DropDeck.io Press Release
“Everyone wants to fund promising companies. DropDeck wants to remove the barriers that keep average funders away from the greatest opportunities,” said the CEO Alon Vo, “There are a lot of existing platforms for you to do that, but we want to build your favorite one. DropDeck is the one-stop shop that changes the way people fund companies worldwide.”

https://medium.com/dropdeck/press-release-c260a75d5c7e

World’s Leading Crypto Exchange Binance Partners With Uplive – Asia’s Premier Live Video Platform

BINANCE, the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchange, which was recently ranked the top exchange in the world by 24 hour volume, has partnered with Asia’s premier high-end live video platform Uplive, to bring Uplive’s over 20 million users to the Binance platform. https://venturebeat.com/2017/12/28/worlds-leading-crypto-exchange-binance-partners-with-uplive-asias-premier-live-video-platform/

You’ll be surprised: a very unusual ICO will be launched in the nearest future

nvesting in something you cannot touch or see is very risky — that is the reason why many investors avoid “virtual” projects. That’s why today we won’t talk about common teams engaged in development of programs or games, but about a team whose product is not only unparalleled on the ICO market, but also in high demand all over the world.

Tomorrow is coming in 2018
Everybody would like to have an endless supply of resources, be it energy, health, fuel in your car’s tank, or just a charged battery on the phone. Some kind of a “Genie in a Bottle”. Some time ago, it was difficult for mankind to imagine flights into space — now it’s reality.

https://blog.synthestech.com/youll-be-surprised-a-very-unusual-ico-will-be-launched-in-the-nearest-future-41f89d966648

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSBS_oNR8dA

Recently the team of our project visited a special event, where a lot of unique ICOs were represented. We talked with some of their founders and asked about current cryptomarket problems. Watch and tell us, what do you think about it?

Check for updates at our website and in social media!
Join Pre-ICO and test the platform in action: www.coinplace.pro

Pre-ICO stage: Deсember 5 — Januar 31 2018
ICO stage: February 2018 (the exact date will be announced later)

A Beginners Guide to Arbidex

Here is a short instruction on Arbidex MVP.

Please, be aware that all of the modules function in test mode. Official platform launch is planned for January 30 or later. You can always ask any questions via e-mail support@arbidex.ch.

1. Registration

To register on the platform you’ll need to input your e-mail and create a password (at least 8 symbols, upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols). After that, you’ll receive a letter with a confirmation of your registration, click a link in a message to proceed.

2. Profile

Account.

This page shows your balances in BTC, ETH and ABX. Right now you can deposit funds to the addresses you see near the currency name. It is recommended to send not more than 0,1 BTC or its ETH equivalent. Later we’ll create an opportunity of buying ABX tokens straight from a user profile.

Below the balances window, you can see your referral link. The user can submit his referral link to register a new user to receive 10% of his referrals profit.

Also in the “Account” tab, you can send some of your balance to the automatic arbitrage.

For this, you need transfer some of your cryptocurrency to the arbitrage with «Charge» button.

Starting from the next day, a deposit in arbitrage will increase 0.2% per day.

To withdraw funds, you need to pass your account verification.

Verification.

For verification, you need to enter your name, date of birth and citizenship. And also you need to attach 3 identity documents (for example, a passport, ID and driver’s license), as well as your photo with one of the documents, and a sheet with the handwritten sign «ARBIDEX, your name, date».

Then you need to wait for the confirmation of verification. You will receive an e-mail when it is completed.

Security.

Here you can change the account password, confirm your phone number and configure 2FA.

3. TRADE

In the “Trade” window, the user can trade in all the integrated exchanges and currency pairs in single-window mode.

On the left, there is a list of integrated exchanges: Bitfinex, Bittrex, Wex, Poloniex. By clicking on any of it, the user gets access to order book, currency pairs, order history of the selected stock exchange.

4. SWT

SWT — Single Window Trading.

This section allows the user to buy or sell cryptocurrency at the best rate. The automatic algorithm compares courses on all integrated exchanges and highlights the best for the user at the moment. Green colour highlights the most profitable buy/sell rate. For now, there is only the BTC/USDT currency pair, but we’ll add more of them in the nearest future.

