[ANN][RATING] Digital Rating Agency (ICOs, cryptocurrencies): launching

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More than 20 scam projects have been identified since early 2018, $ 1.36 billion was stolen, an average of $ 9.1 million a day! Each of the scam projects embezzled at least $ 400,000.

The experience and knowledge of our experts will help investors not to be tricked by scammers. Analysts of the first professional rating agency for the evaluation of digital assets DigRate selected the most interesting and quality projects that launch ICO from March 12 to March 18, 2018.

The projects were selected according to the following criteria: idea and product of the project, potential of the market on which the project plans to operate, professionalism of the project team members, popularity and competence of the advisory board members, presence of large institutional partners, awareness of a wide range of people about the project and the availability of information in the media.

1. BitGuild (https://www.bitguild.io), ICO starts 15/03/2018. DigRate score - 5.0/7.0.

A decentralized gaming platform that allows players to buy games and related content without additional costs and hidden fees, monetize their gaming activity by earning internal currency. The project’s goal is to create the largest gaming community in the world.

2.   Signals (https://signals.network), ICO starts 12/03/2018. No DigRate score.

The platform allows crypto traders to use an arsenal of trading algorithms, starting with traditional tech analysis and ending with modern technologies of machine learning and data science, that are suitable even for those who do not have programming skills.

3. YourBlock (https://yourblock.io), ICO starts 12/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Completely protected digital personal cabinet for secure storage, control and management of user data based on blockchain technology. The system will store confidential customer data in its own closed unit.

4. DeHedge (https://dehedge.com), ICO starts 15/03/2018. DigRate score is coming.

Blockchain platform for hedging risks of cryptocurrency investors. DeHedge protects investments in ICO and cryptocurrencies in cases of currency fluctuations, fraud and projects liquidation.

5. Metronome (https://www.metronome.io), ICO starts 15/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Cross blockchain cryptocurrency from the Bitcoin Core developer. According to the developers, Metronome is the first cryptocurrency which is able to move between different networks. It will be launched on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, but in the first quarter of 2018 it will be possible to use the Ethereum Classic (ETC) network to store MTN tokens. Subsequently, the developers promise to support Bitcoin sidechains with a virtual machine (EVM) - Rootstock and Qtum.

6. Celsius (https://crowdsale.celsius.network), Pre-ICO starts 15/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Celsius is a new global P2P platform that will connect crypto asset owners with borrowers. This will allow holders of cryptocurrency to earn interest on their assets in the form of tokens and receive cash loans secured by crypto assets.

7. eCoinomic (https://ecoinomic.net), Pre-ICO starts 15/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Financial platform based on cryptocurrency assets. It allows its users to lend, exchange, transfer, manage finances and integrate with online payment systems.

8. BINKD (https://www.binkd.com), Pre-ICO starts 15/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Decentralized platform on Ethereum blockchain to exchange cryptocurrencies with the ability to deposit and withdraw fiat assets and a user-friendly interface.

As evaluation of projects’ investment attractiveness by DigRate analysts was carried out in part, we recommend to study the projects thoroughly before investing. Remember, that you can both multiply and completely lose your funds in the cryptocurrency market, therefore, we recommend investing in ICO only those funds that you can lose without a pity.

This article expresses the views of DigRate and does not constitute a statement of fact or recommendation to buy, hold, or sell these or any other assets, or make investment decisions.

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned 5.2 points out of 7.0 to the Morpheus Labs project.

Morpheus Labs  will provide companies and private developers with the necessary infrastructure to work with blockchain technology. The platform will consist of an integrated tools set (WorkSpace, BNR, administrator console) and a set of preconfigured tasks (DevOps marketplace, MPL) for rapid design, deployment, testing and management of distributed ledgers.

The main competitors of Morpheus Labs are Unibright and Dragonchain. The advantage of Morpheus Labs over competitors, in addition to the list of supported blockchain technologies (Ethereum, NEM, Hyperledger Fabric, Multichain with further expansion), is a complex set of tools and preconfigured tasks for the implementation of a full cycle of blockchain solutions.

MITx tokens will be used to purchase services and applications from blockchain developers, as well as to pay for platform services (subscription, licensing). The MITx token, based on the indicated functional, shows signs of utility-token, but there is no information about the Howey test passing.

There is a mention of working MVP with a user interface in open sources, but there is no public access to the demo. An introduction to the work of MVP is possible only through demonstration videos. The working code of the crowdsale smart contract is published on Github. The project team is balanced and consists of software developers with already implemented projects, designers and marketers. Some members of the team are members of ACCESS and SFA. The road map contains detailed information on the further development of the project, including both tech and business aspects. The project is a part of Singapore State Incubator SGInnovate, that consists of an engineers and qualified specialists with experience in implementing large-scale and complex projects. They will act as project advisers. The Morpheus Labs company identifies major partners integrators, that will contribute to the entering the international market. The project established partnership with the largest Chinese technology company Momentum Works on February 24.

