Lessons To Be Learned From The SEC’s Recent Penalties for ICO Companies

by Oscar Jofre | Nov 26, 2018 | Compliance, KoreConX, Legal, SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently brought their regulatory hammer down on several ICO-related companies. After months of public statements from officials and rumors of numerous subpoenas and investigations, the SEC sent a strong and undeniable message to...

Technologies of Blockchain – Part 2: Distributed Systems

by Oscar Jofre | Nov 20, 2018 | Blockchain, KoreChain, KoreConX

We saw in Part 1 that linked lists provide the conceptual foundation for blockchain, where a ‘block’ is a package of data and blocks are strung together by some type of linking mechanism such as pointers, references, addresses, etc. In this Part 2, we will see how...

Technologies of Blockchain – Part 1: The Foundations

by Oscar Jofre | Nov 14, 2018 | Blockchain, KoreChain, KoreConX

Blockchain is not just a single technology but a package of a number of technologies and techniques. The rich lexicon in the blockchain includes terms such as Merkle trees, sharding, state machine replication, fault tolerance, cryptographic hashing, zero-knowledge...

Difference between Crypto and Security Token

by Oscar Jofre | Oct 11, 2018 | Broker Dealer, Capital Markets, Compliance, KoreConX, KoreToken, Legal, SEC, Secondary Markets, Security Token, Transfer Agent

Is there a difference between cryptocurrency and a security token? The answer is yes, there is a big difference. And it is time we get these right so the thick fog around this topic can begin to clear up. It is very important to understand how each of them is very...

Joining Hyperledger to Revolutionize Tokenization of Private Securities Globally

by Oscar Jofre | Sep 25, 2018 | Blockchain, Fintech, KoreChain, KoreConX, KoreToken

We are thrilled to announce our membership in the Hyperledger Project. This was a carefully thought-out decision, but given the nature of our business, a fairly easy one to make. Our roots are in providing managed compliance-related services to private companies...

KoreSummit is honored to have Mr. David Weild IV as its keynote speaker

by Oscar Jofre | Sep 25, 2018 | KoreConX, KoreToken, Security Token

The first KoreSummit event just got even more interesting. We are thrilled to announce Mr. David Weild IV, the father of the JOBS Act, as our keynote speaker. Weild is currently CEO and Chairman of Weild & Co. He also gathers the expertise of the most competitive...