SEC View Towards SAFT Style ICO-Not So Fast April 25, 2018 SAFT is Not So Safe, Says SEC Enforcement Staff. Startups swimming in the blockchain space have continued to paddle away from securities regulation and seek what seems to be the easiest way to raise capital via... Continue Reading →
Smarter Than Funding Via ICO : STO- Securities Token Offering April 19, 2018 What's Next for Crypto Cool Kid Crowd? Securities Token Offering aka STO. Unless you've been asleep for the past 12-18 months, a broad spectrum of cool kid entrepreneurs who aspire to be billionaire blockchain... Continue Reading →
SEC Head Clayton Softens View On ICOs aka New Age Private Placements April 07, 2018 Perhaps not every member of the Trump cabinet team is a total Muppet. At least that's one take-away when attempting to wrap one's arms around comments made by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton while he was speaking to a... Continue Reading →
Private Placement Market Empowering Entrepreneurs April 03, 2018 WSJ Q1 2018 Study: Private Placement Market Has More Than Doubled In Size During the Last 10 Years; $1.65 trillion raised via private placements sold to accredited investors in 2017. Entrepreneurs seeking to raise... Continue Reading →
U.S. Dept Of Treasury: ICO Issuers Must Conform to FinCEN Regulations March 12, 2018 FinCEN: ICO Issuers Are Money Transmitters, Must Register with US Dept of Treasury or Risk Jail. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, aka FinCEN, the bureau that sits under the roof of the United States... Continue Reading →
Its About Blockchain, Blockhead, Not Bitcoin! Ch.17: Blockchain 4 Global Logistics March 12, 2018 PPM LLC ongoing series profiling blockchain and distributed ledger value propositions across multiple industries, Ch. 17: Blockchain Global Logistics and excerpt from WSJ feature Mar 11 2018: "Why Blockchain Will... Continue Reading →
Initial Coin Offering Crackdown-SEC Sending ICO Subpoenas March 02, 2018 ICO Subpoenas Start Piling Up Courtesy of US SEC. Perhaps not as bruising as a "WWE Smackdown," the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), America's primary securities regulator is advancing an... Continue Reading →
Ethereum Co-Founder Joe Lubin: Time Man of the Century? Blockchain Brainiac February 28, 2018 Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin (who also operates investment firm ConsenSys) is a blockchain brainiac and crypto industry pioneer who, as many will argue is to the blockchain world what Bill Gates and Larry Ellison... Continue Reading →
Memo to Asset Management Industry: Its About Blockchain, Not Bitcoin February 27, 2018 Asset Management Industry is Notorious for Waste: Its About Blockchain, You Blockheads. NOT Bitcoin, Blockchain Dapps Can Mitigate Risk of “Death By Drop Copy” As part of ongoing series “Its About... Continue Reading →
Blockchain Dapps For Dummies February 26, 2018 Blockchain Dapps Can Bring Huge Benefits to The New World's Distributed Ledger Business Solutions If you are between the ages of 8-85, you are already well familiar with the phrase 'app.' After all, you have a... Continue Reading →