Token offering platform CoinList has raised $10 million with backing from Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey.
CoinList's funding round will go towards the development of CoinList Trade, a new exchange platform, along with a crypto wallet, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Dorsey's investment is reportedly his first in the platform, which the WSJ said has helped companies raise some $800 million in tokens since August 2017.
A vocal bitcoin proponent, Dorsey launched a bitcoin-only developer arm at Square earlier this year and has recently come out as decidedly against the Facebook-initiated Libra project, which he said was "Not consistent" with Twitter's values.
In a statement to the Journal, Dorsey said the San Francisco-based firm presents an honest solution for coin launches.
"Crypto needs a trustworthy platform for launching new projects. CoinList leads the industry in that role, and trading is a logical next step."
Launching in May 2017, CoinList helps firms navigate regulatory rules concerning initial coin offerings, a popular capital acquisition vehicle for emerging projects.
Projects Blockstack, Algorand, Filecoin and Dfinity have all leveraged the firm for token offerings.
Earlier this month, messaging platform Telegram's token distribution was held up following an emergency restraining order by the regulator over the firm's $1.4 billion offering.
The SEC and Telegram are set to go to court over the token issuance Feb. 18-19.
Jack Dorsey Backs Token Offering Platform's $10 Million Funding Round
Published on Oct 30, 2019
by Coindesk | Published on Coinage
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