Thanks a lot for this topic and information about IEO platforms. We recently published an overview or IEO procedure, and in the article we linked to your post as a source of useful information on the topic. Here is the publication I'm talking about: IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) review: pitfalls and advantages https://innmind.com/articles/1867

Hello everyone!

Coindesk has issued a new quarterly report on the state of blockchain industry. For those of you who are not prepared to look through all 170 pages, Innmind is happy to present a shorter version of it - https://innmind.com/articles/1170

The full report is here https://media.coindesk.com/uploads/research/state-of-blockchain/2017/q4/sob2017q4-2018.pdf

Thank you for sharing! Will have a look )

We have new speakers - big experts in the field of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICO.

Ralf Glabischnig
Co-Founder at Lakeside Partners, Managing Partner at inacta AG

Beat Bannwart
Head Strategic Innovation & Market Development at
UBS Switzerland AG

Mauro Casellini
Head of Corporate Clients and Payment Service Providers at Bank Frick & CO. AG

Makoto Takemiya
Co-CEO at Soramitsu, computer scientist,  Hyperledger Iroha.

Assylbek Davletov
Chief FinTech Officer at Astana Financial Services Authority

Prof. John Savage
The "Father" of Computer Science, Professor at Brown University

Prof. Reza Abhari
Institute for Science, Technology and Policy,
ETH Zurich

Andre Wolkes
CEO & Co-founder Validity Labs AG, Blockchain Education Security Audits

Bogdan Stepanov
Head of Business Development at Genexi, Investment fund based on blockchain

Dr. Guenther Dobrauz
Partner with PwC in Zurich and Leader of PwC Legal Switzerland

At the Summit, we are going to discuss the following topics:

Based on Tokenization:
How companies can booster their financial sustainability: the best practices from different industries. Business implementations of blockchain: how tokenization can increase the efficiency of business processes.
Panel discussions, industry cases and workshop on how to tokenize your business model.

Token Economy
The Future of Global Economy and Investments in ICO Era:
Trends and forecasts, figures and facts. Could we expect a new “economic miracle” over the world?

Investments in blockchain. Systems and methodologies for investment and risks assessments. Analysis of ICO market.
Manual for investors: how to evaluate tokenized assets, assess startups on ICO, work with crypto portfolio, etc.

Tokenized Assets
Blockchain technology and decentralized infrastructure

The environment for blockchain technology: how to create a new level of infrastructure, sufficient for sustainable growth of blockchain industry.
Blockchain Infrastructure

Regulatory Threats and Opportunities:
How regulators from different countries in the world consider cryptocurrencies. Sharing insights on legal practices, sandboxes, regulatory environments.

Regulation Environment
Social and Economic Impact of Blockchain technologies
And its implementation in Government, Banking, Environment, Charity and other spheres.
Impact and Implementation

Initial Coin Offering: Good Practice
When, Why and How to make an ICO. Traditional fundraising methods versus crowd sale. Let's discuss and analyze the failures, learn from top mistakes of tokenized startups and understand how to organise the proper token generation event.

To learn more or register, please go to https://www.swissblockchainsummit.com/

This one for example

https://hackernoon.com/blockchain/home

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To assist your project with ICO InnMind has a wide range of services to offer! Our ICO (Tokenization) Services include: ICO package service - http://expert.innmind.com/icopackage: Newsletters with a description of your project to a database with more than 800 crypto investors; Promotion in InnMind’s social media channels as well as ICO listings and forums. More than 10 000 subscribers (Discounts for Innovare members & loyalty program for InnMind startups)

Introduction to Swiss network (InnMind + Innovare) - http://www.innovare-platform.ch/blockchain , including market players, blockchain companies and experts, crypto investors and blockchain hubs. Setup of a Swiss company: Registration services, softlanding in Switzerland, Full legal support, including negotiation with regulator and facilitating obtaining of no-action letter from FINMA Financial services: negotiation with crypto banks and exchanges, financial structure and set up, consulting support in transfer from crypto to fiat, etc.

ICO marketing services Design of marketing strategy for an ICO Digital marketing Content marketing Crypto forums and social media marketing ICO assessment: due diligence of projects doing ICO (ICO analysis report) advice (legal and financial) on the initial assessment of White Papers ICO execution Design and build the ICO (sales and token model) >> Assuming that a clear business model and white paper is available Support around the actual sale of the tokens Startup Roadshow: meetups and events (presentation slot), organization of a tour in Switzerland - visiting hubs, accelerators, investment funds, meeting traditional and crypto investors. Visit of Crypto Valley. Tailor-made Roadshow as per the Project Requirement in Switzerland and the European Union. Coaching / Advisory Review and providing input from best practices from the crypto valley space Innovatively yours, InnMInd Team

Thank you! Great read!

