2019-7-11 01:27 |
The token offering could be a way forward for other startups looking to raise using SEC-approved funding rules. origin »
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Blockchain startups have received a dose of clarity on the fundraising landscape, and you can feel the excitement in the air. The U. S. securities regulator has given Blockstack the green light to sell Stacks (STX) tokens in the maiden SEC-approved crypto deal of its kind.
2019-7-11 06:15 | |
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There are many different applications and uses for blockchain technology available in different sectors which may not necessarily require any expert professional knowledge. Health, education and the financial sector are just three of the major industries where the application of blockchain technology is increasingly becoming common.
2019-7-3 21:40 | |
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Tron, the eleventh largest cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap, recently collaborated with Bitpie, a partnership that would help startups to bridge the gap in vulnerable financial systems. Tron’s token might be lagging in terms of performance in the market but, Tron DApps continued to surge.
2019-5-25 22:30 | |
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Nestled in the exhibition room at this year’s Consensus conference, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) had a message for conference goers as they weaved in and out of booths representing various projects and startups in the space: “Be on the lookout for virtual currency fraud” and if you see it, let us know.
2019-5-17 19:00 | |
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ICOs were all the rage in 2017 and early 2018. Since then, regulatory agencies have cracked down on them because of the many that were scams. With the regulators favoring security token offerings (STOs), startups are now beginning to adopt them as a means of raising funds for their projects. According to the Financial Times, […]
2019-5-9 03:13 | |
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Startup financing took a dramatic turn in 2017 as initial coin offerings (ICOs) burst onto the scene. In 2017 and 2018, more than $14 billion flowed into blockchain projects as investors looked to capitalize on crypto euphoria and the low barriers to entry made possible by the ICO funding model.
2019-4-23 16:01 | |
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IP2PGO App is an escrow P2P marketplace where users can trade ERC20 tokens using local fiat currency. Launched in Oct 2018, it is now available as localised Apps in 11 countries with over 4800 users.
2019-4-20 03:33 | |
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According to a Bloomberg report published April 18, 2019, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by reported volume, has launched its own blockchain called Binance Chain to encourage crypto startups to issue their tokens directly on the trading platform.
2019-4-19 13:53 | |
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Investing in up-and-coming blockchain startups is now possible without selling your own cryptoassets. CoinLoan lending platform has announced a case on how to acquire tokens while HODLing due to the coming IEO token sale of Paytomat, a cryptocurrency payment solutions company.
2019-4-1 16:19 | |
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Montex Market is a unique crypto-exchange where users can purchase stocks in startups with virtual currencies [ETH or exchange’s native token MON]. Businesses that decide to tokenize their stocks will win from access to global crypto investors, looking for ways to diversify their portfolios.
2019-3-27 16:30 | |
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Montex Market is a unique crypto-exchange where users can purchase stocks in startups with virtual currencies (ETH or exchange’s native token MON). Businesses that decide to tokenize their stocks will win from access to global crypto investors, looking for ways to diversify their portfolios.
2019-3-27 12:30 | |
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Our Organization Levblockchain LVE, will help many new, young, passionate people who are trying to work on new technology projects, blockchain projects and products. Many of Greek Developers abandoning because of the country’s educational erroneous infrastructure and frozen economic growth.
2019-3-25 22:16 | |
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As excitement around Security Token Offerings (STOs) continues to escalate, TokenMarket, a global investment platform, recently announced that they will be conducting their own STO. The platform, which focuses on raising capital for the most exciting technology startups, has already seen promising blockchain based projects raise over $300 million from more than 30 businesses.
2019-3-21 17:42 | |
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New Stellar Security Tokens In The Offing According To VMC As new uses for distributed ledgers and blockchain technology continues to surface, a myriad of shrewd businessmen and innovative enterprises are unearthing ways of tapping into the potency of this new venture with existing models. One of the most promising startups to date, VMC, is […]
2019-3-19 20:35 | |
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The SEC is visiting cities around the U.S. to meet with crypto startups about token offerings and solicit feedback on existing regulations.
2019-3-12 06:05 | |
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Colorado is becoming a “hub” for startups looking to use blockchain technology to power their business models. The recently signed-into-law Digital Token Act will exempt utility tokens from certain state securities regulations and make it easier for startups to raise growth capital, crowdfund via cryptocurrency, and sell utility tokens in a clearer and more compliant […] The post Colorado’s Digital Token Act Provides Securities Exemptions to Businesses Leveraging Utility Tokens appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2019-3-10 23:43 | |
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CryptoNinjas Celer Network, the layer-2 scaling platform for blockchains, today announced that it is launching a token sale on Binance Launchpad, a platform helping blockchain startups raise funds needed to develop its products.
