digitalsecurities

Common Exemptions Used for Security Token Offerings

Which securities frameworks are most widely used for security token offerings and how do they compare with one another? By Vanessa Malone Background We like to think of security token offerings, or digital securities offerings, as the next generation of securities. Unlike cryptocurrencies or utility tokens, digital securities represent real ownership interests in an underlying asset […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneNovember 15, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inBlogTags: Blockchain, digitalsecurities, fintech, Security Token OfferingLeave a comment on Common Exemptions Used for Security Token Offerings

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

What advantages do digital securities have over traditional securities?

By Vanessa Malone We live in an increasingly digitized world and technology is making everything more simple, transparent, and efficient on a multitude of levels. It only makes sense that advanced technology would come around to evolve today’s capital markets and solve for inefficiencies. While digital securities are still securities, as the SEC may have […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneJune 28, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blockchain, digitalsecurities, ethereum, fintech, issuance, securitytokensLeave a comment on What advantages do digital securities have over traditional securities?

The Ethereum-based KYC/AML investor onboarding app you’ve been looking for

By Vanessa Malone Yesterday, Horizon announced the formal launch of KYCware, an advanced KYC software solution built on the Ethereum blockchain to streamline the investor onboarding and identity verification process globally. While Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes already play an integral role in client onboarding for financial intermediaries, they are becoming an […]Continue Reading

Posted byVanessa MaloneJune 7, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: anti-money laundering, Blockchain, digitalsecurities, ethereum, fintech, know your customer, kycLeave a comment on The Ethereum-based KYC/AML investor onboarding app you’ve been looking for

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

Posted byVanessa MaloneMay 3, 2019March 4, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blockchain, digitalsecurities, issuance, Regulation A+, secondarytrading, Security Token Offering, securitytokenLeave a comment on Is your Digital Security Offering Suited for Regulation A+?

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

Posted byVanessa MaloneApril 26, 2019April 26, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: Blockchain, digitalsecurities, Regulation, Security Token Offering, Wall StreetLeave a comment on Digital Securities: Where Blockchain and Wall Street Collide

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?