by Oscar Jofre | Dec 9, 2020 | Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Capital Raising, Compliance, FINRA, Regulation, SEC
If you’re looking to raise money for your private company, chances are that you’ve at least heard the term “broker-dealer.” However, if you’re new to the process, you might not be too familiar with what they do and why they are a key component of the fundraising...
by Oscar Jofre | Jun 9, 2020 | Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Capital Raising, CapTable, Compliance, Digital Securities, FINRA, Investor Relations, KoreProtocol, Legal, Regulation, Secondary Markets, Security Token, Transfer Agent
The SEC has proposed amending the definition of “accredited investors.” Accredited investors are currently defined as (huge generalization here) people who have net worth of $1 million (excluding principal residence) or income of $200,000 ($300,000 with spouse) or...
by Oscar Jofre | Mar 5, 2020 | Capital Markets, Capital Raising, CapTable, Compliance, Digital Securities, FINRA, Investor Relations, SEC, Secondary Markets
On 04 March 2020, the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has laid out the proposed changes that are going to have a major impact on the private capital markets. This is very positive for the market. These changes have been in the works for a number of years and...
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 | 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...
