TheMaxx's ICO Investments

[themaxx]

Hi guys, in this thread I'll be setting out my ICO Investments. If affiliate links bother you, click on the non-affiliate direct link which I've also provided.

I've invested in:

1. AMLT by Coinfirm
Affiliate link: https://tokenmarket.net/crowdsale/coinfirm/embed?aid=2Jbujt_jQbmEefCEv95gww
Direct link: https://amlt.coinfirm.io/
This is an anti-money laundering coin.  I like this coin because as the ICO market matures, there will be an increased need for Anti-Money laundering.  This solves a real need, and demand will increase exponentially in the future.

2. CoinMetro by FXPIG
Affiliate link: https://go.coinmetro.com/?refId=5a520b7cfd158e1cea28cfbf
Direct link: https://coinmetro.com/
This is a new exchange, launched by an existing New Zealand Broker.  I think their advantage will be their fiat to crypto conversion, as they are an existing broker and have tackled anti-money laundering issues.

3. Sharpe Platform
Affiliate link: https://sharpe.capital/?referral=ac57f045
Direct link: http://sharpe.capital
I invested as they're an interesting Prediction Platform, and they made 108% in their first month.

4. Moozicore
Direct link: https://tokensale.moozicore.com/
Spotify clone. I invested because I like John McAfee's style.

5. NapoleonX
Direct link: https://NapoleonX.ai
Referral code: BIRPXOSP
I invested because they an asset manager with an interesting project, and they're looking to be registered in France.  This will open up Crypto to institutional capital in Europe.

I'm looking to invest in:
1. BeeToken
Direct link: https://www.beetoken.com/
AirBnB on the blockchain - I'm sure this is on most people's radar. ICO on Thursday.

2.GenieICO
Affiliate link: https://bookbuilding.genieico.net/?ref=1eb3c91def49970787098696
Direct link: https://genieico.net
Interesting business loan exchange, loking to be authorised in Singapore. For some reason it hangs on Firefox, so open in chrome, bit of a red flag for me. This ICO is open, but there's a 1ETH minimum.  I'll look to invest on 1 February when the minimum drops to 0.1ETH.

3. OnzCoin
Affiliate link: https://ico.onzcoin.com/signup?rid=CH9GJSQH
Direct link: https://ico.onzcoin.com
Platform looking to monetise social networks. Whitepaper reads well.  Will invest as soon as I can work out the minimums!

4. Dadi Cloud
Affiliate Link: https://dadi.cloud/r/rdgb44f279
Direct link: https://dadi.cloud/
Decentralised web services. ICO launch next Monday.

5. Ink Protocol
Direct link: https://paywithink.com/
Good for you if you can get in on this one, I was too late signing up for the whitelist.

6. Nucleus.vision
Direct link: https://nucleus.vision/
A contactless identification system.

7. CoInvest
Direct link: https://coinve.st
A decentralised exchange - as soon as this problem is cracked traditional exchanges are going to die.

8. Atonomi
Direct link: https://atonomi.io/
IoT project, because IOTA is a pile of garbage.

9. Refereum
Direct link: https://token.refereum.com
Twitch clone.

10. Tradove bbcoin
Direct link: https://bbcoin.tradove.com
B2B business platform.

11. CoTrader
Direct link: https://cotrader.com (need username/password to access)
Trade copying for crypto.  Website locked, but if you google cotrader.com whitepaper, you can read the google cache of the whitepaper.

12. The Abyss
Affiliate link: https://www.theabyss.com/invite/yqkkly
Direct link: https://www.theabyss.com/
Video game digital distribution platform. Bitcointalk ANN thread

13. WePower
Direct link: https://wepower.network/
Green energy trading platform.  Not sure about this one, given that the carbon credit market was a bust.

14. legolas.exchange
Direct link: https://lgo.legolas.exchange/
A decentralised exchange - as soon as this problem is cracked traditional exchanges are going to die.

15. Credits.com
Direct link: https://credits.com
A financial serivces blockchain. Bitcointalk ANN thread

Any comments/suggestions on the above ICOs are very welcome. Will continue to post my investments going forward! Also, let me know if there are any interesting ICOs that I've missed!

