Tagged: arca

May 1, 2024 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital Bank will be providing a custody solution for Arca Labs regarding digital securities or tokenized T-Bills. Arca launched a digitized US Treasury fund and is the first firm to be registered under the 40 Act to issue tokenized T-bills, which are called “ArCoin.”… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 1:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiat Republic, the specialist Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform that bridges the gap between web3 and traditional banks, announces it has raised $7 million in a seed extension round. Participants in the investment round reportedly “include first-time investments from Kraken Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Arca, and Inovo Ventures,… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca has hired three new executives according to a company release. Arca is a digital asset platform that is compliance first, aiming to enable sophisticated investors access to the fast growing digital asset industry.  Arca reports that it has been building “institutional-inspired” processes as financial… Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca, a compliance-first digital asset platform, has distributed a white paper on Blockchain Transferred Funds or “BTFs” as an alternative to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Arca states that the “finance industry is at a critical inflection point” as traditional finance (Tradfi) has not kept pace… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca, a compliant digital asset manager, has announced that it has closed its NFT fund, raising $50 million. The fund was said to be oversubscribed and access was limited to existing Arca LPs. In a release, Arca said the NFT fund joins a growing number… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Arca Labs, part of digital asset firm Arca, has partnered with Oasis Pro Inc. (OPI) on a joint venture to create tokenized assets under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The partnership seeks to bring more regulated, tokenized financial products to investors. The “4o Act”… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 2:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Arca, a compliant digital asset investment platform, has topped $500 million in assets under management (AUM). Simultaneously, Arca announced a new early-stage venture fund that has raised over $30 million. According to a company release, the Arca Endeavor Fund (the Fund), an early-stage, closed-end venture fund focused… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset management firm Arca has announced a new digital asset fund that aims to generate low double-digit returns, along with minimal volatility, for investors. The Arca Digital Yield Fund is said to be the first actively managed income fund in the digital assets sector…. Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer at Arca, has distributed a statement criticizing the lack of transparency in digital asset offerings. Arca is a digital asset firm that offers institutional-grade financial services in the digital asset sector. In January, Dorman predicted that more attention would be… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the largest stablecoin by market cap, is said to be a target of a criminal investigation in the US. According to a report in Bloomberg, the US Department of Justice is investigating whether, or not, executives committed bank fraud. Rumblings have long swirled around… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer at Arca – an “institutional-grade” digital assets firm, threw some shade at the world’s largest stablecoin today. Dorman noted in a blog post that he is hearing that several macro and credit funds are trying to short Tether – a… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Today, NFT minting technology provider CXIP announced a $1.7 million seed round with participation from several funds and angel investors including Courtside Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Wave Financial, Arca, GMoney NFT, and Larry Warsh. “Because each marketplace currently mints NFTs differently, with many out of compliance,… Read More

March 24, 2021 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Arca has announced the launch of the Arca Accredited Investor (AI) Bitcoin Trust. The new investment vehicle is designed for accredited investors who see to control their own Bitcoin allocation. An accredited investor is broadly defined by an individual that earns $200,000… Read More

March 18, 2021 @ 6:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Arca Labs, part of Arca – a digital assets investment firm, has revealed an agreement with Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY) that enables Signature Bank clients with access to the bank’s Signet digital payment platform, to initiate purchases of shares of the Arca US Treasury Fund (ArCoin)… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 8:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Arca has announced two appointments, according to a company release.  Arca reports that Vance Sanders has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, and Nikesh Dalal has joined as Head of Product for Arca’s innovation division, Arca Labs…. Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) lawsuit against Ripple is the largest enforcement action attacking the sale of a cryptocurrency to date. The SEC alleges the sale of an unregistered security in the issuance of XRP, Ripple’s native token. Ripple has been quick to defend… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca Labs, part of Arca a digital asset firm leveraging blockchain for the securities industry, has partnered with multiple digital asset custody providers. The partners include: Anchorage, TokenSoft, Gemini, Ledger, and Komainu. The group of custody firms will also support ArCoin that is backed by… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Phil Liu is Chief Legal Officer and co-founder of Arca – a regulatory compliant digital asset investment platform that is building financial products utilizing blockchain. Arca is the first firm to offer a registered fund with shares issued as a digital security. The Fund… Read More

February 27, 2020 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has posted a statement dissenting from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to, once again, decline to allow an exchange-traded product (ETP or ETF) for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin. The Commission denied NYSE Arca’s request to offer a Bitcoin… Read More

November 6, 2019 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

TokenSoft, a digital securities issuance platform, is now supporting ’40 Act Funds, according to a company release. Arca Capital Management President Jerald David announced their decision to utilize TokenSoft as they move forward with their US Treasury Fund (Ticker: $UST), a digital security, which is… Read More