In general, Morpheus Labs is an infrastructural b2b project with SGInnovate incubator support at the state level (Singapore). The project concept is relevant and focused on the growing field of blockchain development. The business model of the project is built around demanded services that will provide the project with stable sources of income. The opening of public access to MVP and the elimination of legal deficiencies will significantly increase investors confidence. The project team is ahead of the road map, that is a sign of high focus on the result.

More information about the strengths and weaknesses of the project can be found in our review.
https://digrate.com/uploads/investment_overview/Morpheus_Infrastructure_ER_eng.pdf

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned A2 investment attractiveness score to DAV Network – medium-to-high probability of long-term investment return, the level of project development potential is above average.

The DAV Network project aims to create a platform that will allow anyone to buy or sell services in the decentralized market of unmanned vehicles. The DAV platform will integrate into any autonomous vehicles, allowing them to exchange information and carry out transactions with each other using the DAV digital currency.

Modules created by Dav Network already have working prototypes and will allow to estimate the pace of the project development in real time, as well as testing some of the functionality. The project team presented a detailed road map, an analysis of the competitive landscape and current market trends, as well as a well thought out business model. The project developers themselves and the advisory board members are representatives of large, universally recognized world companies (NASA, UPS, Bancor, Google) of various fields and leave no doubt about their serious intentions and possibilities to implement such goals.

Despite the undoubted competence of developers, some aspects raise questions. For example, the mechanism for protecting the token price from possible devaluation is not thought out sufficiently. The legal side of the ICO is not thought out, including the regulation of investments made during the ICO and the risks of conducting ICO. There are no main legal documents. Gaps in the legal part of the project may jeopardize its implementation. However, the project team claims that the legal side of the project is being worked out by well-known law firms and will be published closer to the ICO start date.

Despite the above mentioned disadvantages, the project is one of the most popular and expected among the global crypto community. DigRate analysts believe that the success of the project and the speed of its development will directly depend on the pace of technology development in the autonomous vehicles sector, as well as the regulatory rules of this sector of some states and the ability of project developers to adapt to these rules. It is important for investors to understand that it takes several years to implement a project of this scale and the business model of the project is designed for long-term investments.

DAV Network is a very relevant and in-demand solution in the field of transport, supported by the platform prototype. Most likely that the platform’s services will be highly in demand, and the project will be scaled rapidly.

Pros and cons of the project, as well as our recommendations, can be found in our report.
https://digrate.com/en/ico/dav-network

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Currently, 40 to 50% of tokens on exchanges are traded below the placement price. Such statistics are depressing, so we bring to your attention the most attractive projects, that launch ICO from 26.03. to 01.04.2018, selected carefully by DigRate experts.

1. SafeCript (https://safecrypt.io), Pre-ICO starts 26/03/2018. No DigRate score.

SafeCrypt.io is an exchange platform that plans to capture up to 9.6% of the cryptocurrency market share. The platform is based on the safest afeCrypt.io model, that does not oblige users to store their assets on the platform to perform exchange operations, which is an indisputable advantage and protects traders from the loss of cryptocurrency assets.

2. Auctus (https://auctus.org),  ICO starts 27/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Auctus is a first-of-its-kind pension savings platform based on a blockchain that will allow users to create a variety of portfolios consisting of both traditional and cryptocurrency assets.

3. DIW Token (https://diwtoken.com), ICO starts 27/03/2018. No DigRate score.

DIW will allow to store safely confidential information, such as identification documents, passwords, bank accounts and credit card numbers. Information, verified KYC or KYS documentation, and other valuable digital data will be stored and exchanged in a secure, decentralized platform. The DIW’s payment gateway will be an easily integrated verification system for a variety of e-commerce websites.

4. Omnitude (https://omnitude.tech), ICO starts 28/03/2018. No DigRate score.

The project is based on the HyperLedger platform and introduces blockchain technologies in the e-commerce field. It will be possible to create accountable and transparent value chains. The project will provide an opportunity for integration between corporate systems, such as ERP and WMS.

5. Metronome (https://www.metronome.io), ICO starts 29/03/2018. No DigRate score.

Cryptocurrency from the Bitcoin Core developer. Metronome is the first cryptocurrency that will be able to shift between different networks, according to developers. It will be launched initially on Ethereum (ETH), but in the first quarter of 2018 it will be possible to use the Ethereum Classic network to store MTN tokens. The developers promise to support Bitcoin's sidechains subsequently.


