I've been holding OMG for a while, seeing the price slip to the low $7 region bumping up a little from time to time, just to drop again. The OMG team REALLY should update their site, and do something with Plasma.io which still displays the same basic text with "Draft is in-progress and may be frequently updated in the next week(s)." several months later. I'm still hopeful for this project, but the neglect for their community is pretty stunning.

From what I can see, and that doesn't necessarily mean I'm right, but there seems to be a real lack of PR. If there are good developments happening, they should update their site and make them known to the community. I've been toying with the idea of setting up a node on Amazon on Digital Ocean, but I don't really see the value proposition at the moment.

I love it. Every day I look at CMC and see Power Ledger climbing the ranks. It was floating around the high 70s a few days ago, and is now at number 48. Pretty impressive. Let's hope it can continue at a steady, and perhaps more importantly stable pace.

Hi IDEX dev team, could you post some more content on Twitter? The well is running dry...we need some fresh material to share/retweet!

Tether is great for storing funds if your concerned about the market volatility, but by it's very nature the price is locked at $1, or within fractions of that. What we're looking for from Ripple, as with any other coin/token, is growth. Not stagnation. Ripple has great potential, even if it takes a few years to get there.

Hi Emphy devs, congratulations on the completion of the ICO. I'm also pleased to see the strong performance on Etherdelta. Are there any updates on the bounty distributions?

Looks promising. Have you tied up deals with realtime fiat conversion and credit card companies as yet? Also, what will the utility of the token be? Will it be the currency for the card?

Project looks pretty interesting, and a good alternative to the eBay and Amazon monopolies...three quick questions...

Will the platform exclusively sell goods from startups and smaller firms?

Will the products be focused on tech products, or will there be a wider gamut?

What will the fulfillment model look like?

Appreciate any feedback you can provide.

Some governments are working on their own cryptocurrencies, and then there are things like AML (Anti Money Laundering) Bitcoin - ICO currently active: https://tokensale.amltoken.com/?ref=6f3d1a99044991df29b033b2 that will use US government and FBI checklists to validate user legitimacy and prevent money laundering. They have some pretty good deals tied up with the San Francisco and Panama port authorities, who will be using the AML features to track goods in and out. In addition, if the regulations get really tight, AML Bitcoin should be just fine, as it will already abide to the strictest standards.

I found this on Reddit, which explains (or tries to at least) how the dividends will work. Dividends won't be paid out for a little while yet, but now that the cards are in use, it shouldn't be too long before the transaction volume goes up enough for them to kick in.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TenX/comments/6lyi8g/receiving_the_dividend/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=comment_list

Looking at CMC today, almost ever coin and token in the top 100+ are seeing a solid upswing apart from B3Coin, that's taking a massive nose dive. The good times are back...well, at least for a few hours/days.

Yep, you're spot on there, but still think that exchange adoption would help stem the losses and tip the scales. After all, if there's no trading or perceived value, the ship goes down.

Regarding utility, I have to laugh at some of the pointless tokens launching over the last few weeks. One of the most egregious ones I saw recently had a roadmap that goes a little something like this...Generate basic ECR20 token > build amateurish website > conduct airdrop > conduct token sale > list on Etherdelta > bounty program > 2nd airdop > get listed on other exchanges. Sad thing is, that quite a lot of people seem to be falling for it. Complete money grab, with no raison d'etre, that anyone with the slightest skills could throw together in a day or two.

Tierion has real utility, but needs adoption - or at least more publicity around their wins, especially with competitors like Protex jumping into the same space. Maybe the competition will be a good thing, and spark some more action and PR.

There's some truth in what you say, but I don't think it's that straight forward. Banks currently make a lot of money, especially merchant banks and brokers from the exorbitantly high fees they charge. New FinTech companies using blockchain are going to seriously disrupt their revenue streams. Take Trade.io for instance (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2367245.0) who's trading platform will allow traders to trade not just cryptos, but also Forex, Commodities and Equities to name a few, with minimal fees.

Retail (or high-street) banks also rely heavily on lending, transfer and penalty fees, and like the merchant banks, have lost a lot of credibility in the public eye. Take the WellsFargo fiasco for instance. Complete erosion of trust. So do people still trust banks to store their wealth? Somewhat, but trust is declining rapidly due to illegal and predatory practices.

Many nation states are, as others have mentioned on here, are in the process of developing crypto versions of their fiat currencies. Once they do, cryptos will become fully main stream and accessible via mobile payment systems and crypto linked credit/debit cards. Once that happens, the impact on traditional banking will be down to whether they adapt and become more transparent, or try to push back like some of the luddites that have been so vocal recently, and get replaced by new nimbler institutions.

Hello FUDDers! Thanks for the airdrop, glad to see it go through. Any word on the when the 3rd round will be active?

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Guys, you don't need to list all your Tweets/Retweets in the thread. They're vetting them directly.

There's been a lot of volatility recently due to the BTC hard-forks, CME and Man Group hedge funds getting ready to jump in etc. resulting in a lot of people selling their alts at a loss, and buying BTC at record highs in the hopes of getting free coins from the forks - losing more $$ value in the process. For me I saw it as an opportunity to buy more alts at a whopping discount. As a simple rule of thumb, buy alts when BTC rises (hopefully you have some BTC in reserve, so that you don't miss out on potential forks/bumps), sell BTC for USD when it's at it's highest and buy back when it drops, sell alts when BTC is low and you can get the highest sat value. XRP like a lot of other alts is a long tail investment, the key thing is to avoid panic, or greed selling. In essence, do the opposite of what the masses are doing, you'll probably gain more in the long run.

Your a day early mate. Airdrop distribution starts tomorrow (e.g. the 18th).

I have to agree with Pit on this, TNT needs to be listed on more credible exchanges. Binance, Bitfinex, Bittrex, Poloniex etc. The lack of trade exposure is killing me. Seeing a slow steady decline in price with no real uptick in sight. Still holding in the hopes that it will eventually take off, but it needs some help. Network updates aren't enough, we need to see commercial adoption and more exchanges for it to do so.

Their blog post didn't specify, but I'd assume East Coast. Should be done by now. Now we'll just have to wait and see if it has support.