Tips from the NOIZ Team: How to Avoid ICO Scams

Cryptocurrencies have given rise to a new a type of crowdfunding, or means of raising funds, known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), Initial Token Offering (ITO) or a Token Generation Event (TGE). Each of these terms describes the same thing: raising funds by offering the public a share in coins or tokens that exist on a blockchain. Unfortunately, this method of fundraising is very prone to scams.

A simple analogy can be drawn between the well-known initial public offering (IPO) and an ICO. In an IPO, fiat currency is exchanged for shares by investors, whereas in an ICO funds are raised when a quantity of the crowdfunded cryptocurrency is sold to investors in the form of “coins” or “tokens,” in exchange for legal tender or other cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin or ethereum.

These tokens are promoted as future functional units of currency in the project environment if or when the funding goal is met and the project launches. Due to their relative newness, the regulatory environment concerning ICOs and cryptocurrencies is still evolving and the inherent nature of an ICO also renders them susceptible to scams. A majority of projects behind ICOs do not present a functioning product or service before the ICO.

According to research by Ernst & Young, over 10 percent of funds raised by a sample of 370 ICOs were lost or stolen in hacker attacks. Given the ease with which scam ICOs can be set up by fraudsters, investors should be cautious before making an investment.
https://medium.com/@NOIZchain/tips-from-the-noiz-team-how-to-avoid-ico-scams-51546a908b57

EXSCUDO WEEKLY #50- Communication Rockets To New Heights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHyoDkYhE6Q&feature=youtu.be

Stellar (XLM) is now on KuCoin, you can deposit now. Trading pairs include XLM/BTC and XLM/ETH. Withdrawal opens July 18, 2018 at 22:00 (UTC+8), buying starts July 16, 2018 at 21:30 (UTC+8), and selling starts July 16, 2018 at 22:00 (UTC+8). https://twitter.com/kucoincom/status/1018804945166848000

Experience it firsthand: Zichain team talks about the Asian roadshow
Over the last few months, the Zichain team visited numerous exhibitions, conferences, meetups and summits dedicated to blockchain and investment. Most of them were attended by Andrey Kurkin — International Business Development. We asked Andrey to share his thoughts on the events, cities and the industry in general.https://medium.com/zichain/experience-it-firsthand-zichain-team-talks-about-the-asian-roadshow-47a09c93b4c6

Achain Talks EP01
Cui Meng, founder of Achain, recently held a live audio AMA with the Achain community on the QQ chat group. Before taking questions from the public, Cui addressed a range of topics including the Achain roadmap and decentralization. The discussion was transcribed by Achain community volunteer Wen Qing and then translated by members of the Achain team.
https://medium.com/@AchainOfficial/achain-talks-ep01-912bddba4d47

July 4th Quiz Answers and Explanations


We hope that you enjoyed the quiz and learned a lot of new info about Bytecoin. We've decided to make a brief clarification to help you understand the answers about the technology of Bytecoin and its history a bit more. https://bytecoin.org/blog/4th-july-quiz-answers-and-explanations

Dylyver pre-IСO campaign is now live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWulX8TSgGM

Effect.AI Rejects Amazon Partnership… WTF?!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeS9C1QvTgc&feature=youtu.be

Effect.AI is aiming to take down Amazon Mechanical Turk with Effect Force, it's own decentralized version of mturk.  Amazon even wanted to partner with Effect.AI and they turned down Amazon!  Join me for this epic interview with CEO Chris Dawe.

DISCIPLINA team
https://medium.com/@tchmpls_events/disciplina-team-6a01cf53c3a4

DISCIPLINA is an ambitious project that requires a big team of professionals. Our team consists of 48 specialists that all around the world: Russia, the US, Canada, Estonia, Netherlands, South Korea, China, Spain.

The main office of the company is located in Saint-Petersburg, with two offices in the US and Estonia.

The project is managed by its founders and masterminds Ilya Nikiforov and Dmitry Gordovich, who have more than 15 years of successful business experience.

The DISCIPLINA team consists of 5 departments, and each of them is engaged in certain processes of project development.

The blockchain department consists of 10 experts, 7 of whom have experience in the development of the Cardano cryptocurrency. They are the ones developing a safe and reliable blockchain architecture and write the technical documentation.

The development department comprises 7 specialists. The frontend-developers work on the website interface to make it sleek and convenient, while the back-end developers deal with its functionality.

The PR/Marketing department is the biggest one, and consists of 16 specialists responsible for creating the content for social media, as well as project promotion, translating articles and technical documents. Our team has translators to and from English, Korean, Chinese, and Spanish.

4 specialists in the Visual department create eye-catching design for our website, project documents, and photo and video content.

Office managers, moderators, sales and account managers are working in the Client services department. These 8 people provide community support 24/7.

The DISCIPLINA team is made up of 48 high-qualified, talented and ambitious specialists that have all the capabilites to implement this project successfully.

Weekly Crypto Update — June 25th, 2018
By Steven Aitchison. Stevefirst got into the crypto world in 2015 and started trading in 2017 and now wants everyone to know the benefits of crypto with his course and hidden gems newsletter at: Learn About Crypto and Trading and his weekly hidden gems CYT Crypto Monthly he also started his youtube channel 5 months ago at CYT Crypto.
https://medium.com/xtradeio/weekly-crypto-update-june-25th-2018-4aec963c1490