Tagged: initial coin offering

January 9, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kodak, a company that became a punchline in recent years due to its epic inability to quickly adapt to digital photography that crushed its analog film based world, is going crypto. Kodak has announced a partnership with Wenn Digital to launch a digital currency and… Read More

January 9, 2018 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Mobius Network, a  Cayman based company, has announced the closing of their MOBI token presale. According to the company, Mobius raised $35 million, claiming the “largest pre-sale of 2018”. Mobius added that the offer was over-subscribed by $10 million and participants included  Jed McCaleb, Chandler… Read More

January 9, 2018 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has issued a cease and desist (C&D) order to CopyCash Foundation. The C&D was in regards to a scheduled initial coin offering (ICO) launching on January 10, 2018. SC issued a warning this week to investors regarding the CopyCashCoin ICO. Company… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 6:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Telegram, the social messaging app that every single ICO uses to share information and answer questions, is reportedly planning a massive ICO. The story was first picked up by Cyptovest referencing a post by former director Anton Rozenberg and a leaked roadmap. Rozenberg speculated that… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

tZero, the company that wants to be the one digital asset exchange to rule them all, has filed a Form D (506c) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the filing, $8.107 million in equity has been sold with the date of the… Read More

January 8, 2018 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Jibrel Network, a decentralized protocol for storing and transacting traditional financial assets on the ethereum blockchain, has hit its hard cap of $30 million a month ahead of schedule, according to a report from the company.  The initial coin offering (ICO) closed on December 27th…. Read More

January 7, 2018 @ 7:00 pm By Pawee Jenweeranon  |  

An initial coin offering (ICO) is an alternative to the traditional models of start-up and other companies to raise capital. In Thailand, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Thai SEC) recently expressed their view on ICOs indicating they realize the potential of ICOs to satisfy… Read More

January 6, 2018 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

While most people in the developed world have access to a fair selection of financial services in the undeveloped world this story is different. In fact, the World Bank estimates that around 2 billion people are underbanked or not banked at all. In many parts… Read More

January 5, 2018 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) says it has noticed an increase in initial coin offerings (ICOs) and the solicitation of the general public – including senior citizens. The cautionary statement by the SC was apparently cased by the forthcoming CopyCashCoin ICO that is scheduled to… Read More

January 5, 2018 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain based identity firm SelfKey has shared that its Pre-Public Sale hit its cap of $15.84 million four days before the scheduled closing date. The public initial coin offering (ICO), is scheduled to kick off on January 14th at 12AM UTC. If you are are… Read More

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 2, 2018 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The US healthcare system is a mess on many levels. Yes, health insurance costs too much and prices are going up while quality of care declines. But there are other areas of healthcare that are in need of a serious update. Record management is one… 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