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China’s State Media Targets ICOs, Cryptocurrency Trading

ICO Insider — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:05:40 +0000

The Chinese government, through its media, is continuing to taking aim at cryptocurrency trading and ICO investments. Despite numerous laws passed last year to ban cryptocurrency activity in China, many Chinese investors continue to find underground ways to trade in virtual currencies and invest in ICOs. Last September, China began its crackdown on virtual currencies, banning ICOs and […]

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$39 Million Mobius ICO Sells Out in 2 Hours on Stellar, Not Ethereum

ICO Insider — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:15:54 +0000

Mobius Network, a turnkey blockchain-enabling data platform, closed its MOBI token ICO in just two hours. More than 55,000 registered for the public token sale, the first to be built on and supported by Stellar, as opposed to Ethereum. The sale was originally scheduled to run through Feb. 18. The token sale hit $39 million, according to […]

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Big Money, Murky Governance: Kicking the Tires of Telegram’s Token Sale

ICO Insider — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:16:31 +0000

Pitched as a game-changer for the cryptocurrency industry, Telegram’s initial coin offering could be a lifesaver for the company. Launched in 2013 by Russian brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the company has never executed on the vague proposals it has floated to monetize its messaging platform. And with hefty annual operating expenses ($70 million in 2017 alone, […]

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Telegram $500 Mln Pre-ICO Aims To Be Largest Ever

ICO Insider — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:06:56 +0000

Private messaging app Telegram is considering the biggest Pre-ICO in history to fund its new Blockchain platform and cryptocurrency. As TechCrunch reports today citing ‘multiple sources,’ Telegram is aiming to raise up to $500 mln in private sales. Its forthcoming Telegram Open Network (TON) would use the tokens for internal user payments. Cointelegraph originally reported on TON in December, the scale […]

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Texas Regulator Orders BitConnect to Call Off Token Sale

ICO Insider — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 13:43:20 +0000

The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has ordered the blockchain-based financial system startup BitConnect to cancel a token sale it had planned to start on January 10. According to a news release published on the regulator’s website, BitConnect was claiming to offer tokens with 100% annual returns, which the TSSB determined qualify as unregistered securities. In addition, BitConnect […]

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ICOs Raised $4 Bln in 2017, What 2018 Has in Store

ICO Insider — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 15:30:21 +0000

2017 has definitely been a record-breaking year for ICOs: a fiat equivalent of some $4 bln have been raised, and the number of successful token placements have increased to a couple of hundreds globally. Yet, in the same year, traditional IPOs are estimated to have raised $188.8 bln in total of 1,624 deals, according to E&Y […]

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ICOs: The Beauty, the Beast and JFK

ICO Insider — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:01:04 +0000

All technological advances have a good and a bad side. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are no different except that unlike other new technologies, their good and the bads side exist in extremes without any middle ground or balance. The beauty Let’s talk about the good, or the beauty, of ICOs first. The beauty of ICOs […]

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$4 Billion: ICO Fundraising Hits New Milestone as Regulators Curtail Hype

ICO Insider — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 17:15:55 +0000

Initial coin offering (ICO) fundraising passed another historic milestone this week, surpassing $4 billion just days after U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton issued a statement that, essentially, accused the vast majority of ICO organizers from violating federal regulations governing securities laws. According to fintech research firm Autonomous NEXT, ICOs have now raised […]

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China was Right to Shut Down Bitcoin Exchanges & ICOs: PBoC Official

ICO Insider — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:06:42 +0000

A vice governor of China’s central bank has doubled down on the regulator’s sweeping ban on ICOs in September that also led to the shuttering of local bitcoin exchanges. According to People’s Bank of China (PBoC) vice-governor Pan Gongsheng, authorities were right to crack the whip on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrency trading in […]

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7 Tokens Investors Are Talking About

ICO Insider — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 18:05:26 +0000

Disclaimer: This article should not be taken as, and is not intended to provide, investment advice. What separates a real-deal token from a scam? A new wave of tech enthusiasts is asking that question as tokens rack up big gains and take over market discussions. And it’s certainly not one with an easy answer – even for […]

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Exit Scam? Ethereum-based Confido Vanishes after Raising $374,000 ICO

ICO Insider — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:52:54 +0000

Ethereum-based startup Confido, a little-known project that recently raised $374,000 in an ICO from investors in exchange for CFD tokens, has seemingly vanished from the internet, as all its social media profiles and website have been taken down. Investors are now looking into the situation, which points to a potential exit scam. Confido pitched itself as a […]

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Gox ICO? CEO Karpeles Floats Token Sale to Revive Bitcoin Exchange

ICO Insider — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:21:40 +0000

A Mt Gox initial coin offering (ICO)? It’s not unthinkable, according to the defunct bitcoin exchange’s controversial CEO. In a blog post published yesterday, Mark Karpeles detailed possible avenues for reviving Mt Gox, the once-dominant Japanese bitcoin exchange that collapsed amid allegations of fraud and mismanagement in early 2014. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin […]

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Dutch Financial Regulator Warns Investing in Initial Coin Offerings Very Risky

