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The Language of Industry and its Impact on Blockchain

How do humans speak to each other? Depends on the environment. If we are enjoying a dinner together or a BBQ, or having a drink together, we speak simply, we use slang and our words are filled with emotion. Usually, we retreat to our personal spaces feeling good or warm and fuzzy. Then we go to work and we speak differently. We speak the language of our industry. Techno-geeks speak the language of x and y and 0 and 1. Doctors speak words no one can pronounce or spell. Lawyers speak with bushes in their pockets running in circles with…
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January 17, 2020
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Why Real Estate Investors Don’t Like Syndications: Enter Tokenization!

There’s nothing like investing in commercial real estate. So many dream of owning large office buildings, medical complexes, retail sites, high rise mixed use projects, and multifamily properties. The problem is that most of these people don’t have the resources to take down any of these projects on their own, as many project developments run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. So how can investors still take part in these deals? The answer is through real estate syndication. With a top-level view of a syndicate, the real estate “sponsor” finds the property, sets up all the offering documents, then…
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January 17, 2020
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How Oil and Gas Tokenization can be the Catalyst for Renewable Energy Project Developments

Tokenization is the next step in the evolution of keeping up with the latest in fintech, and one of the biggest markets that can reap the benefits of blockchain technology is in the oil and gas sector. In this podcast, Ziyen’s CEO Alastair Caithness and Chairman David Greenberg explain how they are tokenizing the gas and oil industry on a project by project basis and (most importantly) providing a method of liquidity for investors, along with a means of developing renewable energy projects such as solar and wind farms. After listening to this podcast, you may never look at oil…
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January 14, 2020
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Blockchain – An Evolutionary New Idea

Blockchain, what is it? Why do I need it? Where do I find it? It reminds me of when I first heard about the internet. The thought of having access to information about anything, at any time seemed crazy. And if that was not enough, I could message someone without talking to him or her, also at any time. Now I use it automatically, every day. Remember brick phones? Another crazy idea that we could carry a phone around with us and we could call anyone or, receive calls by any one, at any time. What a concept. Now, everyone…
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November 26, 2019
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Deloitte’s Blockchain Lab Increases Focus on Innovative Key Technologies

Blockchain technology has the ability to disrupt just about every industry. But will it? Should it? What makes a blockchain project unique? And should a blockchain solution be even applicable to every situation? Listen to Chris Brodersen, the U.S. Blockchain Lab Lead over at Deloitte as he answers these questions and explains why he believes the real value of blockchain isn’t the blockchain itself, but rather what is built on top of it. Learn how his team is developing strategic blockchain capabilities and proofs of concept into functioning prototypes to create “ready-to-integrate” solutions and opportunities across all sectors of the…
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November 11, 2019
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Got Assets? Tokenize them on the Blockchain to Provide Liquidity to Your Investors

Real estate... paintings... diamonds... company stock... all asset classes are beginning to be tokenized thanks to the magic of blockchain technology. And I promise you, if you’ve never heard of tokenization as a means of crowdfunding your projects, you soon will – and you’ll wonder why it’s taken you so long! Tokenization is basically the process of converting the rights of real assets into digital tokens, essentially fractionalizing an investment type to make it more accessible and more attractive to the interests of investors. Take for example, a $600 million luxury hotel project. Security Tokens can be issued which will…
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November 7, 2019
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Why Hire a Blockchain Security Token Offering (STO) Consultant

The JOBS Act has given birth to a variety of new ways for businesses of all sizes to begin crowdfunding with many “out of the box” strategies. As such, Security Token Offerings (STO) are beginning to stand out as the darling of the ball. STO’s differ from ICO’s (initial coin offerings) in that security token offerings have legal and compliance issues that issuers must adhere to, including proper and ongoing “Know Your Customer” and “Anti-Money Laundering” (KYC/AML) compliance, which drastically reduces the possibility of fraud. There are no shortcuts with creating Security Token Offerings. Companies seeking to raise money via…
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October 21, 2019
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PODCAST: How Blockchain Technology Relates to the Three “L”s in Real Estate: Liquidity, Liquidity, Liquidity

The best part of equity tokenization of real estate assets (or any asset for that matter) is that it provides a path for enhanced liquidity for investors while increasing the efficiency and transparency of trading on a secondary market. This liquidity factor previously did not exist before blockchain technology. Listen to this podcast where Kris Ferranti – a partner with the global law firm Shearman and Sterling – explains how blockchain unlocks the liquidity of real estate investments and how he is spearheading his firm’s blockchain and tokenization efforts with their “Fintech Foundry Initiative”. Listen to "How Blockchain Technology Relates…
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October 9, 2019
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BLOCKCHAIN – Good or Bad?

Blockchain is here. It is real and goes far beyond “Bitcoin”. However, is all the hype true? What can we trust and how wary should we be? The answers to these questions will drive the future success or demise of the Blockchain technology. What is Blockchain? Let us start with the fundamental question of what the Blockchain is: “The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value.” - Don & Alex Tapscott, authors Blockchain Revolution (2016). A blockchain is, in the simplest of terms,…
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October 8, 2019
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Real Estate Platform Earn.re to Streamline Investor Onboarding with Blockchain-enabled Smartphone App

Earn.re, a blockchain-based commercial real estate (CRE) financing platform, has signed a licensing agreement for Globex’s Ethereum-based KYC/AML compliance solutions to onboard and verify the platform’s investors through a company branded smartphone app. Read the full press release here. Through the licensing agreement, Globex will supply Earn with an onboarding app customized to match Earn’s brand which will be made available to the platform's investors on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Then upon submission, user details will be automatically screened against Globex’s proprietary database global sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), watchlists, and known fraudulent Ethereum wallets. Earn…
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October 8, 2019