Crypto Currencies

In part one of a three-part series, TokenMarket examines the reasons why so many businesses are staying private before going to the coveted IPO. Read more Opinion pieces here. Once the epitome of a successful startup, the idea of ringing the bell to open Wall Street on the first day of trading its public shares have taken a back seat as of late. The harsh and somewhat modern truth is that in reality, more companies are staying private for longer. Well, known corporations such as Tesla are looking closely at taking themselves private, away from public markets. The number of listed companies on the US exchanges have now more than halved since their peak at 8,884 in 1997. So why has this happened? Have the markets lost their …

London, England – July 12, 2019 – TokenMarket, the investment platform powered by blockchain, today announced that it’s highly anticipated security token offering (STO) has surpassed its funding goal, within the first two days of opening. The business is currently in overfunding, having reached 136{520ebc7d04367f10067c097a94259816cd1e6df76ec40212834858ca2e1af940} of its target in under 48 hours. The news comes as the business looks to distribute its tokenised equity on the blockchain within the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sandbox test environment. This is the first time that TokenMarket is offering equity in the business, having been completely self-funded up until this point. Upon launch of the STO on Monday 8th July, TokenMarket received 76{520ebc7d04367f10067c097a94259816cd1e6df76ec40212834858ca2e1af940} of its £150,000 target raise within the first 24 hours. The TokenMarket STO is currently open for investment and is set to …

This article is a guest publication from Blocklike, the article can be found here. Welcome to Digital Security Frontier Vision: The Voice of the Core Builders from Global Digital Security Industry # 18. In this interview, we are welcoming Mikko Ohtamaa from TokenMarket. Europe’s Leading Token Investment Platform. on a mission to “tokenise the most exciting tech startups shares and place them on the blockchain.” Since the company was founded at the end of 2016, it has reportedly helped to raise £240 million for 30 start-ups, which includes utility token offerings such as Storj, Fetch.ai, Civic, Dent, and Crypto.com. Some time ago,TokenMarket announced it has received approval from the FCA to run its Security Token Offering (STO) in the regulatory sandbox. “I am the CTO …

This is part two in our three-part series on the fall in IPO rates. In our first article, we covered some of the reasons that there are fewer IPOs and listed companies choosing to go public. Read more Opinion pieces here. In the second part of our three-part series on the fall of IPO rates, we examine the other means of fundraising that are available before going public. In our first article, we covered the reasons why the IPO has fallen out of favour with many businesses. From their costs, speeds, and ultimately the pressure of companies being in the public eye, we covered a lot of the reasons why this is happening. However, we also highlighted that the need for raising capital for businesses …