2019-3-5 19:17 | |
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Securitize and OTCXN aim to streamline the process of issuing and trading security tokens with their new all-in-one solution.
2019-2-19 18:00 | |
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The Iota Foundation is known for launching the MIOTA crypto token. However, they have decided to take their progress in the crypto industry a little further with a new collaboration between themselves and Nova, a startup incubator.
2019-2-18 22:54 | |
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BlueOcean Ventures is a Swiss venture capital firm specialized in investing in ventures from the medical field. For the first time, the BlueOcean STO gives investors the possibility of buying a tradable token (BOV Token) in the highly illiquid asset class of Swiss and European Medtech and life science venture capital investments.
2019-2-17 16:47 | |
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Interest in token sales has dropped dramatically over the past 10 months, with investment falling almost 95 percent. Nevertheless, according to a new study, the ICO market is still significantly larger than two years ago.
2019-2-15 22:15 | |
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Sources in Iran say the country's financial sector is taking clear steps toward a state-backed token economy.
2019-2-15 20:00 | |
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Sources in Iran say the country's financial sector is taking clear steps toward a state-backed token economy.
2019-2-16 20:00 | |
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In the belief that cryptocurrencies will soon become the norm as a payment tool or “money,” numerous startups and companies are preparing to launch cryptocurrency-related services and technologies. TPCT, NUPay’s brand token, functions as a medium of exchange and a store of value that can be spent and collected, credited, or accumulated through the NUPay Payment System.
2019-2-13 09:33 | |
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Token Relationship Management (TRM) has received $1. 7 million from investors like Blockchain Capital to provide cryptocurrency startups with solutions to stay compliant with local regulations. Staying compliant in an ultra-confusing and ever-changing regulatory landscape is not easy for your average cryptocurrency startup looking to actually stay complaint as opposed to simply exit scam with users’ funds.
2019-2-3 17:00 | |
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As 2018 proved to be a rollercoaster ride for the crypto industry, 2019 brings with it a breath of fresh air as most of the projects look to go beyond the ideation phase towards delivering working products and services.
2019-1-28 14:00 | |
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A BitMex report highlights the egregiousness of the ICO craze of 2017. Cryptocurrency companies were able to raise millions absent of accountability and with little work, and at the expense of likely unsophisticated buyers.
2019-1-18 08:49 | |
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To date, Ethereum‘s process of initial coin offerings (ICOs) has earned token founders an estimated combined profit of $12. 8 billion, made entirely of digital assets they created out of thin-air.
2019-1-16 20:24 | |
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Wyoming is moving forward in order to regulate the cryptocurrency space and welcome new companies to the state. A new bill has been approved that would allow blockchain startups to operate within a regulatory sandbox.
2019-1-12 21:21 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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VNX.io is the first exchange enabling accredited investors (demand) to trade tokenized venture capital portfolios (supply) selling equity stakes in startups held by the inventory provider). These VC tokens are essentially tokenized financial instruments (like a bond, or a futures contract) that will pay token holders a share of the future incomes of the VC portfolio being tokenized and sold on the VNX platform. These once they are listed and admitted to trading
2019-1-8 17:33 | |
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Cryptoxygen is a complete platform, comprising of cryptocurrency exchange and wallet, to provide the users with the most secure, high-speed solutions to buy, sell and store crypto assets, at the cheapest rates.
2019-1-5 21:09 | |
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Tokenomics Author Proclaims, “Unregulated ICOs Are Dead,” Urging Startups To Use Security Token Offerings Instead Thomas Power is known for a lot of things – penning “Tokenomics: The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs, and tokens,” working under Alan Sugar, founding 9 Spokes, and more.
2018-12-15 04:15 | |
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No-action letters may be a way forward for crypto startups hoping to avoid securities classifications.
2018-12-14 07:30 | |
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A constitutional complaint has reportedly been filed in South Korea alleging that the government’s ban on initial coin offerings is unconstitutional. It has been more than a year since token sales were banned in the country but the government has yet to introduce any regulations for them, causing problems for startups.
2018-12-9 07:30 | |
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A constitutional complaint has reportedly been filed in South Korea alleging that the government’s ban on initial coin offerings is unconstitutional. It has been more than a year since token sales were banned in the country but the government has yet to introduce any regulations for them, causing problems for startups.
2018-12-9 07:30 | |
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As legalized token sales look like the next logical step for crypto assets, a group of startups in the sector gathers to build a security token framework.