Check this event here https://www.facebook.com/events/866553466838245/

Blockchain Leadership Summit 2018 is the main conference and professional discussion of world's TOP experts, proactive investors and recognised visionaries in blockchain industry about the current state and the foreseen future of decentralized world.

In the centre of financial world in Switzerland participants will learn from the first hands about the newest regulatory and infrastructure achievements, investment practices and crypto assets assessment, industrial implementation of blockchain technology and its social and economic impact and discuss the most actual topics in today’s global economy, crypto finance world and blockchain industry.

Among speakers:

► Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, the Chairman of the European Center of Austrian Economics,

► Dr Michel Matthias, the Head of the Department of Economic Affairs of Canton Zug,

► Dr Sergey Glazyev, the Advisor of the president of Russian Federation,

► Sony Kapoor, advisor of Central Banks, European Commission and Parliament, European and emerging governments on economic and financial policy,

► Oliver Bussmann, the President of the Crypto Valley Association, founder of Bussmann Advisory

► Reuben Godfrey, the co-founder the Blockchain Association of Ireland, Ireland's Crypto Coast, the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia and sits on the NSAI National Mirror Committee to ISO TC 307

► William Mougayar, the author of The Business Blockchain (Wiley, 2016), venture investor, a special Board Advisor to the Ethereum Foundation,

► Louis de Bruin, head of IBM Global Business Services European Blockchain practice,

► Kevin van der Veer, co-founder at Dutch Blockchain Network (DBN), Board Member at International Decentralized Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain (IDACB),

► Prof Olinga Taeed, the Director of the Blockchain UN Lab, CyberFutures education foundation, and Chair of Seratio Ltd,

...and many others top decision makers and thought leaders.

We will cover the following topics:

Token Economy. Based on Tokenization:
​How companies can booster their financial sustainability: the best practices from different industries. Panel discussions and workshop on how to tokenize your business model.

Tokenized Assets. The Future of Global Economy and Investments in ICO Era:
​Trends and forecasts, figures and facts. Could we expect a new “economic miracle” over the world? Manual for investors: how to evaluate tokenized assets, assess startups on ICO, work with crypto portfolio, etc.

Blockchain Infrastructure. Blockchain technology and decentralized infrastructure:
How to create new level of infrastructure for sustainable growing of blockchain industry.

Regulatory Threats and Opportunities:
How ​regulators from different countries in the world consider crypto currencies. Sharing insights on legal practices, sand boxes, regulatory environments.

Social and Economic Impact of Blockchain technologies
And its implementation in Government, Banking, Environment, Charity and other spheres.
Impact and Implementation

Initial Coin Offering: Good Practice
When, Why and How to make an ICO. Traditional fundraising methods versus crowd sale. Let's discuss and analyse the failures, learn about top mistakes of tokenized startups and understand how to organise the proper token generation event.

And a final cherry on the cake - Crypto Gala Dinner!
The Gala Dinner will take place from 19:30 in the Garden Salon with a stunning view over the lake and town of Zurich. Between the delicious courses we will hold the Crypto Auction of amazing artworks, inspired by disruptive potential of blockchain. Part of the proceeds will be spent on charity projects helping and supporting children’s education and health.

Details and registration: https://www.swissblockchainsummit.com/

Among speakers:

► Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, the Chairman of the European Center of Austrian Economics,

► Dr Michel Matthias, the Head of the Department of Economic Affairs of Canton Zug,

► Dr Sergey Glazyev, the Advisor of the president of Russian Federation,

► Sony Kapoor, advisor of Central Banks, European Commission and Parliament, European and emerging governments on economic and financial policy,

► Oliver Bussmann, the President of the Crypto Valley Association, founder of Bussmann Advisory

► Reuben Godfrey, the co-founder the Blockchain Association of Ireland, Ireland's Crypto Coast, the Irish Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia and sits on the NSAI National Mirror Committee to ISO TC 307

► William Mougayar, the author of The Business Blockchain (Wiley, 2016), venture investor, a special Board Advisor to the Ethereum Foundation,

► Louis de Bruin, head of IBM Global Business Services European Blockchain practice,

► Kevin van der Veer, co-founder at Dutch Blockchain Network (DBN), Board Member at International Decentralized Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain (IDACB),

► Prof Olinga Taeed, the Director of the Blockchain UN Lab, CyberFutures education foundation, and Chair of Seratio Ltd,

...and many others top decision makers and thought leaders.

