Tagged: data

April 29, 2020 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Skew, a UK-based crypto data provider, announced on Wednesday it secured $5 million through its latest investment round, which was led by Octopus Ventures with participation from Digital Currency Group, as well as existing investors Firstminute Capital and Seedcamp. Founded in 2018, Skew claims to… Read More

February 7, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nomics, a provider of cryptocurrency market cap and pricing data, announced on Thursday it has completed its deep data integration with U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange BitShares. According to the duo, this new integration has allowed Nomics to vet BitShares’ trade history and verify that it meets… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Blockstack, a decentralized computing network where users control their data and login information, announced that its Stacks (STX) token has been listed on digital asset exchanges Binance and HashKey Pro. Hashkey Pro is a Hong Kong based digital asset exchange for institutional investors…. Read More

May 28, 2019 @ 12:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Refinitiv, a provider of financial markets data and infrastructure that has served more than 40,000 institutions in over 190 countries, recently announced it has acquired AlphaDesk, a cloud-based Order Management System (OMS) that offers order and portfolio management, risk, and compliance solutions for buy-side clients…. Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Many cryptocurrency exchanges are lightly regulated or simply not regulated at all. This has led to rampant claims of bogus trading volumes as some exchanges use wash trading or other ploys to boost volume and the appearance of relevance. The Blockchain Transparency Institute has been… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 5:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tide Foundation just launched a data marketplace aimed at making privacy profitable. Tide’s blockchain protocol seeks to address costly GDPR compliance, compensation and data accuracy issues to drive a new consensual data economy. “While we all deserve a human right to privacy, we’re witnessing the disastrous results of… Read More

January 30, 2019 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK banking group NatWest announced on Wednesday it has launched its Data Academy will offer a wide range of training, courses, and qualifications that will cover all levels of data proficiency. According to NatWest, the academy is opened to all of the bank’s 70,000 employees and those enrolled will gain… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 3:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Launched to create an open source platform for the free and fair exchange of data utilizing blockchain, Streamr continues to thrive, having recently partnered with Japan-based AI platform Daisy AI, CRYPTICS, HPE, Fysical, won the Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for Performance from innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN,… Read More

July 23, 2018 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain startup Streamr won the Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for Performance from innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN part of an event in Stuttgart last week. Streamr won for their pilot project with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which was established to drive data monetization. Streamr’s… Read More

May 2, 2018 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain-backed data platform Streamr announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Singapore-based Fysical to “reshape” human location data market. According to the duo, Fysical has sold more than fifteen billion location data points from mobile and IoT devices to chart how many people move through cities… Read More

April 10, 2018 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Intrinio, a U.S.-based fintech company that provides financial data, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with CryptoQuote, a provider of accurate and timely cryptocurrency data APIs, to distribute real-time cryptocurrency data through Intrinio’s fintech marketplace. According to Intrinio, users on the fintech marketplace… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 9:45 am By Jason Best & Sherwood Neiss  |  

The first Fiscal Year of Regulation Crowdfunding has come to an end and our data continues to deliver valuable information for investors, founders and government officials. Overwhelmingly, California has taken the early lead in Regulation Crowdfunding from both an entrepreneur (aka issuer) and investor point-of-view…. Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 12:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Boston-based fintech and investment analytics firm, FinMason, announced on Tuesday it has partnered with non-profit accelerator Fintech Sandbox to provide its enterprise solution, FinRiver, to participates in the program.  Fintech Sandbox notably offers data from 30 data partners, infrastructure from three partners, and collaborates with… Read More

May 19, 2017 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding is out with some data on the status of Title III Regulation Crowdfunding or Reg CF. NextGen has a tracking application that follows all past and active Reg CF offers. According to their numbers, over $37 million has been raised since the securities… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 1:28 pm By Sherwood Neiss  |  

  Regulation Crowdfunding finished its fourth Calendar Quarter this past March and the data shows that women and minorities have a higher percent chance at hitting their minimum funding target but represent fewer campaigns and receive less capital. While the overall market is beginning to… Read More

April 19, 2017 @ 9:17 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

It’s been over a year since the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) published its report on Private Securities Offerings post-JOBS Act. And while since that time, DERA has published more data about Regulation CF and Regulation A, the SEC has yet to… Read More

February 6, 2017 @ 11:56 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Bhume Bhumiratana works on blockchain in Thailand and in an interview with the Bangkok Post, he said that the country is poised to see the technology take over banking and financial services in the near future. “The adoption of blockchain technology is expected to be widely… Read More

December 15, 2016 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech Sandbox, a nonprofit that helps fintech startups access data and build great products, announced on Thursday one of its alums, Data Simply, has signed on to be a data partner and provide data to innovative startups that are selected by the organization. Data Simply… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, peer-to-peer lending platform, Crowdstacker, released data that suggested government reforms how British consumers should save and invest. Crowdstacker offers P2P investment opportunities backed by British businesses that are said to have a good track record or are able to offer security. Crowdstacker assures that… Read More

January 22, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Federica Sabbatini and Luca Scali  |  

  An Update on How Close We Are to Getting Back on Track. Hub21 is a venture accelerator based in Ascoli Piceno (Marche Region in Italy), whose mission is to incubate startups, with Go-to-Market, fundraising, management support and its own strategic observatory over digital startups…. Read More