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Let's speculate on how crowdfunding will develop in the next 10 years. Crypto crowdfunding is a likely development curve for crowdfunding marketplaces while investment-based platforms will continue diving into "traditional" fund management and private equity fundraising.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, the world imposes more sanctions on the Russian government to condemn the aggressive behavior and criminal acts of the invader-country. But the sanctions don’t come cheap and have an economic effect on local and international businesses in Europe.

In this video, we'll dive into equity crowdfunding in China and talk about the platform requirements, challenges and use cases. We'll explore how crowdfunding in China works and how you can launch your own platform.

The Brazilian authorities wanted to facilitate the growth of the economy and believed that Fintechs and alternative finance platforms could bring positive changes to the underperforming financial market. So, how can you start a crowdfunding business in Brazil?

Crowdfunding is gaining more and more popularity: the number of active platforms and financing volume grows, and so does the pool of investors willing to generate passive income online. But can startups and businesses totally rely on public crowdfunding only?

Crowdfunding in Australia is really a promising business line and has many crowdfunding platforms operating both debt and equity business models. In this video, we review the top-performing crowdfunding platforms in Australia like Birchal, Equitise, Billfold and others, as well as take a look at how Australian crowdfunding is regulated.

Regulatory authorities require private equity and online investing platforms to perform specific testing of investors to make sure they understand the risks. While in some countries investors can proceed with investing activities even if they fail the test, stricter jurisdictions like the UK deny such investors the ability to engage in high-risk investing activities.

ECSP regulations are adopted now. What will they change and when? It looks like there is very little the platforms can do right away since the technical standards are not approved by the European Commission, and it will take some time.