6. HYCON (https://hycon.io),  ICO starts 30/03/2018. No DigRate score.

HYCON is a digital asset built on the basis of more advanced blockchain technology developed by the Infinity Project team. It has the ability to publish several blocks at the same time, to regulate conflicting transactions and to reject double expenses through the mechanism of SPECTRE consensus, using the DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) structure.

7. Consensus AI (https://consensus.ai), ICO starts 31/03/2018.  No DigRate score.

Consensus AI is an open sourced platform based on its own cryptocurrency built to improve management mechanisms at all levels of organizational structures, such as companies, regions, cities or countries using artificial intelligence and automated solutions based on big data.


This article expresses the views of DigRate and does not constitute a statement of fact or recommendation to buy, hold, or sell these or any other assets, or make investment decisions.

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned 5.1 points out of 7.0 to the DeHedge project.

DeHegde is a company aiming at creating a decentralized platform for hedging risks of crypto investors. DeHedge plans to create the infrastructure needed to protect ICO and cryptocurrencies investments in case of exchange rate fluctuations, fraud and bankruptcy of projects, offering its clients two basic hedging strategies: hedging initial token offerings and trading token exchange rate having free circulation.

The idea of ​crypto insurance is not new, several decentralized projects such as Cryptosterling, B.Sure and others, as well as a number of centralized banks, for example, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, work on it. However, these companies implement local initiatives, but only DeHedge and B.Sure, declare insurance of the traders’ losses risk during market fluctuations directly.

The project's founders are public figures with experience in major Russian banks, hedge funds and business incubators, the staff of the project is balanced having competences in software, finance, marketing and jurisprudence. There are the well-known lawyer with experience in the cryptocurrencies regulation, the chief editor of CryptoCoinNews, the senior partner of Belgravia Wealth Management and the financier with extensive experience in dealing with risks in Troika Dialog and Sberbank CIB among the project's advisers. There are Derebit, Shivom, and Priority Token among project partners.

The DHT token will be used as an insurance premium payment and has utility-token features. The team also presents the test results on the non-recognition of the token as a security. In addition, the project team states that they are working to obtain the appropriate SEC licenses to work with institutional investors, and there are corresponding entries in the SEC archives. However, practice shows that the SEC is skeptical about cryptocurrencies, and this initiative is difficult to implement.

The tech side needs further development, the smart contract code for ICO and Pre-ICO has not been published on GitHub.

The project has already provided the first proposal for hedging Shivon tokens, that can be purchased through the DeHedge website, but there is one hedging option available that covers only 50% of the value of the purchased tokens at the moment.

In general, the DeHedge’s idea is pressing and promising, but the lack of information on the methodology does not allow to fully assess the potential of the project. If more hedging options will launch in time and more other ICO projects will be involved, DeHedge can compete with other projects in the multibillion hedge and crypto insurance market, optimize price risks for the target audience of the crypto industry, attract traditional investors to the cryptocurrency market, as well as attract investors, cryptocurrency traders, and funds managing the capital of trustees into ICO projects.

More information about the strengths and weaknesses of the project can be found in our review: https://goo.gl/5H4sEy

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Europe’s Leading ICO Presale Pool Syndicate now accepting new members. 
 
“We’re quite confident that when we’re sitting here in twenty years, we’ll be talking about Blockchain Technology the way we talk about the Internet Today” = Marc Andreessen
 
Who are we?  Crypto Laboratory London’s team consist of individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds in IT, programming and development, finance, HR, marketing and politics. We are all cryptocurrency enthusiasts, investors, traders and miners that are fulltime and in the community. We are London based and have a network with presence around the city however we do have presence globally. We’re investors just like you but we also believe that Blockchain has the potential to transform societies and reorganise industry and sectors. A great opportunity is presented to us where we can be a part of a revolutionary space and investing at the same time. Giving us access to a closed community. Without decentralization we would not be here. We can financially and socially support great projects we believe will have lasting impacts.
 
Why did we form? We saw the astounding lack of attention to details and well-rounded organisation around Crypto trading and ICO investing from other ICO pools and syndicates. In cases, some groups had easy access to ICO teams and allocations because of their networks, however the quality of the ICO’s themselves were not consistent. Analysis and community support were often poor. Other groups had good analysis and attention to details but lacked the access to pre-sale allocation for early investors. There was a space for an organisation that took the best practices and amalgamated them into one project. 
 
