Analysis and Opinion

Jon Deane: CEO at InfiniGold Talks About Benefits of Gold Backed Stablecoins and Why Premiums for Physical Gold Increased

Jon Deane, CEO at InfiniGold,  a company focused on the digitization of physical commodities, recently explained how gold-backed stablecoins can be used to track the spot price of the gold bullion. InfiniGold leverages patented technologies and works with commodity partners to support the wider distribution of their physical commodities. The company also provides advanced data … Read more

A.I. will be crucial to companies outside of Silicon Valley—and they need a new playbook for it

While artificial intelligence has become a ubiquitous topic in the business world, there is still important work to do to translate the promising experiments we see in the news to valuable and practical implementation. Large consumer Internet companies pioneered practical A.I. deployments, but their processes do not necessarily apply in other industries where A.I. projects … Read more

Digital Yuan to Fuel China’s Economic Reign – McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway Test PBoC’s Cryptocurrency

China’s economy is the second-largest in the world and economists believe the country may someday bring a new global order and end the Western hemisphere’s financial rule. In 2020, various reports show that China’s central bank will soon release a cryptocurrency that represents a digital yuan. This week, regional reports show that 19 well known … Read more

Multicoin Capital Partners Explain How They Invest in Crypto Startups

According to Coinopsy.com, over 1,500 cryptocurrencies have collapsed in the past eight years. With so many failures, what is the best way to determine which projects are worth investing in, and how can these projects be found? CEO of Civic, Vinny Lingham, and co-founder of Multicoin Capital, Kyle Samani, joined the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s … Read more

LabCFTC Director: In Crisis, Innovation in Finance Can ‘Get Us to the Next Stage’

The United States regulator, Commodities and Futures Trading Commission, announced the CFTC’s first science contest, Project Streetlamp, earlier this week. Cointelegraph had a chance to speak with Melissa Netram, who is the Chief Innovation Officer and Director of the commission’s fintech office, LabCFTC. Netram took over the role from Daniel Gorfine in September. Cointelegraph was … Read more

Crowdfunding Industry Insider Criticizes SEC Proposal on Special Purpose Vehicles for Reg CF

Special Purpose Vehicles or “SPVs” have long been requested by FINRA regulated platforms participating in the Reg CF sector of crowdfunding. Under current rules, SPVs are not allowed to be utilized. This may soon change as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed enabling SPVs for issuers using Reg CF in amendments that are … Read more

Perspective: What the Proposed SEC Changes Mean for the US Crowdfunding Industry

Earlier this month, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a set of amendments to the exemptive framework under the Securities Act of 1933. This includes a notable update to Reg CF – increasing the funding cap from its current $1.07 million to $5 million. The amendments have yet to go into effect, but are … Read more