The tokenization company Own Group and Hamersley Digital Markets will combine their knowledge to create a platform for issuing and trading tokenized securities. The platform will be for the complete, end-to-end lifecycle of digital securities. Another digital assets platform has just been announced. Hamersley Digital Markets, a Hamersley Partners company, will be introducing their institutional […]
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		After JPMorgan Hypes Up Blockchain-Based JPM Coin, The Bank’s Mobile App And Website Experiences Nation-Wide Outage In US
JPMorgan Chase has been revving up to launch a new token that is based on blockchain technology. It is known around the world, but their banking services online experienced an outage this morning. The outage impacted online and mobile banking, which happens to follow the announcement yesterday that the JPM Coin would soon be launched. […]
			
		CityBlock Capital to Hold Security Token Sale and Trading on the SharesPost Platform
SharesPost, a secondary market for private tech companies and their security token offerings, has now announced the second digital issuer on their platform for 2019. CityBlock Capital will tokenize ownership of its fund and offer them in an STO on SharesPost. One of the areas where tokenization of securities is most likely is with existing […]
			
		Luxembourg Passes New Bill Giving Tokenized Securities Official Legal Status
The small European city-state of Luxembourg has just passed a bill which provides a new legal framework for tokenized securities. 58 members of parliament approved the measure with only 2 opposed. There’s been much talk of which would be the first nations to adopt legislation specifically addressing the topic of tokenized securities. Although Malta is […]
			
		TokenMarket to Host Security Token Offering
Upcoming STO In a recent announcement, TokenMarket indicated that they will be hosting an upcoming security token offering. This event will take place on their own issuance platform, under the watch of the Financial Conduct Authority. The fundraising event will see the company strive to sell £10 million worth of digital securities to accredited investors. […]
			
		SPiCE VC Continues Portfolio Expansion with InvestaCrowd
Growing Portfolio The SPiCE VC portfolio continues to grow. The trendsetting company has recently announced that they have invested in InvestaCrowd. Through this investment, SPiCE token holders will now gain exposure to the growing InvestaCrowd. A digital securities platform that operates under a licence given by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The goal of InvestaCrowd […]
			
		Why the SEC’s ‘ICO Guide’ Paints a Dark Picture for Cryptocurrency in 2019
This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission tweeted out its guidelines for those launching and investing in ICOs, although many would say that over a year on from the peak of the cryptocurrency boom, the guidelines amount to too little, too late. That said, the document still throws up several points of contention, including a […]
			
		Liechtenstein’s Post Office Is Now Selling Bitcoin (BTC) to Interested Individuals
Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin (BTC) continue to expand all over the world. The government-owned post office in Liechtenstein is now offering Bitcoin to interested users. This post office located in Vaduz, the capital of the country, is now seeling the most popular virtual currency and will also offer new digital assets in the future. In order […]
			
		Bear Market? Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Averaged $2 Million Invested Per Week in Q4 2018
Grayscale, the creator of GBTC, had an average of $2 million invested every week during the 4th quarter of 2018. About 66% of all investments came from institutions, while 88% of all Grayscale digital investments were in Bitcoin. Just 12% of investments were directed at other digital assets, leading Grayscale to declare the “return of […]
			
		US Regulators File Charges Against Apple Insider Trading Lawyer, for Insider Trading
The job of a top lawyer at Apple Inc. was to ensure that no employees violate the company’s insider-trading policies. It turned out that he was the one who was trading Apple Shares illegally, according to US regulators. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Gene Daniel Levoff, who served as […]