What do we do different? Our solution is that we have a great team that works to offer the best solution in each field when assessing an ICO.  We carry out a scrutiny process and due diligence on ICO’s before we personally invest. We also carry out our own tokenomics and analysis on the concept, team, advisors, prototypes and other important factors when initiating investment. We have a wide network across the crypto community and regularly attend conferences and meetings. Upcoming ICO projects approach Crypto Laboratory London because of the valued community that we have behind us, which VC firms and angel investors lack. Where possible we always like to have a close relationship to the projects we take interest in and represent the communities’ interests in ICO projects.  This means that when our community invests in a project; quick clarification and issues that arrive can be dealt with promptly.
 
How you can be involved We are opening participation up. This means you can join our community, benefit from the education, networking and personal analysis that we and others provide within our space, for free. There is no joining cost. We simply ask that keep an open mind to learning and contributing to discussions. From this, you will be given access to participate in syndicates which our Team secure through hard work and due diligence that we carry out. 
 

•   We create due diligence reports on ICO's for our partners, carry out technical analysis tailored for our clients and are advising a number of ICO's privately.
We also raise funds and acquire allocations and we are looking to build a network of groups who would be willing to share research/allocations and opportunities with each other.
Due to current market conditions most groups are struggling to raise capital because investors are not liquid.
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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned Fair Quality Rate to Naxatu project.

Naxatu is the first ICO project in the world aiming at an apartment purchase in Kiev without deception and unnecessary hype.

Resourceful programmer Maxim Tymchik wants to raise dough honestly and quickly to buy real estate in Kiev. The project founder notes that the painful price per square metre of floor space force the average farmer to work for 20 years to get decent house. Thus, the project does not present any product, but carries an ideological value - many a mickle makes a hut.

The business model of the project ensures nothing for investors, but the author promises to hold a party for major tokens holders (but not in the hut, since all people will not fit).

The project team represented by the sole representative Maxim Tymchik is quite balanced (unless the programmer in desperate need of his own cozy spot does not have an identity disorder). Maxim is the head that wears many hats. He performs the functions of the founder, developer, designer, content manager, he will even pray for you if you donated. Such number of functions assigned to one person makes one wonder, but not in this case! This guy is like really handsome modern Sherlock Holmes, and there is no doubt about his professional qualities of the programmer and the ability to implement the sassy project concept.

In addition, the project managed to attract a number of very unknown and unconcerned advisers (foreman, accountant and homeless person) and it also did not bother several very large partners who still do not know about the existence of the Naxatu project.

Strangely enough, Naxatu is surrounded by a rich competitive landscape. The title of the most honest ICO with a useless token also has several applicants, for example, the project of another Maxim (Novikov) with the fair name shittoken. Maxims is now on fire.

Despite the fact that with the help of XATA tokens it will be possible to vote for each new bottle in the collection of the future Maxim’s bar, the value of the tokens is still comparable to the value of dust on the telly. Maxim describes the value of XATA ownership very easily: "Maybe, at first glance, XATA tokens will seem to be useless. Well, that's the way it is. " Nevertheless, tokens will be a reward to investors, at least they must get something. In addition, the names of all investors who wish to disclose their personalities will be written on one of the walls of the future hut of the project's founder, that will give XATA a special social significance.

Legal documents for the ICO are optional, according to the founder. There is no need to develop a Privacy Policy since personal information of users is not requested when purchasing tokens. However, the lack of Token Sale Agreement and KYC policy can create a serious threat to the project from the SEC. Taking into account the fact that probability of the purchase of XATA tokens by an accredited American investor is of 0.0000001%, the SEC's threat is more than real.

In general, the merger of blockchain and crowdfunding for the hut purchase is a quite logical and correct step. Collecting money with the help of the project will settle the matter of a lifetime, and Maxim will be able to concentrate on other more important and interesting things (for example, to build a dacha or birdhouses). The XATA token has every chance to never appear on exchanges and not to become a speculators’ tool in its turn.

More information can be found in our review.Happy April Fool’s day!
https://digrate.com/uploads/investment_overview/Naxatu_ER_eng.pdf

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned A2 investment attractiveness score to BeEasy – medium-to-high probability of long-term investment return, the level of project development potential is above average.

BeEasy is created as a universal platform, that unites several services: mining-pool, crypto exchange and crypto fund. The main company’s product is the mining service, according to project team, minimizing the threshold for entering this activity for beginners and opening the opportunity to attract a wide audience to the mining process. Experienced miners will be able to help the project with both the capacity of their data center and flexible settings for mining on the user's personal equipment via the BeEasy mining-pool.

The project is aimed primarily at the audience that is currently far from the cryptocurrency market offering it the most convenient interfaces of all BeEasy services. The project has a high probability of attracting a wide range of newcomers with a high-quality platform implementation and an effective marketing strategy, who, due to the simplicity of the platform, will be able to adapt more quickly in the blockchain and cryptocurrencies world.

