Search
Bank of America, Coinbase, FTX Invest in Paxos Series D Funding Round
31.7.2021
Paxos, a blockchain services and tokenization firm has added Coinbase Ventures, FTX, Bank of America, and Founders Fund as backers in its Series D funding round that started last April. These institutions were listed as “strategic investors,” but the amounts of their contributions were...
Fireblocks Custody Company Raises $310 Million, Reaches $2 Billion Valuation
27.7.2021
Fireblocks, a blockchain infrastructure firm, raised $310 million in its most recent funding round, reaching a valuation of $2 billion. The company, which specializes in the custody of digital assets, is interested in bringing traditional assets to the blockchain realm. Fireblocks expects this...
Steve Job’s Physical Job Application and Mirror Copy in NFT Form to Faceoff on the Auction Block
22.7.2021
In another world-first for the non-fungible token (NFT) space, Steve Job’s handwritten job application letter in its physical form and an accompanying digital NFT of the same item will go head to head in respective auctions. Auction to Expose How Collectors Value Different Formats As NFTs...
Tokenization: Crowdfunding in the Era of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
7.7.2021
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
Since blockchain and cryptocurrency entered the scene, we’ve witnessed a complete revolution in the world of fundraising. The use of tokenization and blockchain has seen enhanced fundraising activities...
NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie’s Crypto-Fueled Social Media App Raises $7.5 Million
2.7.2021
According to an announcement revealed on Thursday, Spencer Dinwiddie’s token application called Calaxy has raised $7.5 million in funding. The American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has been a fan of blockchain technology for quite some time, as the point...
SBI Backs Ripple XRP Ledger for NFT, Tokenization
1.7.2021
Source: iStock/isa_ozdere
SBI, the Japanese financial and crypto giant, has reaffirmed its backing of Ripple and its XRP ecosystem – claiming that its XRP Ledger network is a good fit for the non-fungible token (NFT) industry, as well as “other assets.”
In a briefing document authored by Yoshitaka...
Student Coin Terminal Will Let You Easily Create Your Own Token for Free
23.6.2021
The STC Terminal will be launched by the end of July 2021 and will be a major milestone in the wide-scale tokenization of the economy. It will make issuing a token accessible to everyone, including individuals, organizations, corporations, startups and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. What...
Coinbase-backed Securitize secures $48M in Series B funding
21.6.2021
Morgan Stanley Tactical Value and Blockchain Capital have led a funding round for Securitize
Financial Giant State Street Launches Digital Finance Division – Unit’s Focus Aimed at Crypto and Defi
11.6.2021
On Thursday, the Boston-based financial services and bank holding company State Street Corporation announced the launch of a division dedicated to cryptocurrencies, the digital economy, and decentralized finance (defi). State Street Invokes New Division Dedicated to Crypto, Blockchain, and Defi...
Gold-backed digital tokens to hit Turkish market following new partnership
8.6.2021
The partnership enables investors to purchase grams of accredited gold as ERC-20 tokens
Security tokenization may be the next big use case for blockchain tech
3.6.2021
Tokenized Apple, Tesla and GameStop stocks have surpassed $1 million per day in trading on cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and FTX
Southeast Asia’s Largest Bank DBS Launches First Security Token Offering on Its Cryptocurrency Exchange
1.6.2021
DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest bank, has launched its first security token offering (STO) on its cryptocurrency exchange. The DBS Digital Bond is priced at 15 million Singapore dollars. “We expect asset tokenization to increasingly become more mainstream,” said a DBS executive....
Understanding the systemic shift from digitization to tokenization of financial services
30.5.2021
Another hurdle financial services and institutions need to address is mainstream digital asset adoption
DeFi and traditional finance could converge thanks to tokenization
26.5.2021
It won’t be easy to bring DeFi to be on par with traditional finance, but tokenization can help it along, says Liquefy’s CEO
Revolutionary Crowdfunding Platform Tecra Space Offers Amazing Opportunities for Crypto Investors
5.5.2021
Tecra gives you a unique chance to invest in technological projects and promising startup ideas listed on its crowdfunding platform Tecra Space. Through implementation of blockchain solutions, such as tokenization, smart contracts, NFT, original cryptocurrency TecraCoin, DEX, and many more....
One of Europe’s largest investment banks issues security token on Tezos
15.4.2021
Société Générale continues its crypto and blockchain experimentation by issuing a tokenized security on the Tezos network
How Student Coin is Fostering Tokenization Among Academic Institutions
12.4.2021
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
The past few years has been filled with talk about cryptocurrencies and how it has changed everything. Just over a decade ago, the concept that you don't need a bank to perform transactions would have been...
Vesta Equity and Algorand breathe new life into real etate tokenization
8.4.2021
Vesta's new platform gives homeowners the ability to convert equity into digital assets that can then be sold to accredited investors without compounding interest
UAE minister of economy: Crypto & tokenization “key” to doubling GDP
7.4.2021
A government-run token exchange could be on the horizon for the United Arab Emirates
Tokenized real estate inches forward despite legal, technical hurdles
26.3.2021
A rowdy virtual panel showcased the hurdles and promise of real estate on chain