DropDeck, a Royalty & Debt Platform to Fund Businesses Worldwide, Launches ICO

Everyone wants to back promising young companies. The challenge is gaining access to these early stage firms. Today, most startups are backed by Angel investors or Venture Capitalists meaning the majority of the population is cut out from the opportunity to invest in private companies. But this is starting to change with the advent of Initial Coin Offerings becoming a powerful tool that may disrupt the concentration of power from big VCs to the masses. https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/sponsored/dropdeck-royalty-debt-platform-fund-businesses-worldwide-launches-ico/?utm_content=buffer2e316&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

How Smart Glasses Could Solve the Asymmetric Information Dilemma

Whether it’s buying a used car, television, or a cup of coffee, one of the most timeless problems faced by consumers is — “How do I know what I’m getting for what I paid for?”

More specifically, this issue is what’s referred to by academics and economists as Asymmetric Information. The basic issue as it relates to any transaction of goods, is that there’s an imperfect balance of information. The seller of a used car, for example, knows a lot more about the history of the vehicle than the buyer — putting the buyer at a disadvantage in most cases.

On the flip side, the asymmetric information dilemma can also work against sellers. Consumers assume that high-priced items are a rip-off because sellers are keeping key information from them, and shy away from buying because they don’t think they’ll receive fair value.

And while technology has taken a stab at solving the asymmetric information problem — think of websites like Carfax or Zillow — there’s on emerging technology that has the potential to be a real game-changer for both buyers and sellers: Augmented Reality (AR).

https://medium.com/@LUCYDLTD/how-smart-glasses-could-solve-the-asymmetric-information-dilemma-e360fb0da004

Tokenization As a Solution To The Problem of Private Shares Trading

The high growth rate of the “future economy” leads to the popularity of “private shares” among investors. The typical tech start-ups, which often make the headline of BloombergTech rarely into IPO. According to TechCrunch, the average time businesses take from initial capital raising to entering the open market increased from 2–5 years in the last century to 6–10 years today. Startups prefer getting funded from venture capitalists and angel investors. As VentureBeat writes: “The abundance of capital available from private investors has stable start-ups that otherwise would need an IPO to attract cash.”

Due to the popularity of the “private investment market”, fewer shares of the so-called “new economy” companies can be sold or bought on the open market.

https://blog.bankex.org/tokenization-as-a-solution-to-the-problem-of-private-shares-trading-bebb5d121d3b

How to Participate in the Globitex GBX Token Sale

The Globitex GBX Token Sale officially launches on February 10, 2018 at 17:00 UTC.

Participation: Sign up at www.globitexico.com on February 10 at 17:00 UTC and follow the step-by-step guide under the “How To Contribute to the Globitex GBX Token Sale” section below. There is no whitelist or KYC in advance.

Wallets: You will need a wallet service or an application where you and only you hold the private keys. Private keys are needed to correctly interact with smart contract functions, such as transferring tokens. Your Wallet must support the Ethereum EIP20 (formerly known as ERC-20) token standard in order to receive Globitex GBX Tokens. It must be a non-exchange wallet.

Browsers: There are no restrictions on browsers during the token sale.

Distribution: All Globitex GBX tokens sold during the private pre-sale and public sale will be created and distributed up to one month after the official end of the main token sale on March 19, 2018 at 17:00 UTC or when the hard cap of EUR 10,000,000 is reached, whichever event comes first. There will be no unsold tokens. Tokens will be sent to the address where payment was made from or address provided as Globitex GBX token receiving address (i.e. the participant’s ERC-20, non-exchange wallet).

https://medium.com/@globitex/how-to-participate-in-the-globitex-gbx-token-sale-70caf4bcf80e

AdHive - 2018 Potential Project



AdHive is the World’s first ever social advertising platform which is set to build a decentralized network of video bloggers whose audience is more than the regular TV Channels. AdHive platform makes an easy way for advertisers, brands, blockchain services and TGE campaigns to launch their international add campaigns on the unlimited number of channels.

AdHive platform enables bloggers globally to register and create monetized content where as the community members will assist to develop a medium to execute more effective add campaigns.
AdHive project’s Quality control and settlement systems are built on ETHEREUM blockchain and smart contracts which ensures 100% transparency for the advertisers, bloggers and community members. Artificial Intelligence, which is one of the core technologies of AdHive platform helps the bloggers to control the execution of the add tasks where as the blockchain technology enables the advertiser to a secured and cost-effective real-time environment.

AdHive provides a sophisticated platform for the advertiser, where the advertiser can be relaxed from the major tensions like add placement, control and payment to the bloggers.
AdHive project’s Artificial Intelligence modules and the blockchain technology create a unique platform where the bloggers are integrated in to a virtual TV channel which will reach more audience than the regular TV channel. The main advantage by this platform is AdHive reduces the time consumption when compared to the current system.

