While top projects continue to crack $100 million, 1 in 5 are abandoning ICOs altogether Token Report, the database of verified information on ICOs, today released data on shifting trends in ICO funding. The gap between top projects and mid-tier projects is widening, and more project leaders are abandoning their ICOs altogether. In Q3, about…
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Teufen, Switzerland based financial blockchain corporation Finom AG has announced plans to raise up to $101 million, to create world’s first blockchain-based platform to reduce financial markets entry barriers and provide Artificial Intelligence advising. Finom stated that its $101 million tokenized equity offering will be executed pursuant to Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act of…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it obtained an emergency asset freeze to halt a fast-moving Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fraud that raised up to $15 million from thousands of investors since August by falsely promising a 13-fold profit in less than a month. The SEC filed charges against a recidivist Quebec securities law…
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Token Report, the database of verified information on ICOs, announced today its merger with Blockchain News, the industry publication on blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Although combined, each business will continue operations independent of one another: Token Report will remain a subscription-based information network, providing financial data on each ICO, while Blockchain News will remain an…
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LeapRate Exclusive... A new Binary Options peer-to-peer trading platform called Betex is planning to launch and - like many new companies which are basing their execution on blockchain technology - is looking to fund itself via an ICO. Betex aims to be a leading-edge platform for P2P financial derivatives trading. It enables users to place…
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NaPoleon Crypto has reached an agreement with Chaineum, the first French ICO boutique, for conducting an Initial Coin Offering that will be fully compliant with the French regulation. NaPoleon Crypto will publish the NaPoleonX smart contract: The NaPoleonX platform will allow to sell crypto investment vehicles (DAF - Decentralized Autonomous Funds) managed by algorithmic trading models…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that a new crypto currency copy trading company called Covesting.io has gone live, and is (already) trying to go public via an ICO, well before its prototype or full beta is available. To garner attention and credibility, the company's founders (more on them below) have issued a press release beginning…
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Which Binary Options broker is planning to go public via an Initial Coin Offring (ICO)? And what can we learn from that about the overall binary options sector? Which recently-promoted executive is now out at ADS Securities? What did CySEC clarify about negative balance protection which must be provided to all FX broker clients? All…
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Further to our exclusive coverage of the launch of new FX and CFDs broker ChampionFX by former ThinkMarkets GM Athol Nourse and its plans to be involved in an ICO, Mr. Nourse's partner in the venture - binary options broker Binary.com - has indeed released its ICO document, in which it confirms its co-ownership of ChampionFX and details…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that former ThinkMarkets Australia General Manager Athol Nourse has gone live with his new Retail FX broker, called Champion FX (at champion-fx.com). Champion FX is being launched as a 50-50 joint venture between Mr. Nourse and Binary.com, a licensed binary options platform with its base in Malta and back office…
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