Security Tokens

Security Tokens

Securitize to Issue Digital Asset Securities for Yield Funds

Damanick DantesMay 27, 2021

Securitize will issue digital asset securities for two inaugural yield funds holding BTC and USDC separately.

Security Tokens

Security Tokens Could See Rapid Growth in Europe, Outpacing Cryptocurrencies

Damanick DantesMay 26, 2021

Security tokens could take off in Europe, potentially surpassing market volume for cryptos by 2026.

INX

INX Closes Openfinance Acquisition

Nate DiCamilloJun 8, 2021

The deal allows users to trade security tokens and cryptocurrencies side by side on the exchange.

Digital Securities

TZero to Digitize $25M of Equity in Oil and Gas Fund on Ethereum Blockchain

Damanick DantesMay 20, 2021

The deal should make it easier for investors to trade stakes in a fund managed by EnergyFunders.

Funding Rounds

Coinbase Joins $5M Funding Round for Digital Transfer Agent Vertalo

Damanick DantesMay 19, 2021

The four-year-old company helps to digitize assets from real estate to equity in the form of security tokens using blockchain.

Security Tokens

Tzero

tZERO Signs 3 Firms Looking to Tokenize Securities

Jamie Crawley

The Overstock-owned company is onboarding OmniValley, Trellis and Wunderfund, a trio of investment platforms.

Binance

Binance’s Tesla Stock Token May Have Raised Regulatory Red Flags: Report

David Pan

Binance may need a license to market security tokens to the Hong Kong public.

Trevor Koverko

Security Token Startup Founder Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges, Toronto Police Say

Nikhilesh De

Trevor Koverko resigned from the CEO role at Polymath on Feb. 8, his co-founder and interim successor said. He was arrested March 14, police said.

Custody Services

Anchorage to Custody Digital Securities for Prometheum’s Retail Trading Platform

Nate DiCamillo

The custodian’s bank charter allows it to hold digital assets for broker-dealers and their clients, said Anchorage CEO Nathan McCauley.

Security Tokens

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank to Issue Japan’s First Security Tokens

Sandali Handagama

The bank worked with Securitize to test security token issuances.

Security Tokens

Dubai Financial Services Authority Seeks Feedback on Security Token Regulations

Tanzeel Akhtar

The DFSA said it is giving the public 30 days to comment.

Security Tokens

TokenSoft to Trade Digital Securities on tZERO’s Retail Market

Nate DiCamillo

On the Overstock-owned platform, TokenSoft customers will be able issue security tokens that retail and accredited investors can trade.