AdHive platform saves the advertiser from choosing the bloggers; add placement, control and payment to the bloggers. AdHive platform perform these tasks for the advertisers ensures proper placement by choosing the suitable bloggers to execute the advertisers task and releases the payment to the bloggers when the task is completed.

https://medium.com/@Terry_tin17/adhive-2018-potential-project-249afaca0ca6

Bytom Weekly News (February 2nd week)

Dear Bytom supporters, fresh weekly report are as stated below. We are approaching the biggest festival in China — Chinese New year, therefore for this week (Feb.5th to Feb 9th), we sent out many rewards to our Bytom community contributors. Please find our updates on Community Building , Media Broadcast and Recruitment info.

https://medium.com/@Bytom_Official/bytom-weekly-news-february-2nd-week-926d97faee97

Cointed gets on board the transparency bandwagon

There is a big hurdle in crypto adoption that is prohibiting the growth of digital currencies across the world. It is difficult for most laypeople to obtain digital assets in the first place

Even though acceptability of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has greatly improved since their earliest day, as reported in the latest Bitcoin News, there are still a lot of problems that users have to face in actually getting their hands on cryptocurrencies in the first place. On the other hand obtaining fiat is pretty straightforward, simply walk into a bank or a cash machine and withdraw some.

Cointed, a company founded in 2015 by Christopher Rieder and Wolfgang Thaler were motivated by the principle that access to cryptocurrencies should be as easy as possible. In this their founded company has worked to put many bitcoin ATMs, making it easier for people to obtain digital assets. Cointed also facilitates payment processing in cryptocurrencies and in conversion of crypto assets and fiat for users.

https://themerkle.com/cointed-gets-on-board-the-transparency-bandwagon/

Video bloggers — the Rising Stars and Future of Content Marketing



No person can claim to never have been on YouTube and watched a video. This video hosting and streaming site has become so popular that no content creator can even think of ignoring it. From businesses to musicians; all of them have used this site and uploaded videos to reach their audience in an entertaining and visually appealing form. The rise of YouTube’s popularity has been noteworthy. It is the second most popular website in the world.

https://medium.com/adhive/video-bloggers-the-rising-stars-and-future-of-content-marketing-dae1f6c6bc6b

Benefits of Bloomzed Crypto Club members

Recently, the second round of selling BZT tokens started. At this stage, the Bloomzed team has issued about 2 million 000 million tokens. The end of TGE is scheduled for February 17, 2018, in case a hard cap of 45,000,000 BZT will not be reached, the second round will be extended.

Taking part in TGE Bloomzed, each user becomes a member of the club, which in its turn provides a certain number of membership benefits.

It should be noted that the BZT tokens are not material or monetary kind of obligation of the company, or of its members and subdivisions. They can not be cashed, exchanged for cryptocurrency or used to pay for goods / services.

Every owner of BZT has the right to use the tokens, which are available to him independently. He can sell or give them back to Bloomzed free of charge. Only in this case, he loses all the advantages endowed with the club, since only the availability of BZT tokens gives the right to be a member of the club.

Token BZT allows its owner to receive certain benefits and bonuses provided by the organizers. Their volume will be determined in proportion to the number of BZT tokens.

https://medium.com/@bloomzed/benefits-of-bloomzed-crypto-club-members-9dde6a0c3baf

AIX (Aigang) - Bancor Partner Testimonial



Liquidity is the lifeblood of an effective currency. New tokens uniformly suffer from a barrier to liquidity, leaving holders stuck and discouraging adoption. Today, tokens must battle to be listed in exchanges and achieve relevant trade volumes to match buyers and sellers through a classic bid/ask order book. These exchanges are distributed throughout the world with various market depths and restrictions, are vulnerable to security and regulatory risks and charge increasingly higher listing fees, if they agree to list a new token at all. Liquidity is the number one challenge for a newly issued token and must be planned for in advance.

The Bancor Protocol enables continuous liquidity for tokens on smart contract blockchains such as Ethereum. These Smart Tokens are convertible for any token in the network, at a predictably calculated rate, directly on-chain. Users can always buy and sell any token in the Bancor Network with no dependency on exchanges, market makers or trade volume. Conversions do not require matching two parties to exchange or depositing tokens with another party. This allows even lightly traded tokens to be easily convertible, so token creators can focus on their product.

