Recently we launched a new STO on Icofunding called Rollyhoo. Rollyhoo is a Spanish audiovisual producer that was founded in 2018 with a mission to democratize film funding. To take a next step in their mission to make the audiovisual industry more fair, Rollyhoo is launching Dosis, a decentralized streaming app in which all its participants (content creators, viewers and advertisers) are rewarded for participating in the ecosystem.  To finance the development and launch their new App, Rollyhoo is issuing a digitised (tokenized) Participative Loan on Icofunding. The investment round is ..read more

DeFi is short for Decentralized Finance, a term under which a variety of financial applications fall that are using blockchain technology aiming at disrupting the traditional financial industry while making financial services open to anyone with a smartphone or internet. DeFi applications include credit and lending services, decentralized exchanges, custodial services and more. In a way, it is basically the merger of traditional banking services with decentralized technologies to make the financial service ecosystem more transparent, permissionless and less fragile.  What are the Use Case ..read more

The Spanish regulators launched a preliminary project to regulate the providers of services related to cryptocurrencies in the field of Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA). In this article we explain the implications for the crypto and digital asset ecosystem. June 15, 2020, the Draft Law amending the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering (Law 10/2010) was published, the purpose of which is to transpose the Fifth Directive of the European Union on the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism. This European Directive already anticipated that two new subjects would app ..read more

The digitization of assets (also called Tokenization) is one of the most promising trends in the financial landscape. In this article we’re going to give you an overview of all key players involved in the issuance and secondary market of Security Tokens in 2020. There are different elements that form together the Security Token Ecosystem. On one hand, we have the issuance phase and the services that are linked to this phase, and on the other hand, we’ve got secondary markets and trading.  1. ISSUANCE OF DIGITAL ASSETS There are several platforms and service providers that can help you w ..read more

Ethereum 2.0 is about to be launched and it brings high expectations for scalability and a switch from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake. At the same time, many wonder what impact the updates will have on ERC20 tokens and dapps that currently operate on Ethereum.  The changes on Ethereum will have consequences for users and developers. As you may know, Ethereum 2.0 will be implemented over several phases. The first phase (phase 0), is already defined and practically fully implemented, just a few small details and some testing are pending. But, as we look at newer phases, we start entering&n ..read more

Property tokenization is an emerging trend in the Real Estate industry and it represents one of the most promising use cases of blockchain technology. Before we deep dive into why tokenization could make Real Estate investment more efficient, let’s have a look at what tokenization is all about.  Tokenization is the process of digitizing a “real world” asset or security. The asset or security is represented digitally in the form of a token which is linked to a blockchain. These tokens hold the investor’s rights (in smart contracts) and can be integrated into secondary markets on a global s ..read more

The digitization of assets and securities (“tokenization”) and the subsequent initial sale of these digitized assets to raise funds are often being referred to as STOs or Security Token Offerings. A variety of financial products can be tokenized, such as equity (with or without voting rights), different types of debt and projects with shared ownership, such as Real Estate or art.  The financial products that are issued during a STO remain their traditional legal structure, however, by digitizing them, they get a digital representation in the form of a token that is linked to a blockchain ..read more

This upcoming Tuesday (07/04/2020) we are hosting a webinar in which we will explain the process of digitizing assets in order to raise funds and the benefits of this innovative way of raising capital. This webinar will be hosted in two languages simultaneously: Anne-Lous van den Ende will host the English webinar, and Alejandro Gómez de la Cruz will be hosting the same webinar in Spanish. The introductory class on STOs will last for 20 min., followed by a round of questions that will last for 10 min. To be able to participate in this webinar, it’s necessary to sign up: sign up ..read more

OneUP, an innovative life preserver, is issuing a digitized participative loan to raise funds to further expand their company. Their participative loan is represented digitally in the form of a token linked to a blockchain (this kind of investment rounds are referred to as STOs). OneUP: an innovative life preserver  OneUP is a 17.5 centimeters portable and self-inflating life preserver which activates in less than 2 seconds when it gets in contact with water. This means that is doesn’t need to be activated manually. The device can be used by both children as adults, and works for people ..read more

OneUP, an innovative life preserver, is issuing a digitized participative loan to raise funds to further expand their company. Their participative loan is represented digitally in the form of a token linked to a blockchain (this kind of investment rounds are referred to as STOs). OneUP: an innovative life preserver  OneUP is a 17.5 centimeters portable and self-inflating life preserver which activates in less than 2 seconds when it gets in contact with water. This means that is doesn’t need to be activated manually. The device can be used by both children as adults, and works for people ..read more