The main advantage of the project is a ready-made working version of the platform key module. The team has already completed about 40% of the tasks set by the project, which is evidence of their competence.

There is a direct benefit of using ETKN tokens in accounting for the BeEasy platform users. The project will be interesting for beginners because of the convenience, simplicity and versatility of the platform.

A significant shortcoming of the project is the low marketing activity on social networks, specialized Internet communities and instant messengers, as such social activity can attract a wide target audience.

In general, the problem, that the project plans to eliminate, is relevant for the young and rapidly developing crypto industry. Many newcomers to the blockchain technology and cryptocurrency are still indifferent due to associated time and cost implications, as well as possible fraud. The BeEasy project should help such users to make the first step in mining and trading world by providing access to all platform services within a single interface.

Pros and cons of the project, as well as our recommendations, can be found in our report.
https://digrate.com/en/ico/beeasy

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Out of 1463 ICOs that have been conducted since 2014, 565 projects (39%) did not collect the necessary amount and were closed, every seventh project (192 units) is scam or unpromising, according to the ICO Market Stats. DigRate experts selected for investors the most interesting and promising projects, that launch ICO from April 2nd to 8th, 2018.


1. Nebula AI (https://tokensale.nebula-ai.network), ICO starts 02/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Nebula AI is a blockchain platform, that uses artificial intelligence, intended for developers of AI applications. Integrated into the system API / SDK and payment gateways allow developers to receive revenue based on a smart contract. The platform will also enable miners to share hash capacity, that will allow it to compete with Amazon and Google in the field of cloud computing.

2. Quant Network (https://www.quant.network), ICO starts 02/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Quant Network creates a patented Overledger operating system, that will run multi-chain decentralized applications (MApps) and Treaty Contracts (multi-chain smart contracts). Quant Network will provide funds for enterprises and developers allowing to create applications for interaction between different blockchains using the software development kit. Overledger is aimed at eliminating barriers and current limitations of blockchain technology.

3. Squeezer (https://tokensale.squeezer.io), Pre-ICO starts 02/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Squeezer is a platform that helps software developers easily create applications without working with the entire infrastructure of the blockchain system creating a single universal network that will allow developers to connect to any blockchain system (such as BTC, ETH or LTC). It is also a powerful tool for providing high-quality software components for large corporations. Squeezer uses world-class microservice platforms, such as AWS Lambda, Google Functions and Azure Functions.

4. Safein (https://www.safein.com), Pre-ICO starts 03/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Safein is a payment wallet and a single identification number that ensures security and convenience. With the help of Safein, users can easily verify their identity in the Internet if needed, make instant payments, and monitor their personal data.

5. Traceto (https://traceto.io), ICO starts 04/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Traceto is a decentralized KYC network from Cynopsis, that took an active part in the ICO for ICON, KyberNetwork, Quantstamp and TenX. The platform will allow the KYC procedure to be performed in automated mode by combining algorithms, AI and the human factor. All interactions between KYC customers, clients and inspection staff  will be transferred to the blockchain.

6. AdSigma (https://adsigma.io), Pre-ICO starts 05/04/2018. No DigRate score.

AdSigma is an advertising platform that will solve such problems in the advertising industry as unjustifiably high commission fees of advertising networks, lack of freedom of negotiations and irrelevant advertisements. This decentralized system prevents the manipulation of data and ensures that no one can interfere with the transaction or provide preferences or privileges to one advertiser or publisher over another. The network is checked and maintained by all its participants.

This article expresses the views of DigRate and does not constitute a statement of fact or recommendation to buy, hold, or sell these or any other assets, or make investment decisions.

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned 5.0 points out of 7.0 to the Taklimakan Network.

Taklimakan Network is an investment educational platform for interaction of traders, investors, analysts, and managers through the channel of communication between beginners and experts. The main services of the platform include the following: a social network for crypto community professional and beginner members; aggregation of general information and news on cryptocurrencies; the analytical center where analysts conduct analysis of the crypto market and ICO projects; education center with a library for professional development; trading instruments consisting of trading signals, strategies and recommendations from the platform traders; investment pools with an integrated rating system for managers; collective forecasting (collective voting system); the intra-platform payment system.

The launch of the platform alpha version for testing is scheduled for April-June 2018, according to roadmap. The project’s GitHub page contains the code of the smart contract for the crowdsale. Information about the independent safety audit of the smart contract is missing in official sources of the project.

Part of the team responsible for the development has more than 10 years of experience. Its members are representatives of the company UseTech, that is listed on the Taklimakan Network project's website. UseTech has implemented solutions for a number of large and well-known Russian companies in its portfolio.

