Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Regulators in the U.S. have been calling crypto the “wild west” of finance ever since one can remember. Back in 2014, the U.S. watchdog entitled bitcoin the “wild west” of finance, stating that it […]
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How Decentralized Trading Unlocks the True Potential of Tokenized Securities
The biggest promise of security tokens is easier access to investors and the possibility for investors to trade securities and assets that historically were illiquid. Nevertheless, despite the rise of security token exchanges, the vast majority of tokenized securities are still not traded anywhere, failing to execute the promise of liquidity. In this article, we […]
Digital Yuan is near but Chinese Banks Are not Ready for It
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. As digital currencies continue to gain popularity and hype around the world, countries are taking various approaches to integrating the revolutionary technology into their society. While some countries are looking to regulate existing crypto […]
Securitize Raises $48 Million in Series B Round Led by Blockchain Capital & Morgan Stanley
Securitize, Inc the global leader in digital securities announced today that its Series B fundraising round was oversubscribed, with $48 million raised from new and existing investors. Founded in 2017, Securitize, Inc., is the leading digital securities firm reinventing private capital markets with a trusted end-to-end solution leveraging the blockchain to empower companies to compliantly raise capital […]
Do Kwon, Founder & CEO of Terraform Labs – Interview Series
Do Kwon cofounded Terraform Labs to use blockchain technology to develop a more efficient payment system. Its eponymous price-stable cryptocurrency, or stablecoin, attracted 40 million users to work with the company at launch in January 2018. With the aim of building a blockchain-based payment system, Terra has raised $32 million from crypto-giants such as Binance, […]
DeFi Bleeding: Fundamentals Don’t Matter But Particular Sections of The Market Are Still Seeing Growth
Cryptocurrencies continue to get sold-off. And decentralized finance (DeFi) isn’t exempt either. The market cap of the entire DeFi sector has fallen just under $76 billion, down from about $144 billion peak in mid-May due to the prices of DeFi tokens crashing 20% to 75% in the last 30 days. DeFi, much like all the […]
How Digital Securities Are Disrupting Private Real Estate Marketplaces – Thought Leaders
A Bird’s Eye View: Real Estate as an Asset Class On a global scale, real estate has historically performed similarly to public equities (7.05% vs 6.89%). Not only does this asset class offer consistent returns with lower volatility, but in recent years, it has become relatively common to see real estate investments returning above 10%. […]
In-Depth: How Mark Cuban Became Victim of Latest DeFi Bank Run
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. After losing millions of dollars in a new DeFi protocol from Iron Finance, billionaire Mark Cuban calls for clearer rules and regulations. While Iron Finance spectacularly failed to execute their innovation, their approach failed […]
Interoperability Project Ren Integrates With Solana, Adds Direct Bridge For Bitcoin
Ren, the team behind the interoperability blockchain project RenVM, has announced its integration with Solana with the launching of a bridge for Bitcoin and other assets. Ren Launches Bridge For Four Crypto Assets Announcing the integration in a blog post, Ren said it would be adding support for tokenized versions of Bitcoin and other assets […]
FCA: Over 4% of U.K. Adults Now Own Cryptocurrencies
Neither the author, Kai Morris, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released a study showing that there is an estimated 4.4% of UK consumers holding cryptocurrencies. Of these adults, their median amount in crypto holdings is £300. The study […]
