Tagged: securities

April 3, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Markus Levin, Co-founder at XYO, a platform focused on developing a trustless system of Oracles that may enhance the existing location data systems. Levin talked about how the XYO platform is leveraging distributed ledger tech (DLT), smart contracts, and decentralized… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini says that they’re pleased to confirm that Gemini Galactic Markets (Gemini Galactic), an affiliate of the Gemini Trust Company, has received approval from FINRA to serve as a broker-dealer registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has officially… Read More

October 7, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic, the financial services firm offering a full-stack investment crowdfunding platform, has introduced “Republic Music,”  which is described as a new type of investment product that aims to provide an innovative way to create, produce and share royalties acquired from music. The initiative has been… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 10:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  tZERO, a blockchain-focused subsidiary of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), announced on Thursday it has teamed up with has signed an agreement with EnergyFunders, an energy projects funding platform, to digitize approximately $25 million of equity interest in EnergyFunders’ Yield Fund I, which is considered the company’s largest fund… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 6:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  iSTOX, a Singapore-based private capital platform, announced on Thursday it has rebranded to ADDX as it enters its next growth stage. As previously reported, ADDX describes itself as a future-ready capital markets platform that is set up usher in a new era for capital fundraising… Read More

May 14, 2021 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Sharegain, a UK-based fintech, announced earlier this week it has launched BetterLend. According to Sharegain, BetterLend allows clients to deliver social and environmental change through their securities lending actives. “Through BetterLend, Sharegain clients are using their lending activity to create positive change across four… Read More

April 3, 2021 @ 7:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cass Sanford, an Associate General Counsel who supports regulatory and policy-making initiatives at OTC Markets Group, notes that the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) amendments to Rule 15c2-11 may eliminate public quoting in securities of issuers that don’t make current information “publicly available.” Sanford,… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vault12, a U.S.based personal digital asset security platform, announced on Thursday the launch of its Digital Inheritance offering. Vault12 claims that Digital Inheritance is the first solution suitable for all kinds of assets to offer a direct and secure way to ensure digital assets can… Read More

May 19, 2020 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Investors are reportedly looking to recover funds they had invested in EOS tokens, which they did through the record-breaking $4.1 billion initial coin offering (ICO) conducted by Block.one, the Cayman Islands-registered software developer that created EOS, one of the largest platforms for building decentralized applications… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 4:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockstream, a Canada-based blockchain technology and financial cryptography company, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new Liquid Securities Platform, which is described as a bitcoin sidechain that supports the creation of new digital assets in addition to the ability to peg-in bitcoin to the… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SharesPost, a private company liquidity solutions and private capital markets research provider, announced on Tuesday CityBlock Capital is set to conduct its initial digital security token sale on its platform. SharesPost also reported it was selected by CityBlock to provide secondary liquidity for its tokens as… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger, a global leader in securing crypto assets, announced on Monday it has expanded its U.S. presence to New York City and appointed Demetrios Skalkotos to lead global business unit operations for Ledger Vault, which will be headquartered from the new office. Founded in 2014,… Read More

December 20, 2017 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Polymath, a securities token platform, announced on Wednesday it has formed partnerships with three companies planning to launch and sell asset-backed security tokens using Polymath’s technology. According to Polymath, the three issuers, Corl Financial Technologies, Inc. (Corl), Ethereum Capital, and SeriesX, will each have their… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 8:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Division of Corporate Finance and Enforcement have jointly published a public statement regarding the DAO investigation and the ensuing report and cautionary statement on ICOs. The two powerful branches of the SEC came together in recognition of the changing world of finance as… Read More

August 30, 2015 @ 10:44 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

The first oil and gas project to crowdfund under Texas’ new regulation has met its campaign goals on Crudefunders LLC, a Houston-based crowdfunding portal offering direct investment in oil well drilling projects to non-accredited investors and accredited investors.  David Taylor, CEO of Crudefunder, is cited in the Houston Business Journal… Read More