Tagged: tim draper

June 19, 2018 @ 3:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Sentinel Protocol, a crowdsourced threat intelligence platform built on the blockchain, has not only signed a partnership with Bibox Exchange but announced a $27M funding windfall. Bibox has agreed to deploy Sentinel Protocol platform to protect its users but list Sentinel Protocol’s UPP token. “Exchanges are… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silvio Schembri, the Junior Minister for Financial Services, Digital Economy, and Innovation has announced the launch of the government’s first official blockchain event. The Delta Summit will become Malta’s official blockchain event as it seeks to become the blockchain island. Schembri said that the Delta… Read More

May 10, 2018 @ 11:09 am By Cali Haan  |  

On May 8th, venture capitalist Tim Draper, Bitcoin software developer Jimmy Song and crypto hedge fund manager Kyle Samani engaged in a tense debate about the viability of enterprise blockchains and supposed utility of “crypto asset” ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings). Draper began by invoking the… Read More

May 3, 2018 @ 9:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crypto Invest Summit (CIS) in Los Angeles this week, rebranded from previous “Crowd” events, was a standing room only conference this year. Organizers sold out of tickets in the last weeks as demand was high for the cryptocurrency / blockchain focused gathering. More than… Read More

April 20, 2018 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tim Draper backed Bitbounce is launching a new cryptocurrency exchange. Bitbounce may be best known for the issuance of Credo tokens via an initial coin offering in 2017 that raised $11+ million. Bitbounce’s first focus was a cryptocurrency spam solution using the Credo token to… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 7:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

The CryptoSummit 2018 organized by Blockchain startup Smart Valor gathered more than 1,000 attendees from 47 countries in Zurich. One of the recurring themes of the conference presentations was the regulation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Many participants pointed out that there is now an… Read More

March 28, 2018 @ 11:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

OPEN, a blockchain payments infrastructure for apps, has received the backing of Tim Draper’s Draper Dragon Digital Asset Fund, according to the company. Draper is a huge investor in the crypto space. While the amount of the investment was not shared, Draper’s Dragon Fund typically… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 4:07 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Datawallet, a leading C2B blockchain-based data exchange, announced that its DXT token sale has sold out after reaching its goal of $40 million USD. The pre-sale, which started on January 22, 2018, was available to Datawallet’s earliest supporters on a first-come-first-served basis, with the final… Read More

December 11, 2017 @ 11:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

EquityZen, a New York-based Fintech firm that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock, has a mission: to improve the way startup employees are paid by unlocking the value of their equity compensation in a way that benefits all key players, including the… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The Tezos legal battle continues as the Restis Law firm in San Diego, along with Lite DePalma Greenberg, have filed a class action law suit in the state of California on behalf of GGCC, LLC against Dynamic Ledger Solutions (DLS), Tezos Stiftung (a Swiss Foundation), Kathleen Breitman… Read More

November 19, 2017 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Tezos Initial Coin Offering (ICO) has been hit with another class action filing, this time in Florida. Filed by the law firm of Silver Miller in Coral Springs, the legal action is on behalf of plaintiff Alejandro Gaviria. The suit names founders Kathleen and… Read More

November 18, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Meet the Drapers, a crowdfunding TV series that allows “regular” people to become investors, is set to premiere this Sunday (November 19th) on Sony Entertainment Television.  As previously reported, Meet the Drapers will include the participation of Bill Draper, who was a founding investor in… Read More

November 6, 2017 @ 12:17 pm By Samuel Guzik  |  

As a securities lawyer and a sometimes advocate for smart regulation of capital formation, I must confess: When it comes to addressing the current state of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) marketplace, I believe that market participants face a crisis of growing proportions. No Hype… Read More

October 26, 2017 @ 11:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pumped their regulatory brakes on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) earlier this year. Pointing to the DAO debacle, the Feds said if a tokenized offering is a security it will be regulated, end of story. This  statement was a long… Read More

September 15, 2017 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the successful Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of Credo Tokens, BItbounce is announcing that Tim Draper, a prominent VC active in the crypto space, has joined their Board of Advisors. Draper was an early backer of Bitbounce, investing in the Credo ICO this past summer…. Read More

September 9, 2017 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Credo Initial Coin Offering (ICO), by Bitbounce, closed last week after raising a total of approximately $12 million dollars worth of Ether. Organizers had indicated their target amount for the ICO was $10 million. The offer was launched just as the US Securities and… Read More

August 22, 2017 @ 9:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Credo Initial Coin Offering (ICO), listed on Bitbounce, is in full swing having currently raised over $8 million.  But Credo organizers want more. In less than 3 5 days, Credo wants to push that number to over $10 million. According to a note distributed by… Read More

July 29, 2017 @ 6:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tim Draper, a well known Venture Capitalist who is very active in Fintech, posted an open letter last week addressed the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the recent comments on regulating Initial Coin Offerings. The letter was published in conjunction of the launch of the… Read More

July 28, 2017 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission published a report this week that rattled the hot Initial Coin Offering (ICO) sector is still being ingested by both platforms and companies looking to offer bespoke tokens. But as the SEC fired shots across the bow of the ICO… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

BitBounce is a cryptocurrency spam solution and Credo is a cryptocurrency that can be used via BitBounce to help manage spam. Credo is preparing to launch their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) tomorrow (July 26th) and the organizers have reported that Tim Draper, via his VC… Read More