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What is DeFi and how does Upstream fit in?
An introduction to DeFi and how Upstream is making it more accessible with its blockchain-powered retail trading app By Anastasia Samaras Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, falls deep within the crypto sector of fintech. It refers to digital assets, financial smart contracts, protocols, and applications (dApps) built on decentralized blockchains, most commonly Ethereum. […]Continue Reading
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Upstream Up Close Recap: Digital Coupons
Exploring Upstream’s digital coupon program that aims to turn shareholders into customers and customers into shareholders. by Fernanda De La Torre This week, the Upstream team published the sixth episode of their new Twitter Spaces series, ‘Upstream Up Close’, featuring 10–15 minute conversations about NFTs, blockchain, and trading on Upstream. This sixth episode touches on […]Continue Reading
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How to build a supportive NFT community on Discord
Leverage Discord to expand your NFT audience By Anastasia Samaras Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with and own digital assets. However, in order to be successful, NFT projects need to overly communicate with their audience to share important updates, answer questions, and most importantly bring the community together to […]Continue Reading
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Westmount Capital and Horizon Fintex Team Up to Advance Digital-First Capital Market Goals
Westmount Capital to introduce clients to Upstream for secondary trading on the blockchain-powered global market By Fernanda De La Torre Earlier this week, Westmount Capital announced that it had signed a Partnership Agreement with Horizon Fintex Advisors, Ltd. (“HFA”), a registered sponsor advisor to Upstream. This HFA partnership offers Westmount Capital’s Canadian, European, and other […]Continue Reading
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Dual listing on Upstream for a digital-first approach
How dual listing on Upstream works to connect issuers with a digital first community By Fernanda De La Torre Just this year, Upstream, a MERJ Exchange market, announced its Dual Listing Exchange Program. The program launched with the intention of offering issuers from exchanges all around the world the ability to expand their investor base and liquidity […]Continue Reading
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Infinity Stone Ventures Corp. Cross-Lists on Upstream Under ‘GEMS’
Broadening investor access on a worldwide, digital-first investor platform By Anastasia Samaras This week, we were excited to announce, Infinity Stone Ventures Corp. (CSE: GEMS) (OTC: GEMSF) (FSE: B2I) cross-listed on Upstream under the ticker symbol ‘GEMS’. Infinity Stone’s free digital collectible NFT commemorating the dual listing is available for all Upstream participants to claim with […]Continue Reading
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A dive into the regulatory landscape surrounding NFTs Upstream
An Upstream Up-Close recap on crypto, blockchain, and the implications it may have for NFT regulation By Fernanda De La Torre Last week, the Upstream team published the fourth episode of their new Twitter Spaces series, ‘Upstream Up Close’, featuring 10–15-minute conversations about NFTs, blockchain, and trading on Upstream. The fourth episode explores the current […]Continue Reading
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BTCS Inc. to List Series V Preferred Shares on Upstream
By Anastasia Samaras We’re excited to announce that BTCS Inc. (Nasdaq: BTCS), a blockchain technology-focused company, has announced its approval to list its Series V Preferred shares (“Series V”) on Upstream, a MERJ Exchange market. Trading on Upstream will become available on June 29, 2023, at 10:00 am ET under the ticker symbol ‘BTCSP’. BTCS […]Continue Reading
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NFTs, a thing of the past, or a different kind of NFT future?
By Fernanda De La Torre In the past year, the value of several popular non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has experienced a significant decrease. Factors like market oversaturation, environmental concerns, the crypto winter, and speculative risks have contributed to the decrease initial in popularity. However, despite this decline, a lot of NFT buyers remain undeterred by the […]Continue Reading
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How Upstream prevents short selling using blockchain technology
By Anastasia Samaras What is short selling? Short selling is an investment or trading strategy that speculates on the decline in a stock or other security’s price.¹ It involves borrowing shares from a broker and selling them at the current market price. Later, the investor buys back the shares at a lower price and returns them […]Continue Reading
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