Star Citizen - the first ever space sim in danger of making itself irrelevant by not actually managing to come out before we all live in space - has now raised more than $250m USD in crowdfunding, according to figures from developer Cloud Imperium Games.

Like the small businesses it was designed to help, equity crowdfunding is still in its start-up stage. But the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reports that it’s rapidly growing into a viable source of financing – and a new investment option for those who want to own a piece of an early-stage company.

Boston-based Fundopolis launched Wednesday with the goal of making it simpler for everyday citizens to invest in local small businesses.

Looking for international distribution of an upcoming film, Alibaba pictures has announced a collaboration with blockchain content platform, Breaker.

This week, Max Property Group B.V. and Ardor made crypto history after the issuance of the first security tokens on the Ignis blockchain

The SEC crackdown continues as Veritaseum just got hit with an $8 million dollar fin for its 2017 ICO

Los Angeles-based Kickstarters raised more money than those in any other city, followed by New York and San Francisco.

Calls by China's president to put blockchain at the heart of the country's innovation could tip the scales towards Beijing in the global race to lead in the fledgling technology, analysts and investors said.  

Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 4860) to amend the Securities Act of 1933 to subject crowdfunding vehicles to the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes, as amended....

There are ways to raise capital over the Blockchain without earning the ire of regulators like the SEC. Telegram should know better.