[ANN] [ICO LIVE] Unikoin Gold -Decentralized Esports Betting back by Mark Cuban

[Lukas2112]

What happened with this one? I had it on my ICO list as one to watch... Solid team who seems to be moving things forward and communicating here and on reddit --though not a lot of conversation happening. What am I missing? Seems like some people got screwed in the ICO? Similar to ENG? And others...

With the recent news and low market cap this seems like an incredible buy? The 'mainstream' argument does not hold up. Stellar is with IBM and Dragonchain with Disney and both are skyrocketing. What am I missing?

Disclosure: potential buyer.

Can you clarify what you mean by got screwed in the tokensale?

seems shady if it is backed by mark cuban i highly doubt u would need money from us regular joe soaps

Mark is an investor in the company Unikrn and was a participant of the tokensale.
He has repeatedly been optimistic about what blockchain technology innovation will achieve in the future, in fact he was the one who advised Unikrn to look into it initially.
He has expressed concerns in the past regarding certain aspects of cryptocurency, which were blown up by media to make it seem as if he was against it all.

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[Nyrhalibe]

Unikrn Upgrades Playwire Media Partnership

Our expanding partnership with Playwire is another step toward Unikrn becoming the premier outlet for everything esports and gaming. Playwire Media will exclusively represent Unikrn's esports media, bringing a level of expert knowledge to advertising, branding and US event sponsorship often lacking in the vibrant, but fairly young, esports industry.

"With this union, reaching an esports audience is becoming easier than ever before, especially with the rollout of UnikoinGold helping to break down international barriers of entry," our CEO, Rahul Sood, said. "There’s no longer an excuse for brands to ignore this rapidly growing and enormously influential demographic."

We expect Playwire to build on our foundation endemic to the esports and gaming world as well as our success fusing traditional brands and products with modernized experiences for the esports generation, such as our recently announced partnership to bring tournaments into the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Although this is our second major partnership announcement this week, don't be fooled;

Unikrn has a track record for fusing traditional brands and products with gaming experiences to appeal to a modern generation of gamers and esports fans. Playwire Media will build on this groundwork to bring in more experiences, funding and participation.

“Through our relationship with Unikrn, we will be offering brands unique access to a millennial demographic that has tremendous value and purchasing power,” said Jayson Dubin, CEO, Playwire Media. “Our collaboration gives our brand partners the ability to reach their audiences through an avenue that’s ever-evolving with no signs of slowing down.”

Many NBA teams have taken the plunge to start their own esports teams under the new NBA 2K League. Unikrn will bring regular NBA 2K Tournaments to venues for March Madness, and will work with Playwire Media to expose brands to partnership opportunities with the Dallas Mavericks and other teams.

https://news.unikrn.com/article/Unikrn-partners-with-Playwire-Media?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Announcement&utm_campaign=UnikrnPlaywire121917&utm_term=Unikrn

[Urbane]

Unikrn MGM Coverage

^^^ This Link contains all of the MGM partnership stories and links, so you can catch up on the great news from Unikrn

[Urbane]

Betting Could Aid Esports’ Mainstream Push, Macquarie Report Says

Increased betting is likely to play an important role in the further march of esports towards becoming a mainstream entertainment product, according to a yearly review of the sector from analysts at Macquarie.
Investments by both online bookmakers and land-based casinos in esports-based products are increasingly evident as both attempt to grab a greater share of wallet from a younger demographics....

Just before the Christmas break, esports-only betting operator Unikrn announced it had agreed a partnership with MGM to co-host competitive esports tournaments at the LEVEL UP lounge at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip. Bi-weekly competitions will begin early in the new year.

The Macquarie analysts suggest parallels should be drawn with the way betting has helped traditional sports connect with their audiences.

“Esports betting is an overlooked but nonetheless an important area in the broader esports industry because we believe that esports betting is a critical tool for esports engagement just as much as sports-betting is to sports,” they write....

Please click the link above for the full article

[Urbane]

GeekWire 200 Year in Review: ...startups on the rise!

Unikrn — 2017 Rank: 137 | 2016 Rank: 189

Cryptocurrency mania took over the tech world toward the end of the year as Bitcoin surged to insane heights and caused panic when it started to drop. Seattle esports betting startup Unikrn operates in this brave new world with its own currency: UnikoinGold.

UnikoinGold is based on the Ethereum blockchain, which is similar to Bitcoin, and can be used on its platform to bet on esports matches. Those tokens can be exchanged for other major cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, which can then be exchanged for U.S. dollars...

Please click the link to read more.

[Urbane]

UnikoinGold (UKG) now listed on Bittrex. Listing follows news about, acquiring malta gambling license, a partnership with MGM Grand and online media advertising giant PlayWire Media. Gunning for global adoption (Medium Post)

"Happy New Year, Unikrn fans. We’re ending 2017 with an announcement we’ve been working on for a long time: UnikoinGold is officially joining Bittrex, the fastest and most secure digital currency trading platform in the world.

I know our community has been eager to find ways acquire UnikoinGold, but great things take time. Unikrn is an established business with a really ***ing awesome long-term plan. Because of that, it takes time for us to find, vet and negotiate with exchanges with eyes on long-term stability, security, and compliance...."

Please click the link above for more information

[Urbane]

Bittrex Exchange to Offer UnikoinGold in Historic Esports & Gaming Cryptocurrency Partnership with Unikrn

December 29, 2017 — UnikoinGold recently closed its historic crowdsale with over 112,000 ETH collected, making it the largest token sale in esports and gaming history.

