Tagged: event

April 1, 2019 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) has announced a “significant expansion” of its annual Hong Kong Fintech Week. Hong Kong has emerged as a leading center for financial innovation. Supported by government officials, Fintech disruption has gained velocity.  Just recently, Hong Kong announced the approval of the… Read More

March 15, 2019 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled a public forum focusing on distributed ledger technology (DLT or blockchain) and digital assets (or crypto assets). Topics will include initial coin offerings (ICOs), digital asset platforms, DLT innovations, and how these impact investors and the markets…. Read More

March 2, 2019 @ 8:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

The National Crowdfunding & Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA), the leading Fintech and crowdfunding advocacy group in Canada, has scheduled its annual event to take place this April in Toronto. The 5th Annual 2019 Fintech & Financing Conference, or FFCON19, will combine all aspects of… Read More

February 20, 2019 @ 1:44 am By Cali Haan  |  

Europol, Interpol and the Basel Institute on Governance will host the 3rd annual Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies in the Hague, Netherlands, March 6th and 7th. This year’s conference will be distinct from previous ones, says Europol, in that focus will be placed on… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 10:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Democratizing capital for small business and citizen investors The mission of NC3 is to help move a significant portion of the estimated $65+ trillion that Americans have in long-term savings from Wall Street to local and social entrepreneurs, and to inspire similar shifts worldwide. We are… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the world’s largest investment crowdfunding platform and Israel’s most active venture investor, has posted the agenda for the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit scheduled for this coming March in Jerusalem, Israel.  The Summit theme is “Startups: Making a Global Impact.” The OurCrowd investment community currently consists… Read More

January 25, 2019 @ 2:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The government of Ireland is showing their support for the emerging blockchain technology sector by hosting a hackathon called Blockathon Ireland. Hosted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in association with The Department of Finance, the hackathon seeks to highlight real-life use-cases of Distributed… Read More

December 8, 2018 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Last month, CI attended the annual LendIt Fintech Europe event which has taken place in London over the past few years – even while Brexit hangs like an ominous cloud over the European financial center. London, consistently described as the leading Fintech hub in the… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Global investment platform OurCrowd has announced it will host its 5th annual Global Investor Summit this coming March in Jerusalem, Israel. The event expects attendee registration to top 15,000 making it the largest investment crowdfunding conference in the world. The theme for 2019 will be… Read More

November 19, 2018 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a note stating this year’s annual Fintech Festival, which ended this past week, tallied approximately 45,000 participants from almost 130 different countries. MAS says this is the biggest Fintech event in the world. The Fintech Festival over… Read More

October 28, 2018 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week during LA Blockchain Week, the Crypto Invest Summit took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This event followed a successful Spring event where over 4500 individuals registered but organizers struggled to handle the sudden rush to attend the event. The Fall CIS… Read More

October 24, 2018 @ 11:21 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Michelle Bullock told audiences at the Sibos Conference in Sydney this week that she does not believe Australia and other central banks have any reason to create a national digital currency settled on blockchain, Financial Review (FN) reports. Sibos is… Read More

October 18, 2018 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled the annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation for this coming December and this year they are taking the event to the Buckeye state. The SEC announced today the Forum will be held at the Ohio State… Read More

October 15, 2018 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

This just popped into the inbox and for US based online capital formation platforms – this will be a must view live stream. On Tuesday, October 23rd, The Heritage Foundation will be hosting a live presentation at their office in Washington, DC. The topic of… Read More

October 14, 2018 @ 8:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Later this month, Hong Kong will host their annual Fintech Week. This year’s event is being billed as the “world’s first” cross-border Fintech event. The multi-faceted conference will straddle Honk Kong and Shenzen – the relatively new metropolis that links Hong Kong to China’s mainland. Macao… Read More

October 11, 2018 @ 3:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Brad Sherman has been one of the most outspoken critics of the crypto / blockchain sector. Granted, many elected officials are sitting on the fence as to what, if anything, they should legislate to facilitate, or curtail, the emerging crypto sector. Just this week,… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the Security Token Academy held its second annual STO focused event in Manhattan. This year, attendance at the Security Token Industry Launch event increased dramatically as more financial services players are viewing securities on blockchain as a likely path for the future of… Read More

September 28, 2018 @ 2:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has published the agenda for Fintech Forward 2018: Innovation, Regulation and Education, conference taking place in DC next week. The conference is a collaboration of CFTC’s LabCFTC and the Office of Customer Education and Outreach (OCEO). As part of the… Read More

September 25, 2018 @ 10:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Invest Summit (CIS) is out with an update on their forthcoming event next month. CIS has partnered with Consensys and Token Foundry to educate cryptocurrency and blockchain investors as well as developers. At the event, CIS will introduce a “Builders’ Track,” designed to specialize… Read More

September 23, 2018 @ 10:10 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bitcoin entrepreneurs Alena Vranova and Giacomo Zucco announced today that they are creating a foundation to help Bitcoin, an automated, autonomous payment network invented in 2009, compete with centralized cryptocurrency ventures. Vranova, an early adopter of Bitcoin and co-creator of the Bitcoin projects Slush Pool,… Read More