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Crypto & Crowdfunding Come Together

Posted on August 24, 2018 by

Crowdfunding has officially met cryptocurrency as the popular site Indiegogo is now hosting the Initial Coin Offering for the St. Regis Hotel Aspen. The hotel company is using Rule 506(c) under Regulation D to sell security tokens that will represent … Continue reading →

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Journalists Crowdfund To Control Their Destinies

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

Fake News attacks by you-know-who, lack of advertising, the cost of newsprint, acquisitions by private equity that have squeezed costs (i.e., journalist salaries and jobs) have changed the landscape for print journalists. In order to survive, many are turning to … Continue reading →

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CF Portal Now Accepting Crypto-Currency

Posted on July 20, 2018 by

StartEngine, a FINRA registered crowdfunding web portal, announced that it will take Bitcoin as a payment method for investing in equity offerings hosted under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Crowd Funding. The cryptocurrency is transferred directly to the issuing … Continue reading →

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Initial (Beer) Can Offering

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

Only in California: A San Francisco company is combing a craft brewery with a crowdfunding campaign for an Initial Coin Offering for stock to be celebrated by a beer called ICO. On July 11, Seven Stills Brewery & Distillery will … Continue reading →

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Reg. D ICO Raises $125M From Accredited Investors

Posted on April 10, 2018 by

Intangible Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation organized last year, apparently conducted a private placement of Simple Agreement for Future Tokens under Rule 506(c) of Reg. D and raised  $125 million from accredited investors for its Basecoin, a stablecoin project that … Continue reading →

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Crowdfunding Math

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

Crowdfunding math: How many backers do you need to hit 30% of your crowdfunding target in the first 48 hours (which is a leading indicator that you will ultimately hit the target by the end of the period)? One guy … Continue reading →

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Are Reg. A+ Deals All Stinkers?

Posted on December 4, 2017 by

The “Worst IPOs of 2017” are all crowdfunded Regulation A+ offerings according to The Motley Fool. The “downsides” to the Reg. A+ deals according to the Fool are: investors self certify that they are investing according to the limits; the … Continue reading →

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