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Cryptocurrency Downside Protection - USE the Blockchain This week saw the value of the US Dollar continue to drop with significant depreciation expected next year. Combined with how the Bitcoin’s USD value has driven the cryptocurrency value below $5,000 for the first time in 13 months, investors are seriously considering their options. As the sell-off continues, cryptocurrencies versus USD plunge to prices, which haven’t been seen in 18 months. Similarly, USD market caps of crypto "platforms", such as VeChain, NEO and EOS all tumble in a similar fashion. Looking at crypto "businesses", such as Binance and OmiseGO, their market caps have also plummeted in line with the fall of Bitcoin and Ethereum - the two kings of decentralized blockchain cryptocurrencies. Crypto platforms and businesses, it seems, are not immune to a cryptocurrency sell-off, nor can they stand on their own two feet as fundamental operating businesses. Clearly, they are merely seen by investors as pseudo-diversification or mirrors of the two cryptocurrency kings. Answering some fundamental questions, which investors may have, we spoke to the CEO of Talketh, Brian Collins. Do stablecoins offer downside protection? Demand for stablecoins goes up, since they are used as an exchange-trading-pair in the crypto sell-off. Whether stablecoins can be exchanged for actual USD by investors is debatable. However, for now, they are perceived by some, whether rightly or wrongly, as a safe haven in this crypto-bear era. That's all well and good, but how do I, as a blockchain investor, actually protect my downside? Simply put, investors should find a blockchain business or platform token to invest in which will achieve some of the following criteria; (a) Generates USD revenues, because companies that only generate cryptocurrency revenues will always peg their market cap to cryptocurrency. (b) Has legitimate banking arrangements, because companies need to deploy investor cryptocurrency contributions as USD in order to build their USD business. (c) Lists their token on a crypto exchange, because you need an investor exit. Some investors who are worried about their cash and investments might be overwhelmed by the figures involved, so Brian Collins has broken down the math; Consider that you invest $20,000 to buy 20,000 $1 tokens today for 150 ETH (at $133 USDETH) and then, depending on your desired return on investment, you offer your 20,000 tokens on the exchange for $2/each, a 100% return. In the interim, as the business generates USD revenues, Scenario (A); Ether (USDETH) drops by 50% to $66; you sell your 20,000 tokens at $2 each and receive 606 ETH and cash-out to $40,000 at your preferred cryptocurrency exchange. Scenario (B); Ether (USDETH) rallies by 50% to $200; you sell your 20,000 tokens at $2 each and receive 200 ETH and cash-out to $40,000 at your preferred cryptocurrency exchange. Blockchain businesses that generate USD are immune to cryptocurrency swings. Therefore, if you believe in the business's fundamentals and management team, then investing your cryptocurrency with them is a very sound blockchain investment strategy. So, consider investing at least part of your cryptocurrency portfolio, or part of what you have parked in stablecoin, into a blockchain business with USD revenues. Then list this blockchain token on an exchange at your exit price. Talketh, a USD revenue business whose exchange-listed ERC20 tokens can be purchased at https://talketh.io/
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Cryptocurrency Downside Protection - USE the Blockchain This week saw the value of the US Dollar continue to drop with significant depreciation expected next year. Combined with how the Bitcoin’s USD value has driven the cryptocurrency value below $5,000 for the first time in 13 months, investors are seriously considering their options. As the sell-off continues, cryptocurrencies versus USD plunge to prices, which haven’t been seen in 18 months. Similarly, USD market caps of crypto "platforms", such as VeChain, NEO and EOS all tumble in a similar fashion. Looking at crypto "businesses", such as Binance and OmiseGO, their market caps have also plummeted in line with the fall of Bitcoin and Ethereum - the two kings of decentralized blockchain cryptocurrencies. Crypto platforms and businesses, it seems, are not immune to a cryptocurrency sell-off, nor can they stand on their own two feet as fundamental operating businesses. Clearly, they are merely seen by investors as pseudo-diversification or mirrors of the two cryptocurrency kings. Answering some fundamental questions, which investors may have, we spoke to the CEO of Talketh, Brian Collins. Do stablecoins offer downside protection? Demand for stablecoins goes up, since they are used as an exchange-trading-pair in the crypto sell-off. Whether stablecoins can be exchanged for actual USD by investors is debatable. However, for now, they are perceived by some, whether rightly or wrongly, as a safe haven in this crypto-bear era. That's all well and good, but how do I, as a blockchain investor, actually protect my downside? Simply put, investors should find a blockchain business or platform token to invest in which will achieve some of the following criteria; (a) Generates USD revenues, because companies that only generate cryptocurrency