The MIX button allows you to make a mixed buy or sell operation of the required volume by cryptocurrency in orderbooks of integrated exchanges. This allows the user to get the most profitable rate.

At the bottom of the page, you can see the history of the executed orders.

5. Chains

In this section, the user can see a list of arbitrage chains and the total profitability of ARBIDEX System for the last days. In the future, we’ll create a calendar with a more in-depth history.

https://medium.com/@arbidexpromo/a-beginners-guide-to-arbidex-f5ba02137cee

David Goldsmith Joins NTOK.io as Advisor

This is a paid-for submitted press release. CCN does not endorse, nor is responsible for any material included below and isn’t responsible for any damages or losses connected with any products or services mentioned in the press release. CCN urges readers to conduct their own research with due diligence into the company, product or service mentioned in the press release.
 
https://www.ccn.com/david-goldsmith-joins-ntok-io-advisor/

Important Information about receiving the dividends for Q4'17

o get dividends for Q4'17, you should store CSNO tokens on your private Ethereum address during the snapshot which will be made with the first block on Jan 1, 2018, 00:00 GMT+0.

After 1 January we will fix information about token holders. This data is permanent and won’t be updated or changed if you were late to send the tokens, there’s no way to fix that.

We will publish the quarterly report in January with financial data and what has been done with the first three months after the ICO. Meanwhile please withdraw your tokens to your private address.

https://medium.com/@BitDice/important-information-about-receiving-the-dividends-for-q417-bcfd2f1a7632

Waves to launch blockchain venture capital fund

Over the course of 2017, bitcoin has regularly featured in the headlines of the mainstream media thanks to its meteoric rise in value. Bitcoin’s startling growth has outpaced all conventional asset classes — though ICO-led crypto assets have outperformed even bitcoin over the past year. The first futures products and institutional interest have helped legitimise what was once seen as a niche or geeks’ plaything — or worse, a tool for criminals.

Bitcoin’s prominence has brought with it venture capital and hedge fund investment, with established fund managers recognising not only its stellar growth but the long-term potential that this suite of technologies holds to disrupt traditional financial and business practices and models. Blockchain offers advantages across a wide range of applications and sectors, from finance and real estate to medicine and data storage.

Now, the Waves platform will play a major role in creating a new blockchain venture product. The Basics Fund is dedicated to investment in blockchain infrastructure and combines the best of venture funds and hedge funds — investing in a diversified portfolio of promising start-up projects in the blockchain space. Assets and activity will include established crypto-assets and pre-sale ICO tokens, as well as arbitrage and event-oriented trading.

https://blog.wavesplatform.com/waves-to-launch-blockchain-venture-capital-fund-92eb48d96098

CREDITS team member visited Global Blockchain Conference

CREDITS Executive director Debasis De has represented our project at Global Blockchain Conference in New Delhi, India. The event was held in NDMC Convention Centre on 17-19 December. Global Blockchain Conference brought developers, education institutes, experts, researchers, government, enthusiasts and companies dealing with Blockchain technologies together to discuss common problems faced by them and try to come up with proposed solutions. Besides, startups showcased their innovative solutions to common blockchain problems faced by society.

https://credits.com/en/Home/NewsItem/1180

The first cryptocurrency that allows everyone to participate in the fight against Climate Change. Democratizing the carbon markets through Blockchain Technology. Becoming the first carbon zero cryptocurrency in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRGXiYSWQU

ICON Annual Summit + Mainnet Launch + Release Candidate

It’s been a very exciting week for all of us. ICON has the global crypto/blockchain community by storm receiving tweets like this or articles like this. We want to thank our community members for your patience and understanding over the past couple of months. Believe us when we say that we know that days or weeks can feel extremely long. We are with you on this. However, what really matters in the end is that the ICON team delivered exceptional results and we will continue to work hard to bring ONLY exceptional results going forward.

Today, we are excited to inform our community members on ICON’s 1st Annual Summit, Mainnet launch, and Release Candidate (RC) deployment.

n January 31, 2018, ICON team will host our 1st ICON Annual Summit titled “The Genesis”, appropriately at one of the most iconic, tallest skyscrapers in the world — Lotte World Tower. Also appropriately, this event is timed just before the Lunar New Year.