On January 29th in Zug Crypto Valley InnMind will host In-depth panel discussion important aspects on how to open and manage crypto accounts, actual questions about KYC and AML

Saifu meetup
Panel participants are international crypto compliance expert, secure crypto payment provider, and a well-known crypto fund. Together parties will bring light to important aspects to open and manage crypto accounts.
This event, organized by the global startups and investors ecosystem InnMind together with the first fully regulated payment institution working with fiat and crypto Saifu, is tailored for players involved with a crypto economy, funds, investors and post-ICO companies.

For more information visit https://innmind.com/articles/1109

Blockchain professionals, ICO companies, crypto funds, ICO and traditional investors, industry experts and technology adopters, developers and entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world are warmly invited to join Blockchain Leadership Summit 2018, which will take place in Zurich, Switzerland on March 9, 2018.

Blockchain Leadership Summit 2018 is the main conference and professional discussion of world's TOP experts, proactive investors and recognized visionaries in blockchain industry about the current state and the foreseen future of the decentralized world.
In the center of the financial world in Switzerland, participants will learn from the first hands about the newest regulatory and infrastructure achievements, investment practices and crypto assets assessment, industrial implementation of blockchain technology and its social and economic impact.

Check the link to learn more details https://innmind.com/articles/1105

This event tailored for players involved with a crypto economy, funds, investors and post-ICO companies.

Panel participants are international crypto compliance expert, secure crypto payment provider, and a well-known crypto fund. Together parties will bring light to important aspects to open and manage crypto accounts.

Date 29 January 2018 15:30 - 18:30
Place Parkhotel Zug, Switzerland

Entrance is FREE!!!

Details
https://www.meetup.com/ru-RU/InnMind-startup-community-disruptive-tech-meetups/events/246940450/?eventId=246940450

In order to assist your project with ICO launch, an international Swiss company InnMind - innmind.com -  has a wide range of services to offer.

Our ICO (Tokenization) Services include:

ICO package service - http://expert.innmind.com/icopackage:
Newsletters with description of your project to a database with more than 800 crypto investors;
Promotion in InnMind’s social media channels as well as ICO listings and forums.
More than 10 000 subscribers (Discounts for Innovare members & loyalty program for InnMind startups)

Introduction to Swiss network (InnMind + Innovare), including market players, blockchain companies and experts, crypto investors and blockchain hubs - http://www.innovare-platform.ch/blockchain

Setup of a Swiss company:
Registration services, softlanding in Switzerland,
Full legal support, including negotiation with regulator and facilitating obtaining of no-action letter from FINMA
Financial services: negotiation with crypto banks and exchanges, financial structure and set up, consulting support in transfer from crypto to fiat, etc.

ICO marketing services
Design of marketing strategy for an ICO
Digital marketing
Content marketing
Crypto forums and social media marketing

ICO assessment:
due diligence of projects doing ICO (ICO analysis report)
advice (legal and financial) on initial assessment of White Papers

ICO execution
Design and build the ICO (sales and token model) >> Assuming that a clear business model and white paper is available
Support around the actual sale of the tokens

Startup Roadshow:
meetups and events (presentation slot),
organization of a tour in Switzerland - visiting hubs, accelerators, investment funds, meeting traditional and crypto investors.
Visit of Crypto Valley.
Tailor-made Roadshow as per the Project Requirement in Switzerland and the European Union.
Coaching / Advisory
Review and providing input from best practices from the crypto valley space.

Innovatively yours,

InnMind Team

Here is a good link on everything about wallets

https://www.bitpremier.com/best-bitcoin-wallets

Best of luck!

Bitcoin for dummies
https://cointelegraph.com/news/can-you-hold-a-crypto-conversation

A simple guide to what bitcoin forks are and why they happen
https://news.bitcoin.com/a-guide-to-what-a-bitcoin-fork-is-and-why-they-happen/

Still don’t know what bitcoin is?
https://kantantechnology.com/still-dont-know-what-bitcoin-is-read-this-b62737f27921

blockchain from A to Z
https://hackernoon.com/wtf-is-the-blockchain-1da89ba19348

Tokens
The True Value of a Token
https://medium.com/@bernd.lapp/the-true-value-of-a-token-a7cb061585d9

A token handbook
https://hackernoon.com/the-token-handbook-a80244a6aacb

blockchain from A to Z explained

https://hackernoon.com/wtf-is-the-blockchain-1da89ba19348

InnMind is an international platform that connects professionals in the sphere of innovations, helps startups to find investors, mentors, and experts, provides with instruments and resources for growth and development of a business, supports investors with expertise and due diligence.

We have instruments that will make it work for you. Check our ICO package if you are interested in launching your ICO project.

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Best of luck!

The amount you can afford to lose because this is what is most likely to happy  Usually people start with just a few hundreds