Tagged: perspective

October 12, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Douglas Horn  |  

The 17-hour outage has exposed a critical design flaw and grossly exaggerated TPS claims.   On September 14 at 12:38 PM UTC, Solana announced that it had encountered a denial-of-service [DoS] disruption caused by a surge in transaction loads, reaching as high as 400,000 attempted… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler marched up to Capitol Hill yesterday to testify in front of the Senate Banking Committee in a hearing entitled “Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission”.  Gensler outlined his ambitions at the SEC in his prepared remarks. While Gensler received… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 3:17 pm By Kelsey Chase  |  

In 2010, venture capital investors poured $21.8 billion into startups. Fast forward a decade to 2020 when well over 500 “supergiant” funding rounds of $100 million+ were raised, totaling $142 billion. In early 2021, even as global economies fought to shake off the effects of… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Paul H. Jossey  |  

Progressives should love cryptocurrency, the latest innovation that brings power to the people. Turns out, they don’t. Perhaps surprisingly, it is precisely because crypto circumvents the corporate, permissioned, speech-controlled online world that angers progressives. Crypto threatens to nix not just the corporation but also the… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two weeks ago, the UK Financial Conduct Authority posted a “Dear CEO” letter directed at investment crowdfunding platforms. The letter, signed by Debbie Gupta, Director of Consumer Investments Supervision, cautioned platforms on both the risk of investments being offered to investors as well as the… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 11:14 am By Dror Futter  |  

Imagine a Baskin Robbins where you can get any flavor you want, as long as it is vanilla. Based on recent data provided by the National Venture Capital Association in partnership with Aumni, the market for venture capital deal terms seem to be that kind… Read More

August 26, 2021 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the UK Financial Conduct Authority posted the “First Supervisory Notice” related to a statement by the FCA in June that Binance Markets Limited is not permitted to undertake any regulated activity in the UK. Binance Markets is part of the Binance Group. Binance… Read More

August 23, 2021 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) is warning that the Biden Administrations’ tax plan would raise taxes on 2.1 million small businesses – in contrast to the Administrations’ claims. Last week, the White House issued a Fact Sheet on the plan claiming the… Read More

August 17, 2021 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revolut, a top neobank that has global aspirations, is making millionaires of many of its employees. It is not just its founders that benefiting from the Fintech’s success but others that have picked up shares in the private company as it has grown. Revolut’s most… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The enforcement drums are pounding at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when it comes to digital assets. At the top of the list are trading platforms that may be skirting established securities laws, especially when the Commission believes they are enabling the buying and… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 3:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The hack of Poly Network that pilfered over $600 million is the largest DeFi theft ever. While Poly Network reports having retrieved some of the crypto, hundreds of millions in digital assets are still yet to be returned.   $260 million (As of 11 Aug… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today the US Senate voted on a massive bill that, while labeled infrastructure, included a cornucopia of pet projects and unrelated policy goals. Squirreled away in the legislation was language designed to raise revenue by taxing crypto transactions as well as broadly defining the… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, long a supporter of Fintech innovation, has issued a statement in the wake of the enforcement action taken by the Commission against Poloniex, a crypto exchange. As was reported earlier today, Poloniex has settled the SEC’s allegations of operating an unlicensed… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss is one of the creators of Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that legalized Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and launched a new sector of financial innovation. Neiss also co-founded Crowdfund Capital Advisors along with Jason Best –… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 4:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Patrick McHenry has submitted legislation to update the definition of an Accredited Investor. Currently, individuals deemed to be Accredited may participate in private, Reg D securities offerings – the most popular exemption utilized by promising young firms. To be deemed accredited, an individual must… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Changpeng Zhao or “CZ”, the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of adjusted trading volume, recently announced that he would be welcoming regulation. CZ also said he wants Binance to work cooperatively with regulatory authorities, across the globe, as it establishes… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer at Arca, has distributed a statement criticizing the lack of transparency in digital asset offerings. Arca is a digital asset firm that offers institutional-grade financial services in the digital asset sector. In January, Dorman predicted that more attention would be… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Next week, the House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). This is not the first Congressional hearing on CBDCs, nor will it be the last. The concept of a digital dollar, issued by a central bank,… Read More

July 9, 2021 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

  As anticipated, the Biden Administration has issued an Executive Order that is said to promote competition in the US economy. The order is extensive and includes a list of 72 areas where Joe Biden seeks to change. Included in the list is net neutrality,… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

The news regarding China’s crypto exit continues to cascade around the world as the second-largest economy puts the squeeze on Bitcoin mining, crypto trading, and other uses of crypto-assets. Just this week, it has been widely reported that the People’s Bank of China has demanded… Read More