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[5 Simple Steps;]

So thought i could be of help to the newbies on how to pick a good ICO.

The reason is that I have often encounter beginners who have been scammed by ICO or have made mistakes and invested into the wrong ICO. My opinion is that if they know how to pick a good ICO to invest in, they would be less prone to losing their money in this game.

ENJOY!

5 Simple Steps;
1. A Real Business Case : A real business case and demand is key to any business and even more so for ICO. The ICO must have a product that leverages the blockchain and not just using the ICO to grab cash.

2. Small Hard Cap: A lot of ICO have ambitious hardcap in the hundreds of millions. Unless they have a one of a kind product else stick to ICO with a maximum of $40 million in hardcap. The subsequent growth in marketcap will give us better returns.

3. Great Team Members: Look for a ICO with project members who have previous ICO successes or they have held important positions in the relevant industries. Too many ICO are just being launched by people who are trying to break in industries they have no network in.

4. Super Advisors : Advisors are gold. If an ICO lists a bunch of average developers and legal people as their advisors, RUN. They must have advisors who are well known in the blockchain world or in the industries their business is trying to disrupt.

5. Amazing Marketing : Marketing is key. ICO must invest in marketing and be able to attract lots of interest for a sell out ICO. You can see this if they have lots of members in their social media especially in their telegram group. Aim for at least 500 members


DUE DILIGENCE : While the above 5 steps will be able to shortlist for you ICO with high chances of success, you must still do your own due diligence to understand their whitepaper and know what you are getting into. Your ICO investing results will depend on how much work you put in.

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Encrypted messenger service Telegram is reportedly raising a further $850 mln in a “secret second presale” of its TON token before launching the yet to be officially announced world’s biggest ICO.

As Verge reports citing “exclusive” reports from four anonymous sources, Pavel Durov’s platform is attempting to get accredited investors on board to double the $850 mln it already received in the ‘first’ presale.

In total, Telegram stands to raise around $1.6 bln before its TON token sale becomes publicly available.

The figures mean this ICO easily beats any other token offering in terms of USD value, with Block.One's $700 mln result from 2017 coming a lonely second.

Telegram’s path to capital has already seen difficulties due to its increasingly prominent public profile. Fake ‘versions’ of the ICO which appeared on social media following the original announcement in January managed to illicitly accrue funds for TON tokens that did not yet exist.

Controversy centered even on documentation, with a white paper for TON attracting mixed reviews regarding its authenticity when it leaked online.

Durov himself had also publicly come out warning of individual scams linked to the ICO.

Meanwhile, number-three spot Tezos also hinted last week that the nine-month stalemate over its tokens and platform would soon end, co-founder Kathleen Breitman stating a prospective launch could occur within weeks at a UCLA conference Feb. 17-18.

Last week, Ripple sealed a deal with LianLian, one of China’s largest digital wallet companies.

That’s why Garlinghouse is an advocate for more regulation on the cryptocurrency market.

“I hope there’s more regulation,” he said. “If we want this whole asset class to grow up and mature, of course there should be more regulation.”

Charlie Lee posted to
his Twitter:

“The Litecoin team and I are not forking Litecoin. Any forks that you hear about is a scam trying to confuse you to think it’s related to Litecoin. Don’t fall for it and definitely don’t enter your private keys or seed into their website or client. Be careful out there!”

Japanese technology conglomerate GMO Internet is about to launch a new cloud offering for mining BTC and BCH. If you have at least $5 million that you want to invest in such a venture, and don’t want the hassle of opening your own mining farm, applications start next month. What do you think about this?