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The Institutionalization of Crypto Assets
Unlike other asset classes, crypto assets began with retail trading, not adoption by institutions. Early adopter crypto funds soon followed. Now it’s the turn of institutional investors: the institutionalization just began. The Importance of Institutionalization 80% of equity market capitalization is held by institutions. So it is not surprising that institutionalization is essential if digital assets…
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Iconic Holding Tokenizes Its Equity As A Crypto Asset In Partnership With Cashlink And Agora Innovation
Frankfurt, May 29, 2019 — Iconic Holding announced the tokenization of its equity through a crypto asset-based Employee Stock Option Program (ESOP) at the annual High-Tech Gründerfonds Family Day event. A portfolio company of both FinLab AG (WKN 121806 / ISIN DE0001218063 / ticker symbol: A7A) and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Iconic cements itself as one of the…
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Unbloqed Season 2: #1 What Do Blockchain Investors Look For? The VC Take!
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this episode with Dominic Briggs and Laurenz Apiarius, we discuss the VC perspective on what Blockchain investors look for when investing in startups. We deep dive into the issue of blockchain being treated as trend or a buzzword for fundraising and how VCs asses the need of blockchain for different startups. We talk about…
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Signs of Crypto Spring
By Eleanor Haas, blockchain/crypto columnist for Iconic Holding, advisor innovators and Astia Angels and Director, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic. “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)” Pete Seeger’s ageless plea for peace — based on the Old Testament — perfectly expresses what seems to be happening with the blockchain/crypto space: continuous change. Each new stage seems to be a valid destination. Then the cycle…
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Pointing Blockchain Towards Tomorrow
By Eleanor Haas, an Iconic Holding Associate, crypto/blockchain commentator, advisor to innovators and Astia Angels, and Director, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic When cryptocurrency crashed, ICO’s largely disappeared and the early stage crypto/blockchain market appeared penniless, a lot of people assumed the blockchain story was over. But, guess what, the main story had been burgeoning under the…
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Unbloqed #13 Tobias Schulz – Investment Manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds
Tobias Schulz is an Investment Manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds. He is also a pre-ICO Venture Capital Investor and ICO Advisor. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a seed investor that finances high-potential, tech-driven start-ups. With EUR 892.5 million in total investment volume across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has already helped forge 500 start-ups…