[themaxx]

Here is a list of spreadsheets I use for ICO tracking and research, credit to the posters in this thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2552575.0

1. TheGobOne https://thegobone.com/
https://docs.google.com/a/tgo.capital/spreadsheets/d/1dCkbVKV-yz913WAsfJeNeNnnZCF9SXIt_uIyy49MLSM or https://thegobeone.com/spreadsheet

2. OhHeyMatty - https://www.youtube.com/user/yourmom7829
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OH-AoIggPLL9JGmx7i-Xsjzktc0JCEfLvHvEmDJmeWY/

3. lendex0
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vScEz0nAEoBr9a7aJ5qKEsdIzORuycAzWjDpSwCa-jHnNLpyXyrzwv2_1l69gfLEutLIY4XVLmQklMV/pubhtml#

4. Ian Balina - http://ianbalina.com/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qvCCS6lwEH9nOa8KwQGTVhtQ3VXPzed3rXUqksDQkT0/

5. Crypto Moon - https://t.me/cryptomoon
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1js-N4uFteHPAYMAZJRPajDhOkhVCE-iwHdPnxPtuftU/

6. OhHeyMatty - https://www.youtube.com/user/yourmom7829
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OH-AoIggPLL9JGmx7i-Xsjzktc0JCEfLvHvEmDJmeWY/

7. DiddyCarter
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I3SCazxzVBlo5gBwEvXPOg55HUqd3i8q688tHDa5p3A/edit#gid=0

8. Mandy - https://twitter.com/mandyb675
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MjhiUslFV9bnKSWG7ElCA11B2xxFEbJRzMZ7wmhJrTE/edit#gid=303074765

9. Sergio - https://steemit.com/@cryptosergio
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ZA-_vwhfQSk6gWbl-_TkO3jYHZHeEFFw1uZfMWvYKs/edit#gid=742844739

10. Envion
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vrIn6FmFZS2CjiAa6ebUuSuR2Va7e5GYRrwJryiY9tE/htmlview#

11. IcoFlip
https://www.icoflip.com/

12. IcoDrops
https://icodrops.com/

[themaxx]

Herotoken
Affiliate link: https://membership.herotoken.io/r/R8yqD6h21yE
Direct link: https://herotoken.io

This is the next ICO that I'm going to invest in. Impressive white paper, solves a real world need.  Bitcointalk ANN Thread is here.

[themaxx]

These are the next batch of ICOs that I'm monitoring/investing in.

Medical Chain ICO
Direct link: https://medicalchain.com/en/token-sale/
White paper: https://medicalchain.com/en/whitepaper/
Team: https://medicalchain.com/en/team/
Telegram: https://t.me/Medicalchain
Bitcointalk ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2590651

Blockchain for Medical Records, decent team and whitepaper, solves a real world need.

Insights Network ICO
Direct link: https://insights.network/token_sale/wizard/
White paper: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/insights-network-public/InsightsNetworkWhitepaperV0.5.pdf
Telegram: https://t.me/InsightsNetwork
Team: https://insights.network/#team

Market research blockchain, decent team and whitepaper, solves a real world need.

Current.us ICO
Direct link: https://tokensale.current.us/
Affiliate link: https://referral.current.us/?mwr=6402-86fb9697
White paper: https://tokensale.current.us/#whitepapers
Team: https://tokensale.current.us/#teamanchor

Incentivised streaming platform.  Backed by Mark Cuban.  I've invested in this via a pool.

Peer Mountain ICO
Direct link: http://www.peermountain.com/
Whitepaper: https://www.peermountain.com/peermountain-whitepaper.pdf
Team: https://www.peermountain.com/team/
ID trust, and compliance token.

Engagement token ICO
Direct link: https://engagementtoken.com/pre-sale/
Whitepaper: https://engagementtoken.com/whitepaper/
Team: https://engagementtoken.com/#team
Publishing platform, looks similar to steemit but publishers are newspapers/etc.

