Interesting question from a blogger today: How is this any different from Metaverse ETP, who already has a working product?

Response from BankEx team: https://medium.com/@bankexcom/thank-you-for-the-feedback-764449436dfc

Hey guys,

It's time to vote on your favorite predictions for Stox Alpha!: Check it out here: https://medium.com/@stoxhq/voting-is-open-5425f1978e8a

Voting will take place between October 13th and October 16th, 2017, 14:00UTC

I would suggest you read this article on airdrops: https://blog.indorse.io/announcing-indorse-airdrop-holders-of-pay-dgd-cdt-and-zrx-to-be-airdropped-ind-tokens-5f09aa7228bf

This is one of the most important parts for you to read: "A snapshot of PAY, DGD, CDT and ZRX token holders was taken on August 18, 2017. Accounts with the equivalent of 3000 Ether or more, and less than .01 ether will be scrubbed to prevent sending tokens to exchange accounts and dust accounts. A maximum of 65,000 IND tokens are to be distributed in this airdrop." So if you held these tokens on or before August 18th, then you qualify.

Also, check out this article: https://blog.indorse.io/extending-ind-airdrop-program-to-include-kyber-network-token-sale-registrants-d7a2408b1fcb

Check out the BANKEX team with advisor David Wachsman at Blockcon 2017: Los Angeles Blockchain Convention:

https://www.facebook.com/BankExchange/posts/751976158260224

This was a pretty significant event for BANKEX to be at; the lineup included speakers from Blockchain Capital, ShapeShift, Civic, Oaken Innovations, Consensys, Deloitte, Microsoft, Daaps,NEM, bitClave and much more...

It's just the nature of the market right now. Everything is pretty much bearish. The project is still very early on in the roadmap, and beta has not even been released yet.

I would encourage you to check out the following articles to get a better understanding of the project:

Roadmap:ttps://medium.com/@stoxhq/stox-roadmap-4f587b54a2f8

Recent news: https://medium.com/@stoxhq/stox-on-bancor-3baef1f0286b

As you can see we are currently in early Q4 2017 and some of the goals have already been met (Bancor Integration, First decentralized predictions).

Also, take a look at this article while you're at it: https://medium.com/@fermanto12/stox-vs-gnosis-vs-augur-506997c230dd

Hey all!

I've been working with the AmaZix team for approximately two months now and I can honestly say it's been fantastic.

The team is friendly, flexible with scheduling, fun, knowledgeable and always willing to help. Working in a remote environment with a global team can be tough sometimes, but this team really makes everything that much more enjoyable.

Some of my responsibilities over the past few months include, but are not limited to: Moderating the channels; running deep dive analysis to help support clients; setting up bot administration; working directly with high profile clients to enhance customer experience and drive ICO sales; expanding my overall knowledge of blockchain technology.

If you are interested in joining an innovative, fun and flexible team, please contact us! We are looking for people with all different types of experience. The best part is, no matter how much or little experience you have, the opportunities for growth within the team are there.

Looking forward to seeing you guys on the dark side 

With the excitement of the Binance voting finally over, I thought it would be good to send a reminder to the community about the roadmap that was recently posted on the team's Medium blog October 3rd.

Check it out the STOX Roadmap: https://medium.com/@stoxhq/stox-roadmap-4f587b54a2f8

Also-get ready for the smart token activation next week


2017 Q4

• Stox V 2.0
• Web application connected to Ethereum testnet
• Bancor Integration

2018 Q1

• Stox V 2.1 (KYC, Oracle, Prediction Management)
• Marketing

2018 Q2

• Stox Prediction Platform Beta 1.0 (API, Hackathon)
• Invest.com Customer Network (first operator)
• Marketing

2018 Q3

• Stox Production 1.0
• Transfer to Ethereum net
• Mobile 1.0 (beta version launch)
• invest.com Customer Network
• Marketing