Naturally, with the token’s release, Unikrn was eager to have UnikoinGold available for customers to purchase on Bittrex, the fastest and most secure digital currency trading platform in the world.

UnikoinGold will continue to rollout widespread gaming, esports and betting applications, which will use the internal Unikrn Wallet to allow fast, secure, high-frequency exchanges without GAS. UnikoinGold is no longer available to purchase from Unikrn, rather users will now be able to do so on Bittrex with unparalleled security and functionality.

“Unikrn works within a highly regulated industry, so we take security and reliability at a high premium” said Rahul Sood, CEO Unikrn. “Putting our token on an exchange like Bittrex is a privilege, and we want to send our users to platforms we — and they — can trust. We’ve often been asked which exchanges will offer our token, and the answer we always wanted to give was Bittrex.”

“We see Bittrex as a crucial incubator for the growth of the blockchain’s best technology and business models” said Bill Shihara, CEO of Bittrex. “Unikrn definitely fits that bill: they’re a pre-established, venture-backed business at the heart to two of the world’s fastest-growing spaces: esports and crypto-currency.”

ABOUT UNIKRN
Established in 2014, Unikrn is leading the world of bookmaking for esports and video games. In the interim years, Unikrn has established itself as an endemic esports brand and become woven into the fabric of this rapidly growing community. Their contributions and assets include team ownership, tournament series, multiple original content platforms, sponsored community creators and a works with casinos to bring in modern gaming audiences. The company’s close relationships with gambling powerhouses such as Tabcorp, Australia’s largest betting company, have positioned them as the definitive bridge between the new world of competitive gaming and the old world of sports bookmakers and casinos.

In 2015, Unikrn raised $10M in venture finance from Mark Cuban, Shari Redstone, Elisabeth Murdoch, Ashton Kutcher, Guy O’Seary, Tabcorp, Indicator Ventures and Hyperspeed Ventures. Unikrn’s lead investor is well-know for early investment into Snapchat, and the partners have similar track records with a variety of Silicon Valley successes, including Twitter and Instagram. UnikoinGold closed its crowdsale in October, 2017 after reaching over 112,000 ETH in sales. UnikoinGold and its Crypto platfrom are run by Unikrn’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Unikrn Bermuda Ltd.

ABOUT BITTREX
Built and operated in the United States, Bittrex is the next generation crypto trading platform created by security professionals with more than 50 years of combined security and development experience to the trading community from companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Qualys and BlackBerry. Bittrex’s mission is to deliver the fastest and most-secure trading platform available, utilizing a secure platform leveraging elastic multi-stage wallet strategy to keep 80-90% of funds offline and safe, a custom-built trading engine, highly efficient and automated monitoring for the fastest trades available and a complete REST API.

[nick1492]

Hey guys, we are already at bittrex. Initial acceptance as usual, dumping of all coin holders. I'll just hold my coin, until it stabilize the situation at bittrex. More power to unikoin gold!

[iTradeChips]

what was the ICO price of this token? thanks in advance

[quick1unc]

I had just read that article and was asking the same questions. Seems to be way too many tokens tied up internally, leaving a huge opportunity for inflation and poor valuation for investors.

[Lukas2112]

what was the ICO price of this token? thanks in advance

Tokensale price was: 0.001154734411 ETH

I had just read that article and was asking the same questions. Seems to be way too many tokens tied up internally, leaving a huge opportunity for inflation and poor valuation for investors.

Pool allocations are to be spent to benefit the token ecosystem and release plan spans multiple years. We will keep all the tokenholders in mind and to not dump or heavily dilute by bringing in millions of tokens at once. We also are very receptive in this regard and will provide transparent insight into allocated pool usage.

[coinzoid]

Sounds like a promising project. As a CS Go Player I've connected my steam account and started checking areas

[liljsbach]

Definitely a project to keep an eye on. Looks very promising, since gamers community seems to be tech-savvy enough to make it the first utility coin that actually anyone uses for reasons other than speculation.

[malibubaby]

Is it time to buy this token? I see that the proce on bittrex is now below on ico price?

Thank you

[WarrenShitcoinBuffett]

Is it time to buy this token? I see that the proce on bittrex is now below on ico price?

Thank you

I believe so, I am buying it.

[chibimanau]

can not withdraw bonuses?

[spbtctrade]

thats great

[Fabriz]

Big project very undervalued, with a working platform and a strong community

[mariner_southampton]

Is it time to buy this token? I see that the proce on bittrex is now below on ico price?

Thank you

Is it really below ICO price? I couldnt get into the ico somehow

[Lukas2112]

can not withdraw bonuses?

Bonus earnings (through Connekt) are non-withdrawable until they are used (bet/consumed) on the platform.
Currently that means you will have to participate in jackpots and win one with a bonus pool to gain UKG, but in the future other services will become available to you that will enable you to gain withdrawable UKG another way. Buy-in Tournaments and UKG betting are coming to certain jurisdictions where we are legally allowed to offer these services.

Is it time to buy this token? I see that the proce on bittrex is now below on ico price?

Thank you

Is it really below ICO price? I couldnt get into the ico somehow

The tokensale price per token ended up being: 0.001154734411 ETH per UKG

Definitely a project to keep an eye on. Looks very promising, since gamers community seems to be tech-savvy enough to make it the first utility coin that actually anyone uses for reasons other than speculation.

That's what we are gunning for! We found that a lot of gamers were already familiar with cryptocurrency on various levels and have also seen that, indeed, they are tech-savvy enough to quickly learn and adopt blockchain technology and use tokens. Let us know if you have any feedback or ideas! We have plenty of new services and features in development but are always looking for more.