FUNDING PLATFORMS

Chandler Guo is an angel investor and a well known adviser in bitcoin and Ethereum Classic startups. Read more: www.bitcoinist.com

Sharestates has originated $275 million in loans since the platform launched in 2015, making it one of the largest real estate crowdfunding platforms in regards to originations. Read more: www.prnewswire.com

Small business lender Kabbage announced earlier this month that it would begin selling over $525 million worth of loans to investors. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

FundersClub Inc., says it's beating the pros. Its returns outpaced the median venture capital fund and much of the industry's top quartile of investors. Read more: www.bloomberg.com

Indiegogo is launching Equity Crowdfunding, a platform aimed at giving small-scale investors a stake in the companies they back. Read more: Read more: www.techcrunch.com

UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with Amazon Web Services. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

Wildly successful DAO crowdsourced venture fund using Ethereum currency will now shut down. Read more: www.inc.com

FinTech Australia lauded the Australian Parliament’s vote to support the Corporations Amendment Bill. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com

On this year's Giving Tuesday, GoFundMe campaigns raised more than $7.4 million, showing a 46% increase from 2015. Read more: www.prnewswire.com

Texas-based real estate crowdfunding platform, MassVenture, announced on Monday that it has acquired funding portal, Equity Brick LLC. Read more: www.crowdfundinsider.com