Keep Network ICO
Direct link: https://keep.network/
Whitepaper: https://keep.network/whitepaper
Private blockchain storage. Signup to the slack channel to get on the whitelist.

Origin Protocol ICO
Direct link: https://www.originprotocol.com/en/presale
Whitepaper: https://www.originprotocol.com/whitepaper
Team: https://www.originprotocol.com/en/team
Sharing economy (Craigslist, AirBnb and Uber) on the blockchain.

Storecoin ICO
Direct link: http://storeco.in/
Whitepaper: https://storeco.in/whitepaper

Payment coin. Free transfers?!?!

NuCypher ICO
Direct link: https://nucypher.com
Whitepaper: https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2807639/NuCypher%20KMS%20Technical%20White%20Paper.pdf
Bitcointalk ANN thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2035166
Decentralised key management system.

Kairos (KRX) ICO
Direct link: https://www.kairos.com/token-sale
Whitepaper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BQF3U9wSe61HFya2-L4Id4BGVrJNcCvo5f_A1cqhIbw/edit
Facial/emotion recognition for advertising purposes. Not to be confused with kairostokens.com.

Sweetbridge (SWC) ICO
Direct link: https://sweetbridge.com/crowdsale
Whitepaper: https://sweetbridge.com/public/docs/Sweetbridge-Whitepaper.pdf
Asset backed borrowing on the blockchain.

Omega One ICO
Direct link: https://omega.one
Team: https://omega.one/team
Another decentralised trading platform.  These can't come quick enough!

DFinity ICO
Direct link: https://dfinity.org/
Whitepaper: https://dfinity.org/pdf-viewer/pdfs/viewer?file=../library/dfinity-consensus.pdf
Team: https://dfinity.org/team
Podcast interview: https://www.thirdweb.net/news/2018/1/23/the-third-web-4-dfinity-consensus
Blockchain computer, like Ethereum but faster.

Wysker ICO
Direct link: https://www.wystoken.org/index.html
White paper: https://www.wystoken.org/media/whitepaper.pdf
Bitcointalk ANN thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2443093.0
German mobile shopping platform, great whitepaper, I've invested in this ICO.

AIX Trade ICO
Direct link: https://aix.trade/
Whitepaper: https://aix.trade/whitepaper/
Team: https://aix.trade/team/
Telegram: http://telegram.aix.trade/
Brokerage on the blockchain (can trade products other than cryptos). Join the telegram for the crowdsale.

FinutruX ICO
Direct link: https://www.fintrux.com/tokensale.aspx
Whitepaper: https://www.fintrux.com/home/doc/whitepaper.pdf
Unsecured loan platform.

Note: I've made a pool investment in Tradove bbcoin.

[themaxx]

Hey all, I've got two new ICOs for you to check out:
Ocean Protocol
Ocean Protocol is a decentralised data exchange protocol that lets people share and monetise data.

The whitelist opened today, if you're interested in this ICO you should register right now:
https://token.oceanprotocol.com/

Loyakk
Loyakk they're working on a blockchain enterprise relationship platform to allow business to connect with customers, channel partners, distributors, suppliers and contractors.

A link to their ICO is here:
https://www.loyakk.io/

[themaxx]

Mainframe ICO

Mainframe is a secure messaging protocol that can be used by anyone.  They're building an app on top of the protocol called Onyx.

I'm monitoring this project with a view to investing.

Website: https://mainframe.com/
Whitepaper: https://mainframe.docsend.com/view/j39qpui
Telegram: https://t.me/MainframeCommunity
Github: https://github.com/MainframeHQ

[ICO-Master]

What are your views on NEON Exchange (sale information coming Feb 25)?  https://neonexchange.org/

[kingzpro]

Too many ICOs, do not have that much liquid funds to get them while im looking to get more envion and telcoins as i think both of them will prove very profitable in coming months, i hope market will be in our favor in coming months.

[themaxx]

What are your views on NEON Exchange (sale information coming Feb 25)?  https://neonexchange.org/

NEX is definitely on my radar, ICO is planned for the end of March but nothing has been officially announced yet.

