Evidence in 2020 Continues to Support Thesis that Multi-Trillion Digital Asset Market is Gaining Momentum

We are witnessing an undeniable, broad-based expansion of our financial system through the addition of digital assets to the mix. The Association for Digital Asset Markets defines digital assets as: a cryptographically-derived digital instrument available on a public, private or permissioned blockchain or other form of distributed ledger, including without limitation instruments that represent, or facilitate the exchange of or…

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DealBox Leverages Vertalo to Migrate from Stellar to Tezos

DealBox has made the leap from Stellar to Tezos and the company completed the process with the assistance of Vertalo. DealBox is a digital security platform that facilitates tokenization as well as investment crowdfunding. In migrating from Stellar, DealBox leveraged Vertalo’s digital transfer agent while shifting their cap table to Vertalo. Additionally, the company reports that DealBox has also transferred two portfolio company security tokens,…

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Why Everyone is About to Ditch their Plastic; Credit & Debit Cards: How Blockchain and Digital Names are Revolutionizing Payment Technology

Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (via Blockchain Wire) Blockchain technology. You’ve probably heard about it, but what is it, exactly? According to TechTerms.com, the description of “blockchain” technology is as follows: “A blockchain is a digital record of transactions. The name comes from its structure, in which individual records, called blocks, are linked together in a single list,…

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Total Network Services closes Series A funding of its security token

Funding will be used to acquire new technologies that deal with customer-facing blockchain tech Total Network Services, a blockchain services company based in San Diego, has announced that it has closed a Series A funding round of security tokens. The company is not currently disclosing the amount that was raised. Security tokens are a type of digital currency that differs…

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Total Network Services Corp. Closes Series A Security Token Offering

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Total Network Services, Corp., a San Diego-based blockchain services company (“TNS” or the “Company”), today announced the close of a Series A round of security tokens. Deal Box Inc., a San Diego-based capital advisory and financial technology firm (“Deal Box”) structured the security token issuance and provided marketing support throughout the offering process….

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Carlsbad Entrepreneur Using Blockchain to Change Future

CARLSBAD — Blockchain and cryptocurrency are the way of the future. That’s how Carlsbad’s Thomas Carter sees the opportunity for these technologies to redefine the digital landscape, investing and personal finance. In short — cut out the middleman. Carter started Dealbox several years ago as a way to incorporate blockchain technology to build a safe and secure investing platform. He’s landed several million dollars…

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Do You Know Your $DigitalName? You Will Soon.

In 2019, consumers checked their digital wallet apps over one trillion times, according to research (Liftoff, App Annie, April 2020). And the numbers are, you guessed it, increasing. Because so much of the banking and finance industries is now centralized in digital wallets, the natural transition to blockchain technology will be a smooth one. For many new users diving into the blockchain…

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Are “Money Legos” Making Bankers Non-Essential? Here’s What You Need to Know About the Rise of DeFi (Decentralized Finance).

If you’ve been paying any attention to the crypto/blockchain industry over the past several months, you’ve likely heard of DeFi (Decentralized Finance), aka, “Money Legos.” As an economic force, DeFi is experiencing exponential growth. Over $2 billion in Ethereum and Bitcoin are now sloshing around in various DeFi protocols. Just last month, nearly half of that was added. DeFi platforms…

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DealBox Onboards 8 Clients Onto Vertalo, Continues to Expand Platform Offering with Digital Transfer Agent Partner

Partnership Aims to Tokenize 22 equity offerings on Tezos Blockchain in Q3 June 30, 2020 — Austin, TX — Following a partnership announcement earlier this year, Vertalo the digital transfer agent that enables the issuance and management of compliant digital securities and connects broker-dealers, issuers, custodians, and exchanges through its B2B SaaS platform, and DealBox, the preeminent blockchain enabled online investment marketplace, are excited…

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Blockchain Rises to the Role of Essential Technology as a Result of the Covid-19 Pandemic

The last time we faced a major systemic crisis was in 2008. Ironically, the technology that is showing itself to be an effective solution and in some cases, the only solution to many of the challenges being created by the current Covid-19 crisis was also a product of 2008. That event was known as the Subprime mortgage crisis and kicked…

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