Category: FinTech
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CUV Ventures (CUV.V): What if you built a bank while nobody was looking?
when you ask Steve Marshall, CEO of CUV Ventures (CUV.V) about Cuba, he says, “It’s a lovely place. Great people. Lots of opportunity.” He doesn’t say (anymore), “We are all in on Cuba.” He used to, but the world has changed a little. Pre-Trump, Cuba opening to the world was the next big thing. But…
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Cuba Ventures (CUV.V): So many pieces but the puzzle is becoming much clearer
So a while back I told you about a new blockchainy deal called Cuba Ventures (CUV.V). You guys liked it and it ran hard. We like when that happens. But the Cuba Ventures story was pretty simple back then. CUV is building out a blockchain network that allows Cubans and their kinfolk to move money…
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Welcome to the Big Show, DMG Blockchain (DMGI.V): Up 23% in second day of trading
Back in the 45 days of deep 2017 when the entire world thought everything blockchainy would be a billion dollar deal by Christmas, which ended on the day HIVE Blockchain (HIVE.V) let founders stock trade early, thereby (and properly) stepping on an insane tulipmania run, all that was needed to make a pubco double were…
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![Cryptocurrency deal puts eXeBlock (XBLK.C) into frame as payment processor for Peerplays network]()
Cryptocurrency deal puts eXeBlock (XBLK.C) into frame as payment processor for Peerplays network
‘The Force is not about lifting rocks. It’s a tension, order, balance.’ I know someone who has seen the new Star Wars movie eighteen times will correct the quote above, but when I saw it, that’s how I remembered Luke Skywalker’s words. I noted them specifically because, frankly, they explain why blockchain is going to…
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Cuba Ventures (CUV.V): Taking on Western Union with blockchain to the Caribbean
Any time I get an email with ‘Western Union’ mentioned, it goes straight to the spam folder. This process is automatic and deliberate. This is because Western Union is bullshit. It provides a service, but it does so in a way that wouldn’t be out of place in the 1950’s or the robber baron era.…
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![Trading tuesday: Lottogopher (LOTO.C) to debut on public markets]()
Trading tuesday: Lottogopher (LOTO.C) to debut on public markets
I’ve been waiting for a while on this one. Lottogopher (LOTO.C), a company that allows, for the first time, California lottery players to buy tickets online, is about to land on the Canadian public markets this coming Tuesday. If this doesn’t seem like a big deal to you, this whole ‘online lottery sales’ thing, I’m…
