Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On January 20th, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced its charges against Avraham “Avi” Eisenberg. Eisenberg, already arrested for fraud and in custody in Puerto Rico, is charged with manipulating the price of MNGO […]
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Ransomware Revenue Dropped By 40% in 2022: Here’s Why
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Chainalysis’ latest crypto crime report shows a -40% decrease in ransomware revenue in 2022 compared to 2021. However, despite the profitability decline, there has been a marked increase in the types of malware code […]
BIS Introduces DeFi Stack Reference (DSR) Model to Highlight the Technology’s Functionality and Risks
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a new working paper titled “The Technology of Decentralized Finance,” discussing DeFi as the new financial paradigm this week. It discusses the emergence of DeFi, which has seen rapid growth in recent years, and how it can interoperate with traditional finance. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, BIS is an […]
Blockchain uses: The real expansion has just begun!
Blockchain is changing industries and bringing the benefits of the new technology to every day life. Medical innovation and data confidentiality are big trends. Blockchain technology in gaming, supply chain management and digital identity verification are also huge steps. In recent years, application cases for blockchain have extended significantly beyond bitcoin, with various businesses embracing […]
State of Security Tokens 2023 – Navigating the Path Forward
Much like ourselves here at Securities.io, the team behind Security Token Advisors (STA) believe full-heartedly in the future of digital securities or ‘security tokens’. To that end, STA has for the third year running released its comprehensive ‘State of Security Tokens‘ report. Here we look at some of the key takeaways to be found, in […]
Fun Over Profits: NFT Gaming Takes the Stage
Key takeaway The Play to Earn model became the starting point in the NFT gaming development but created a sustainable concept – NFT games are not for fun. They are for making money only. Players do not support P2E games since making money during the red market is more challenging, and these games cannot offer […]
Crypto, Web3 Fundraising Snowball Against Industry-wide Layoffs and Exchange Troubles
This week has been fairly dull and devoid of green action in the market, but the picture has been far from uneventful outside the spot price scene. Here is a breakdown of the major events constituting the present chaotic and concerning setup. VCs and institutional investors are seemingly ready to get back in the game […]
Busan to Establish Decentralized Digital Asset Exchange by the End of 2023
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. According to a local report, the Busan Digital Asset Exchange Establishment Promotion Committee held its very first meeting on Thursday, January 19th. At the meeting, it was announced that the South Korean city will […]
Education Efforts Ramping Up With Digital Assets Primed to Play a Key Role in Future Finance
Digital assets and the technology that powers them are visibly here to stay. The effects of this disruptive technology have been felt mostly in the finance sector. In just a little over a decade, blockchain technology and its most popular real-world application – cryptocurrencies – have gone from being “Satoshi’s vision” written in a whitepaper […]
STO Platform ‘Deal Box’ Ventures into Web3 with $125M Investment Fund
On Wednesday, Deal Box announced the launch of Deal Box Ventures, a venture arm that will invest $125 million in startups that leverage foundational Web 3 technologies. What is Deal Box? Founded in 2016, the San Diego-based Deal Box is a capital markets advisory and security token offering (STO) packaging platform with a 15-year track […]
