April 2, 2019 @ 5:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech startup GeoDB aims to provide a big data marketplace that includes an encrypted, safe, transparent, verified, accurate and decentralized datapool and also to solve the existing problems of the growing big data industry. The platform has recently begun £750,000 crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube for… Read More

March 28, 2019 @ 9:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Petit Vour, an award-winning monthly beauty box + lifestyle shop for the modern, ethical woman, showcases a luxurious collection of 100% cruelty-free, plant-based and non-toxic products. Petit Vour Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Madeline Alcott and Ryan Miner have synced with Wefunder to crowdfund a Future Equity Agreement with… Read More

March 28, 2019 @ 4:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In mid-March, Taiwan-based blockchain security company CoolBitX, creator of CoolWallet S, a Bluetooth mobile hardware wallet for digital assets, has created a tech partnership with the Asia Blockchain and Crypto Association (ABACA), the appointed Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) of the Philippine government agency Cagayan Economic Zone Authority… Read More

March 26, 2019 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Exscudo, a blockchain platform which helps users to manage, hold and transfer digital as well as traditional financial assets, recently announced an upcoming credit card linked to the Channels app that will support support EUR, BTC and EON, with plans to add BCH, EHT, ETC,… Read More

March 26, 2019 @ 11:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a two year old Pittsburgh-based fintech platform, aims to enable growing businesses loans to be underwritten by its customers at reasonable rates and terms. Honeycomb Credit reportedly offers investors (customers of a certain business) an 8-14% return on their investment over a 36-60… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 6:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The gay travel platform misterb&b has quickly surpassed $516K with the help of 916+ investors, easily bypassing its minimum target, and on its way to a $1M Wefunder campaign target goal. Just last year the startup celebrated an $8.5M Series A round. Founded by CEO Matthieu… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 5:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UK Challenger bank Tandem Bank just added a new savings account feature powered by Autosavings. The new account pays 0.5% interest and helps anyone save little, while giving customers the flexibility to save how they want, when they want, rounding up purchases to the nearest pound… Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 5:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tide Foundation just launched a data marketplace aimed at making privacy profitable. Tide’s blockchain protocol seeks to address costly GDPR compliance, compensation and data accuracy issues to drive a new consensual data economy. “While we all deserve a human right to privacy, we’re witnessing the disastrous results of… Read More

March 19, 2019 @ 6:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Finally, it’s vacation! There’s nothing worse that enjoying a beautiful drive and when, all of a sudden, you see bright, blicking lights in your rear view mirror.  Or when you’re already lost, going around the town square for the tenth time and you see those… Read More

March 19, 2019 @ 5:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Yesterday IBM (NYSE: IBM)  introduced Blockchain World Wire, a real-time global payments network for regulated financial institutions accessible to more than 50 countries. Designed to optimize and accelerate foreign exchange, cross border payments and remittances, Blockchain World Wire claimants to be the first blockchain network… Read More

March 14, 2019 @ 1:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Interchain Foundation, a Swiss non-profit foundation supporting research and development for secure and scalable open-source software, has launched Cosmos Network, a decentralized network of independent, scalable and interoperable blockchains. The Foundation views the Cosmos Network as the next step in the evolution of blockchain… Read More

March 14, 2019 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

According to the Securities Commission Malaysia in conjunction with the release of its 2018 Annual Report, the Malaysian capital market continued to play a key role in financing the economy against a backdrop of challenging global market conditions. “Though occasionally tempered by uncertainties stemming from rising… Read More

March 14, 2019 @ 5:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Taiwan-based blockchain security company CoolBitX, creator of the Bluetooth mobile hardware wallet for digital assets, the CoolWallet S, has created a tech partnership with the Asia Blockchain and Crypto Association (ABACA), the appointed Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) of the Philippine government agency Cagayan Economic Zone Authority… Read More

March 12, 2019 @ 6:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In February the NEM.io Foundation decided to opt for transparency and to “reboot” its operating structure after checking the books and seeing “little to no accountability for funds.” Under the guidance of newly elected president Alex Tinsman, this week the Foundation has made good on its… Read More

March 12, 2019 @ 5:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Companisto, the largest German crowdfunding platform, successfully closed its INVEST grant self-funding round over the weekend. 520 investors rallied and raised €4,833,195 during the campaign. Crowdfund Insider reached out to the Companisto regarding the raise: “We think our financing round and Ameria’s financing round are a… Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 11:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The largest German crowdfunding platform Companisto is in the midst of an INVEST grant self-funding round, the platform’s own equity investment. To date, over €4,420,000, overfunding by 164%, has been raised by more than 448 investors. The amount continues to increase with each click through…. Read More

March 7, 2019 @ 5:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), an institutional-grade, regulated and insured token sale platform and digital asset exchange, has added NEM’s XEM token to its Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX). XEM was brought to the GBX-DAX by the sponsor firm Techemy and will have trading pairs with… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 5:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Two updates from the Gibraltar Stock Exchange posted today. The first: GSX Group has reportedly successfully deployed a GSX Digital Stock Exchange prototype and a demo bond issuance on the Securities Trading Asset Classification Settlement (STACS) Network’s Global TestNet. Using DLT, the STACS Network, designed… Read More

March 5, 2019 @ 4:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lyttelton, New Zealand based company, Collett’s Corner, has secured its NZ$300,000 minimum goal during its PledgeMe equity crowdfunding campaign.  At this writing, over NZ$355,700 has been raised by more than 190 investors for the community-minded property development. The campaign aims to raise NZ$2 million for 80%… Read More

February 28, 2019 @ 5:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The European P2P investment platform Robo.cash recently conducted a survey among P2P investors. According to its results, the popularity of P2P investments is on the rise: 69% of the respondents started investing over the last two years, and 35% of investors allocated more than €10,000… Read More