Tagged: security tokens

August 4, 2020 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG) has published the Security Token Market Report for July 2020. The team at STG notes that the aggregate trading volume for security tokens listed on stomarket.com increased 279.80% (month-over-month). The report reveals that the aggregate market cap was up by… Read More

July 31, 2020 @ 5:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has posted a document regarding the standardization of security tokens. Comments are being requested by interested parties until the 28th of August. The BSI is the UK’s National Standards Body representing UK economic and social interests across all European and… Read More

July 29, 2020 @ 12:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wecan Tokenize, a digital asset platform for real estate offerings, has released its first tokenization solution that includes end-to-end integration for banks and financial institutions, according to a release. The tokenization service is being facilitated with the integration of METACO‘s digital security infrastructure. Wecan Tokenize… Read More

July 29, 2020 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO CEO Saum Noursalehi has published an update on progress pertaining to the digital security platform. tZERO is part of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK), a company that has recently experienced a solid increase in its share price since the beginning of the year. Overstock is scheduled to… Read More

July 27, 2020 @ 9:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond is a Germany-based Fintech that started life as a global online lender serving small business borrowers. Some years ago, Bitbond received a regulatory license by the German financial services regulator, BaFin. Crowdfund Insider reported that it took several years to complete the process but… Read More

July 27, 2020 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokeny Solutions, a digital asset platform facilitating primary issuance and management of security tokens, has partnered with Invenium Capital Partners to provide private security data. Invenium is described as a “Fintech SaaS” company with offices in New York City and Northville, Michigan. Founded in 2017,… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jackson Mueller has long been a key voice and industry participant in the policy realm in regards to the Fintech ecosystem. Until recently, Mueller was the Associate Director, Fintech Program at the Milken Institute, Center for Financial Markets. Mueller’s reports have long been a solid… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jonah Schulman, head of marketing at Security Token Market, notes that the “main catalyst” for the substantial growth in the security token market, during June 2020, was the 96% surge in the Overstock (OSTKO) security token trading on tZERO. Schulman pointed out that at the… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG) has published the Security Token Market Report for June 2020. The team at STG claims that during the past 6 months, there’s been substantial growth in the blockchain-based security token sector. In May 2020, tZERO, the leading ATS in the… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Security tokenization platform Tokeny Solutions has announced today that a review by well-known cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has “confirmed” the overall security of its smart contract protocol – the Token for Regulated EXchanges or T-REX. Tokeny Solutions is a primary issuance platform for digital assets that… Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 10:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, a Japanese financial services holding company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo with over 82 billion JPY in annual revenue, is planning to establish a security token exchange. Tokai Tokyo, which is primarily involved in offering brokerage services via its subsidiary Tokai Tokio… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The cryptocurrency market reached all-time highs of more than $800 billion during the initial coin offering (ICO) craze of 2017-2018. There were many huge scams carried out during this time, which involved seemingly promising, but too good to be true companies like BitConnect. While… Read More

June 3, 2020 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jonah Schulman, head of marketing at Security Token Market, published a report last month in which he noted that the average security token return was 8.99% for the month of April 2020. Meanwhile, a fund that tracks the three largest US indices, including the Dow… Read More

June 3, 2020 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Security token trading platform Openfinance Network may be in the midst of an executive transition. While the company has not issued any public statements, LinkedIn profiles of founder and co-CEO Juan Hernandez and co-CEO James Stonebridge have recently changed. Stonebridge’s LinkedIn profile has been updated… Read More

May 27, 2020 @ 3:07 pm By Brian Farber  |  

How fundamental misunderstandings about the function, behavior, and purpose of digital securities have stymied the path to liquidity — but there is hope… We’re nearly 18 months into the digital security (security token) market and it’s fair to say that meaningful liquidity hasn’t yet materialized…. Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Norbert Gehrke, founder and representative director at Tokyo Fintech, an initiative that supports community-led innovation in Japan’s financial services sector, notes that the country’s economy and business transactions are still “highly paper-based.” Gehrke has worked as managing director at Goldman Sachs’ Technology Division and Barclays… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  While still relatively small, the global real estate token market continues to record substantial gains. Its value increased by around 4.27% during April 2020, meanwhile, the largest securities tokens experienced losses for the same time period. The total market cap of security tokens dropped… Read More

May 7, 2020 @ 8:37 am By JD Alois  |  

The GSX Group, the company that operates the Gibraltar Stock Exchange and the Global Blockchain Exchange, has announced the launch of “GRID,” a platform to create and deploy “Smart Securities” or tokenized assets. The GRID is said to facilitate the tokenization of new and existing… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derek Edward Schloss, director of Strategy at the Security Token Academy, an organization focused on supporting the ongoing growth and development of tokenized digital assets, recently published a blog post highlighting several notable security token industry updates. He notes in a new report that Securitize,… Read More

April 27, 2020 @ 8:26 am By JD Alois  |  

STOKR S.A. has partnered with payment platform Lemon Way S.A.S, thus allowing for registration with the French financial regulator Autorité de Control Prudentiel et de Resolution (ACPR) as payment service agent (a​gent prestataire de services de paiement​). STOKR is now subject to the supervision of… Read More