Chainalysis, a blockchain analytics company, recently created a report on the cryptocurrency scams that are in the marketplace. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on this report, which indicated that there are two hacker groups that are believed to have stolen $1 billion in cryptocurrency. The new report names these hacker groups Alpha and Beta […]
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Interview Series – Matthew Sullivan, CEO of QuantmRE, Inc
Matthew Sullivan is the CEO and Founder of QuantmRE. A seasoned entrepreneur, Matthew has a proven track record in real estate innovation through his experiences as Co-Founder of the $50M Secured Real Estate Income Strategies Fund, and as Founder and President of Crowdventure.com, a real estate crowdfunding company. AT: QuantmRE invests in single family owner-occupied […]
Digital Assets v. Digital Securities: What’s the Difference?
Mason Borda, CEO of TokenSoft, lays out the difference between these two categories in a blogpost published this week. The emergence of digital securities is a relatively recent phenomenon. In fact, it only really started in 2017 and just started to catch on near the tail-end of 2018. However, as far as digital assets go […]
Ripple and XRP Could Revolutionize Cross-Border Payments With New Software
In a recent interview with The Edge Singapore, Cory Johnson, chief market strategist for Ripple, said that using Ripple’s software is similar to what banks have always been doing with the old software, usually known as SWIFT. According to a report released by Edge Markets, Ripple is going to be revolutionizing the cross-border payment industry. […]
New Moon Browser Extension Allows Users to Shop and Buy on Amazon with Cryptocurrencies
There is a web browser extension that is allowing customers to purchase products on Amazon and pay using cryptocurrencies. This is very positive for the crypto space and adoption since one of the critics that Bitcoin received was that there were just a few places available to purchase goods using virtual currencies. The information was […]
RealBlocks raises $3.1 million for Tokenized Real-Estate Platform
An Impressive Raise Blockchain company, RealBlocks, has recently announced the closing of its latest round of funding. This successful raise saw RealBlocks bring in $3.1 million. A variety of companies contributed to this funding. Most notably, Science Inc., and Morgan Creek Digital. Each of these companies has close ties with the digital securities sector, as […]
Crowd for Angels Lists First STO Backed by Sports Sponsorship Assets
Crowd for Angels, a London-based crowdfunding platform, recently listed the first STO backed by sports sponsorship assets. The security token issuer, Sports Investor Coin, claims that most of the funds raised via the sale of their tokens will be used to purchase sports sponsorship assets, thus creating token value for investors and providing sports organizations […]
Stock Exchange of Thailand Announces Plan to Obtain “Digital Assets Operating License,” Will Support Tokenized Securities
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) plans to apply for a digital securities license from the Finance Ministry according to national news reports. The announcement was made this week as the country looks to become a prime mover in this new cryptocurrency sector. Although it’s not talked about as it should, there is currently a […]
Singapore-based Hg Exchange to Provide Tokenized Shares of “Uber, Airbnb, Space X”
As of January 24th 2019, Zilliqa and MaiCoin have announced plans to launch Hg Exchange, a soon-to-be security token platform in Singapore. While the platform already has a list of companies lined-up for business, the exchange has revealed early plans which involve the tokenization of existing shares to include Uber, Airbnb, and Space X. How […]
JSE + Blockstation – Piloting Towards Supporting and Listing Security Tokens
Announcement This past week has been a productive, and promising, one with regards to digital securities. For example, we saw not only the launch of the long-awaited tZERO platform, but promising statements regarding the Jamaica Stock Exchange and Blockstation were released. Over the past 60 days the Jamaican Stock Exchange has been participating in a […]