Twenty-eight tokens are already convertible on the Bancor Web App, and counting. Aigang is one of the newest projects to join the network. They ran a successful Token Sale last December, attracting $9 million from contributors to build a decentralized insurance blockchain protocol for IoT devices. They recently launched a proof-of-concept on the Ethereum blockchain that can detect faults or failure dates in mobile phones and pay out insurance claims to users without requiring human oversight.

https://steemit.com/bancor/@bancor-network/aix-aigang-bancor-partner-testimonial

Crypterium (CRPT), Prepping for ‘A Moon Landing’

I am no NASA scientist, but I am very sure the awe inspiring organization has a procedure before a successful launch. In my head, and what I gather from movies  and the internet, is that they do pre-flight checks. Some involve checking the fuel propellant for any leaks…But I am getting ahead of myself.

As the display picture suggests, the space shuttle has to be transported to the platform. A procedure that can take days as the tank-like carrier of the shuttle, rolls down the preset path or road. This is a procedure similar to the road map of an ICO.

Then there is the numerous fuel checks; communication checks; weather checks; readings from the numerous sensors; health checks of the astronauts; etc…etc. It is a d**n long process. This can be compared to the distribution of tokens to the ICO participants; constant communication between the founders of the ICO and its participants; negotiating with the numerous exchanges for a listing; marketing of the coin; and even delivering on the said product in the White paper.

https://theindependentrepublic.com/2018/01/21/crypterium-crpt-prepping-for-a-moon-landing/

ChronoBank Community Update:

January 2018
We have a slew of new updates for the community. Many of these relate to the way we engage with our supporters. We also have some announcements about our tech and website.
Dear community,

As the first iteration of the ChronoBank platform nears completion and we are releasing more and more software updates, we also wanted to increase the engagement we have with our growing community at this critical time.

https://blog.chronobank.io/chronobank-community-update-january-2018-9e5ced1e767d

How Obizcoin (OBZ) token can make you earn Income ?



What is Obizcoin BOT?
With the progression in technology, Obizcoin managed to take its officially fruitful plan of action to another level of up and coming decentralized revolution by creating Knowledge BOT with the assistance of blockchain and AI innovation. This new arrangement is called “Obizcoin BOT”. Obizcoin wanted to use YRCs domain mastery and rich industry experience by incorporating it into BOT through Artificial Intelligence and blockchain innovation. This according to Obizcoin would help eliminate time required for innovative work of each area as YRC has officially created Intellectual Property of more than 10 domains that they are as of now obliging. This BOT might accelerate the turnaround time from advancement to deals. As once the innovation of BOT is prepared, the deals can begin with the current domains.

BOT is equipped for creating and improvising business forms with the assistance of AI and Ethereum Blockchain Technology. Perpetual upgrade in Business knowledge is supposed to make the BOT more intelligent every day, which should in the end augment to the procedure enlisted. Bot developed by Obizcoin has many capabilities which it adheres to like the process design and decision, SWOT system and smart contract and lastly auditing and reward systems. This makes the Bot artificially intelligent to act as a virtual CEO.

ObizCoin ICO and E-wallet?
One can get obizcoin from the ICO that the company has launched. What better way than investing in an ethereum based platform with maximum returns and is comparatively less risky.

Also one must be careful of the fact that token must be held in wallet from where it was purchased in ICO.

The best part about the tokens is that the profits will be shared on pro- rata premises which are contingent upon the number of days the obizcoin tokens are held in the wallet. Profit sharing would also be conveyed in ETH. Since profit sharing is according to the time one holds the coins in the wallet it depends on the off chance that a man holds OBZ tokens in wallet for 15 days, he might get Profits according to 15 days count.

Obizcoin Returns and Guarantees?
With Obizcoin what really is important is the returns on to which one places their bets on. After careful examination Obizcoin tokens offer Minimum Guarantee Return.

MG might be applicable until the point when the BOT advancement is finished or until 1 year from the end of token sale whichever is prior. The holder must hold OBZ tokens in wallet for accepting MG. Token holder will get MG for the period OBZ tokens are held in wallet. Token holders will be compensated in ETH Example: Investment Amount : 100 ETH Period of holding OBZ : first April 2018 to fifteenth April 2018, No. of days: 15 days. Estimation of Profit Sharing: 100ETH * 1% *15/30 = 0.5 ETH. Payout will begin following the end of the month of ICO. Also, instalment date would be last date of consistently.

Another advantage of holding OBZ tokens would be the Buyback of tokens which will be done to compensate the token holders. The tokens purchased back will be destroyed.

The occasion of Buyback will be led each month in the principal year of the offer of Bot-As-Services (B-A-S) as it were. The most extreme Buyback period will be 1 year assured with greatest purchase back proportion of 1%. With these benefits Obizcoin is not just beneficial considering the technology implied but also a safe return on your investment.

https://medium.com/@obizcoin/how-obizcoin-obz-token-can-make-you-earn-income-beadd51793d0

Marketing update: adoption, whitepaper, and more.

Following yesterday’s weekly highlights, this short marketing update covers app adoption, the release of our new whitepaper, and tomorrow’s livestream with our CEO Kristjan Kangro.

