Despite a current downturn, the global cryptocurrency market remains active and fascinating to say the least—and a trend with enough traction to grab the attention of virtually all companies. Blockchain-based digital assets “have risen on the radars of boards over the last few years as digital currencies are adopted into mainstream payment flows and central […]
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Mogo Launches Venture Arm To Manage $100+ Million Investment Portfolio
Vancouver’s Mogo has launched a new venture arm to manage its investments in strategic partners and companies that support Mogo’s ecosystem. Mogo Ventures has investments in leading and emerging crypto and Web3 platforms including Gemini, NFT Trader and Tetra Trust; investments in gaming companies including Enthusiast Gaming and Eleven Gaming; and investments in Bitcoin and […]
International Women’s Day 2022 – A How-To: Raising Female Voices in the Tech Industry
As the Canadian tech industry continues to underrepresent women, an issue the pandemic only exacerbated, it’s important to celebrate female voices in the industry. In Canada, there continues to be inequities as this demographic is largely underrepresented among Canada’s largest sectors. Less than 25% of all C-suite executives are women, only 4% identifying as women […]
Mogo Expands into Metaverse with Investment in NFT Trading Platform
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) has made a strategic investment in NFT Trader, a company that operates a secure peer-to-peer OTC trading protocol for non-fungible tokens or NFTs. NFT Trader is an established trading platform for NFTs, collaborating with many popular projects, including Bored Ape Yacht Club, Cool Cats, Gutter Cat Gang, and CyberKongz. The investment in […]
Mogo Is Well On Its Way To Majority Ownership Of Coinsquare
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) has been slowly acquiring more and more of Coinsquare, Canada’s leading digital asset trading platform for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Three months ago Mogo acquired 20 percent of Coinsquare. Last month Mogo nearly doubled its stake, increasing its ownership in to approximately 37 percent. Today Mogo announced it would be […]
Mogo Expands Crypto Portfolio With Investment in Ethereum
Vancouver’s Mogo announced today that it has purchased approximately 146 Ether (ETH) at an average price USD $2,780. Ethereum is an open-source, block-chain based, decentralized software platform that uses its own cryptocurrency, Ether. Mogo’s Ethereum investment is consistent with the company’s plans to increase their on balance sheet investment in the blockchain and fintech ecosystem. […]
Mogo Enters Wealth Management Space With Acquisition Of Moka
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) is acquiring Montreal’s Moka Financial Technologies, one of Canada’s leading saving and investing apps, in an all-stock transaction. The proposed acquisition will increase Mogo’s member base by over 40% to more than 1.7 million and expand Mogo’s wealth offering to include saving and investing products. Moka launched in 2017 with the […]
Mogo Buys Piece of Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Coinsquare
Vancouver fintech Mogo (TSX:MOGO) is paying $56.4 million to acquire 20% of Coinsquare, Canada’s leading digital asset trading platform for Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies. Today’s strategic investment news builds on a multi-year relationship between the two companies. The agreement also includes the ability for Mogo to acquire an additional 20 percent ownership interest in […]