Security Tokens News Digest #10 – Security Tokens Rise
Thailand’s Official Stock Exchange is Applying for a Cryptocurrency License
One of the main reasons why the SET are about to apply for a cryptocurrency license in the short term is to mainly help its securities firm members who are looking to become crypto brokers and dealers. Source
Crypto-Friendly Wyoming Introduces Bill to Tokenize Stock Certificates
House lawmakers in Wyoming just filed a new bill that would allow corporations to issue certificate tokens instead of traditional stock certificates. Source
Swarm Now Offers No-Fee Issuance Of Security Tokens On Its Platform
Swarm, the platform that tokenizes securities, has announced that it will offer token issuers free issuance of their security tokens. The tokenization of assets is a rapidly growing niche in the crypto space that lets users buy fractional amounts of a security and earn interest from it. Source
Security Token Offerings (STOs) Could be Big For Korean Crypto Industry
If 2017 and early 2018 were seen as the year(s) of the ICO then 2019 could well be the year for the STO, security token offering, according to latest research from South Korea. Source
Security Tokens And Stablecoins Will Lead Crypto Innovation
During the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz, Switzerland on January 16, Luzius Meisser, co-founder and board member of the Bitcoin Association Switzerland, shared his thoughts with Cointelegraph on what he believes will lead the next wave of crypto innovation. Source
Security Tokens Realised Summit taking place on 23-24 January 2019 in London.
This event will bring together companies looking to do security token offerings with investors and with solution providers who can assist in running STOs. Source
tZERO Goes Live This Week
Overstock’s tZERO security trading platform, which was announced back in 2014, is set to go live by the end of this week, according to the company’s chief executive Patrick Byrne, a longstanding cryptocurrency supporter. Source
Next Crypto Wave Will Be Stablecoins, Security Tokens
Bitcoin Association Switzerland board member Luzius Meisser says he believes the next wave of crypto innovation will focus on stablecoins and security tokens. Source
Aspencoin Transitions To Securitize
Aspencoin— the digital security linked to a luxury resort in Colorado— is officially transitioning to the Securitize. The news has come after a successful and SEC-compliant funding round for Aspencoin, which had an $18 million valuation. Source