We have invited blockchain experts, entrepreneurs, influencers, and other key decision-makers from around the globe to showcase our latest technical development including Mainnet, 2018 roadmap, and introduce a number of DApps that will run on top of the ICON network. ICON team has strived to “Hyperconnect the World”, and this day will mark the beginning of a new era, the birth of the ICON Network ecosystem.

https://medium.com/helloiconworld/icon-annual-summit-mainnet-launch-release-candidate-6a6c5b5d86da

Connectius ICO News. We extend our ICO until January 20, 2018

Due to the upcoming holiday season in the USA the vast majority of venture capital funds we are currently working with are unplugging from work for two weeks. To maintain maximum productivity, we’ve decided to extend Connectius token sales until January 20, 2018.

Furthermore, we have fixed a token price at 1 USD during the whole ICO period. If you’ve already purchased tokens at a price higher than 1 USD, the corresponding amount of tokens will be transferred to your wallet. If you’ve purchased tokens for a lesser price or for 1 USD, your account balance will remain the same. We are happy to answer any further questions you may have in our official social media groups.

ICO Sales end on January 20, 2018.

https://medium.com/@connectius/connectius-ico-news-we-extend-our-ico-until-january-20-2018-815ed483a0e9

They see the potential’: why J-Lo and Gillette want a piece of the eSports action

If there are any doubts that computer games can become a mainstream spectator sport, then Jennifer Lopez and Stan Kroenke are not listening.

The superstar singer and Arsenal’s majority shareholder have both put money into eSports teams, as the gaming competitions with millions of followers worldwide aim for even greater public appeal. Lopez has bought into a team franchise for the new Overwatch League, in which teams from cities such as Seoul, San Francisco and London play Overwatch, a mass-participation shooting game. The global competition for the game, which launches in January, also includes the LA Gladiators, run by Kroenke, a serial sports entrepreneur.

Lopez and Kroenke are not alone. A host of top sport stars are investing in eSports franchises, including the Formula One driver Fernando Alonso and the former basketball player Magic Johnson. When the US-based SportsBusiness Journal released its annual list of the 50 most influential people, 10 were from eSports. Meanwhile, the International Olympic Committee has taken a big step towards recognising the pursuit as a sport, opening up the possibility that eSports could feature in the 2024 Paris Olympics two years after it makes its debut at the Asian Games.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2017/dec/25/esports-jennifer-lopez-gillette-audi-mercedes-benz-a-piece-of-the-action

Okey launches REQ today
https://twitter.com/RequestNetwork/status/945348802810130432

We are launching Populous(PPT), OpenANX(OAX), Request Token(REQ), Enigma(ENG), ICONOMI(ICN)! Please take note of the following go-live schedules:

1. PPT, OAX, REQ, ENG, ICN deposit - 16:00 Dec 25, 2017 (Hong Kong Time)

2. PPT, OAX, REQ, ENG, ICN spot trading - 16:00 Dec 26, 2017 (Hong Kong Time)

3. PPT, OAX, REQ, ENG, ICN withdrawal - Dec 27, 2017 (Hong Kong Time)

As the transaction of digital assets involve extensive risks, you are reminded to assess your risk tolerance before participating in these trades.

As always, OKEx will do all it takes to provide you with the best products and services.

OKEx

December 25, 2017

Susanne Morgan joins NTOK.io as an Advisor

As an educational platform, we value academic rigour and research-based approach, and Susanne’s over 40 years of experience in academia and education consulting are invaluable to NTOK.

Susanne joined us after recognizing the rising importance of online environments when it comes to the future of education. “In the next five years, we’ll see more peer-to-peer experiences in education. In my 40 years of experience in higher education, every 10 years there’s better focus on individual learner,” said Morgan. “This model of peer-to-peer support takes that even further, I believe that’s the direction things are going. The industry needs flexibility for better individual student learning and getting the resources of teachers and tutors to the individual students, without having to have the physical people together at all times,” she added.

https://btcgeek.com/susanne-morgan-ntok-io-advisor/

Why Eidoo Is Hot! [The J Show]

Why Eidoo is hot! Video by @Crypto_Daily. Hi guys! On today's episode of the J Show we discuss Eidoo, a coin that I had on my top 5 list from last weeks video. Enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLAxs_9Maic

Retainly Partners with Pundi X to multiply benefits of consumers & merchants

Pundi X and Retainly have entered into a partnership that will allow both companies to complement each other in terms of both business and technology.

