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Israeli Medtech start-up, Alpha Tau Medical, has raised $29 million to accelerate its promising cancer treatment Alpha DaRT (Diffusing Alpha-emitters Radiation Therapy). The treatment is being described as a “breakthrough cancer treatment,” that delivers high-precision alpha radiation, that is released when radioactive substances decay inside the… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has selected Sheldon Mills as its new director of Competition. Currently, Mills is Senior Director, mergers and state aid at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The FCA explains that Mills will be a key figure in delivering on the entity’s… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

DESICO, based in Paris and in Vilnius,  wants to join the growing group of platforms seeking to issue and trade security tokens. DESICO is also issuing its own “DESI Token” as part of its platform. Even while the initial coin offering (ICO) market stumbles, security… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, a leading investment crowdfunding platform, has announced its intent to open up their early stage investment fund, Fund Twenty8, to new investors on September 11th. The fund enables individual investors to gain access to EIS investment opportunities (Enterprise Investment Scheme) in a diversified portfolio… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 12:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech Hive at DIFC, a fintech accelerator that was established by the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), announced on Tuesday the 22 startups that were selected for its 2018 accelerator program. According to FinTech Hive, the second edition of the program received more than 300 applications… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 11:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

International money transfer service WorldRemit announced on Tuesday it is launching a new digital service within Africa. According to WorldRemit, the service will make it easier to send and receive money across the continent and will also reduce the cost of sending money across borders. WorldRemit… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, a leading online property finance platform, reports it has secured £150 million of “initial funding” in a new joint venture with Nomura, a global investment bank,  and Magnetar, an alternative investment manager. This new capital infusion now places LendInvest’s total capital for lending at… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

As in most parts of the world, smaller businesses drive the bulk of job growth in the UK. Over 99% of all UK businesses are SMEs employing 0-249 people and 96% (approximately 5.5 million) are micro-businesses employing up to 9 people, accounting for 33% of… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 7:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Today Paytm‘s newest wallet addition, its Paytm Money app, went live on Android and iOS. In preparation for the launch, the platform reported reaped in 500K registrations to officially start Money’s operations with 850K users, with 65% of the users based in India’s top 15 cities. The announced… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 2:16 am By Cali Haan  |  

Amendments to the constitution, an international roadshow, determined rhetoric and state orders to banks that they must denominate transactions in Venezuela’s new state cryptocurrency, El Petro- all have done little to make El Petro viable, reporters at Reuters claim. For four months, Reuters writers travelled through hyperinflation-beleaguered… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 9:32 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Police in Russia have seized all 22 Bitcoin ATMs belonging to the company BBFpro without warning, Russian media outlet RBC reports. Police are said to be acting on orders from the Prosecutor General’s Office, orders induced by a letter from the Central Bank of Russia… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 5:00 pm By Steven McClurg  |  

The recently announced $3 billion Bitmain IPO has left many crypto enthusiasts excited for the possibility of a legitimate publicly-traded crypto business. However, when a company creates an exit for a high margin cash flowing business, it usually indicates diminishing growth or margins.  This could… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The long rumored initial public offering (IPO) of UK based Funding Circle appears to be on track and moving forward with a listing on the London Stock Exchange later this year. In a blog post today, Funding Circle stated; “Today we have announced the next… Read More

September 3, 2018 @ 6:58 am By JD Alois  |  

NEGTEC, the creator of the Sakura Bloom project and issuers of the Sakura Bloom Coin (SKB), has announced the launch of a donation site “Dream-Kicker.” The new site will use SKB to help promote “the introduction of cutting-edge regenerative medicine and medical equipment to hospitals,”… Read More