Tagged: initial coin offering

June 22, 2017 @ 3:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fresh from completing its Initial Coin Offering in June 2016 which reportedly garnered more than $16 million (30,000 BTC), Waves platform has introduced a now live USD gateway. Waves, a Russian decentralised platform for launching crowdfunding campaigns and issuing digital assets, has announced that its users can… Read More

June 18, 2017 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

investFeed, a social network for financial markets, is preparing to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO).  Founder and CEO Ronald Chernesky has scheduled a meetup for accredited investors in New York City to take place on June 20th. The pre-sale and ICO preview is described… Read More

June 17, 2017 @ 12:30 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

The exponential growth of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), which are being used to raise huge amounts of money using blockchain based tokens, have been increasingly scrutinized. According to a recent report on Reuters, regulators within the SEC are taking a hard look at the use of… Read More

June 14, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital token company Compcoin announced on Wednesday it is officially kicking off its $45 million initial coin offering (ICO). According to the company, the ICO consists of 3 million Compcoin that are selling at $15 each, with an additional bonus for early investors. Compcoin describes… Read More

June 3, 2017 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Not only was Megan Kelly grilling Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) this week but other hot topics surround Fintech were on the schedule. One of these topics was the “Explosive Impact of Blockchain Technology” which included the participation of Waves… Read More

June 2, 2017 @ 7:08 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Earlier this week, Brave Browser, a software company seeking to revolutionize online advertising, held an initial coin offering (ICO) for its Ethereum-based token the Basic Attention Token (BAT). According to multiple sources online, the ICO raised over $36 million in about 30 seconds making it… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Moscow based ZrCoin says it has raised $3.7 Million with the support of over 1,500 participants via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on the Waves Blockchain Platform. ZrCoin reports the money was raised during a two week crowdfunding campaign earlier this month The funding was… Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 7:05 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Instant messaging app Kik is currently developing its own cryptocurrency which it will soon offer for sale to the public, according to an article on CoinDesk. WeChat of the West Dubbed the “WeChat of the West”, Kik was founded in 2009 by a group of… Read More

May 23, 2017 @ 8:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Waves Platform, a decentralized platform for launching crowdfunding campaigns and issuing digital assets, says it has launched its flagship Euro gateway. The Waves Platform completed its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in June 2016, garnering more than $16 million (30,000 BTC) and becoming one of the… Read More

May 20, 2017 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Starta Accelerator, an early-stage investor and business incubator, announced it is holding a “crowdsale” to secure funding to help start-up tech companies expand into the US. Starta Accelerator is based in New York City and is an offshoot of Starta VC based in Moscow. The… Read More

May 13, 2017 @ 12:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FundYourselfNow, a global cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform, announced earlier this week it is set to launch in the first quarter of 2018. The funding portal revealed: “The year 2016 saw over $200 million worth of cryptocurrency investments raised though the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) process. But… Read More

April 28, 2017 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Humaniq, a Blockchain Ethereum-based financial services project that provides banking 4.0 services for the unbanked, announced on Friday its initial coin offering (ICO) concluded and successfully secured $5,163,000 from 11,860 participants. This news comes just days after Humaniq revealed its new partnership with South Korean cryptocurrency… Read More

March 6, 2017 @ 10:20 am By Amy Wan  |  

It seems that at least once a week nowadays, I get a call asking whether an initial coin offering (ICO) is regulated at all, and the question came to a head at a recent Legal Hackers LA discussion on smart contracts by Daniel Rice. The… Read More

October 25, 2016 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ICONOMI, the globally licensed and regulated bitcoin exchange, announced on Tuesday it is distributing all ICN apptokens among its investors less than a month after its successful Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The company reportedly issued 100 million ERC20 compliant apptokens, which represented 100% ownership of ICONOMI, to the… Read More