Chamber of Digital Commerce: Commissioner Peirce’s Digital Asset Safe Harbor Good for Token Innovation by JD Alois

February 6, 2020 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Peirce has proposed new rules regarding digital assets that may not be securities upon issuance. The proposal was revealed at a speech in Chicago today. As we understand it, Peirce’s proposal, Rule 195, will “set a course for compliant blockchain projects to innovate… Read More

 Tagged algorand, anchorage, binance, catherine coley, hester peirce, katie biber, rule 195, sec, securities and exchange commission, Steve Kokinos

February 6, 2020 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, in a speech delivered at an event in Chicago, SEC Commissioner Peirce presented a new proposal in the treatment of digital assets that may not be treated as securities perhaps representing a dramatic shift in the US token offering marketplace. In the US, pretty… Read More

 Tagged andy bromberg, coinlist, georgia quinn, hester peirce, howey test, rule 195, safe harbor, sec, securities and exchange commission

February 6, 2020 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lightning Labs, a company focused on the development of the Lightning Network (LN), a second-layer scalability solution for expediting small Bitcoin (BTC) payments, has reportedly  finalized a $10 million Series A investment round – which was led by Craft Ventures. Ribbit Capital, RRE Ventures, Slow… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, btc, craft ventures, crypto-assets, digital assets, elizabeth stark, investment round, Lightning Network, ln, ribbit capital, rre ventures, slow ventures

February 6, 2020 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and newly launched digital asset trading desk Bakkt, will be acquiring loyalty program provider Bridge2 Solutions, the firm confirmed on February 5. After the deal has been finalized (the terms of which have… Read More

 Tagged acquisition, bakkt, bridge2, crypto-assets, digital assets, ice, intercontinental exchange, loyalty rewards program

February 6, 2020 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, a San Francisco-based Fintech firm,  has confirmed its new partnership with International Money Express (Intermex), a Nasdaq-listed remittance company. Intermex will reportedly be using Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) solution, which uses XRP, the world’s third-largest digital asset by market cap, to conduct cross-border transactions…. Read More

 Tagged Cross-Border Transactions, intermex, international money express, On-Demand Liquidity, remittance payments, ripple, san francisco, united states, us

February 5, 2020 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nearly 16 months after winding down its business operations in India, digital asset exchange Zebpay is reportedly set to resume offering services in the country. Zebpay was one of the most popular crypto exchanges in India. However, it had to shut down because of a… Read More

 Tagged ajeet khurana, crypto exchange, Crypto Regulations, crypto-assets, digital assets, india, rbi, relaunch, reserve bank of india, zebpay

February 5, 2020 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Arab Emirates’s (UAE) Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has teamed up with the nation’s Ministry of Presidential Affairs, Dubai Healthcare City and several other local government agencies in order to launch a blockchain-enabled health data storage platform. The Emirates News Agency reported… Read More

 Tagged ai, artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, dlt, dr. amin hussein al amiri, dr. lubna al shaali, healthcare, medtech, mena, middle east, ministry of health and prevention, mohap, uae, uae government, united arab emirates

February 5, 2020 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gemini Trust Company, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, announced on Wednesday it has integrated with TradingView, a platform that provides real-time information and market insights to millions of traders daily. Gemini reported its users may now trade with Gemini using the TradingView platform. According… Read More

 Tagged crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, digital currency, gemini, integration, tradingview

February 5, 2020 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain-enabled supply chain and trade finance firm Envoy Group is reportedly planning to expand its operations beyond Latin America. This, after recently acquiring $13 million in funding from Alcedo Digital Ventures. Developed on R3’s Corda platform, Envoy aims to enhance the existing $17 trillion annual… Read More

 Tagged corda, distributed ledger technology, dlt, envoy, investment round, lee tarone, nvoy token, r3, supply chains, trade finance

February 5, 2020 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Archax, an institutional digital securities exchange that’s based in the UK, announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with security token platform Polymath to launch digital security listings.  Speaking about the collaboration, Graham Rodford, CEO of Archax, stated: “We are building the first truly global… Read More

 Tagged archax, digital assets, digital securities, partnership, polymath, security tokens