Hirander Misra explores how crypto exchanges and digital custodians are joining forces to offer increased security to investors, as the market for digital assets evolves to embrace Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs). Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Token Offerings (STOs) made digital assets well known to the investor community, but it has taken the advent of IEOs to truly provide credibility to this innovative marketplace. With investors showing a marked preference for regulated digital assets, the H1 2019 report by Inwara titled, “Deciphering Token Offerings – IEOs, STOs, and ..read more

Hirander Misra explains how blockchain’s capacity for infusing innovation in the financial services landscape is being leveraged by financial institutions and Fintech firms alike, even as the stage is being set for blockchain to take on and transform new verticals from food supply to pharmaceuticals. There is no doubt that blockchain will have a transformational impact on the financial services industry. A recent survey of executives and experts by the World Economic Forum predicted that 10% of Global GDP would be stored on blockchain technology by 2027. This, based on 2018 global GDP, amou ..read more

Time for Security Token Offerings (STOs) and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to move over? Hirander Misra explores how investors could leverage Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs) as the perfect fundraising model that offers the security of the traditional exchange while building on the brave new world of blockchain solutions and tokenisation. ICOs, STOs and IEOs are all forms of crowdfunding models. During an ICO, STO or an IEO the issuers – usually the entity raising money for the project – sell tokens to a group of investors. These token sales are typically not restricted by jurisdictional b ..read more

As the market for digital assets evolves, custody solutions customised to the industry are the need of the hour. Hirander Misra explains how digital assets can be brought to market on regulated exchanges and stored in regulated digital custodians, delivering a level of security and oversight not previously available. Click here for the full article ..read more

Hedgethink has had the chance to interview Hirander Misra, chairman and CEO of GMEX Group and other innovative projects such as MINDEX and FinComEco. In this two-part interview, we are going to navigate through Hirander’s success story, his vision of the world, specially highlighting those aspects regarding crypto and blockchain and how he has applied that into his professional projects, including those trying to make a real impact in millions of people’s life. In this second part, focus was on those projects that Hirander Misra is currently involved with, including GMEX Group, the MINDE ..read more

Hedgethink has had the chance to interview Hirander Misra, chairman and CEO of GMEX Group and other innovative projects such as MINDEX and FinComEco. In this two-part interview, we are going to navigate through Hirander’s success story, his vision of the world, specially highlighting those aspects regarding crypto and blockchain and how he has applied that into his professional projects, including those trying to make a real impact in millions of people’s life. In the first part, focus was on his personal career and the opportunities and challenges that new disruptive technologies such a ..read more

By Hirander Misra, Chairman and CEO, GMEX Group & MINDEX Holdings Recently, regulators across the globe have issued guidelines on Security Token Offerings (STOs). Hirander Misra explains what STOs are, why are they so important and how this multi-trillion-dollar opportunity can win the trust of a wider range of investors. What are STOs? An STO is the process of raising finance by selling issued security tokens to investors. A security token is a cryptographic token backed by the shares of a company. The shares are held on escrow against a pledge agreement and security token holder ..read more