2018-12-7 13:10 | |
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From autonomous robots to wealth management: here are four promising startups at the end of 2018. ICO projects with no real use are just not attractive to investors anymore. According to ICODATA $150 million were raised through the month of October 2018 in token sales.
2018-11-28 21:00 | |
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From wealth management to autonomous robots: four prominent startups at the end of 2018 Investors are no longer interested in ICO projects with no real use. According to Icodata, $150 million were raised in October 2018 through token sales compared to $1.
2018-11-26 21:31 | |
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There are well over 2,000 cryptocurrencies on today’s market, and almost all of them fall into one of three token categories: currency, utility, or investment. Each group requires different rules and regulations to ensure their issuance and exchange is above board with government regulators.
2018-11-24 09:00 | |
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In 1997, during the dot-com boom, there were nearly 9,000 companies listed on U. S. stock exchanges. Since then, that figure has been cut in half and the number of IPOs has been in decline. Fast forward to 2017 and startups raised over $6.
2018-11-22 13:10 | |
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Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Considering there are well over 2,000 cryptocurrencies on today’s market, the average blockchain investor faces being veritably overwhelmed by choice.
2018-11-19 19:32 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to settle charges with two startups that sold tokens through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017. The companies were charged by the SEC for running their ICOs after the regulator clearly defined such offerings as unlicensed securities in its DAO Report of Investigation.
2018-11-17 00:07 | |
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With a number of cryptocurrency launches occurring within the blockchain space, the digital wave of ICOs, popularly known as token sales is fast replacing the ‘Gold Rush’ in today’s world. While the global rhetoric on the adoption of blockchain technology might differ, Singapore is emerging as an eminent blockchain hub for many startups and companies.
2018-11-14 17:40 | |
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Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, have been a go-to method of fundraising for many cryptocurrency startups this year, and with good reason. They are one of the only times, for many digital assets, that the investor is able to get a “discounted” rate on what the token will eventually be worth. The model has come […]
2018-11-7 10:19 | |
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The People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country. In its most recent financial stability report for 2018, which was published on Friday, November 3, 2018, the bank said there has been a surge in the number of "disguised" Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), including the free distribution of crypto tokens through airdrops, despite its effort to clamp down on their activities.
2018-11-5 22:04 | |
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The People's Bank of China (PBoC), China's central bank, has its eyes on cryptocurrency companies that run airdrop campaigns in the country. In its most recent financial stability report for 2018, which was published on Friday, November 3, 2018, the bank said there has been a surge in the number of "disguised" Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), including the free distribution of crypto tokens through airdrops, despite its effort to clamp down on their activities.
2018-11-7 22:04 | |
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Today’s conditions are now different from when interested retail investors freely plowed in spare cash to blockchain projects. Startups have reacted to this change by increasingly making use of tailor-made token sale solutions.
2018-11-5 17:00 | |
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Market experts point out a growing trend for blockchain startups STO (security token offering) instead of ICO. Thus, the projects hope to attract much more interested investor’s attention, since tokens in this case are listed on the stock exchange and promise x-return on investment.
2018-11-3 18:00 | |
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The entire world is now paying attention to Bitcoin after the cryptocurrency grew in value over five times in 2020 alone. But, as positive as 2020 was for Bitcoin, 2021 may usher in a new era of possibility and value for Bitcoin.
OKCoin announced it will become the first U.S.-based crypto exchange to list Blockstack PBC’s stacks token (STX).
Blockstack PBC, an independent entity in the Stacks ecosystem that’s bringing apps and smart contracts to bitcoin, announced today its partnership with Staked, an infrastructure services provider for institutions seeking to earn rewards on their crypto assets.
Patrick Stanley is launching a crypto advocacy company called Freehold, starting with bitcoin (BTC) and Blockstack's STX.
Today, Daemon Technologies officially launched to serve the thriving cryptocurrency mining community in Asia. Daemon Technologies will help bring Blockstack’s mining mechanism, Proof-of-Transfer to the Asian market, giving miners a new way to earn bitcoin yield as well as a new use case for Bitcoin.
Today, Blockstack PBC, the company building core protocols for Blockstack, a project for a user-owned internet, has officially launched the Stacks 2.0 Testnet. A key milestone on the road to the mainnet, this public testnet will allow blockchain developers and miners to participate in the deployment of Blockstack’s new consensus mechanism, dubbed Proof of Transfer […]
The team of Blockstack, a decentralized computing network and app ecosystem, recently proposed a potentially major improvement to the Stacks consensus algorithm. Stacks 2. 0 is expected to launch in Q2 this year and is a major upgrade of the Stacks blockchain with a new Rust implementation.