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Digital Assets

Swarm Fund joins OpenFinance Network

Swarm Fund, the blockchain for private equity, is to list security tokens on the OpenFinance Network (OFN), the trading platform for tokenised securities. OFN continues to establish key partnerships throughout the digital asset and blockchain industries while serving a global network of investors across various securities offerings types, including Regulation

Swarm launches Market Access Protocol for security token trading

Swarm, the blockchain for private equity, has released its Market Access Protocol (MAP) for tokenised security trading.   Currently, there are several qualifications that must align for security tokens to be traded compliantly. For a transaction to be rendered fully compliant at the point of execution, parties must confirm the

AmaZix and Iconiq Holding Partner to advocate for blockchain and digital asset class

Iconiq Holding, the team behind decentralised venture capital group Iconiq Lab, has formed a strategic partnership with community management and engagement firm AmaZix. “Iconiq Holding takes its vision of creating a premier digital asset management ecosystem seriously by reaching the right audience,” says Iconiq Holding CEO Patrick Lowry. “Through AmaZix’s world-renowned community engagement

Robinhood Equity Token goes live for funding on Swarm

Pre-funding of the Robinhood Equity Token (RHET) is now live on the Swarm platform, the blockchain for private equity. Accredited investors can now reserve their stake in a fund created for the purpose of holding equity in Robinhood. The first security token of its kind, once the minimum funding goal

John D’Agostino, DMS Governance

Governing the digital asset revolution

By John D’Agostino (pictured), Global Leader, Investor Engagement at DMS Governance, & Paras Malde, Director at DMS Governance. Crypto 101 Distributed ledger (DL) technology is the foundation on which crypto-currencies (or crypto-assets, depending on where one falls in the debate) lie. Bitcoin, the most well-known use case for DL, is

Matthew Shaw, Protos Asset Management

The emerging world of cryptocurrency asset management

Drawing on decades of experience, Matthew Shaw (pictured) and Philipp Kallerhoff are founders of Protos Asset Management, a Swiss based cryptocurrency asset manager that brings the investing concepts of value, momentum and volatility to the crypto world in the form of a fully traditionally regulated Cayman Island based fund. Protos

Dominic Lawton-Smith, JP Integra Group

The rise of crypto and token business

Dominic Lawton-Smith (pictured) is head of Private Client & Private Equity at Cayman-based boutique fund administrator, trustee and corporate services firm JP Integra Group. The company is 11 years old, has Cayman trust, fund administration and corporate services licences, enabling it to work with private, institutional and sovereign clients and

Todd Lemmons, Veridium Foundation

Veridium offers carbon offsets

A brand-new social impact offset token has come out of a 25-year history of creating sustainable solutions for corporations, explains Todd Lemons (pictured), chairman of the Veridium Foundation. Veridium is a collaborative initiative between a coalition of industry leaders including IBM, Stellar, Brian Kelly Capital Management, EnVision Corporation, and IDEAcarbon

Manuel Anguita, Silver 8

Investing in transformative technology

Q&A with Manuel Anguita (pictured), co-founder of top-performing blockchain- and crypto-focused hedge fund Silver 8… How did Silver 8 come to invest in crypto assets in 2015? Much of the credit must go to my business partner and Silver 8’s other co-founder, Jose Suarez, who is responsible for the vision.

Beverly Chandler, GFM

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain move centre stage

It’s a true sign of the times. The two top performing hedge funds of 2018, according to data providers Preqin, are both focused on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Silver 8 Capital – read about them further on in this report – managed the highest returning hedge fund last year focusing on

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