[Date And Time]

EDUCATIONAL
Eventbrite event - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crypto-taxes-101-tickets-114322654136

We will walk you through a presentation that outlines the new IRS tax guidance on transactions using virtual currencies, helpful tools, and quick tips. After the presentation, we will open up the event for a Q&A session. Bring your questions!

Date And Time
Wed, July 29, 2020
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT

[Overview]

View NANO press release ➔ https://cryptoeq.io/news/nano-release
View NANO CORE Report ➔ https://cryptoeq.io/coreReports/nano-abridged



Overview
Nano is a digital payment protocol designed to optimize for ultrafast transactions, negligible transaction costs, and high network scalability for everyday P2P transactions. To achieve this objective, Nano is built on Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) network structure utilizing a Block Lattice architecture. In a Block Lattice design, each account has its “own blockchain” to keep track of transactions, meaning every node on the network does not have to verify every transaction.

+ NANO Strengths

• High network scalability due to Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) block-lattice architecture
  No ICO and previously issued, fixed total supply (133,248,297 NANO)
  Lightweight “be your own blockchain” design allows anyone to easily participate and quickly transact

- NANO Weaknesses

• Since 2019, the core project development centers around just 5 developers
  Centralization around Principal Representatives: the top 6 Principal Representatives control >51% of the vote
  Centralization around token distribution - top 10 accounts hold nearly ~30% of the supply, including nearly 20% to Binance alone
  Competition as easy payments from the proliferation of stablecoins and private actors like Facebook’s Libra
  

About the rating:
CryptoEQ™ assigned NANO with a Neutral CORE rating. Neutral identifies assets that have scored below average on the 10 CORE Categories but do not display any obvious critical deficiencies and/or nefarious and deceitful practices.

Join me for a beer tonight and hear from guest speaker Phil Geiger. Phil is Director of Product Marketing at Unchained Capital and will be joining the CryptoEQ Virtual Townhall event. Phil will share his expertise with us and lead a discussion on Bitcoin wallets, security, and custody solutions. Please join us on June 2, 2020 at 6pm Central in an engaging and insightful conversation with Phil and the community.

You will have to join our telegram to get the link, I know its not the best solution but it makes it easy for us to communicate with everyone (especially if we have technical difficulties). http://t.me/cryptoeq

More info on Twitter - https://twitter.com/CryptoEQ/status/1267912892642471940

[Overview]

https://cryptoeq.io/coreReports/ethereum-abridged

The report is easy to share with people unfamiliar with the project. Here is the overview section pulled from the report.

Overview

Ethereum is an open-source blockchain that enables decentralized applications and financial services by leveraging smart contract technology. The original vision behind Ethereum was to create “a platform for deploying and executing smart contracts” on a sort-of decentralized world computer capable of fostering a new parallel, permissionless digital economy.The goal was to extend beyond Bitcoin’s functionality to a decentralized Turing-complete computing platform for smart contracts, programmable money, and decentralized applications (dApps).

Ethereum Strengths

* Second to only Bitcoin, Ethereum is the leading altcoin in terms of decentralization, censorship-resistance, market cap, liquidity, and name recognition
* Most developers, developer activity, and project-building of any digital asset
* The flexibility of the scripting language allows for nearly any project to build on Ethereum and participate in “Web 3.0”
* Tremendous network effects due to partnerships with prominent enterprises, the sheer volume of dApps built on platform, and emergence of DeFi market

Ethereum Weaknesses

* The project is still incomplete and is currently in the midst of a prodigious, multi-year upgrade that comes with substantial risk
* Current scaling issues limit the ability of dApps and other projects to grow and create satisfying user experiences
* Heavy competition from similar blockchains which could chip away or surpass Ethereum’s popularity if the upgrade takes too long to complete

News link: https://cryptoeq.io/articles/iotacorereportpress 
Abridged report link: https://cryptoeq.io/coreReports/iota-abridged

Tough review for a project that has a lot of promise.