The environment for initial coin offerings (ICOs) in the US has changed dramatically in the past few months. Crowdfundinsider.com interviewed ICO expert and Rimon Partner Dror Futter for an interview on the latest changes. Crowdfundinsider.com posed a series of questions to Futter about hosting a token sale outside the US. Click here to read more. In addition to…

Venture Capital and Technology Partner, Dror Futter, published a comprehensive update on the state of Blockchain Law.  Titled: “Blockchain Law: ICO Regulation and Other Legal Considerations in the Blockchain Ecosystem” and published by the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), a leading provider of legal CLE, the article summarizes developments to date and highlights many as yet unanswered legal questions. The…

Venture capital and technology Partner, Dror Futter, spoke extensively with Financial Times for its Guide to help advisers understand the trends, opportunities and risks involved with Bitcoin and blockchain. Among different topics, he discussed the driving rise in cryptocurrency over the past 7 years; blockchain’s potential uses in financial services, such as fintech or open…

Rimon’s FinTech Partner, Dror Futter, will be presenting on the topic “Good, Bad and Evil about ICOs and How to Do it Right?” at the DC Digital Asset Investment Forum.   Date & Time: Tue, February 20, 2018 2:10 PM – 2:40 PM ET   Location: Ronald Reagan Building, Oceanic Room 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004   Register Here…

Rimon’s Patent and FinTech Partner, and Blockchain Patent Chronicle’s author, Marc Kaufman, presented the results of an ongoing study of patent publications related to Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The emerging patent landscape in this space identified the likely players, and told us what technology they are developing. He also discussed the emerging risks that must…

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are financing mechanisms that have become very popular and controversial. In 2017 alone, ICOs have raised over $1.5 Billion. ICOs are offerings of digital tokens that rely on blockchain technology (similar to Bitcoin). The large majority of ICO investors are private individuals. In the fintech space, ICO funding has surpassed venture…

As blockchain technology is more widely adopted in commercial applications, the various players in the ecosystem will have to deal with intellectual property issues and risks. Many players believe that cooperation is key to fostering innovation in the ecosystem. This article summarizing many of the issues includes comments from Rimon Partner Marc Kaufman, who points…

A coalition of players in the blockchain ecosystem have organized to manage intellectual issues and encourage innovation. The new group, called the Blockchain Intellectual Property Council (BIPC), was officially announced on March 16, 2017, by the Chamber of Digital Commerce at the Blockchain Summit in Washington D.C. This initiative aims to work with the members to…

Rimon Partner Buz Barclay offers his insight about potential application of blockchain within the power and energy generation/transmission industries. In this article, Mr. Barclay summarizes the stand outs and most relevant takeaways from the Blockchain Congress held on September 13 and 14 in NYC. You can access the full article here. Mr. Barclay focuses his practice on business transactions primarily in the electric power industry and…

Join us at this pioneering conference devoted to analyze the current and potential applications of BlockChain technology. BlockChain is already playing a crucial role in the financial arena and will soon be part of other major markets as supply chain, logistics, retail, legal, entertainment, energy and power, and many more. More information about this conference here You can also download…