revenues will always peg their market cap to cryptocurrency. (b) Has legitimate banking arrangements, because companies need to deploy investor cryptocurrency contributions as USD in order to build their USD business. (c) Lists their token on a crypto exchange, because you need an investor exit. Some investors who are worried about their cash and investments might be overwhelmed by the figures involved, so Brian Collins has broken down the math; Consider that you invest $20,000 to buy 20,000 $1 tokens today for 150 ETH (at $133 USDETH) and then, depending on your desired return on investment, you offer your 20,000 tokens on the exchange for $2/each, a 100% return. In the interim, as the business generates USD revenues, Scenario (A); Ether (USDETH) drops by 50% to $66; you sell your 20,000 tokens at $2 each and receive 606 ETH and cash-out to $40,000 at your preferred cryptocurrency exchange. Scenario (B); Ether (USDETH) rallies by 50% to $200; you sell your 20,000 tokens at $2 each and receive 200 ETH and cash-out to $40,000 at your preferred cryptocurrency exchange. Blockchain businesses that generate USD are immune to cryptocurrency swings. Therefore, if you believe in the business's fundamentals and management team, then investing your cryptocurrency with them is a very sound blockchain investment strategy. So, consider investing at least part of your cryptocurrency portfolio, or part of what you have parked in stablecoin, into a blockchain business with USD revenues. Then list this blockchain token on an exchange at your exit price. Talketh, a USD revenue business whose exchange-listed ERC20 tokens can be purchased at https://talketh.io/
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I got made a merit source this morning, which was a bit of a surprise since I hadn't ever applied to be one and have stated multiple times that I didn't want to be one. However, since Theymos has seen fit to saddle me with the responsibility, I'll accept it and take it seriously. However, I don't plan to give merits to any old Newbie just for a typical crappy post, i.e., I don't plan to lower the standards that I've always had. What I do plan on doing is finding low-ranked members who actually deserve merits, and I'll pay more attention to noob posts when I see them. Theymos wants these noobs merited even if their posts are just "good". Fortunately we all have different definitions of the word "good" and in my opinion that's the standard I've always tried to uphold. I just happen to have high standards when it comes to what's good. I'll be on the lookout for good posts, as I'm sure all the new and old merit sources will be. We've got more sMerits to play with, so I don't think this is going to be as bad as it looks in the first 24 hours of the change. newbie hell
I like that. I think I'm going to use that in the future. Careful what we wish for, since meritocratic systems focus on rewarding type which, in turn, forces people to compete for relative position or advantage. I wouldn't be surprised if the newly anointed "merit sources" start to face a deluge of competing, yet compelling (to them), posts appealing to their personal post allegiances. -- A system that measures people on relative as opposed to absolute performance is quite likely to be very time consuming indeed for our merit sources. An analogy is that of everyone at a stadium standing to get a better view. While individually rational, this is wasteful for the group as a whole. When everyone decides (rationally) to put in more resources for the positional good (a better view), relative positions are unchanged but everyone "spends more" just to maintain their relative position. Meritocracy is a good system but it sure ain't perfect  |
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The stats are great, and I hope that the market will recover and if it recovers, the ICOs will collect even more funds in the Q3. But I still do not get the reason, because in this market, almost every ICO is going down, after the exchange listing.
Exchange-listing a companys "concept" is always going to be risky. Without a minimum viable product (MVP) being available, then "early" ICO's are really difficult to value after the initial hype/euphoria/promotion of the "concept". Exchange-listing too soon also has those people that get free (or very cheap) tokens sell them off as fast as they can and move on to the next free play. Nothing wrong with this strategy for the seller but, for the ICO company, it will cause downward pressure on their token-price/market-value. My view is to limit my investments in ICO's that have a significant lock-up period for managements' tokens post-ICO, as this will certainly reduce downward price pressure in the near term. |
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Any thoughts on the general demand for crowdfunding for ICO's for Q3 2018? Q2 was bearish but still drew a massive $8.3 billion in investment! *I'm quite bullish on the ICO space, especially for the companies that have a minimum viable product (MVP) with enough features to satisfy early customers, and to provide feedback for their future product expansion/direction.  *ref: https://ohg.ie/778LC5 |
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Nothing beats doing your own research on the ICO's underlying business concept, its commercial potential and team behind it.
