FinTech News Bulletin (Last updated: October 15, 2018)
October 15, 2018 Stablecoin Tether loses confidence among investors Price of Tether Stablecoin tanks to 18-month low https://www.coindesk.com/price-of-tether-stablecoin-tanks-to-18-month-low/ SFC proposes crypto-regulation in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Security Watchdog to propose Crypto Regulation https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kongs-security-watchdog-to-propose-crypto-regulation-chairman-says Number of New Crypto Funds Increase Despite Bearish Markets Crypto Funds make up 20% of Hedge Fund launches in 2018 https://www.ccn.com/report-crypto-funds-makes-20-of-total-hedge-funds-launched-in-2018/ October 12, […]
A Queue Busting ICO
While Brits are known for their queueing etiquette it’s no surprise that we lose literally hundreds of hours of our lives standing patiently in line. According to a 2017 report from Swiss Air, the total amount of time spent queuing in the UK is 333 million hours a year, equivalent to half an hour a […]
How to diversify your crowdfunding investments
The idea behind the common saying, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”, has been around in some form or another for thousands of years. To take one example, in Ecclesiastes 11:2 the Old Testament highlights the benefits of diversifying your assets – “Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you […]
Avoiding Fraudsters – Beware of Phishing
Dear Community, It has come to our attention that there have been a few attempts by individuals to clone Crowd for Angels accounts and contact members of our social media channels in the hope of facilitating funds fraudulently. As such, we wanted to write a blog on what you should look out for and checks […]
How is crowdfunding beneficial to startups?
Pic Credits: flickr Today we see an increase in the number of startups that bank on equity crowdfunding for their ideas as it’s an efficient and simpler way to gain capital. To understand how equity crowdfunding is helping young businesses grow to their full potential let’s take a look at some of its benefits. 1. […]
What we learned from Fintech Week – Venture Capital (VC)
Crowd for Angels’ Chief Marketing Officer Andrew Adcock recently chaired a panel of four venture capital industry experts at the London Fintech week
Press Release: CryptoPolice Private Token Sale Now Live on Crowd for Angels
Crowd for Angels, one of the UK’s leading crowdfunding platforms for shares, crowd bonds, and tokens, is delighted to announce that the private token sale for Estonia based fraud prevention platform CryptoPolice is now live. Only registered Crowd for Angels members will be able to participate in this private stage of CryptoPolice’s token sale, gaining […]
Millennials vs Upcoming Retirees in Blockchain and Crowdfunding Investing
Crowd for Angels recently received almost 1,400 responses to its latest survey on investment attitudes towards the crowdfunding and crypto/blockchain markets. You can read an analysis of the main findings HERE Delving deeper into the data it became apparent that there were some interesting differences between two key age groups, those aged 18 to 30 […]
Press Release: CROWD FOR ANGELS SAYS ALLO, ALLO, ALLO TO FIRST PRIVATE TOKEN SALE
Crowd for Angels, one of the UK’s leading crowdfunding platforms for shares, crowd bonds and tokens, is delighted to announce the upcoming launch of its first private token sale, for online fraud prevention business CryptoPolice. Having met with the management team and after applying its rigorous due diligence process to the company, Crowd for Angels will put the sale live on Thursday 12th July.
Crowdfunding & Blockchain Investment Attitudes Survey
Crowd for Angels recently received almost 1,400 responses to its latest survey on investment attitudes towards the crowdfunding and crypto/blockchain markets. The data shows some interesting trends which may well guide towards what will happen over the coming 12 months.
