Patrick Byrne, Overstock CEO and blockchain visionary, recently sat down with Derek Schloss from The Digital Wrapper. The following is a summary of their discussion concerning the future of security tokens, numerous tZERO updates, and a potential use-case for Ravencoin. Patrick Byrne on the Future of Security Tokens Many agree that the highly anticipated future […]
Category: STO News
Biotechnology Company Verseon Announces Security Token Offering
Verseon, a biotech firm specializing in computational drug discovery, has just announced they will be holding their own STO. They aim to “set a new standard for the 21st century public offering. Last month, Agenus Inc. announced the world’s first security token for the biopharmaceutical industry. And now we have another: Verseon has just made […]
BitGo Custody Now Supports BCAP Security Tokens
In addition to multi-signature wallet security, BitGo clients can custody their BCAP assets with BitGo Trust Company.
Distributed Digest: Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Gitcoin follows up on Dean Eigenmann’s EIP security proposal, Dether unveils a token-to-fiat bridge, and the Bounties Network is building an Ethereum-inspired art project.
New Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS) Metric Gets CoinMarketCap Integration
The blockchain analytics company Flipside Crypto is starting an important new partnership with CoinMarketCap (CMC). Now, the company is bringing its service of crypto asset letter grades to the site. The program uses the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS) in order to evaluate several important metrics for a token. CoinMarketCap, as well as some other […]
American Bar Association Publishes Report on Digital Securities
The leading voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students published their whitepaper today detailing the legal situation regarding security tokens and crypto-assets more generally. The report covers federal and state laws on the topic. Recently, big-name institutions and firms have increasingly been commenting on the emerging security token space. Just recently, the Depository Trust […]
Cboe Drops Bitcoin Futures Contracts, Continues to Assess its Approach to Digital Assets
In a statement released last week, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (Cboe) has announced that it will stop listing bitcoin futures contracts in March 2019. At one time a pioneer of bitcoin futures, the crashing prices of bitcoin are likely a leading factor in Cboe’s latest move. Cboe Stopping Bitcoin Futures Explained In December […]
SEC to Host Public Fintech Forum for Digital Assets in May
The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has organized a Fintech forum in May 2019. The event will be open to the public, and aims to facilitate greater communication with the digital asset industry. Digital Asset Regulation in the United States The SEC’s stance on digital asset regulation has had mixed reception. SEC Chairman […]
Verseon to use BlockRules Platform for Upcoming Security Token Offering
Drug Discovery Platform Today brought the announcement of another upcoming security token offering. This upcoming event is to be held by biotechnology company, Verseon. The STO itself will be facilitated through a recently developed comprehensive platform by BlockRules. This event will see the distribution of digital securities known as preferred shares. These will provide token […]
World’s First Pioneering Game Item Crypto Hardware Cold Wallet D’CENT Is Now Available
World’s Pioneer Crypto Hardware Cold Wallet Is Now Available D’CENT – a leading Crypto Cold Wallet Hardware Company – has just released the first ever storage mechanism that is designed for ERC – 721 (NFT) tokens. The game’s items storing outfit will be available to the general public by the end of this April this […]
