February 18, 2019 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Bafin, Germany’s securities regulator, has given the green light to Bitbond to issue digital bonds. Bitbond is an online lending platform that operates globally. In business since 2013, Bitbond provides access to capital for small businesses. The Fintech boasts a peer to peer lending network… Read More

February 16, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, TokenMarket, a “Global investment platform” announced its intent to raise up to £10 million in a security token offering (STO). Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the forthcoming STO is the fact that TokenMarket will be issuing the securities under the watchful eye of the UK Financial Conduct… Read More

February 12, 2019 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The initial coin offering (ICO) industry has morphed into the security token offering (STO) industry. This sector shift is due largely to the recognition, alongside the many regulatory enforcement actions, that have compelled digital assets to become compliant within existing securities law. For all intents… Read More

February 11, 2019 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

PhunCoin is a security token being issued by a subsidiary of Phunware (NASDAQ: PHUN). Beyond being a publicly traded security (December 2018), Phunware is an interesting company. Phunware is described as a “fully integrated enterprise software platform for mobile that provides companies the products, solutions,… Read More

January 26, 2019 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK), began trading its very own security token on Friday. Long anticipated, the event was foreshadowed earlier in the week when Overstock founder and Blockchain advocate Patrick Byrne said he was “ready to hit the button” and turn tZero on…. Read More

January 24, 2019 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neufund, a security token offering platform, completed its first issuance of digital securities in their parent company, Fifth Force GmbH, company last month. The purchased tokens will be minted for shareholders on February 12, if everything goes as planned. The equity token raised an equivalent of €3… Read More

January 22, 2019 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Verseon (AIM: VSN), a company that provides a “computer-driven approach to drug discovery” says it is trying to change the capital markets landscape by bringing regulatory certainty to the blockchain with the goal of connecting a global investor community with innovative companies in biotech and more. Last… Read More

January 16, 2019 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Aspencoin, a digital security associated with the St. Regis Aspen Resort, is migrating over to the Securitize platform. Aspencoin represents fractional equity ownership in the ski resort and has been promoted as the first of its kind. The Aspen Digital Token was distributed to investors… Read More

December 31, 2018 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

StartEngine is set to close its security token offering (STO), using the Reg D 506c securities exemption, this evening (December 31st). The round, which only open to accredited investors, made its debut less than six months after StartEngine closed its first Reg A+ round, raising nearly $5… Read More

December 14, 2018 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Security token offering platform Neufund is in the midst of its inaugural security offering with the “equity token offering” (ETO) of its parent company Fifth Force Gmbh. CI reported earlier this week that the ETO had easily topped its soft target and now stands at… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Calling their EQRE digital asset “a securities token that even Wall Street could love,” QuantmRE is planning to do a security token offering tied to fractionalized interest in real estate. In partnership with Prime Trust, QuantmRE will issue a security token representing interests in owner-occupied, residential real estate… Read More

December 10, 2018 @ 12:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Neufund announced its first security token offering or “equity token offering” last month. The first primary issuance of a security on blockchain is for its parent company Fifth Force GmbH. The offering commenced on November 27th. Neufund’s offering is described as providing an example of a… Read More

December 1, 2018 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, has filed a Form D with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As CI reported last month, StartEngine commenced a Reg D offering while their Security Token Offering (STO) under Reg A+ remains in… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 9:26 pm By Samuel Guzik  |  

As the expression goes:  “Look before you leap.”  But if you are an innovator, determined to blaze a trail never before navigated – there is not much to look at. Being a pioneer can be a lonely and dangerous adventure.  Nothing could be more true… Read More

November 20, 2018 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Berlin-based Neufund, an end to end security token platform, is set to host Europe’s first primary issuance of tokenized equity that is offered to the general public. The first company to use the blockchain based Neufund platform will be parent company Fifth Force GmbH which is… Read More

November 12, 2018 @ 10:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform StartEngine launched a Reg A+ self-crowdfunding offer for security tokens some time ago. Unfortunately, the offering has not yet been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Last week, StartEngine opened up a “limited time” $10 million security token offering (STO) using… Read More

November 9, 2018 @ 2:17 am By JD Alois  |  

DESICO, a company that is building a security token platform, launched its own security token offering (STO) this week. As was previously announced, DESICO is issuing the STO under EU law. Operating in both Paris and Vilnius, Lithuania, DESICO is said to be compliant with… Read More

November 5, 2018 @ 7:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

LXDX, a crypto exchange that claims to operate with “military-grade security protocols,” has announced an initial Security Token Offering (STO). The Malta-based corporation will issue tokens that represent a 10% stake in the company along with dividend rights. LXDX claims to be the first digital asset… Read More

November 1, 2018 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Mercury.Cash, a wallet and emerging crypto exchange, has selected KoreConX’s services for their security token offering (STO), according to a release from KoreConX. Mercury.Cash a fully licensed crypto and remittance exchange authorized to do money transmission by Office of Financial Regulation with Money Transmitter License… Read More

October 22, 2018 @ 3:00 am By JD Alois  |  

DESICO, a platform designed issue and trade tokenized securities that says it is in full compliance with the law, will issue its own security token offering (STO). The “DESI” tokens will be issued under EU law as DESICO is based in both Paris and Vilnius. DESICO… Read More