After a successful $20 million STO, Figure Technologies and Provenance have completed a $150 million first-ever real estate bond offering issued solely through the use of blockchain...

President and CEO Andrew Wiederhorn called the results “transformative” for the company... in particular, the ease of accessing the business securitization market for capital while avoiding term loans.

BlockFi, a financial company focused on cryptos, says it has enabled a new feature that lets customers use cash to buy bitcoin... a request customers had been making on a daily basis, according to the company.

The decision relates to a case between a French crypto exchange and a UK-based alternative investments firm, forcing French courts to reconsider the legal nature of bitcoin as currency.

Square says the proposals must improve user experience, scaling, privacy, security or “something else we haven’t thought of." Applicants must also be in good standing within the bitcoin community to be considered.

Bitcoin has recently dropped by over 22% from its $10,400 high to as low as $8,070... But the miners don’t seem to mind. Record levels of mining power are being reported on the network, exceeding all previous levels...

The partnership between Binance and Akbank will create the first direct bank channel integration for instant fiat deposits and withdrawals on the exchange, increasing "the freedom of money worldwide”...

The $2.2 billion represents 16 different commercial properties based in the U.S. and Canada... The tokens are currently running on ethereum, but plans are in place for a more secure enterprise blockchain platform.

Since Q3 2019, Ripple paid nearly $12 million to help MoneyGram deploy its cross-border payment technology... A partnership that’s expected to reduce capital needs and generate additional earnings and cash flow.

The Simpsons has made some pretty unbelievable predictions that ultimately came true... Could mainstream crypto adoption be next? If a recent episode is any clue, we won’t have long to wait...

The bank will provide payment, custody, securities, and commodities services for institutional banking customers using digital assets, services not currently available in U.S. markets...

A security token listed on Openfinance’s Alternative Trading System (ATS) is now available to non-accredited investors. In a recent interview, co-CEO Juan Hernandez explained the industry-wide milestone...

Zhao said that a lower bitcoin block reward means less inflation, leading to a rise in bitcoin prices... and that the effects of lower coin production will be augmented by more investors in the space.

The acquisition extends BitGo’s custodial services into the trading and transferring of security tokens... This makes BitGo the world’s first company with broker-dealer, transfer agent, and qualified custodian licenses.

Crypto exchange powerhouse Binance is rapidly turning into the Google of the digital asset world. Its latest venture will compete with the search giant, Amazon, and Microsoft, the world’s biggest cloud service providers...

The approval means Overstock’s dividend will now be distributed on a 1:10 basis, and will only trade on the company’s tZERO security token platform. Although no distribution dates were announced, investors should see the dividends by April 2020...

By obtaining the reports, the Coinbase custody arm is able to prove its compliance with a variety of security and reporting standards... The announcement follows reports of the company’s imminent expansion to Europe.

JPMorgan has considered spinning off Quorum for years, evaluating options including startups and open-source coding... the ConsenSys merger was chosen as the best path forward based on past joint partnerships and sector expertise.