Despite the unpredictability of the cryptocurrency market, our community has been growing steadily over the last few months on our channels such as Facebook and Twitter. Our continuous efforts to consistently deliver the most updated information on our blog have inspired several community members to provide us with valuable feedback on several areas such as marketing, product prototyping, and partnerships.

Our drive to build a global, value adding product remains unshaken since day one. Today, we have over 8,500 accounts created and 2,500 cards pre-ordered on our platform.

Big numbers translate to adoption, and adoption is a strong form of validation. Having new users joining our global community on a daily basis is extremely rewarding to us, as it indicates we are growing in the right direction.

Building a unicorn is an ambitious enterprise, and we are humble in the way that we realise that most of the work is yet to be done. Delivering a world-changing personal finance application is something we strive to do every day, and in our team there’s no shortage of youthful confidence, determination, and hard work.

https://medium.com/changefinance/marketing-update-adoption-whitepaper-and-more-7b6b9d1adde3

CIVIC Cryptocurrency: Everything You Need To know

Blockchain and tokens based on the blockchain technology are taking over the world at a pace hardly imagined by many. The year 2017 saw an unprecedented proliferation of numerous blockchain-based tokens to solve many nooks and corners of various industries.

Many blockchain based start-ups launched their ICOs and raised hefty amounts. While some of these ICOs gave great short-term returns, some unfolded as scams and unlawful ventures.

https://coinsutra.com/civic-cryptocurrency/?utm_content=bufferf7958&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Genesis Vision CTO Dmitry Nazarov Interview. The CTO from Genesis Vision GVT Dmitry and I discuss trust, forex, their platform and the latest from the crypto space in Russia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRxRjARIdns

PIVX Podcast on Future Tech Podcast




In advance of the Bitcoin, Ethereum & Blockchain Superconference in Dallas, Texas (February 16, 17 and 18, 2018), PIVX was asked to be on a podcast with Richard Jacobs of Future Tech Podcasts.  PIVX is a Platinum level sponsor of this up and coming conference, and will also be delivering a 30-minute presentation on the main-stage to the thousands of attendees. This marks the second conference PIVX will have attended in 2018 (and a third, Anarchapulco, which PIVX is a gold sponsor of) will also be attended by many Pivians.

Many thanks to Future Tech Podcast for having Snappy on this episode!
You can follow them on Facebook here, Twitter here, and subscribe to future podcasts here!

Here is the audio (and transcript) of the Podcast that Snappy (Bryan) had with Richard this past week.

https://pivx.org/pivx-podcast-on-future-tech-podcast/

Steven Sprague talks about 64-characters passwords at the North American Bitcoin Conference. Rivetz CEO Steven Sprague addresses the crowd at The North American Bitcoin Conference about how to prove that the device (your phone) intended a transaction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06CLuf5FVz0

GIFcoin - Why to Invest and Q&A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaLQoAevJWc

GIFcoin's Branding expert & co-Founder Svetoslav Dimitrov explains the investment value of GIFcoin and answers popular questions about the project and VitalBet

New Weiss Ratings for Cryptocurrencies Award No “A”s, Score Bitcoin a C+, and XAS a C

Weiss Report Cryptocurrency Ratings
Independent American rating agency Weiss Ratings has announced investment letter grades for bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies.

The ratings were released on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Most large cap cryptocurrencies were rated by the company, including bitcoin, Ethereum, , ASCH, Ripple, Stellar, NEO, Tron, Monero, NEM, Cardano, Litecoin, EOS, IOTA, and Dash.

Weiss analyzed 74 cryptocurrencies in total.

Weiss Ratings emphasizes impartial, unbiased investment grades. The ratings are designed to add clarity to the volatile and risky world of cryptocurrency investing. You can access the complete list of rankings by subscribing to the annual Weiss Ratings newsletter priced at $468.

How Did Weiss Analyze Cryptocurrencies?
Weiss Ratings, which has offered independent investment analysis since 1971, analyzed thousands of data points on each coin’s technology, usage, and trading patterns.

Weiss aims to differentiate itself from other ratings agencies (like Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch Group) because it does not accept compensation of any kind from any company that it rates.

ASCH Was Scored a C, compared Bitcoin a C+
Asch, as a Next-Generation Decentralized Application Platform, has already 4 dAPPs built on it and successfully completed two rounds of airdrops of CCTime and upcoming HelloKimi airdrop. It has a large foundation base of Chinese community members and currently entering the western markets. Asch community will continue to grow and a better future yet to come.

https://medium.com/aschplatform/new-weiss-ratings-for-cryptocurrencies-award-no-a-s-score-bitcoin-a-c-and-xas-a-c-6eba89bab45f