New Advisor & Updates on Market Access Protocol
Welcome to your Swarm Newsletter for October 25th, 2018.
New Advisory Board member Philip Potter bullish about Swarm
Swarm has appointed Philip Potter to its Advisory Board. He will be providing Swarm with strategic guidance as the company expands its financial infrastructure offerings. Swarm CEO Philipp Pieper is honored to have him onboard and comments, “Phil has devoted his career to enhancing the world of finance through technology. Bringing his Wall Street expertise to Bitfinex and Tether has positively impacted all of us in the cryptocurrency space.” The new advisor is convinced security tokens will emerge as a preeminent blockchain use case in the very near future and is bullish about Swarm’s future. Phil: “The Swarm team’s deep experience in ‘real world’ finance and related technology products is impressive and I am very excited to assist Swarm in bringing credible and flexible security token solutions to the marketplace.”
Read the announcement.
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Do you have a Swarm KYC-approved account? Then you are MAP-compliant!
MAP compliance is a big deal for investors, as it lets them compliantly trade security tokens with fewer hold-ups due to multiple and repetitive verification processes. The good news for those who have a Swarm KYC-approved account is that they’re automatically MAP compliant and ready to trade security tokens anytime, anywhere. This makes Swarm/MAP their one-stop wallet.
Get MAP qualified here.
Read the latest in the MAP Blog Series: Supercharging Security Token Compliance with MAP — #3: The role of qualification providers
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Blog: Compliant Security Token Trading with MAP — #2: A Primer for Investors
Whether you are an individual or an institutional investor, you are required to comply with all applicable regulations regarding identity and accreditation. In his second in a series of blogs on Market Access Protocol (MAP), Swarm’s Sam Stone focuses on how MAP gives investors easy access to the security token ecosystem. With MAP investors can transfer their qualification status between different tokens and across participating exchanges. It means they can compliantly trade a whole gamut of security tokens with fewer hold-ups due to multiple and repetitive verification processes.
Read the entire blog post.
Blog: Supercharging Security Token Compliance with MAP — #3: The role of qualification providers
In this informative blog, Swarm’s Sam Stone explains the differences between verification and qualification, and why qualification providers are essential to investors who want to compliantly participate in the trading of security tokens. Swarm is a qualification provider and the first to support MAP. It means that every account created on the Swarm platform contains a MAP wallet, and any investors that are verified via Swarm (completed KYC verification) are already compliant to trade security tokens anywhere that supports MAP, now and into the future. Consider your Swarm wallet supercharged.
Read the entire blog post.
Blog: The Evolution of Swarm Governance with Masternodes
In this blog, Alex Lieders explains that because the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology
cannot be foreseen, it is important to create and nurture an environment that adapts to unpredictability. He argues that the introduction of Masternodes to Swarm governance will be a vital tool for the Swarm community to navigate the emerging, exciting, yet unforeseen future.
Read the entire blog post.
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Meet CIO Timo Lehes at World Crypto Con in Las Vegas, Oct 31 — Nov 2
World Crypto Con’s inaugural event is taking place at the Aria Hotel & Casino from October 31st to November 2nd. For three days, World Crypto Con will transform the Vegas strip into a global stage for industry leaders to share their breaking news and technologies with thousands of investors, experts, developers, businesses and attendees who are using cryptocurrency and blockchain to change the world. With more than 5,000 confirmed attendees and more than 200,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, the event will bring together a passionate group of innovators who see today’s issues as challenges that can be addressed with crypto and blockchain technology.
Look for Swarm CIO Timo Lehes, who will be attending the entire event.
Meet CEO Philipp Pieper in Paris, France on October 29th
CryptoMondays Paris is hosting a meetup at Gide Law Firm on Monday, October 29th. The keynote speakers are Swarm CEO Philipp Pieper and Pierre Hoffmann of the IOTA Foundation. Register for a free ticket on Eventbrite here.
Restart Week South: Ponce kicks off this week!
Swarm is a proud partner to Restart Week, and thankful for their work in Puerto Rico. Restart Week acts as a positive change agent and catalyst for Puerto Rico’s economy. The collective presence is about economic development and social responsibility. The intent is to leave the island better equipped than when the movement arrived and provide the tools and resources that cannot be readily found locally. Restart Week South: Ponce kicks off this week. The six-day event from October 25th — 30th is open to the entire population and invites individuals and organizations to participate in an effort to collaborate, engage, unite resources and stimulate action towards shaping an integrated plan for the southern region and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit restartweek.org today.
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