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  • The cryptocurrency market is renowned as one of the most volatile and unpredictable sectors of finance. It has blossomed throughout 2017, providing an unregulated means for start-ups to raise capital, until Tuesday evening when the US Securities and Exchange Commission published a report making it abundantly clear that the Wild West days of the crypto-asset market are numbered, if not yet over. Lewis McLellan reports.
  • Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are the hot new way to raise capital — $1.2bn has been raised in 57 launches this year (according to a report by Autonomous) — and the appeal for start-ups is obvious. However, with investors piling in with no regard for long-term value, it’s a bubble waiting to burst.
  • Daimler and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg launched on Wednesday the first Schuldschein issue to be sold using blockchain technology.
  • Daimler and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg have launched on Wednesday the first Schuldschein issue to be sold using blockchain technology.
  • Secured Automated Lending Technology (Salt), a Denver-based blockchain company, is eyeing the securitization market to finance its growth, chief executive Shawn Owen tells GlobalCapital.
  • Capital markets have always been among the early adopters of new technology, but blockchain for bonds is further away than you might think. As always, humans will get in the way.