Digital Securities: Finding the Goldilocks Zone between Centralization & Decentralization

By Vanessa Malone with insights from Dr. Andrew Le Gear, CTO of Horizon What’s discussed: What is decentralization. Why compliant security tokens cannot be fully decentralized. How technology can be used to find the right balance of centralized and decentralized components for digital securities. In 2008, blockchain technology made its debut in Bitcoin’s whitepaper describing […]Continue Reading

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Why Using a Transfer Agent is a Critical Component for Truly Compliant Digital Securities Offerings (updated for 2020)

By Vanessa Malone Key Points: Blockchain technology may not eliminate third-parties from a digital securities offering, but it will definitely evolve them Regulators have hinted that the blockchain is not a valid source of truth, making the use of a transfer agent crucial Technology can be used to provide the necessary digital securities custody tools […]Continue Reading

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Ethereum 2.0 - Deus Ex Machina

By Dr. Andrew Le Gear, Chief Technology Officer of Globex I face a hostile room of academics and industry heads. I know what’s coming next — it always does. “But it doesn’t scale, does it?” How do you answer that? I googled “ethereum transactions per second” and the first article I get is “How will Ethereum Scale?” — not […]Continue Reading

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5 Ways to be More Productive During Blockchain Week NYC 2019

By Vanessa Malone Blockchain Week NYC 2019 is upon us! Enter thousands of innovative companies, thought leaders and blockchain enthusiasts to the 2nd annual week of conferences, meet-ups, and events dedicated to the growth of the crypto and blockchain industry. While the center of it all is Consensus, there are more than 40 other events […]Continue Reading

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Is your Digital Security Offering Suited for Regulation A+?

By Vanessa Malone Quick recap:  Regulation A was signed into effect by President Obama in 2012 with the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, with final rules coming into effect June of 2015.  This new vehicle for capital raising gives companies the ability to utilize modern forms of communication and marketing (e.g. social media) to […]Continue Reading

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Digital Securities: Where Blockchain and Wall Street Collide

By Vanessa Malone Key Points: A series of events from both the Wall Street and blockchain industries led to the emergence of digital securities. The infrastructure to efficiently and compliantly conduct a digital security offering (from issuance to secondary trading) is already here. Education should be the primary focus as we head deeper into the […]Continue Reading

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