2019-5-15 13:20 |
The U.S. securities regulator has settled with blockchain author Alex Tapscott and his investment firm NextBlock Global over securities violations. origin »
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Major Australian capital advisory firm PCF Capital Group has chosen permissioned blockchain ecosystem KoreConX for a $250 million digital securities offering
2019-5-15 15:27 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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By CCN: Elon Musk has just proved to Jeff Bezos that being the world’s richest man doesn’t offer immunity against below-the-belt jokes. This was demonstrated on Twitter after the Amazon founder and CEO, as well as the founder of space firm Blue Origins, launched a mock-up of a new mooncraft designed to ferry humans and equipment to the lunar surface by 2024.
2019-5-10 14:17 | |
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The Ontario Securities Commission and the CEO of blockchain firm NextBlock are seeking a settlement over allegations of dishonest tactics for attracting investment
2019-5-10 00:40 | |
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Fidelity's cryptocurrency subsidiary Fidelity Digital Assets will reportedly launch bitcoin trading for its clients “within a few weeks,” according to Bloomberg.
2019-5-6 18:46 | |
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By CCN: E-Trade is about to offer bitcoin and ether trading, bolstering its securities platform for 5 million customers, a source familiar with the matter told Bloomberg Friday. The securities brokerage firm appears to be taking the approach that ‘if you build it, they will come.
2019-4-28 20:05 | |
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Online trading firm from New York, E*Trade is reportedly preparing to offer cryptocurrency trading on its platform. They are going to start crypto trading initially with Bitcoin and Ethereum but will consider adding other currencies in the future.
2019-4-27 17:58 | |
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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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Institutional-grade investment management firm Arca Funds filed with the SEC to issue digitized securities as ERC-20 tokens on the ethereum blockchain
2019-4-18 19:40 | |
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Institutional-grade investment management firm Arca Funds filed with the SEC to issue digitized securities as ERC-20 tokens on the ethereum blockchain
2019-4-17 19:40 | |
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Within the sphere of traditional finance, at least, crypto has a custody problem. The problem? Crypto is complicated, security is tricky and — if we’re being frank — the suits don’t know a bit from a byte (or a blockchain from a cloud server).
2019-4-12 22:03 | |
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India's second largest firm has completed a blockchain trial of cross-border securities settlement between two central securities depositories.
2019-4-11 12:05 | |
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India's second largest firm has completed a blockchain trial of cross-border securities settlement between two central securities depositories.
2019-4-12 12:05 | |
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According to an official notice from Texas State Securities Board, the regulator decided to issue a cease and desist order against a crypto trading company. The firm is known as FxBitGlobe and the decision to issue this order was published on April 9.
2019-4-10 21:21 | |
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Cryptocurrency and foreign currency investment firm FxBitGlobe received an emergency cease and desist order by the Texas State Securities Board
2019-4-10 13:24 | |
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been working to find the best way to regulate the crypto world, starting with establishing how to classify them. This week, the SEC issued a no-action letter in the crypto industry.
2019-4-6 22:43 | |
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Coinspeaker U. S. SEC Delays Its Decision on Bitwise and VanEck Bitcoin ETF Application to MayThe U. S. securities regulator continues to remain firm on its decision of not approving the Bitcoin ETF anytime soon.
2019-4-1 13:29 | |
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Coinspeaker Zipmex Exchange Partners with AEC Securities Public Company with the Support of Former Chairman of Stock Exchange Thailand to Launch in South East AsiaZipmex has partnered with AEC Securities, a public listed trading and brokerage firm.
2019-3-27 22:28 | |
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It will take more than a year to understand whether or not Ripple’s XRP is a securities asset, according to Jake Chervinsky. The dispute and investigation lawyer, associated with a global law firm Kober & Kim, tweeted a long thread explaining the next possible course of actions in the ongoing federal lawsuit against Ripple Labs.
2019-3-23 23:00 | |
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Riot Blockchain, a former biotech firm turned bitcoin-mining company, expects to launch a regulated cryptocurrency exchange by the end of the second quarter of 2019, or June 30. The company is initially investing up to $250,000 to make this roll-out happen.
2019-3-18 00:30 | |
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ASIC chip manufacturer Canaan Creative is closing the gap between itself and industry leader Bitmain after a massive infusion of capital. In its latest funding round, the Chinese mining company has raised several hundred millions of dollars, Chinese publication Securities Times reports.
2019-3-14 00:05 | |
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The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the country’s first initial coin offering (ICO) portal to police the issuance of digital, blockchain-based tokens. The portal is almost ready to launch and is awaiting final approval from other government agencies like the Commerce Ministry, the Bangkok Post reports.
2019-3-13 14:01 | |
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Polymath has announced a partnership KABN, a leading financial services firm. The collaboration will see Polymath use Always On, a blockchain-driven identification and verification platform developed by KABN.
2019-3-13 03:45 | |
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The alleged ringleaders of OneCoin, the multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency-fuelled pyramid scheme, have finally been busted. On Friday, US authorities apprehended brother-and-sister duo Konstantin Ignatov and Ruja Ignatova at Los Angeles International Airport over their role in the international blockchain-based scam, reports Bloomberg.
2019-3-11 14:42 | |
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German financial services firm Commerzbank and securities marketplace Deutsche Boerse have completed a PoC for a legally binding repo transaction using blockchain
2019-3-7 22:46 | |
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What Is Block Society? Block Society is the world’s first cryptocurrency advisory firm that is legally registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Block Society aims to benefit the cryptocurrency community by improving its cryptocurrency financial advisory services and cryptocurrency education.
