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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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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
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Wesley Snipes’ Tokenization Fund Illustrates Blockchain’s Disruption of the Movie, Film, and TV Business

Blockchain has led to a new concept in the world of crowdfunding: the tokenization of everything! Include in that large group the world of films, movies, and TV. And why? Because tokenization adds liquidity to real-world assets. In theory, anything can be tokenized, and as each and every day passes, we are seeing industry after industry dive deep into this option. The latest has Hollywood actor, director, and producer Wesley Snipes attempting to tokenize his latest movie project by the tokenization of a $25 million dollar movie fund called the “Daywalker Movie Fund” (DMF) which will invest solely in Snipes…
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October 1, 2019
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Is Tokenization and Security Token Offerings the Future for Pro Athletes and Sports Stars?

Don’t look now, but professional athletes are starting to look into tokenizing their contracts. In fact, Brooklyn Nets point-guard Spencer Dinwiddie is doing just that – he’s creating a Security Token Offering (STO) secured by the terms of his contract and in effect, creating the sports world’s first digital investment. By doing this, Dinwiddie is leveraging his up-front lump sum dollar amount via his STO, which will allow him to use the money raised with his tokenization efforts to fund other investments now. Investors in his STO will receive principle and interest payments covered by the longer-term payout provided by…
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September 20, 2019
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PODCAST: Ziyen Goes From Regulation A+ Crowdfunding to Blockchain Tokenization for the Oil and Gas Industry

Remember when the internet started? Very few at the time understood how it would completely transform the world. Now enter blockchain and tokenization and you have the making of another multi-industry disrupter! In this podcast, Ziyen CEO Alastair Caithness explains how his company has gone from filing his own Regulation A+ offerings to tokenizing oil and energy assets on the Ethereum Blockchain and how the entire industry is evolving by embracing tokenization via “smart contracts” technology. Listen to "Ziyen – From Regulation A+ Crowdfunding to Blockchain Tokenization for the Oil and Gas Industry" on Spreaker. There’s no question that big…
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September 9, 2019
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Globex Launches Ethereum-based Trading Software to Power Global Network of Digital Securities Exchanges

Investors of all levels to compliantly buy and sell digital assets directly from their smartphones New York, NY, Sept. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NEWMEDIAWIRE — GlobexUS Holdings, Corp. (Globex), the blockchain software solutions company powering the World Token Market, today announced the launch of its digital securities exchange software, Open Order Book, to power order-driven marketplaces with best bids and offers displayed on the Ethereum public blockchain in real time. The software is paired with a white-label retail trading app where investors of all levels can buy, sell, and instantly settle digital assets directly from their smartphone. Open…
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September 5, 2019
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Real Estate Companies are Turning to Blockchain Technology and Tokenization

How long will it take for blockchain technology to completely disrupt the real estate industry as we know it today? Some say quite a while, but in reality, it's happening right now. Many in the real estate world are beginning to realize how powerful this technology can be, mostly due to the aspect of greater trust and transparency of records and transactions. Blockchain distributed ledger technology also makes the entire process of real estate recording faster, much more efficient, and less costly. Then add the concept of tokenization, and you have a means to make liquid an investment vehicle previously…
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August 29, 2019
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Who’s Investing in Security Token Offerings?

With the publishing of the World Token Market by the Blockchain Trust Group, retail investors now have access to tokenized investments via secure and immutable blockchain technology. Now the question becomes, who exactly are the investors that are taking advantage of this opportunity? But first, understand that the infrastructure of investing into Security Token Offerings and digital securities continues to grow and evolve – and this is exactly the type of investments investors seem to like: issuance platforms, securities exchanges, and transfer agent custody implementation platforms. Would you rather own a piece of a company listed on the NYSE, or…
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August 26, 2019