Pundi X will be able to offer loyalty bonus to consumers who transact on their POS devices. In addition to additional bonus on every transaction, consumers will also be able to pay for goods and services with the RETN stored in their wallet. The Merchants using PundiX POS devices will be able to significantly increase the number of transactions thereby reducing the return on investment period on the POS devices, not to mention the additional business from happy consumers.

For Retainly, which was till now focused on providing their loyalty platform to online businesses alone, will now also be able to extend their memberships to physical stores. With no additional overheads, this is a true win-win situation for everyone.

Loyalty programs are the cornerstone of all B2C businesses and this joint venture will be of great value to businesses who have not yet been able to see a break even in their Loyalty Marketing Programs.

As a part of this MOU, Pundi X POS devices to be placed at Retainly client locations globally, Retainly (RETN) token will be listed in the Pundi X Platform and made available for purchase/sale and acceptable with Retainly clients and all Pundi X merchants. 10 Retainly (RETN) tokens to be distributed free to each wallet (investor) of Pundi X during the initial promotional period.

https://themerkle.com/retainly-partners-with-pundi-x-to-multiply-benefits-of-consumers-merchants/

Happy to report 99% of the original BQX commemorative tokens are SHIPPED!!! Some P.O. boxes will require addresses, just a few.  Sorry for the delays with customs. https://twitter.com/Ethos_io/status/944712616496193536

Blockchain - PIVX Basics - Ep1 (PIVX Class)

This video is on how digital money like PIVX or Bitcoin can be valued just like fiat currencies like the U.S. Dollar. We also go over how these digital monies secure themselves using the Blockchain.

If you are new to digital or Cryptocurrencies. This series may help you learn some of the basics. It is specifically about PIVX, but much of the information applies to most Cryptocurrencies. This is the first episode, so it's a great place to start!

I would like to give special thanks and credit to Amanda B. Johnson. Her Dash School series is the inspiration for creating this channel. I would like to credit her in particular for this video as my explanations are derivative of hers. She did a great job

Short History of Salt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

Thank you to the community members that helped with the video as well. I appreciate you all very much.

https://steemit.com/pivx/@pivx/blockchain-pivx-basics-ep1-pivx-class

Ink Protocol and Quantstamp Partner Up to Deliver Secure Decentralized Reputation & Payments for Marketplaces



Today we are excited to announce a partnership with Quantstamp to secure our Ink Protocol Smart Contract! Our team has been a fan of Quantstamp for some time and are impressed not only with their technology but also with their approach to building and supporting their community. Their Proof-of-Caring initiative directly rewarded the most active and passionate community members and is a model for how communities should be built.

The Ink Protocol Smart Contract works to enable decentralized reputation. The contract handles every Ink Protocol transaction, including the payment, escrow, optional dispute resolution, and of course feedback and reputation. All feedback is tied to a verified purchase on the Ethereum blockchain, so security is not just important, it is the foundation of every transaction.

Quantstamp is a scalable security-audit protocol designed to find vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts. We will be using their technology and community to perform a full security audit on Ink Protocol. Their proof-of-audit protocol will ensure that Ink is bug-free and secure. After the audit is complete, the audit report will be publicly available for the entire community to see.

Like Quantstamp, Ink Protocol is all about fostering a genuinely supportive community of users that will keep the network growing and strong. To this end, we are even more excited to announce that we will be showing our appreciation to the most supportive and passionate members of the Quantstamp community by airdropping 2% of the total Ink Protocol Token (XNK) supply to them over the course of several months. Ink protocol is committed to compliance, Quantstamp community members from the US, Canada and China are currently ineligible for these airdrops — for the time being — we will make sure to update you when there is an update.

https://medium.com/@PayWithInk/ink-protocol-and-quantstamp-partner-up-to-deliver-secure-decentralized-reputation-payments-for-56da9d8cfe43