German property developer Bauwens is making a long-term bet on the future of tokenized real estate investments... The company has acquired 15% of a regulated crypto property platform built on Ethereum. It hopes to open the German property market to investors from around the world.

Saum Noursalehi is the CEO of tZERO, a security token exchange which has the potential to disrupt the entire digital securities space. Prior to this position, Saum was President of Overstock, one of the first Fortune 500 companies to accept bitcoin.

Last week, the security token industry’s leading legal and regulatory minds convened in New York City to discuss the future of digital asset and security token regulations. The event covered topics like regulatory clarity, working with the SEC, and the future of tokenization...

Investors grow weary of IPO red tape, expensive fees, drawn-out timelines, and outright scams. STOs deliver the same investor benefits and security while offering real and intrinsic value.

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is opening a school for startups that want to develop crypto-related projects. The firm said it intends to “encourage more tech entrepreneurs to start crypto projects and help crypto-curious builders navigate the idea maze.”

IKEA Iceland has taken part in a commercial transaction on ethereum, using smart contracts and licensed e-money to settle an order. IKEA partnered with Tradeshift and Monerium to carry out the transaction. Monerium and Tradeshift suggested the “world’s first” transaction shows that “government-regulated, programmable e-money is ready for mainstream markets.”

Japan is trying to catch up to the rest of East Asia and plans to allow security token offerings (STOs)...

Harbor Square Investments—a subsidiary of security token platform Harbor—is a licensed broker-dealer. As the cryptocurrency industry moves from ICOs to...

Venture capital firm 1confirmation is announcing a new $45 million fund for investing in cryptocurrency startups. 1confirmation has invested in a wide array of new companies in the industry, including both startup equity and cryptocurrency tokens. This larger fund will allow the company to write larger checks while remaining close to pioneers in the space.

Securitize has raised $14 million from investors, including major financial companies Santander InnoVentures, MUFG Innovation Partners, and Nomura Holdings. The...

In June, Malta-based Binance, the largest crypto trading platform by volume, announced it could no longer support U.S. users on...

Revolutionary technology can sometimes take over a decade to materialize and blockchain is no exception. In a recent opinion piece...

AssetBlock announced it’s tokenized $60 million in real estate funds. The news highlights the expansion of blockchain technology into the...

tZERO is the security token division of Overstock. BLOQ FLIX is the pioneer firm in blockchain entertainment financing. The two have come together to tokenize the film financing possibilities for the business of entertainment… a unique partnership termed as “Blockbuster meets blockchain.”

Banco Santander is a leading Spanish bank servicing over 140 million customers, with an increased focus on next-gen technologies, such as distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain. In what is believed to be an industry first, Santander recently announced the completion of a $20 million bond settlement, which took place on the public Ethereum blockchain.

Blockstack announced two months ago that it had received SEC approval to launch the first-ever Reg A+ token offering. (The SEC’s Reg A+ exemption allows an issuer to raise up to $50 million from both accredited and non-accredited investors.) More than 4,500 investors—including retail investors in the U.S.—participated in the offering.

Michael Novogratz’s cryptocurrency investment bank, Galaxy Digital, has gained FINRA approval to underwrite registered public securities offerings. The company has its sights on facilitating security token offerings (STOs). Novogratz is a former partner at Goldman Sachs who wants Galaxy Digital to fulfil a similar role in the cryptocurrency space.

tZERO, the global leader in blockchain innovation for capital markets, released a letter to investors from CEO Saum Noursalehi. The letter addresses Patrick Byrne’s resignation… crypto regulation… and the progress the company has made—including the launch of the tZERO crypto app for Android and a new technology patent.