The only means of payment within the Taklimakan Network is the ERC20 TKLN token. Participants will be able to pay for subscriptions to analytical materials, trading signals, and strategies or individual expert advice with the help of TKLN. In addition, TKLN owners will have the opportunity to vote for innovations introduced on the platform.

All funds received from the TKLN token sale will be placed on escrow accounts and transferred to the team in accordance with the roadmap, that will limit the risks for investors.

Taklimakan Network is implemented in highly competitive promising fields of crypto trading and investments in cryptocurrency portfolios and ICO projects. The main feature of the project is the complexity, simplicity and variability, that will ensure the functionality of the platform. The launch of MVP is scheduled for April-May 2018. Professionals and newcomers will have motivational incentives for effective interaction within the project. The legal structure of the company is transparent, and the use of an escrow is realized to reduce investment risks. The main disadvantage is the incomplete competition strategy, that can become critical for further development in a highly competitive field.

More information about the strengths and weaknesses of the project can be found in our review: https://digrate.com/uploads/investment_overview/Taklimakan_ER_eng.pdf

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TOP 5 ICO, May 2018

Platforms for working with smart contracts, decentralized apps, interblockchain solutions, and payment processing systems were of the greatest interest of investors in Q1 2018. The ICO market is still asymmetric and 40% of all raised funds account for 1% of ICO projects.

DigRate analysts selected 5 the most promising projects, that launch pre-ICO in May 2018.


OneLedger (Blockchain Service), pre-ICO starts in May 2018. No DigRate score.
OneLedger is a scalable universal cross-platform protocol designed for business with the goal of uniting different types of business applications and enabling them to connect to different blockchains through the OneLedger side chains.


Hedera Hashgraph (Blockchain), pre-ICO starts in May 2018. No DigRate score.
Hedera hashgraph is the platform for implementing a new form of distributed consensus to ensure secure collaboration and online transactions without the need for a trusted intermediary for people who do not trust or do not know each other.


Keep network (Blockchain Service), unknown pre-ICO start date. No DigRate score.
Keep network is a privacy layer for Ethereum. A keep is an off-chain container for data enabling deep interactivity with private data.


GoChain (Blockchain), pre-ICO starts 01.05.2018. No DigRate score.
GoChain is a scalable, high-performance and low-cost blockchain based on the principle of Proof of Authority (POA) supporting smart contracts and distributed apps.


NuCypher (Blockchain Service), unknown pre-ICO start date. No DigRate score.
NuCypher helps decentralized apps developers protect their data in a blockchain with decentralized proxy server re-encryption.

This article expresses the views of DigRate and does not constitute a statement of fact or recommendation to buy, hold, or sell these or any other assets, or make investment decisions.

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned A2 investment attractiveness score to NeoNexchange  – medium-to-high probability of long-term investment return, the level of project development potential is above average.

NeoNexchange is a decentralized trading platform for currency exchange. First of all, this platform is an exchange, the main distinguishing feature of which will be the Off-Chain Matching Engine (search and closing of the purchase / sale operations into the finished transaction). That is, the search for orders to close the transaction will be made outside of the blockchain, that will significantly speed up the throughput (NeoNexchange is potentially able to process and execute more than 100,000 trades per second). Thus, the product created by NeoNexchange will combine the high productivity of centralized exchanges and the security of decentralized exchanges.

The project developers have already submitted an alpha version of the NEX Google Chrome extension, which will be used to conduct the crowdsale.

The project team includes founders of the open blockchain developers community – NEO - City Of Zion. The founders of the project are also developers of the project with a high level of competence in the blockchain field, and NEO blockchain in particular. The team is represented mainly by specialists from the tech field and balanced by experienced financial advisers.

However, the project should attract more marketing, management, finance and legal specialists on a permanent basis, according to DigRate analysts. Some aspects raise questions: for example, it is not clear at what stage of implementation the legal part of the project is to date. There is not a single legal document providing certain rights or disclosing risks to potential investors in open sources. There are also no legal documents of the legal entity and any information about the company as a whole. The greatest concern is the positioning of the NEX project token as a security token by team members. The NEX token will not be a means of payment within the platform and will be used to distribute part of the platform profit between NEX holders. Despite the fact that this token feature will attach value to NEX as the platform develops, the project team will face bureaucratic difficulties associated with the legalization of NEX as a security. In the light of constantly changing rules regarding cryptocurrencies, registration of a token as a security will be impossible in many countries and remains in question in a number of other countries. Positioning NEX as a security token will also make it difficult to list token on other exchanges.

In general, the project is one of the most anticipated in the crypto industry as decentralized exchange that supports NEP5 tokens is necessary for the further development of the market. If the project team succeeds in timely settling all legal issues and NEX will be recognized as a security legally, then plans of the team can be successfully implemented, and NeoNexchange will present a completely new standard of exchanges and the first of its kind decentralized exchange with a performance comparable to modern centralized exchanges.

