by Oscar Jofre | May 25, 2020 | Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Capital Raising, FINRA, KoreChain, KoreConX, KoreProtocol, Regulation, SEC
FINRA BD Requirements for RegA+ & Digital Securities The private markets are receiving a much updated revamp by the SEC which is having a major impact on registered FINRA Broker-dealer firms. Here are two (2) of the most common activities for which FINRA...
by Oscar Jofre | Jan 21, 2020 | Blockchain, Broker Dealer, Compliance, Digital Securities, KoreBriefing, KoreChain, KoreProtocol
Polymath is the latest of the Ethereum fan club that has woken up to the fact that Ethereum isn’t the right blockchain platform for financial securities. The reasons include the permissionless and unverified participants, gas fees, unpredictable settlement, poor...
by Oscar Jofre | Nov 27, 2019 | Blockchain, Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Compliance, Digital Securities, KoreBriefing, KoreChain, KoreProtocol
One of the most important concepts in capital market transactions is settlement and finality. Even though the payment infrastructure gets the majority of airtime, settlement finality is just as, if not even more, important in the securities markets. In the public...
by Oscar Jofre | Sep 4, 2019 | Blockchain, Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Digital Securities, FINRA, Fintech, KoreChain, KoreProtocol, Security Token
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about crypto, tokens, blockchain, ICOs, STOs, Digital Securities, etc. What does it all mean and why should you care? In order to navigate the new financial digital world, it is important to first understand the...
by Oscar Jofre | Jun 19, 2019 | Blockchain, Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Compliance, Digital Securities, KoreChain, KoreContract, KoreToken, Secondary Markets
Over the last few weeks, we have seen the highly entertaining farce of Craig Wright claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto by registering a copyright to the original bitcoin whitepaper and code. He may very well be Satoshi. However, registering a copyright does not confer an...
by Oscar Jofre | Jun 17, 2019 | Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Compliance, Exempt Market Dealer, Secondary Markets
The exempt market in Canada is going through some major developments that will fundamentally change how the private market will be seen by investors.Digital Securities provide companies, who are raising capital, the opportunity to offer their investors another...
