Tagged: security token offering

STO: Greyp Bikes Closes Blockchain Managed IPO on Neufund Raising €1.4 Million

Neufund, a Berlin-based investment platform, has successfully closed the offering of e-mobility company, Greyp Bikes raising €1.4 million. Greyp, an eBike creator and a spinoff from Rimac Automobili, launched the security token offering in September. Greyp claims to be the “future of mobility” and the… Read More

Kapilendo is Issuing its First Digital Bond Using Stellar Blockchain

“Banking partner for SMEs” Kapilendo is issuing its first blockchain-based digital bond. According to the Germany based crowdfunding platform, FR L’Osteria SE, a “gastronomy concept” is issuing a tokenized bond using blockchain tech. Kapilendo is a debt-based crowdfunding platform that caters to Mittelstand companies by… Read More

High Profile Blockchain Project Algorand Releases Big Upgrade, Partners with World Chess on STO

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Prominent blockchain group Algorand has announced an upgrade to its protocol that is said to significantly expand the range of decentralized applications and processes that can be built on the platform. The update expects to unlock the ability to develop scalable blockchain-native solutions for real-world… Read More

Tokeny and Black Manta Capital Join to Launch Compliant STO Platform for Europe

Black Manta Capital Partners and Tokeny have formed a partnership to build a “fully compliant Multi-STO-Platform.” for Europe. It is important to note that the Black Manta Investment Platform is operated by BMCP’s ​Berlin (BMCP GmbH) which has reportedly received its license within the MiFID… Read More

Lead Real Estate Issuing a Security Token (STO) for Tokyo Property Development

Tokyo-based firm Lead Real Estate has announced plans to, “develop condominiums and hotels in Tokyo’s popular areas such as Ginza, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ebisu, Shinagawa, and Meguro by using funds raised through issuing security tokens (STOs).” The firm believes a combination of factors, including local RE investing… Read More

Project Crowd Lists Security Token Offering on WeOwn

Project Crowd, an “AI recruitment platform,” has listed a security token offering (STO) on WeOwn. This is WeOwn’s first STO. According to a release, after launching a private fundraising round through the WeOwn platform in September, Project Crowd is now open to public investment, with… Read More

STO: Bitbond Issues First Bond Coupon Payment on Chain

Bitbond, the first security token offering in Germany to have its prospectus approved by Bafin, has issued its first on-chain coupon payment according to a tweet. Bitbond is a unique global online lender that recently completed a security token offering (STO) for a debt offering… Read More

Next up on Neufund: STO for Rimac Automobili Founded Greyp Producer of eBikes

Security token offering platform Neufund has kicked off its next STO with the whitelisting process for Greyp, an eBike creator and a spinoff from Rimac Automobili, founded by e-vehicle entrepreneur Mate Rimac. Rimacs is an electric vehicle manufacturer that has captured investors such as Porsche…. Read More

Blockstack Reports $23 Million Raised in First Reg A+ Token Offering

Blockstack, the first token issuer to have a Form 1-A approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has raised $23 million in their offering which included funds raised under Reg S for international investors. The final tally was revealed by Blockstack in a blog… Read More

National Exchange of Seychelles MERJ Opens Initial Public Offering of Tokenized Equity, STO Available to International Investors

MERJ, the national stock exchange of Seychelles, has kicked off its initial public offering (IPO) of tokenized equity. The digital asset is the first security token offering (STO) of a regulated stock exchange anywhere. The IPO values the 8-year old exchange at USD $25 million…. Read More

Following the Tokenization of a Property Investment, Smartlands Plans Tokenized “Disruptive Fund” Investing in Fintechs & More

This past June, Smartlands announced the first UK property to be tokenized and offered to investors. The crowdfunding platform now reports that the project has closed fully funded. The student accommodation in the UK sought £1 million for a 30% equity stake in a property… Read More

Interim Overstock CEO: tZERO Investigation by SEC “Almost Dormant”

An investigation by the SEC into a $134 million STO (security token offering) by Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) subsidiary tZERO seems “almost dormant,” Overstock interim CEO Jonathan Johnson told Fox Business this week. Johnson, stepped to helm Overstock, after long-time CEO and founder Patrick Byrne resigned August 22nd…. Read More

Seychelles: MERJ Exchange Works with Globacap to Offer Digital Securities to EU & UK Investors

MERJ Exchange, the national stock exchange of Seychelles, will partner with Globacap, a capital markets platform for digital securities, to offer tokenized assets to EU and UK investors. Globacap is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). MERJ will be offering securities in its… Read More

On the Second Anniversary of the DAO: The Token Universe’s Cat Food Moment

Recently we marked the second anniversary of the SEC’s issuance of an Investigative Report finding that the DAO Tokens were securities.   While this killed the hopes of those who had interpreted SEC silence to mean consent to the unregulated issuance of tokens, it still… Read More

Seychelles based Exchange MERJ Lists Own Tokenized Security, Public Offering to Follow

MERJ Exchange, formerly Trop-X Limited, has claimed the first-ever, fully compliant and regulated security token issued by a national stock exchange. MERJ is licensed by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority. As Crowdfund Insider reported last week, MERJ is an exchange for equities, debt, and derivatives… Read More

Seychelles: MERJ Exchange to List Open Own Security Token in Next Few Weeks

MERJ Exchange, the only licensed stock exchange in Seychelles, will be listing its own security token within the coming weeks thus becoming the first blockchain forward regulated exchange to practice what it preaches. MERJ is a member of IOSCO and adheres to FATF guidelines. The… Read More

Bitbond Regulated Security Token BB1 Becomes Tradable

Bitbond, a peer to peer lending platform that recently completed a security token offering for a bond-like security (BB1), has said the token is now tradable. In a tweet, Bitbond claimed the title of the first regulated EU security token to accomplish this feat. It… Read More

TokenMarket Closes Own STO at £240,000

TokenMarket, a Fintech operating under the watchful eye of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Fintech Sandbox, has completed its first security token offering (STO) for equity in the firm. TokenMarket set an initial funding goal of £150,000 but had stated it would have accepted several… Read More

Germany First: Fundament Approved by BaFin for Blockchain based €250 Million Real Estate Bond

Germany is on a bit of a securities token roll. Yesterday, Crowdfund Insider covered the launch of a blockchain-based investment platform for early-stage companies that has received regulatory approval. Today, the Fundament Group has announced a €250 Million blockchain-based real estate bond – blessed by… Read More

Attorney Doug Ellenoff Comments on Blockstack Reg A+ Offering: “Chameleon Tokens – sometimes they are securities and sometimes they are arguably not”

Blockstack has kicked off the first qualified Reg A+ token offering. Blockstack has reportedly worked closely with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to get the offering approved. Multiple issuers have been attempting to use the JOBS Act exemption to facilitate security token offerings due… Read More

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