Pros and cons of the project, as well as our recommendations, can be found in our report: https://goo.gl/ybtbjd

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned 4.8 points out of 7.0 to the Atonomi project.

Atonomi is a project that develops a security protocol and related components to protect IoT (Internet of Things) platforms and integrated devices. The project developers strive to organize the most convenient and safe internal management structure of IoT devices for performing financial transactions and data exchange. Atonomi developers plan to implement a security protocol into the healthcare industry, the smart homes development and urban infrastructure projects.

Atonomi is developed by CENTRI founded in 2010 and known for its developments in the field of IoT security technologies. CENTRI has 10 patented technologies that will be used in Atonomi. Three of the 5 founders of the project occupy management positions in CENTRI, the other two managers are experienced experts in the blockchain field. Information about other team members is not disclosed publicly, but it is claimed that they are also CENTRI employees. The project has succeeded in attracting experienced advisors, however, no public confirmation of cooperation by the advisers was found.

There is information on the final stage of development of the alpha version of MVP with full functionality, but there is no public access to this prototype. The CEO of the project announced on April 7 that the finished product will be available in May 2018. The smart contract code for the ICO and the source code of the platform are not published on GitHub.

The economics of the ATMI token and other aspects of the ICO are worked out superficially. The team states that ATMI is the only a means of payment within the platform and describes the token features. The measures taken to reduce the risks of investors are not described. There is no basic information about the ICO, including the base price of the token, the volume of the released tokens, and whether this release is the only one, the hard cap and the soft cap, etc. The team also did not provide the results of the Howey Test passage.

In general, the Atonomi project deserves attention as it solves the urgent problem of the modern IoT market - to ensure the security of devices working on the Internet. But the project is at an early stage of ICO preparation and it is alarming that there are no roadmap, token economy, legal risks ICO, and the question of network scalability are not disclosed. However, the project team maintains constant communication with the community and informs about all the project progress. Release of the finished product with full functionality is planned before the ICO start, that is, investors will be given the opportunity to assess the uniqueness and capabilities of the product before purchasing ATMI tokens. There is a high probability that the project will be completed and successfully operated taking into account the experience of the project founders, the CENTRI opportunities and the availability of patented tech solutions. DigRate will closely monitor the implementation of the Atonomi project.

More information about the strengths and weaknesses of the project can be found in our review.

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The ICO market continues to grow rapidly (around 600 ICOs were conducted in Q1 2018), competition among projects is growing, and it becomes increasingly difficult for investors to find promising startups that will achieve the project's goals and will not disappear with the raised funds. Demand generates supply, so integrated solutions that help startups to organize turn-key ICO and escrow services that allow building a transparent relationship between project founders and investors appear on the market.

The team of the first professional rating agency for the evaluation of digital assets (DigRate) has conducted an overview of integrated solutions and escrow services for ICO market. More: https://goo.gl/HQbSPE

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Analysts of the first professional rating agency for the evaluation of digital assets DigRate selected 5 the most promising projects, that launch ICO and pre-ICO from 23.04 to 29.04.2018.

1. Worldopoly, Pre-ICO starts 23/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Worldopoly is the first-of-its-kind multiplayer game that combines technologies of augmented reality, geo-positioning, blockchain and artificial intelligence into an exciting economic strategy. Worldopoly designs a platform for creating, owning and trading real estate with their own internal WPT tokens, that users can earn participating in the game.

2. Decoin, ICO starts 23/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Decoin is a decentralized multicurrency trading platform, that will distribute its revenues to the tokens owners. Revenues will include spreads, transaction commissions and interest of margin trading.

3. FTEC, Pre-ICO starts 24/04/2018. No DigRate score.

First Trading Ecosystem is a neural networks based trading platform by the creators of Coinbot.Club and CryptoAngels. The system will include a number of innovative modules: Smart Trading Module for effective automated trading; Adaptive Social Assistant, which will allow traders to effectively predict the movement of crypto assets prices on the basis of analysis of social networks; and a module for analyzing the news background and analysis of exchanges for arbitrage opportunities.

4. MVL Chain, ICO starts 26/04/2018. No DigRate score.

MVL Chain is an ecosystem that collects information about vehicles. The service will unite participants related to the motor transport industry: manufacturers, maintenance services, taxi services, car salesmen and individual drivers, information about which will be included in the blockchain, that should increase the trust of the system participants to each other and motivate people to drive safe.

