Author Archives: Anastasia Samaras

Genesis and Gemini were charged for Unregistered Offers and Sales of Crypto Asset Securities through the Gemini Earn Lending Program By Anastasia Samaras Last week, it was reported that through their cryptocurrency loan program, Gemini Earn, Genesis Global Capital, LLC, and Gemini Trust Company, LLC were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission “SEC” for soliciting and selling unregistered […]Continue Reading

Ringing in the New Year with the first Nasdaq company to dual list digital shares on Upstream’s blockchain-powered market By Anastasia Samaras What a historic week! The first Upstream dual listing issuer, Nutriband Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRB) (NASDAQ: NTRBW) is now live on Upstream, a MERJ Exchange market, under NTRB! This marks the first time a NASDAQ company has […]Continue Reading

Upstream attended Benzinga’s crypto conference last week in NYC. Here’s what we learned sitting amongst industry thought leaders. By Anastasia Samaras Benzinga, the financial media and analytics platform, has recently joined Upstream’s strategic media community to raise visibility for the influx of issuers seeking a listing on Upstream’s blockchain-powered platform. Last week, the Upstream team […]Continue Reading

The fall of FTX, cryptocurrency, and a crypto winter. How Upstream’s unique methodology was built to prevent these issues and enforce failsafes By Vanessa Malone Upstream, a MERJ Exchange Market, is the first regulated exchange for digital securities and NFTs powered by a blockchain. As a blockchain-powered trading app, Upstream sometimes gets mistakenly looped into […]Continue Reading

Raise funds and fan engagement with redeemable perks and rewards By Anastasia Samaras Upstream’s Redeemable NFTs enable your brand to integrate a digital rewards program for your audience to unlock digital merchandise, physical merchandise, rewards, or experiences while still being able to hold or trade the underlying digital collectible. Upon redemption, the NFT unlocking the […]Continue Reading

Ahead of U.S. midterm elections, a recent Grayscale national survey points to the bipartisan consensus that crypto is the future of finance By Anastasia Samaras A new national survey from Grayscale, conducted by The Harris Poll on its behalf, presented interesting findings about public perception surrounding the crypto market ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. 53% of […]Continue Reading

The community-oriented, relationship bank makes history by being the first traditional bank to integrate Web3 strategies and offer digital membership and NFT perks to members. By Fernanda De La Torre This week UBank, the community-oriented relationship bank joined Upstream and made history as the first traditional bank to integrate a Web3 community-building strategy for members to trade […]Continue Reading

Upstream has taken a proactive approach to navigate any regulatory changes on the horizon By Anastasia Samaras Upstream, a MERJ Exchange Market, has always taken a proactive, compliance-first approach to our NFT market. We believe regulation is a “when,” not an “if,” and regulator’s latest probes point to why. Yuga Labs Inc., the entity behind […]Continue Reading

NCAA D1 college athlete, Robert Cowherd Joins Upstream and launches his first NFT by Fernanda De La Torre Upstream works with college athletes to monetize their personal brands using digital collectibles. This week Robert Cowherd became the first NCAA D1 player to launch a limited edition NFT trading card on Upstream. 250 trading card NFTs […]Continue Reading