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Horizon partners with SME 360 to expand GFX to sports teams and celebrities across Asia Pacific “The possibility of not only generating but maintaining viral fan engagement is built into Global Fan Exchange. Our partnership with Horizon and GFX creates an innovative value add for our talent looking to leverage their personal brands and generate new […]Continue Reading

What Circle’s SPAC says about the longevity of SPACs and stablecoins By Vanessa Malone Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, are back on the radar following the news that Circle, the blockchain payments company behind the USDC stablecoin, is becoming a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange.  The SPAC deal with Concord […]Continue Reading

Grammy-winning artist Pitbull’s involvement to advise musicians on new way to leverage their personal brands and fund ventures with meaningful fan capital on the fan engagement platform “It is an honor to join GFX’s music division as a strategic advisor. When I saw the innovation behind the GFX platform, I knew I had to be […]Continue Reading

How the fan engagement platform can empower college athletes to capitalize on their NIL following the new NCAA rules As of July 1, 2021 college athletes in the U.S. may now profit off their names, images and likeness (NIL) from endorsements, sponsorships and a variety of other business ventures.  What changed surrounding NIL rules for college […]Continue Reading

Maintaining control of your assets on Upstream’s exchange and trading app using blockchain technology By Vanessa Malone Upstream, the Horizon-powered exchange and trading app for digital securities, is built using Ethereum blockchain technology. On the surface, Upstream offers global investors a real-time, secure, and intuitive trading app. Under the hood, Upstream introduces what we believe […]Continue Reading

Why SPACs are here to stay as a global opportunity By Vanessa Malone The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) industry; made up of companies formed solely to raise capital, acquire existing private companies, and take them public, grew at an unprecedented rate over the last two years. In 2020, already a record year for SPACs, […]Continue Reading

How GFX can help drive funding and awareness to charities By Vanessa Malone Global Fan Exchange is Horizon’s next generation fan engagement platform that will give fans the opportunity to invest, drive awareness, and share in the success of athlete and celebrity ventures. Not only are athletes and celebrities empowered to generate their own revenue […]Continue Reading

Ethereum-powered markets are driving mainstream acceptance and adoption for blockchain technology Bitcoin and Ether continue to hold their places as the top two cryptocurrencies by market cap.  Hovering around $723.4 billion and $324 billion, respectively, these digital currencies are ushering in a new way to transfer money outside the control of a centralized entity.  This […]Continue Reading

Real-time trading, instant settlement, & direct exchange access using blockchain technology Stock trading has greatly evolved over the last few decades. Gone are the movie-esque trading floor scenes with hordes of men in suits loudly executing trades. In the 1980s, exchanges began replacing floor trading with automated trading systems and transactions started to be executed […]Continue Reading

Why Upstream is accepting both digital currency and traditional bank payments By Vanessa Malone We’re getting close to the official launch of Upstream, our next generation exchange and trading app for digital securities.  On the surface, Upstream offers investors of all levels direct access to a regulated stock exchange through a userfriendly trading app. Under the […]Continue Reading