2018 Q4

• Stox Production 1.1
• Standalone 1.0
• Mobile 2.0 (live version launch)
• External Operators (outside parties invited to use Stox Platform)

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Hey guys,

Check out the recent medium post from the team on An In-Depth Explainer on the unsold STU Liquidation Process- Post ICO:

https://medium.com/bitjob/an-in-depth-explainer-on-the-unsold-stu-liquidation-process-post-ico-c95416ffc2b5

The article brings some clarification to the following:

(1)What will be done with the unsold tokens
(2) Important facts about the affiliate program

Join the discussion on Telegram for additional follow-up or questions:  https://t.me/bitjob

Hey guys,

Check out the Indorse team's latest blog from yesterday:

Building Indorse — Background, Token Sale & Future

https://blog.indorse.io/building-indorse-background-token-sale-future-2dd8b71cfdc9

It's a very interesting article and you'll find answers to questions such as:

• Why they did the Token Sale
• Importance of IND tokens
• What the future holds

Exciting future for this team..

The public sale will be announced sometime next week by the team. It will be near the end of October  .

I would suggest monitoring the latest news and project development on Bankex' official Telegram: https://t.me/bankex

UPDATE: Nadine Damblon, CEO, will be a speaker at the fintech 20 event in Dublin, Ireland on October 26th.
Please take a look at the event for more information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-irish-tech-news-fintech-20-ireland-event-2017-tickets-37031029807

Check out the recent messages from Guy Benartzi on Telegram... Looks like Web3 Protocol integration went live today!!! You can easily buy Bancor from web3 protocol wallets now (e.g., parity) directly from Bancor..

Guy: "Folks... We have a little surprise for you. UX is starting to roll out. Still a few kinks and only BNT activated at the moment for easy buy and sell, but Web3 integration is live! We will do a formal blog post about it on the 21st. And of course this is just the beginning of many rapid product iterations to come, but we now have a base we are comfortable working off of with real tokens on MainNet using Bancor protocol.
But in the meantime, any volunteers want to help test it out and share your thoughts?
app.bancor.network"

As for next steps...
Guy: "We will add smart tokens and token changers to the UX as they activate. Next major milestone, self service creation and APIs."

I've read the whitepaper in it's entirety and am a big fan of the team. From what I've seen out there, nothing exists like this project. Here's why...

If you are comparing Sharpe Capital to projects like Numeraire (which there have been many comparisons); Sharpe is very different to Numerai for 2 reasons. Firstly, Sharpe will run their own proprietary quantitative models on a cloud-hosted architecture. Numerai is "crowdsourcing" models in an attempt to reduce overfitting, this probably wont work - what if all of the models are really overfitted?

Secondly, Sharpe offers an additional way to earn ETH, by providing forward-looking asset sentiment. Did you see the recent blog post with the Sharpe mobile app designs? By linking the sentiment to proof-of-stake and reputation, they are basically able to ensure they are sourcing the highest possible sentiment. Checkout section 6 of the whitepaper for more detail on this.

The sentiment gives Sharpe other revenue streams, such as selling data feeds to hedge funds, something I'm not aware Numeraire are doing. Quantitative modelling alone is not good enough to predict future stock prices, without a way to accurately measure investor sentiment. Taking into account investor sentiment essentially solves the problem.

A few other noteworthy competitors to mention: (1) Santiment; (2) Xinfin. In regards to Santiment, some of their revenue streams are comparable to Sharpe's. Sharpe seeks to capture investor response to consumed media at a cognitive-behavioural level, as opposed to merely infer 'posifive' and 'negative' sentiment from that media. In reference to Xinfin, they are offering an enterprise grade private Blockchains. Sharpe plans to offer this too, only it's being built on top of the Trustless Ledger System (one of the golden nuggets in this project), to offer blockchain based internal auditing/transactional solutions.

