Tagged: sto

July 19, 2019 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

TokenMarket, part of the UK Financial Conduct Authority Sandbox program, is scheduled to close its own security token offering (STO) this coming Monday (July 22nd). TokenMarket launched its STO in early July seeking a max amount of £2 million. As it stands today, TokenMarket has… Read More

July 15, 2019 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past May, Figure Technologies, closed on $1 billion in asset-based financing custodied on the Provenance Blockchain, Inc. (PBI) – a ledger technology Figure built in house. Figure Technologies is SoFi founder Mike Cagney’s latest Fintech venture. Provenance is a protocol created to originate, finance,… Read More

July 12, 2019 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

BTG Pactual, a large South American investment bank, recently launched a successful security token offering for a real estate fund.  REITBZ was the first-ever tokenized investment fund in South America. Until recently BTG Pactual only offered services to high net worth and ultra-high net worth… Read More

July 11, 2019 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

PwC and the Crypto Valley Association have recently published an “ICO/STO Report” covering the first five months of 2019. According to the report, since the beginning of the year 250 token offerings have raised $3.3 billion. The largest funding rounds came from Bitfinex at $1… Read More

July 9, 2019 @ 7:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond’s security token offering (STO) closed yesterday raising over €2.1 million. The Bitbond Token was the first issuer to receive approval of a prospectus by Germany’s security regulator – BaFin. The STO was opened to the public in March of 2019. Bitbond has been regulated… Read More

July 7, 2019 @ 10:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain project Tezos Foundation announced last week that Banco BTG Pactual S.A., Latin America’s largest standalone investment bank, together with Dalma Capital, a prominent Dubai asset manager, will be using its platform for Security Token Offerings (STOs), including the ongoing REITBZ STO. Tezos reported that… Read More

July 6, 2019 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, an online lender that is in the midst of a security token offering (STO), is in discussions with the Gibraltar Stock Exchange (GSX). Bitbond manages a lending platform that describes itself as “the first cryptocurrency based lending platform for business loans that operates globally…. Read More

July 5, 2019 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

TokenMarket, a UK-based investment platform, is scheduled to kick off its security token offering (STO) this Monday (July 8), according to their website, closing on July 22nd. As previously reported, TokenMarket is seeking up to £2 million in equity in the company. TokenMarket reports that,… Read More

June 30, 2019 @ 6:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last April, the first securities issued on blockchain was part of a test on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) – one of the largest exchanges in the world. 20/30, a Fintech that has been part of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) Fintech Sandbox, issued around… Read More

June 27, 2019 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Merj Exchange plans to list its own shares claiming to be the “first-ever regulated security token on a national exchange.” Merj, based in Seychelles, is a securities exchange, clearing agency, and securities facility regulated by the Financial Services Authority as a national exchange. Merj says… Read More

June 26, 2019 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Equisafe has completed the very first real estate transaction facilitated by blockchain in France, according to a report. Equisafe is described as a “neo investment bank” for digital security issuance. Equisafe can provide a variety of services including security token issuance and a secondary market… Read More

June 12, 2019 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain-based Smartlands is claiming to be the first crowdfunding platform in the UK to tokenize property investments. Based in London, Smartlands describes itself as a “worldwide security token issuance platform.” Smartlands is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). A quick visit to the… Read More

June 6, 2019 @ 2:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Security tokenization platform BlockState will raise capital via its own website, according to a note from the firm. BlockState, a Switzerland-based blockchain focused company, will commence the sale for equity tokens beginning June 18, 2019. BlockState said its intent was to showcase the entire security… Read More

June 1, 2019 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

In an email distributed yesterday (May 31), Blockstack announced the commencement of “Testing the Waters” for a potential security token offering (STO) under the Reg A+ security exemption. Last month Blockstack Token LLC filed a Form 1-A and offering circular with the Securities and Exchange… Read More

May 27, 2019 @ 11:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, one of the very first regulated security token offerings (STOs) in Europe, is now offering an STO to Asian investors. According to a release from the company, Bitbond is raising €3.5 million in an STO to continue supporting SMEs in Asia with business loans…. Read More

May 23, 2019 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

REITBZ, a security token offering (STO) backed by real estate in South America, is scheduled to close tomorrow (May 24). The STO is the creation of BTG Pactual, the largest private investment bank in South America with This is the first security token backed by… Read More

May 16, 2019 @ 10:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockstack has filed an updated Form 1-A to utilize Reg A+ to raise up to $50 million in a tokenized security offering. Blockstack will be issuing “Deferred Delivery Agreement for Stacks Tokens.” According to the Blockstack Offering Circular: Blockstack, is offering up to 295 million… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockState, a new Switzerland based tokenization platform, has announced the first security token offering (STO) from Berlin-based Streetlife International. BlockState is an online capital formation platform for privately owned assets. The company says it will tokenize assets under existing Swiss regulation. The first STO is… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has collaborated on the first securities based on blockchain technology. The LSE is one of the largest regulated exchanges in the world and the second largest by volume operating in Europe (Euronext is first). A report in the Telegraph said… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform Republic revealed last week that Note, a security token which may be issued under the Reg A+ exemption, has already granted 1.8 Note tokens.  The Note tokens concept was first revealed in March when it was reported that Republic had acquired RenGen… Read More