Tagged: ico

January 4, 2018 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Any US based initial coin offering (ICO) that raised a fair amount of money and did not file for a securities exemption should be quite nervous now. Giga Watt, an ICO that raised $20 million last summer, was hit with a class action lawsuit by… Read More

January 3, 2018 @ 5:41 pm By Gary Schwartz  |  

Blockchain initial coin offerings (ICOs) have democratized capital formation for a new generation of application services. From startups to nation states, tokens are a revolutionary construct that allow for innovative function, value and liquidity. Over the past three years, ICOs have successfully funded the development… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 11:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Filecoin, one of the largest initial coin offerings ever, has distributed a significant update on platform process since raising over $200 million on CoinList last fall. Having raised such an incredible sum means Filecoin has a big war chest with which to develop their vision of… Read More

January 2, 2018 @ 1:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seedrs is a trailblazer in the crowdfunding world. The UK was the first market to craft a regulatory regime that truly facilitated online capital formation for startups, scale ups, and more mature companies. The ecosystem has evolved to a point where crowdfunding is becoming the… Read More

January 1, 2018 @ 7:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

2018 is here and 2017 is in the rear view mirror getting smaller by the minute. In the world of Fintech, the past twelve months have been momentous as new innovations in finance have risen in prominence while others, once promising, have waned. So what… Read More

December 31, 2017 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wings Foundation has created a new arrangement with Aurora Labs S.A. According to the terms of this engagement all ICOs participating in the Wings crowd evaluation process will be listed on Aurora’s decentralized exchange, IDEX , immediately after launch. Wings Foundation is based in Switzerland and and… Read More

December 28, 2017 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance, one of the largest cryptocurreny exchanges in the world, has partnered with Uplive, in an interesting move to bring Uplive’s 20+ million users to the Binance platform. According to Binance, Uplive will feature a special virtual gift created specially for Binance’s token BNB. Uplive’s… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 9:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

According to a report in TASS, the Russian Ministry of Finance has prepared a draft law that will regulate cryptocurrencies. The basis of the report was an interview of the Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov for Rossiya 24. Siluanov was quoted saying: “The Ministry of Finance has… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitcoin wallet Bread announced over the weekend its crowdsale completely sold out. The company launched the round on December 23rd with $12 million secured through its presale and a total of $32 million raised. The crowdsale was capped at the $20 million, which was achieved within 90… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 11:29 am By Jim Borzilleri  |  

The initial coin offering (or ICO) explosion accelerated by Ethereum smart contract technology has resulted in over $3 billion in raised capital in 2017 and garnered the attention of governments worldwide.  The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken note.  In their statement on… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ophir Gertner, Co-Founder of Stox and Invest.com, announced this week he is set to join NKOR, a Blockchain technology-based solution to complex legal issues of copyright infringement. Gertner will not only invested in NKOR but also partnered the advisory board. Gertner Co-Founded Stox, which raised $33 million in… Read More

December 27, 2017 @ 4:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Sirin Labs, based in  Switzerland, is reporting having successfully completed their initial coin offering (ICO) having raised $157,862,507 – one of the largest ICOs to date. Sirin is the creator of a Blockchain based smartphone that is said to incorporate heightened security. Unlike current models… Read More

December 26, 2017 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Starta Ventures has published a report on venture capital in regards to the emerging Initial Coin Offering ecosystem.  Entitled, “Hybrid Capital: The Future of Venture in the ICO Era.” The e-book, authored by Alexey Girin and Ekaterina Dorozhkina, is available for download on Amazon but you… Read More

December 22, 2017 @ 7:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

SingularityNet, the decentralized marketplace for Artificial Intelligence (AI), is reporting their ICO raised $36 million in just 60 seconds. While I am not certain if this is a record but it is probably one of fastest ever. Gifto recently sold out in a minute but… Read More

December 22, 2017 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Overstock’s (NASDAQ: OSTK) digital subsidiary tZero has purchases a 24% stake for $12 million in StockCross Financial Services, Inc., a U.S., DTC Clearing Firm. This announcement comes on the heals of tZero investing in Kennedy Cabot Acquisition, a FINRA approved Broker Dealer and the parent of Siebert… Read More

December 22, 2017 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

GIFTO, a blockchain virtual gifting protocol that recently completed an ICO thats public sale allegedly sold out in just one minute, has announced a strategic partnership with Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX), decentralized marketplace for virtual assets. The agreement will see GIFTO created virtual gifts tradable… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) that raised money from US investors are easy targets for law firms and plaintiffs looking to collect on bogus ICOs or ones that simply did not file the proper securities exemption and have failed to deliver on stated commitments. Silver Miller… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Finom, based in Switzerland, claims the “largest increase in stock capital via cryptocurrency in world history”. The blockchain focused company Finom AG has announced it has become the first company in the world to increase its stock capital by an unprecedented level of Ether (ETH)… Read More

December 20, 2017 @ 10:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tZero Initial Coin Offering (ICO) listed on SaftLaunch is poised to be one of the largest ICOs to date. Open only to accredited investors, the pre-sale launched on December 18th only for the largest, institutional investors. Within half a day, over $100 million had… Read More

December 20, 2017 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Ælf, a Blockchain based company developing a ‘Cloud Operating System’ designed to become a central hub for all Blockchains, has announced a pre-sale raise of 55,000 Ether. During the “under the radar” initial coin offering, the spot price was about $450 per ETH. Today, as… Read More