Tagged: white paper

Must Read: American Bar Association Publishes Extensive Review of US Regulatory Environment for Crypto, Digital Assets

The American Bar Association (ABA) has published an extensive treatise on the US regulatory environment pertaining to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. In brief, the 353 white paper is a must-read review of current law and treatment by regulatory authorities such as the Securities and… Read More

FINRA Publishes Paper on Regtech, Seeks Feedback from Interested Parties

FINRA has published a white paper on regulatory technology or Regtech developments within the securities industry. Regtech is a hot sub-sector of Fintech as it has the potential to make the job of financial regulators easier while saving time (and money) for the firms they… Read More

CFTC Advocates Use of Blockchain for Swap Regulatory Reform

It’s about time. The Commodity Futures Exchange Commission (CFTC) has published a white paper on Swaps Regulation Version 2.0. Entitled, An Assessment of the Current Implementation of Reform and Proposals for Next Steps, the unique aspect of this document is the fact that CFTC Chair J. Christopher… Read More

Determined: Venezuela Issues White Paper on Controversial Proposed Petro Cryptocurrency

Venezuela has issued a White Paper on its proposed cryptocurrency Petro (PTR). Petro has its origin in former President Hugo Chavez’s controversial idea of a strong currency backed by raw materials, in this case, petroleum; Venezuela is recognized as having the largest oil reserves in the… Read More

US Treasury White Paper on Marketplace Lending: Opportunities & Challenges

  As expected, the US Treasury Department has published a white paper addressing the emerging marketplace lending sector of finance. Entiteled “Opportunities and Challenges in Online Marketplace Lending”, the document follows a “Request for Information” from 2015 where approximatley 100 different platforms and industry observers… Read More

Fundrise Shares Presentation on Commercial Real Estate Crowdfunding

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Fundrise, has teamed up with GlobeSt.com to release a document that highlights the ins and outs of commercial real estate crowdfunding. The presentation, which is titled, Why the Future of Real Estate Fundraising is Online: How Crowdfunding is Changing Capital Sourcing, gives readers a… Read More

HealthiosXchange Founder: “U.S. Investors Do Not Have Adequate Exposure to Private Equity”

Founder of equity crowdfunding platform HealthiosXchange, Scott Jordan, recently published a white paper entitled “Direct Investing Via Investor Syndicates: The Next Wave of Financial Innovation,” which explores how to accredited investors are using crowdfunding to achieve attractive returns in private equity. According to Jordan, “The… Read More

HealthiosXchange Founder Says Equity Crowdfunding Provides Self-Directed IRA Investors with Access to Premium Deal Flow

Scott Jordan, Founder of HealthiosXchange (“H/X”), the equity-based crowdfunding portal of Healthios, has published a White Paper—“Self-Directed IRAs, Meet Crowdfunding!”— which explores how self-directed IRA investors may use equity crowdfunding to achieve attractive returns in private equity. Jordan noted, “Equity crowdfunding, also called ‘portals’, which leverages the… Read More

Send this to a friend