Tagged: digital securities

January 5, 2021 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG), a team of professionals focused on re-inventing capital markets with blockchain-enabled security tokens, have published their December 2020 monthly market report. As confirmed in the report, the total security token market cap stood at $374,061,074 in December of last year…. Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based iSTOX, a blockchain-powered digitized securities platform, has revealed that it has listed a unicorn fund in digitized securities form, enabling the issuance of security tokens where manual processes may be automated and minimum investment ticket sizes to be reduced to $20,000. This move should… Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a statement and request for comment regarding the custody of digital asset securities by broker-dealers. The Commission states that this consultation is in order to encourage innovation around the application of Securities Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3 to digital… Read More

December 17, 2020 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Singapore-based Propine, a regulated digital asset custodian, notes that 3 months ago, the company was selected by blockchain platform Zilliqa as one of 8 startups to take part in the ZILHive Accelerator program. The Propine team has now confirmed that they managed… Read More

December 16, 2020 @ 2:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Germany has legalized securities managed via blockchain technology, according to a statement by the German government. Enabling digital securities is part of a broader strategy in enabling new technology. The Federal Cabinet has approved the draft law on the introduction of electronic securities that was… Read More

December 15, 2020 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraxtor Private Limited, a company that operates an online real estate co-investment platform, has reportedly acquired over S$9 million (appr. $6.74 million) on its platform from its community of Accredited Investors (AIs), despite the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a release, the… Read More

December 15, 2020 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG), a team of professionals focused on re-inventing capital markets with blockchain-enabled security tokens, have published their very first Security Token Market Real Estate Report. The security token market, as tracked on stomarket.com, hosts live-trading data from 26 different security token… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG), which is focused on “reinventing” capital markets with blockchain-based security tokens, has published its monthly market report for November 2020. STG reports that the total security token market cap, as tracked by stomarket.com, stood at $449,142,241. The report confirmed that… Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Propine, an independent and regulated digital asset custodian, has partnered with Skyhook Capital, the Singapore-headquartered Fintech (software-as-a-service) SaaS platform that offers access to digital securities that may be incorporated within investors’ traditional wealth portfolios. According to a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the partnership… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission updated rules affecting the exempt offering ecosystem. Many of the changes impact online capital formation and the regulatory environment that issuers may leverage to raise capital online and the ability of platforms to assist in these securities offerings. The… Read More

November 2, 2020 @ 9:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Skyhook Capital Pte Ltd, a Fintech firm focused on the distribution of “investment-grade” digital assets to institutional and retail clients, has teamed up with Digital Asset Shared Ledger (DASL), the global digital asset liquidity network for financial institutions that are built on Corda. As… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Tuhina Singh, Founder of Propine, a comprehensive securities services provider for digital securities. Singh previously worked as an options trader and has developed derivatives trading platforms from scratch. Crowdfund Insider previously reported that Propine is the first independent digital asset custodian… Read More

October 30, 2020 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

  Ignium, a digital security platform that facilitates issuance and custody, has partnered with Fundwise, an investment crowdfunding platform to power a blockchain-based secondary trading marketplace. According to a note from the firm, the partnership will see Fundwise tokenize issued securities via Ignium’s security token… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Openfinance Securities, LLC, the Broker-Dealer and ATS behind the Openfinance digital securities trading platform, announced on Friday it has received approval for digital securities trading enhancements to its membership agreement with FINRA, relying upon the SEC’s recent Staff no-action letter clearing Openfinance’s digital ATS business… Read More

October 21, 2020 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

 tZERO, a blockchain-focused subsidiary of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), has announced the launch of its broker-dealer subsidiary that can service retail investors. tZERO Markets offers an online brokerage service that also facilitates the trading of digital assets via tZERO ATS. The digital securities currently available for trading… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 1:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

  BNP Paribas Securities Services has partnered with Curv to complete a proof of concept on the transfer of security tokens (digital securities) securely between market participants. BNP Paribas Securities Services and Curv used the ERC1400 token standard. According to BNP Paribas, the test saw… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group, which is focused on “reinventing” capital markets with blockchain-based security tokens, notes that, recently, one of their loyal community members had expressed concerns regarding the general lack of (or relatively low) security token trading volume, especially when compared to the record-breaking… Read More

August 31, 2020 @ 8:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently caught up with Kendrick Nguyen, the co-founder and CEO of Republic, a leading US-based investment crowdfunding platform. He is also a founding director of the Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP). In July 2020, Republic added 30 more venture partners to its… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG) has published the Security Token Market Report for June 2020. The team at STG claims that during the past 6 months, there’s been substantial growth in the blockchain-based security token sector. In May 2020, tZERO, the leading ATS in the… Read More

June 3, 2020 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Security token trading platform Openfinance Network may be in the midst of an executive transition. While the company has not issued any public statements, LinkedIn profiles of founder and co-CEO Juan Hernandez and co-CEO James Stonebridge have recently changed. Stonebridge’s LinkedIn profile has been updated… Read More