EQUITY SECURITIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Investments and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Equity Securities without Readily Determinable Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The impairments and downward adjustments for the period related to equity securities without readily determinable fair values at September 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,					Nine months ended September 30,
	2020		2019			2020		2019
Impairments and downward adjustments of equity securities without readily determinable fair values	$	—	$	(2,750	)	$	—	$	(5,708	)

Debt Securities, Trading, and Equity Securities, FV-NI [Table Text Block]

The portion of unrealized gains and losses for the period related to equity securities with readily determinable fair value still held at September 30, 2020 and 2019 is calculated as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
Net losses recognized during the period on equity securities and marketable securities	$	(813	)	$	(700	)	$	(3,268	)	$	(1,818	)
Less: Net gains recognized during the period on equity securities and marketable securities sold	—			—			2,161			—
Unrealized losses during the reporting period on equity securities and marketable securities still held	$	(813	)	$	(700	)	$	(5,429	)	$	(1,818	)

Equity Security Ownership Interest [Table Text Block]

The following table includes our equity method securities and ownership interest as of September 30, 2020:

	Ownership interest
Bitt Inc.	21%
Boston Security Token Exchange LLC	50%
Chainstone Labs, Inc.	29%
FinClusive Capital, Inc.	12%
GrainChain, Inc.	18%
Medici Land Governance, Inc.	35%
Minds, Inc.	23%
PeerNova, Inc.	11%
SettleMint NV	29%
Spera, Inc.	19%
VinX Network Ltd.	29%
Voatz, Inc.	20%

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the net losses recognized on equity method securities included in Other expense, net in our consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Net loss recognized on our proportionate share of the net losses of our equity method securities and amortization of the basis difference	$	5,896	$	1,864	$	11,909	$	4,922
Impairments on equity method securities	813		—		813		1,256
Net loss recognized during the period on equity method securities sold	—		—		—		524