2019-3-5 12:27 | |
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A judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit against Ripple must remain in federal court, potentially giving the firm a slight advantage.
2019-3-2 23:30 | |
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It has become increasingly difficult to trust your own eyes – or to put that trust in a third-party when investing in cryptocurrencies. Block Society, the first cryptocurrency advising firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will allow investors of all backgrounds to safely invest in cryptocurrencies when its platform launches on March 1, 2019.
2019-3-2 17:58 | |
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Securitize And OTCXN Join Forces To Unveil Securities Token Issuance And Trading Service Securitize, a platform that claims to be focused on facilitating compliant, blockchain technology-based digital securities issuance and liquidity, has allied with the OTCXN, a capital markets trading infrastructure firm powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT), to launch an all-in-one solution targeted at […]
2019-2-19 21:55 | |
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Breaking: ASIC Issues A Formal Legal Notice To Byte Power Group As per an all new report released earlier today, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a ‘legal notice’ to a crypto firm called Byte Power Group Limited— on grounds that the firm has time-and-again failed to comply with its financial disclosure […]
2019-2-19 01:08 | |
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In a sudden turn of events, the US SEC has been given an injunction against Blockvest, a digital asset firm accused of selling unregistered securities in a February 14, 2019, press release. New Developments The SEC has gained a small victory in their case agonists Blockvest, a blockchain-based asset exchange, by getting an injunction against them onRead MoreRead More.
2019-2-17 18:00 | |
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After failing to convince a federal court regarding the nature of Blockvest tokens in the previous hearing, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally convinced the same judge that these tokens are securities.
2019-2-17 08:55 | |
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After failing to convince a federal court regarding the nature of Blockvest tokens in the previous hearing, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally convinced the same judge that these tokens are securities.
2019-2-17 08:55 | |
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The SEC filed a complaint against Blockvest and its founder for allegedly making unregistered securities offerings and using the SEC seal without permission. On Feb. 14th, the US District Court of California entered in a preliminary injunction against the firm.
2019-2-17 01:56 | |
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Lead: Yet another firm has filed for an ETF with the U. S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), this time Reality Shares ETF Trust who, on February 11, 2019, filed for an ETF that would include bitcoin futures and sovereign debt instruments.
2019-2-13 13:29 | |
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The Securities and Exchanges Commission is looking for a blockchain analysis firm to provide readable crypto data according to a new tender notice. It says: “The U. S. Securities and Exchange.
2019-2-2 17:07 | |
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More than three dozen cannabis companies applied for the POT symbol on the Canadian Securities Exchange after it became available this week. Potash Corporation relinquished the symbol, and so many Canadian companies wanted it that the CSE ran a first-ever random lottery for the symbol.
2019-2-2 22:50 | |
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B2C2, a cryptocurrency “liquidity provider” and electronic OTC trading magnate, has recently announced that British regulators have given their U. K. -based subsidiary approval to offer the crypto space a new investment derivative.
2019-2-1 20:57 | |
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CryptoNinjas Fluidity, creators of the AirSwap decentralized exchange protocol, announced that they have merged with Propellr, a tokenization company with integrated registered securities dealer to form a new company called Fluidity Factora.
2019-2-1 22:57 | |
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The Coinstreet Partners company, which is the token security plus cryptocurrency investment firm has gone ahead to partner with the STO Global-X, which is a security token exchange platform, together with the digital securities platform that is blockchain based the Securitize.
2019-1-31 03:40 | |
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A former regional director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Shamoil T. Shipchandler, has resigned his position at the SEC for Jones Day, a global law firm. Shipchandler, who supervised a large number of high-profile crypto cases, was in charge of more than a hundred attorneys, accountants, investigators and compliance examiners at the […]
2019-1-30 09:10 | |
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United States-based blockchain firm TokenSoft has introduced its Knox Wallet for storing digital assets and securities
2019-1-30 01:10 | |
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KIK CEO Ted Livingston is challenging the SEC’s treatment of the firm’s native token which was released last year. In September 2018, $100 million worth of Kin tokens were sold to the public. However, according to Livingston, the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission believes that Kik issued an unregistered currency, a claim […]
2019-1-28 17:28 | |
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NYSE Arca Would be Filing Paperwork for the Approval of a New Bitcoin ETF Although the government of the United States remains paralyzed after a shutdown, companies in the financial and crypto space continue working.
2019-1-26 06:18 | |
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tZERO, a firm that claims to be a global leader in blockchain technology innovation for the capital markets, has announced that its security token has begun live trading and as such, investors can trade the tokens with other accredited investors by opening a digital securities brokerage account at Dinosaur Financial Group, LLC, according to a … Continue reading "Overstock’s tZERO Announces Live Trading of Security Token"Read More.
2019-1-25 18:00 | |
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The Chicago Board of Exchange (Cboe) is pulling the plug on the SolidX and VanEck bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) proposal, adding another twist to a regulatory saga that can’t seem to find an ending.
2019-1-24 23:53 | |
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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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Silver Miller and securities law firm Levi & Korsinsky from United States have filed a lawsuit against the developers of altcoin Nano (NANO) as well as Italian cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, according to a notice published Jan.
2019-1-11 13:16 | |
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Cryptocurrency asset management firm, Bitwise, has submitted another Bitcoin ETF filing to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm’s previous BTC ETF filing was among the ones rejected by the SEC in 2018 Physically-backed Bitcoin ETF If at first, you don’t succeed, try again.
2019-1-10 19:30 | |
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The SEC has issued a cease-and-desist order against CoinAlpha after it offered unregistered securities.