Also, make sure to check out a recent article they posted: https://medium.com/@sharpecapital/sharpe-capitals-place-in-the-fintech-space-b220770a04fd

The ground-breaking protocol for providing liquidity to tokens on the Ethereum blockchain provided by Bancor is shaping the future of new altcoins.
 
KickCity, a synthesis of Facebook and Slack on Blockhain, is one of the many coins that will embrace the Bancor protocol, which means that the market participants will always be able to liquidate or purchase tokens without having to find a counterparty to buy or sell the tokens.
 
KikCity will basically create Blockchain value communities that will allow for exchange of information and value simultaneously. They are having a presale on 4th October 2017, so if you want to learn more about them and their team, make sure to visit their Telegram Channel: https://t.me/kickcity_chat

As you all know, the team behind Bancor has developed a ground-breaking protocol for providing liquidity to tokens on the Ethereum blockchain through the use of currency reserves.

This amazing concept has been noticed by many teams, including Sharpe Capital, the UK based investment fund that uses a proof-of-stake and proof-of-reputation crowdsourcing sentiment platform, and quantitative trading model to achieve better risk-adjusted returns than traditional funds. Sharpe Capital aims to be the new gold standard for hedge fund management, leveraging blockchain technology to provide low barrier to entry, high liquidity, anonymity, anti-corruption mechanisms and international access.

Sharpe Capital is creating a full blown smart token on the Bancor network, and is putting substantial reserves into BNT.

Join the Sharpe Capital Telegram channel here, and ask the founders Lewis and James any questions here: https://t.me/sharpecapital

The ground-breaking protocol for providing liquidity to tokens on the Ethereum blockchain provided by Bancor is shaping the future of new altcoins.

Sharpe Capital is one of the first who will embrace the Bancor protocol, which means that the market participants will always be able to liquidate or purchase Sharpe’s SHP tokens without having to find a counterparty to buy or sell the tokens.
 
Sharpe Capital is an innovative blockchain startup, crowdsourcing the world’s best asset sentiment via the Ethereum blockchain. Users of the Sharpe Platform earn Ether rewards in exchange for their opinions about global equity markets.
 
With its upcoming token sale, Sharpe Capital will expand operations and allow consumer investors, hedge funds and institutional investors to profit from a best in class investment fund, while maintaining high levels of trust via a decentralised ‘trustless’ immutable trade ledger.

To learn more about the project and meet the team, visit the Sharpe Capital Telegram Channel: https://t.me/sharpecapital

Hey guys,

Great looking project with a ton of promise; from looking at your comparison chart and participating in some of the other group chats, it appears to have a unique appeal in the prediction market. I also really enjoy how much you interact with the community.

Hoping you can answer a couple questions:

1. What will your allocation of funds look like following the token generation event? How much are you dedicating to marketing, devops, security, expansion of physical space?
2. There's lots of tough technical concepts to break down here that I think some people may have trouble comprehending. How do your short term and long term marketing strategies look like to appeal to the masses?

Looking forward to your answers
Dan

Patterns observed in 'technical analysis' are generally unreliable due to a large degree of stochasticity. There is no evidence to suggest that technicalism out-performs the market, on average. There are undeniably historical patterns to some extent, despite the well-known observation that future performance cannot be predicted by historical prices. These patterns emerge as a result of the collective cognitive behavioural processes of traders. We go beyond looking at simple positive and negative sentiment, by not only crowd-sourcing actual opinions from those with a proof-of-stake (instead of merely attempting to infer using Natural Language Processing), and we are combining this analysis of social and 'old' media to infer predicted 'investor responses' to the media they consume.

To quote the white paper: "Investor sentiment, whether rational or irrational, causes an asset’s market trading value to deviate from its ’intrinsic’ value as determined by fundamentalist microeconomic indicators. That is, trading is fundamentally driven by human decision-making based on individual traders’ beliefs, perception and confidence levels." - It is this process responsible for technicalism, and therefore we incorporate these processes at a far more fundamental level.