5. Datareum, Pre-ICO starts 28/04/2018. No DigRate score.

Datareum is a decentralized marketplace that allows users to monetize their personal data by selling it directly to researchers, large companies and other interested parties. The platform is developed on the Ethereum blockchain and will guarantee the confidentiality and security of the personal information storage.

This article expresses the views of DigRate and does not constitute a statement of fact or recommendation to buy, hold, or sell these or any other assets, or make investment decisions.

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The cryptocurrency market shows signs of a short-term recovery from April 16 to 22 after a lengthy correction that has lasted since the beginning of the year. The main driver of the market growth was general positive news background, as well as the end of the tax period in the US, before which many large investors have fixed their positions.

The Bitcoin price, which can be considered as the index for the entire cryptocurrency market, has increased by 14.1% from $ 7,887 to $ 9,000 (as of 21.04) during this week. The active growth of the market capitalization and the composite DRI index show demolition of the downtrend, that has been formed since January 2018.

Alternative cryptocurrencies have demonstrated a higher rate of price recovery than Bitcoin, and a decrease in Bitcoin's dominance over altcoins was due to the active growth of Ripple and Bitcoin Cash over the week.

The cryptocurrency market showed a clear signal for recovery and most of the coins from the first twenty went into the bull trend during the reporting week.

More: https://goo.gl/y8DK57

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned 4.2 points out of 7.0 to the RoomDAO project.

RoomDAO is a decentralized tourist aggregator that unites the participants in the field of tourist services: travel agencies, landlords and hotels, advertising agencies, transport companies and entertainment centers into a single ecosystem.

The project team consists of 10 people specializing in electronic payments, software development and marketing. There are Alexander Matushevich, ex-director of E-PORT, and Alexander Samardak, founder and CEO of Page Media Solutions. Team members do not have extensive international experience in the tourism field to achieve the project's goal.

Although the project indicates its competitive advantages, such as lower costs due to lack of commissions, decentralization and transparency of the system, as well as the possibility of earning tokens within the system, these advantages are indeed competitive in a centralized environment, but they are inherent in most projects from a decentralized environment, so they will not significantly distinguish the project from a number of competitors in this field.

Negligence of the legal side may entail negative legal incidents in the future on the part of market regulators and RDC purchasers.

RoomDAO is a decentralized tourist aggregator, whose goal is to create a single international platform that will unite all participants of the tourism services market. The goal looks difficult to achieve at the moment due to the lack of team’s experience in the tourist field at international level. If the company significantly expands the partner network and cooperates with large world tourist networks, operators and platforms, it can occupy a worthy place in the tourist business market. Launching a beta version of the platform, providing detailed information on the business model and financial plan, competitive advantages, and eliminating legal flaws will significantly increase investors’ confidence in the project. The project is at an early stage of ICO preparation and requires significant improvements to date. DigRate analysts will monitor the implementation of the RoomDAO project closely.

More information about the strengths and weaknesses of the project can be found in our review: https://goo.gl/wjT2A6

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The first professional digital rating agency DigRate has assigned 5.0 points out of 7.0 to the Metronome project.

The Metronome project team develops a cross-platform MTN token, the main feature of which is the ability to export / import to various blockchain systems. MTN tokens are designed to solve the problems of high volatility of the cryptocurrency market, low transaction velocity and free transition between blockchains.

The initial volume of the MTN will be 10 million. Metronome creators will receive 20% (2 million MTN) of the total MTN issuance, that will be reserved within a separate TokenLocker contract (25% available immediately after the Initial Supply Auction, and the remaining 75% will be unblocked quarterly for 12 quarters in equal parts). The remaining 8 million tokens will be available for purchase through the Initial Supply Auction. The seven-day basic initial auction with a one-minute price reduction is scheduled for May 2018. 

The Metronome project is implemented by the experienced BloqLabs team. The leaders are very experienced and authoritative representatives of the crypto industry: Jeff Garzik - CEO and Co-founder of Bloq. He was one of the developers at Bitcoin Core. Matthew Roszak is a Co-founder of Tally Capital, which specializes in digital assets and blockchain technology. The investment portfolio includes more than 20 projects, including Blockchain Capital, Block.One, Blockstream, Civic, Factom, QTUM.

The advantages of MTN over main cryptocurrencies (BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP, ZEC) are the increased transaction velocity, possibility of payment by subscription and selection of blockchain network. The main risk of buying MTN is a new approach to the token sale with inflationary component. The purchase of MTN for investment purposes is doubtful, rather it is worth considering MTN as a more convenient means of settlement. Flexibility within different blockchain platforms, emission steadiness and autonomy of the Metronome smart contracts, give the token a high potential to become massive and to deduce cryptocurrencies calculations to a new level.

More information about the strengths and weaknesses of the project can be found in our review: goo.gl/dH4JEB