Global

December 30, 2022 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Jacob Fernane, Founder and CEO of Pacific Lion LLC, a full-service equity investment and consulting firm for early-stage tech companies. Pacific Lion makes behind-the-scenes equity investments while guiding founders through a 12-18 month trajectory of milestones that lead to a liquidity… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2022, Binance claims it ramped up its regulatory compliance and user protection initiatives. By working collaboratively with regulators worldwide, Binance reveals it has “secured registrations and licenses in 14 jurisdictions as of the end of 2022.” To further reinforce their commitment to fight against… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has announced that it took $3.5 billion in crypto from FTX for safekeeping, according to a statement distributed by the Commission yesterday (December 29, 2022). The Commission stated that based on information provided by former FTX CEO Sam… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are four “over-riding” investment themes that investors will be watching and positioning for in 2023 in order to build their wealth, says the CEO and founder of an independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organization. Nigel Green of deVere Group’s recently commented on… Read More

December 30, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EstateGuru reports that in November 2022, the Estonian market “produced €5.4M worth of loans, followed by Lithuania with €3,2M and Finland with €2.1M.” In November of this year, the total financed amount “was €13.2M.” EstateGuru’s core markets “performed as expected, despite the holiday season having… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 9:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

SmartLenders, an asset manager in the marketplace lending sector, has distributed an end-of-the-year missive with an optimistic note predicting better times ahead. SmartLenders states: “It cannot be ruled out that in 2023, a massive reduction in inflation, a solution to the Ukrainian conflict and a… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinList, a primary issuance platform for digital assets as well as a trading platform (some US states and other countries), has distributed an updated on 2022. The company states that in spite of all of the challenges 2022 presented, it has been a strong year… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. eCommerce sales “increased by 50.5% from 2019 to 2021,” according to an update shared by Chargebacks911. While eCommerce growth is “predicted to slow to 9.4% year over year in 2022, online sales are expected to cross the $1 trillion… Read More

December 29, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The month of November has passed under the Triple Dragon birthday anniversary sign – with many offers from Debitum‘s Loan Originators and increased activity from the investors’ side. On the 1st of December 2022, Debitum Asset-Backed Security offer “was 11, TRIPLE DRAGON had 25 underlying… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As digital assets became more widely accepted, the need “for corresponding tooling to meet accounting, reporting and tax requirements of both individuals and corporate users grew,” according to an update from FT Partners. Initially operating largely out of sight, tax authorities across the globe “noted… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mercurity Fintech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: MFH), a digital Fintech group powered by blockchain technology, announced that on December 23, 2022, in connection with its private investment in public equity financing (PIPE), it entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (SPA) with an accredited non-U.S. investor “to… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the crypto and blockchain industry enters a new year, Fireblocks’ Vice President & Head of Corporate Strategy Adam Levine, shares key predictions of institutions eyeing the space: More traditional financial institutions leverage stablecoins Bigger players will use blockchain technology to unlock some of the… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Chainalysis discussed recently, the collapse of FTX and resulting market action prompted large net outflows “from centralized exchanges, as many users shifted their funds to personal wallets, also commonly referred to as ‘unhosted wallets’.” Chainalysis found that while the trend wasn’t “as pronounced as… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor, a growing online capital formation platform that has established a propensity to grow both organically and via acquisitions, has distributed an update on the past year’s performance. Invesdor is based in Finland but currently operates in multiple European Union member states. In recent years,… Read More

December 28, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockforia.com, a Bulgarian cryptocurrency exchange, is announcing the go-live of its platform  as 2022 comes to an end. The company reports that it will first begin “accepting customers in selected EU jurisdictions, while further expansion is expected to continue in 2023.” Whilst expanding its global… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions announced that it has named Feedzai, the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, as a 2022 technology “leader” in the SPARK Matrix: Behavioral Biometrics, 2022. Quadrant Knowledge Solutions defines Behavioral Biometrics as “technology that passively and continuously monitors, analyzes, and… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry moves to the new year with a “solid” portfolio – the current portfolio of investments in the platform “exceeded EUR 100 million.” This year, PeerBerry’s investors have already “funded over EUR 500 million of loans listed on the platform.” On average, PeerBerry investors “invest… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As this year’s slowdown in venture capital continued through Q3, VCs increasingly used bridge rounds “to keep their portfolio companies afloat—or to position them for a stronger rebound when dealmaking picks up,” according to an update from Carta. Bridge rounds are “unpriced financing rounds that… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to a survey, removing disputes from the payments ecosystem has “become the number one concern for sellers, with a tertiary concern of first-party-misuse1.” As noted in an update from Verifi, the question is – how do you stop disputes and still do right by… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Iris Energy Limited (NASDAQ: IREN), an owner and operator of institutional-grade, highly efficient Bitcoin mining data centers powered by 100% renewable energy, recently announced that its 160MW of data center capacity is “not affected by the recent announcement by the Government of British Columbia.” On… Read More