ICO ratings sites are generally well-intentioned paid-promotions but a useful place to find out about upcoming ICO's, in general.
My tip, if the ICO rating site has an "About Us" section and informs visitors of where their business in registered and who are the directors etc., then they are more trustworthy that "anonynmous" ICO promoters.
However, everyone, Caveat Emptor .. do as much research as you can on the ICO company.
* Caveat Emptor: the principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made.
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In this blog article the author really details how they optimized Ethereum gas usage by 95%! >>>> https://www.horizon-globex.com/a-cure-for-gas-optimising-an-ethereum-contract/ <<<< There's some really useful code-snippets and general Ethereum information in there to help us all in our quest to program the best, and most optimized, smart contracts for our Ethereum dApps! Happy Programming everybody |
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ICO's as a whole, grew from $3.3 billion in the first quarter of 2018 to $8.3 billion in the second - a 60% gain.
Pretty amazing.
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An ICO for a dApp that runs it's own DEX; is this a first?  BID's come every time a smartphone app tops up their phone credit with a https://talketh.io crypto-scratch-card. The ICO investor places their own ASK on the company's DEX. Here's the DEX Smart ContractHow awesome! |
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Imagine that 10m people spread across the world used Ethereum three times per year; bringing roughly 30,000 users per day? Would this overwhelm Ethereum or finally kick-start mass adoption of blockchain services?-- Surely mass adoption of a simple blockchain payment solution is what we blockchain enthusiasts seek, especially for the unbanked/underbanked. An Ethereum service designed not to have choke-points like cryptokitties but one with an orderly delivery of transactions throughout a 24 hour period, 7 days a week. There's a company bringing emerging markets a new "pay as you go" calling app that accepts dApp payments on the blockchain using its $5 crypto-scratch-card. They forecast users to spend $15 per year each, i.e. 3x $5 Ethereum transactions. If 10 million users can get something that brings even a small improvement in their daily lives, then this service would generate 30m Ethereuem transactions a year, i.e. 1 Ethereum transaction per second. https://dappradar.com/ shows the reality of dApp usage on Ethereum with approximately 7,500 unique users per day..accross all dApps! -- Mass adoption, what if, indeed ... would love to hear the community's thoughts.  |
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Coin Dev/Admin please apply to SatoExchange. Its free to list coin there. Read below info Dear Members And General Public,We have all put our best to making SatoExchange the best exchange of the people, for the traders. We respect the opinion and interests of members and we have decided we will take time to list your favorite tokens on the exchange freely. Free Coin/Token ListingWe have released the coin listing and voting system. This system provides registered SatoExchange members with ability to list as many as possible of their favorite tokens/coins. All coins listed will now be voted for in a month and the top currencies with highest votes will be listed on our markets after at the end of the month. Top 5 currencies will be listed at the end of each month until this campaign is terminated or put to pause. How To List Your TokenSimply login to your account and click on the VOTE NEW COINS On the VOTE NEW COINS page, click on Add new coin for listing Supply the coin/token information to the best of your knowledge Click Submit Pls note: Your submission will be reviewed and approved or otherwise disapproved by our team. How To Vote Your Favorite TokenSimply login to your account and click on the VOTE NEW COINS Search for your desired coin/token on the list. Click on the Vote button next to the token you want to vote Pls note: You have maximum of 5 votes to cast per month. You can cast all your votes for just 1 token or multiple. It's just your decision. Voting And Listing Eligibility CriteriaTo avoid spam votes we have ensured individuals must be registered, must have at least one deposit and must have made at least one trade in any of our markets to be able to place votes and add coins to the vote list. Each user can vote up to 5 times monthly. Direct ListingIf you want your coin/token to be directly listed without the voting structure please contact our Support Team DisclaimerPlease note that SatoExchange retains the right to adjust any of the details stated here at any time and you will be duly notified. More info at reddit @ https://www.reddit.com/r/Satoexchange/Thanks for the information |
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KYC Required:
- 🇺🇸U.S. Persons: VOX is issued pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation D registration-exemption, subject to Rule 506(c).
- 🌐Rest of World: VOX is designated as a Utility token pursuant to the Swiss financial regulator's ICO guidelines published on Feb 16th, 2018. |
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My identity and the way I treat people make me special.
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Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Angelina Jolie are my favourite actors of all time.
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I will prefer going back to my hometown and never come back.
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i will go back to my school days and will never date the person whom I dated for a year.
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