On February 19th, 2020, Openfinance announced a security token listed on its Alternative Trading System (ATS) is now available to non-accredited investors. Openfinance Co-CEO Juan Hernandez sat down with The Tokenst to discuss the industry-wide milestone — and what it will take to see similar activity in the future. The Struggle to Increase Investor Access […]
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Validity Labs Joins the International Token Standardization Association ITSA
This week, the Swiss-based blockchain educational and infrastructure platform, Validity Labs confirmed the firm joined The International Token Standardization Association (ITSA). The decision to join the ITSA comes at a crucial stage of the EU’s STO regulatory development. The move demonstrates a further push for a more robust framework to support the expanding security token […]
BitGo Works Towards ‘Full-Stack Solution’ with Harbor Acquisition
Acquisition With roots in custodial services surrounding digital assets, BitGo has established themselves as an industry mainstay since their 2013 launch. In the time since, the team behind the Californian company has managed to expand their offerings, growing with the industry it serves. BitGo has clearly recognised a major shift in the world of blockchain, […]
Agora Innovation Secures Funding for IVE.ONE Platform
This week, the security token issuance platform, Agora Innovation announced that the firm successfully completed a seven-digit pre-series A investment round. Notably, the main investor was FinLab EOS VC. Now, Agora Innovation is set to expand its capabilities. Specifically, Agora seeks to launch its highly-anticipated IVE.ONE security token ecosystem in the coming weeks. The news […]
Coinbase Exchange’s New Visa Principal Membership Allows It Become Direct Card Issuer
The San Francisco-based Coinbase has just become the first crypto exchange to be made a principal member of Visa. This is an extremely big deal for a cryptocurrency based financial institution. The news was released on the Coinbase blog today. It’s mentioned in the post that Coinbase is the first ‘pure crypto company’ to get […]
Commissioner Hester Peirce, SEC – Interview Series
I recently had the pleasure to sit down and talk with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce about the current landscape of digital assets, and how the SEC is working on making a clearer path for people in the space. See our discussion below for some valuable information and direction for anyone involved or interested in digital […]
BitGo Acquires Security Token Platform Harbor in Industry First
On February 18th, 2020, digital asset custodian BitGo acquired Harbor, a securities tokenization platform. Through the acquisition, BitGo will extend beyond custodial services and break into the “issuing, trading, and transferring” of security tokens. The deal is set to make BitGo the world’s first company with broker-dealer, transfer agent, and qualified custodian licenses. BitGo Acquires […]
Crypto Custodian, BitGo, Acquires Harbor to Expand its Digital Currency Services
BitGo has announced that it will soon be an all-stack digital currency service provider following the acquisition of Harbor. The crypto custodian also acquired Harbor’s business subsidiaries which include a transfer agency and broker dealership for digital currencies. The beauty about Harbor’s existing operations is that they are legally under the supervision of the Financial […]
Connecticut Real Estate Tokenized by REINNO
Connecticut has recently become home to one of the first commercial properties to undergo tokenization in the United States. REINNO, real estate tokenization specialists, have just announced the successful creation and issuance, of security tokens, representative of this property; A process which demonstrated clearly what REINNO is able to offer its clients. Debt Instrument While […]
Enjin’s Blockchain Game Development Platform Launches on Ethereum
Enjin has just made the announcement of an Ethereum game development platform’s launch, platform that will enable developers from all over the world to incorporate crypto assets into apps and games without having the knowledge on how to write blockchain code. For more than two years, we’ve been building an integrated ecosystem to help blur […]
