• Iconic Lab Invests in Captain Bitcoin

    Iconic Lab has invested into and seeded the crypto adoption platform, Captain Bitcoin. After generating substantial interest from the community and onboarding over 30,000 verified users in the first 30 days of its website existence, Captain Bitcoin is ready to finalize its MVP and put Bitcoin into the hands of its users by giving away…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Iconiq Holding Announces Strategic Partnership With Masternode Fund, INDX

    Key players in the emerging token security space are putting their weight behind the INDX passive income security token. Iconiq Lab, Swarm, TYR Capital and London Block Exchange have all joined to support INDX. INDX is aimed at qualified investors wishing to improve on the returns offered by traditional stocks and bonds. INDX CEO, Jonathan Decarteret adds…

  • Can Crypto Spring be Far Behind? It’s crypto winter now but beyond the headlines, are positive indicators.

     By Eleanor Haas, an Iconiq Lab partner, crypto/blockchain commentator, advisor to innovators and Astia Angels, and Director, Keiretsu Forum Mid-Atlantic It’s crypto winter. Cryptocurrencies have crashed by as much as 90%. Startups have shuttered. But in the background beyond the headlines are positive indicators. Three examples: Tokenized fundraising continued to evolve, the largest digital currency…

  • Iconiq Holding Announces The Listing Of ICNQ On The GBX-DAX

    Global crypto asset management firm Iconiq Holding, a Sponsor Firm of GBX, announces the listing of the ICNQ token on the  GBX-DAX. The Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) is an institutional-grade, regulated and insured token sale platform and digital asset exchange. The Digital Asset Exchange (GBX-DAX) is a state-of-the-art exchange created with the high expectations of professional crypto-traders in mind.  Adding to the diverse range of tokens on…

  • 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…