There has been a lot of hype for blockchain platforms seeking to make decentralized financial applications a reality. I think Hashgard, one of the projects still in its early stages is bound to make a huge impact this year. Already a lot of hype sorrounding the project, with airdrops and lots of activities for the community to earn up to 15% of the circulating supply. more on hashgard airdrop in this blog post here  https://medium.com/@nibuprajoo/hashgard-airdrop-is-live-%EF%B8%8F-200-000-000-tokens-to-be-won-will-it-be-the-next-ont-7de272e6b3cf

https://www.reddit.com/r/huobi/comments/8kv9x1/crypto_asset_market_prospects_according_to_huobi/ market research by HUobi academy of Blockchain application on the generalcryptocurrency market sentiment

I love the project Elastos, has not relatively moved in the past couple of days. Anyone have any ideas of important milestones around the corner or anything that a potential investor should take into consideration

Kyber Network will be one of the attendees at the Blockchain Festival Vietnam. Here is a rating by independent rating agency DRC on Kyber Network https://steemit.com/kyber/@neferpitou/independent-rating-report-of-kyber-network-by-drc. Worth a read
Overall grade A(76)

An advertising blockchain protocol with a working product currently in use today, DATx
Purchases can be done on HADAX only currently
https://steemit.com/datx/@neferpitou/datx-s-blockchain-solution-for-today-s-advertising-industry

 An informative article on LITEX working by circumventing traditional payment processors VISA and Mastercard https://steemit.com/litex/@neferpitou/cryptocurrency-payments-without-visa-or-mastercard-enter-litex

This week's Huobi Talk features Datx, a blockchain advertising platform. MOre infomation on the episode can be found here https://steemit.com/datx/@neferpitou/huobi-talk-featuring-datx-17-may-datx-airdrop-to-viewers

AM a huge Cybermiles fan, according to Krypital news outlet on telegram, the first DAPP on Cybermiles has been launched, CarLife. It is amazing. Cybermiles testnet is live. All-time high was about $0.6.
Cybermiles also recently won an award. I think it is going to be a huge project this year

Huobi exchange is one of the top 3 exchanges out there. Its subsidiary Hadax gives you an opportunity to invest in highly risky high reward opportunities
You can now be able to margin trade on Huobi with a leverage of up to 3x. It is very easy follow the steps https://medium.com/@VictorON/margin-trading-for-cryptocurrencies-at-huobi-pro-a47761f3ced9

Ontology has made headlines since listing at the beginning of March. Advertising itself as a platform of platforms, Ontology seeks to restore trust using a trustless system. I have written two comprehensive articles about Ontology here https://medium.com/@VictorON/ontology-pioneering-trust-for-the-smart-economy-ed478bcea698 and https://medium.com/@VictorON/huobi-talk-featuring-ontology-10-may-ont-airdrop-to-viewers-3cb2fef677ea

I have broken down how any trader can join Huobi today and take advantage of the crazy cheap transaction fees here. Any trader can be able to reduce transaction fees by as much as 90% using simple easy to follow steps that I have outlined here https://medium.com/@VictorON/why-trading-on-huobi-earns-more-profit-for-you-df7a655e66d3Using

Since Cortex broke Coinmarketcap top 100 a few weeks ago and reached a high of about 2.4$ it has corrected quite a bit. I love the project but the imminent exchange listing with MAN make me feel I should FOMO on MAN. Cortex seems good but seems to have no hype. What do you think?

Hadax voting works by listing the top 3 projects. By becoming number three, this will give MAN a chance to be listed on Hadax, and if certain conditions are met Huobi. I believe this is the last opportunity for anyone to stack on MAN while it is still cheap, hype is rising

Takeaways from the recent conference
(1) Maybe no 2nd ICO
(2) 10,000 MAN min for masternode
(3) Slip about Japanese gov partnership
(4) Testnet 9/2018 with prototype natural language smart contracts
 (5) Goal is international project and decentralized (dig at $EOS) $MAN

Amazing project ICO stats
Private Sale:
Until 25th May (Inquire for Details): privatesale@uncloak.io

Token Pre-Sale
Date: May 25th - 25th June (or as long as supply lasts)

Total Raise $21m

WEBSITE - https://uncloak.io/
MEDIUM - https://medium.com/@Uncloak.io
TWITTER - https://twitter.com/Uncloakio

Launched early this year and sitting on a marketcap of about 130m$ I think Huobi token is a steal right now. With buybacks happening every quarter, the value of HT can only go up.
Circulating supply: 50m

https://medium.com/@VictorON/6-incentives-to-have-huobi-tokens-in-your-portfolio-31e26233ba14

Are there any project specific implications when the implementation of waves smart contracts goes live? Are we going to see the valuation of waves projects rise because they can now harness the power of waves smart contracts?

Cortex has had a lot of volume recently though it was lying under the radar for a while.
ICO around $0.50, single private placement, no bonuses to any investor.

Strengths of this coin
Implementation of AI smart contracts, which are more powerful that the current Ethereum smart contracts
An online marketplace for Artificial intelligence models, run on the Cortex Virtual Machine

More on Cortex here https://medium.com/@VictorON/a-look-into-cortexlabs-ai-platform-9b73a7bb4040
Website http://www.cortexlabs.ai/

How is bitcoin traded over the counter, when I hear about whales purchasing bitcoin over the counter for example, how are those transactions organized?

i entered crypto around August last year, it has been a rollercoaster that has seen my portfolio drop significantfly for holding too long but in the process i have learnt so much i want to take my second chance beginning this bear market. I want to be a mid-term not day trader and go all in in some of the recently listed projects that have not multiplied significanlty. then go for the huge caps that are a bit more stable. Am jst learning, not sure how to approach taking profit yet, i dont live off my crypto earnings, planning on digging into this after a year or two when i am done with campus. other helpful pointers to prepare for the potential bull market

am i being too paranoid when i feel having to share our social media in order to take part in some of the bounty programs is a bit too much exposure, i mean our cover in this forum feels pseudonymous. for instance it is easier to trace our online presence. or is that a necessary risk?