Love or hate Facebook, their choices often lead the path and dictate what is normal for business, so what does their potential cyrptocurrency mean for you?

Equity crowdfunding startup Fundopolis has partnered with AlphaPoint, a blockchain technology provider, to integrate blockchain into its platform, the companies said on Wednesday at Consensus, a leading annual blockchain and crypto taking place this week in New York.

The FTC is suing the founder of iBackPack for using crowdfunded money for personal use.

Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has participated in a $10 million funding round for blockchain privacy startup QEDIT and is using the firm's tech.

Private or public?

With major concerns still looming that Opportunity Zones may result in projects that do not benefit — or worse, cause displacement from — economically-distressed communities, the designation of Opportunity Zones already appears to be making project financing easier for developers.

Facebook's betting big on crypto. Note-able quote: "In the future, Facebook will actually start paying users to use (some of) its services." - looks like Facebook is trying to catch up with Brainsy powered platforms.

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Integrating blockchain into crowdfunding offers opportunities for accountability, traunch payments and better transparency

Cryptocurrency took center stage at an event hosted by the DTCC, featuring enterprise users from some large financial institutions.