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Proposed Rule Amendment May Shift How the SEC Perceives Security Token Offerings

Businesses seeking to crowdfund via security token offerings (STOs) may soon get some relief from regulatory requirements The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently proposed amending its capital formation rules for early stage startups. If adopted, the rule changes would raise the cap on the amount companies can raise to $75 million from $50 million for Regulation A+ security offerings and to $5 million from $1 million for Regulation CF (crowdfunding) deals. It all stems from the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012, which allows companies to raise funds from the public without having to register as a…
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March 30, 2020
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Cryptojacking – What Is It, Why Should You Care, and What Should You Do About It

In 2020, more businesses and individuals are conducting most, if not all, of their financial transactions online, including shopping and banking. Cryptocurrencies fit right into these digital transactions, acting as a virtual currency, which should be secure through cryptography. As with all things progressive for society, criminals will find a way to engineer it to the dark side. As a result, we have the emergence of cryptojacking, the unauthorized use of computing power to mine these currencies. What Is Cryptojacking? Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, however, there are currently 3,000 other currencies available. Cryptojacking attacks allow cybercriminals to use the…
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March 4, 2020
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Blockchain Applications are Changing the World of Banking

What will banking look like in the very near future? Here's a hint: it probably will be completely different than it is today. The advent of blockchain technology promises disruption in just about every industry, and the banking world will certainly not be immune to it. Why? Because when you create an open-source financial services ecosystem that is permission less, fully transparent, immutable, without any central authority, and where users have complete control over their assets, you've built a platform just about anyone can get behind. The term is "Decentralized Banking" (or "Decentralized Finance") and they are terms you should…
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January 21, 2020
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How to Guard Against Crime, Cryptocurrency Fraud, and Money Laundering

A young man in Los Angeles has pleaded guilty to charges of drug dealing, unlicensed money transmitting and money laundering relating to the processing of $25 million USD in illicit money via his Bitcoin trading services. This is the risk token issuers are facing. Fraud is a reality, which is why "Know Your Customer" (KYC) and "Anti-Money Laundering" (AML) are absolute necessities in any transaction using cryptocurrencies. The World Token Market has seen the future and the possible crimes associated with tokens and takes security very seriously. The proprietary platform created and used by Horizon-Globex not only incorporates the KYC…
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August 27, 2019
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Horizon Globex’s Tokenization Platform Makes Digital Securities and Security Token Offerings Safe, Secure, Compliant, and Liquid

As the Blockchain Trust Group always says: Tokenization brings liquidity to illiquid assets. And no company has taken a better overall approach on every aspect of the process than Horizon Globex has done with their “one stop shop” Security Token Offering software platform. In this podcast episode, listen to company CEO Brian Collins direct from Switzerland as he explains how his SaaS platform incorporates tokenization on the ethereum blockchain with KYC/AML onboarding along with seamless integration with transfer agent custody to create a solution so unique, assets can be tokenized and traded on a previously unheard of secondary market for…
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August 22, 2019
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Blockchain Tokenization Explained

Tokenization is technology that's poised to transform capital markets and the way companies raise money through crowdfunding. It is simply a process whereby some form of asset is converted into tokens which can be moved, recorded or stored on a blockchain network. Blockchain allows the sharing of files and digital assets without generating duplicate copies, and for this reason, all transactions on the blockchain are secure and immutable. Blockchain works on a peer-to-peer basis where each transaction is recorded into a block without the need for any third party - which is why it's the backbone on which cryptocurrency like…
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August 14, 2019
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FinTech is All About the Compliant Tokenization of Securities, Today!

Blockstack recently became one of the first blockchain-based Security Token Offerings under Reg.A+ crowdfunding officially qualified by the SEC. The company is seeking to raise $28 million through tokenization by offering their securities to the public. Many other companies are in the process of doing the same. It’s new, and like everything else that’s new, it gets scary – but scary or not, tokenization is happening, today, and your company better look into it if you don’t want to be left behind by technology as Security Token Offerings begin to go mainstream. Blockchain technology makes the tokenization of formerly illiquid…
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August 9, 2019