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Keeping your security token offering compliant without scaring away investors

By Vanessa Malone Security token offerings (STOs), or digital securities offerings (DSOs), offer issuers an incredible capital raising vehicle with unprecedented transparency and liquidity potential in the secondary market. As the majority of DSOs were deemed offerings of securities by regulators, most issuers turned to Regulation A+(Reg A+), Rule 506(C) of Regulation D (Reg D), […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneAugust 2, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: aml, Blockchain, compliance, custody, digitalsecurities, ethereum, kyc, Security Token Offering, securitytokenLeave a comment on Keeping your security token offering compliant without scaring away investors

The transfer agent solution to the digital securities custody problem

By Vanessa Malone In a previous blog, we discussed how a transfer agent’s role is of critical importance when it comes to maintaining truly compliant digital securities offerings. We also introduced CustodyWare, our blockchain solution which enables an issuer’s designated transfer agent to compliantly custody digital securities, manage transfers, and maintain accurate shareholder listings leveraging […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneJuly 5, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blockchain, custody, digitalsecurities, ethereum, fintech, regtech, securitytokens, transfer agentLeave a comment on The transfer agent solution to the digital securities custody problem

Why the blockchain community should rally behind the FATF’s implied new guidelines

By Vanessa Malone First, what is the upcoming FATF news everyone is talking about? The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its member jurisdictions. The FATF develops Recommendations with the goal of bringing about international legislative and regulatory reform to combat money laundering and terrorism financing. […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneJune 14, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: aml, Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, custody, digitalsecuriites, ethereum, exchanges, FATF, kyc, tokenization, tokensLeave a comment on Why the blockchain community should rally behind the FATF’s implied new guidelines

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

Posted byVanessa MaloneMay 24, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blockchain, crypto, custody, digital securities, fintech, security tokens, technology, transfer agentLeave a comment on Why Using a Transfer Agent is a Critical Component for Truly Compliant Digital Securities Offerings (updated for 2020)

Will Blockstack’s Regulation A+ Filing Get Approved?

By Vanessa Malone Update: Blockstack’s Regulation A+ offering was qualified on July 10th. We discuss what this means for the industry and where we go from here in our next blog here. Many industry thought-leaders have predicted the approval of a Regulation A+ digital securities offering (DSO) or security token offering (STO) to be in the […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneApril 19, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: custody, digitalsecurities, issuance, Securitytokenoffering, softwaresolutions, transferagentLeave a comment on Will Blockstack’s Regulation A+ Filing Get Approved?