There's a recent interview with a lot of info here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/NEO/comments/7tmbuk/i_will_be_chatting_about_nex_in_unofficial/

[themaxx]

Too many ICOs, do not have that much liquid funds to get them while im looking to get more envion and telcoins as i think both of them will prove very profitable in coming months, i hope market will be in our favor in coming months.

I don't invest in all, and when I invest I keep my investment low to spread out among as many ICOs as possible.

[themaxx]

Just a reminder that the Current Airdrop closes tomorrow.

Join the Current telegram group:
https://telegram.me/crncRef_bot?start=cGRtYWNrQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==

Then fill out this application form:
https://current-app.typeform.com/to/q9FbV6

Disclosure: I've invested in Current.us through a pool

[leea-1334]

Well, I had a bad experience with ICOs from last year. Spent so much time to choose a good project, even really supported it with my own effort as I believed in their concepts. And then after all the fuss, I got really burned when people dumped. Investors who got in through exchanges were able to own many times more tokens than I did as an early investor, so until today I feel very apprehensive about ICOs.

I really hope you follow up with progress, this is a good sample of how things would work out for ICO investors in 2018. Do not forget to specify your entry price (how much you paid for token).

[themaxx]

Well, I had a bad experience with ICOs from last year. Spent so much time to choose a good project, even really supported it with my own effort as I believed in their concepts. And then after all the fuss, I got really burned when people dumped. Investors who got in through exchanges were able to own many times more tokens than I did as an early investor, so until today I feel very apprehensive about ICOs.

I really hope you follow up with progress, this is a good sample of how things would work out for ICO investors in 2018. Do not forget to specify your entry price (how much you paid for token).

That's why I buy in to as many ICOs that look decent, and I invest the minimum or slightly more if I'm bullish on the ICO. If I'm invested in 20 ICOs, I plan for 10 to be worth zero, 7 to be break even, and 3 to be worth 10-20 times what I paid for them, meaning I'm roughly up 100% across the whole portfolio.

But don't listen to me, have a look at the spreadsheets posted earlier in the thread, they have better rankings and more analysis.

[soloinvestor]

In my opinion, it is better to make your own research and trust your guts.

The most of the privacy coins are undervalued right now.

The best opportunity is to find a privacy-related project with a low total supply (less than 100M), that way the price will be increasing much faster.

I recently found one project called Ethereum Meta, it is related to anonymity and untraceable transaction. They have a very interesting project to build the Anonymous E-Market Place.

They are on Pre-ICO stage right now, you can check their website: https://ethermeta.com/
Or even better go through their Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2659058.0

[themaxx]

In my opinion, it is better to make your own research and trust your guts.

The most of the privacy coins are undervalued right now.

The best opportunity is to find a privacy-related project with a low total supply (less than 100M), that way the price will be increasing much faster.

I recently found one project called Ethereum Meta, it is related to anonymity and untraceable transaction. They have a very interesting project to build the Anonymous E-Market Place.

They are on Pre-ICO stage right now, you can check their website: https://ethermeta.com/
Or even better go through their Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2659058.0

Are you serious? This is an ERC20 token, which is built on the ETH platform. There's no extra code - no inbuilt privacy, they are waiting for the Ethereum core team to add Zero-Knowledge Snarks into the Ethereum core platform. So basically, they've done nothing but issue a token???

[ibcrypto]

Mainframe ICO

Mainframe is a secure messaging protocol that can be used by anyone.  They're building an app on top of the protocol called Onyx.

I'm monitoring this project with a view to investing.

Website: https://mainframe.com/
Whitepaper: https://mainframe.docsend.com/view/j39qpui
Telegram: https://t.me/MainframeCommunity
Github: https://github.com/MainframeHQ

Sounds interesting but the name Mainframe is about is centralized as you can get. 

[AdrienBe]

Hey themaxx, any new investments in sight?

Coinfirm didn't do well

[Mr.Coinzer]

The motivation behind why ICO venture is excessively dangerous in spite of that they give enormous measure of cash there are bunches of con artists in there ,another reason is that it hasn't been long they began and we are not that beyond any doubt that they will have the capacity to make due in the market.