ICO Insider — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:55:06 +0000

Dutch financial regulator, the Netherlands Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) has warned investors about the risks in the market for new digital currencies, including those issued through initial coin offerings (ICO). The regulator claimed that investors should be wary of the promises of high returns from ICOs, as well as the possibility of price manipulation in […]

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European Union Issues Two ICO Warnings

ICO Insider — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:48:13 +0000

European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued two same-day warnings concerning initial coin offerings (ICO) on 13 November after the preceding weekend was witness to dramatic swings in prices and volatility. One release is geared toward investors and the other is aimed at participating firms. ESMA Warns ICO Investors In what might be taken as a […]

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Australian Blockchain Startup HCash Raises $53 Million in Record ICO

ICO Insider — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 03:16:22 +0000

Blockchain development startup HCash has closed its initial coin offering (ICO), raising nearly AUD$53 million in the process – the largest ICO to date in Australia. In an announcement today, Melbourne-based HCash revealed details of its ICO fundraising wherein the startup raised 21,000 Bitcoins in a round between June 28 and July 15. Using bitcoin’s […]

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‘Metronome’: SegWit2x Developer Jeff Garzik is Also Building an Altcoin

ICO Insider — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:22:53 +0000

Blockchain firm Bloq has announced the creation of Metronome, a cross-blockchain cryptocurrency that will be issued through an initial coin offering (ICO). As reported by Bloomberg, Bloq intends to unveil Metronome today at the Las Vegas Money 20/20 conference. The project is being developed by Bloq chief executive Jeff Garzik, a former Bitcoin Core developer who is […]

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ICOs Can’t Skirt Rules Forever, Must Become Compliant to Attract Big Money

ICO Insider — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 07:38:24 +0000

Look I am enthusiastic as anyone when it comes to Blockchain, crypto currencies and yes ICOs. I have done my own ICO, worked on several others and have created a new token launch platform. But here is the thing There are many ICOs that could be open to retrospective investigations by regulators and the authorities because they issued a token […]

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Basecoin Revealed: A16z, MetaStable Seek Crypto Holy Grail With Stable Token

ICO Insider — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 07:55:13 +0000

An all-star cast of investors has backed a little-known startup behind a token called basecoin. Scheduled to debut with a white paper release on Tuesday, the project, the first from Intangible Labs, boasts investors including 1confirmation, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Digital Currency Group, MetaStable Capital, Pantera Capital and PolyChain Capital. Hailed as an evolution […]

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For Successful ICO, These Things Must be Put in Place

ICO Insider — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:58:07 +0000

Tokenization is currently a very popular concept in the Blockchain industry as a result of the numerous products that are being created on the Blockchain. Blockchain technology is experiencing massive growth and the level of awareness keeps increasing everyday. Almost every innovator is finding ways of implementing Blockchain into their existing products or creating something […]

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ICO Insider Review – Wanchain

ICO Insider — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 01:50:15 +0000

ICO Insider Rating: 9/10 Project Description Wanchain aims to build a distributed “bank”. Just like traditional banks are the framework of the current financial industry, Wanchain wants to build a new and modern framework for the digital asset economy. Wanchain connects and exchanges value between different blockchain ledgers. They built a non-proprietary cross-chain protocol and […]

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Kik ICO Ends Strongly With Nearly $100 Mln Raised

ICO Insider — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 02:01:45 +0000

The Kik Interactive token distribution event (TDE) has just concluded amid much fanfare, and with substantial success, in spite of growing regulatory concerns. The company raised nearly $100 mln from more than 10,000 participants in 117 countries, which, interestingly, makes the token, Kin, one of the most widely held cryptocurrencies in the world. Kik Interactive has already created […]

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ICO Insider Review – RequestNetwork

ICO Insider — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 09:24:36 +0000

ICO Insider Rating: 8/10 Project Description RequestNetwork provides a secure online payment solution in decentralised ledger built on top of Ethereum blockchain. Any payee, even if you are a seller in Amazon marketplace, can initiate a payment Request in the blockchain, and then the payer receive the Request and make the payment. Similar to “Pay […]

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The Financial Commission Issues Certification of the Genesis Vision ICO

ICO Insider — Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:05:23 +0000

The Financial Commission, a leading independent member-driven external dispute resolution (EDR) organization for international online brokerages that participate in global foreign exchange (forex), derivatives, and cryptocurrency markets, today announces certification of the Genesis Vision Initial Coin Offering (ICO). ICO Certification Process Following Genesis Vision’s voluntary application for ICO certification with Financial Commission, a rigorous review of its […]

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ICO Highlight – September 2017

ICO Insider — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:34:19 +0000

Kin Kik Interactive Inc. is creating a cryptocurrency as a first step to launching a decentralized ecosystem of digital services. The Kin cryptocurrency will first power a digital economy inside of Kik, and then will serve as the basis of interoperability with other digital services in the Kin Ecosystem. Website White Paper Disclaimer: This […]

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ICO Insider Review – ChainLink

ICO Insider — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 02:57:33 +0000

ICO Insider Rating: 7.5/10 Project Description ChainLink is a decentralized oracle network. It allows anyone to provide smart contracts with access to key external data, off-chain payments and any other API capabilities securely. Anyone who has a data feed, useful off-chain service such as local payments, or any other API, can now provide them directly […]

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China Ban on ICO is Temporary, Licensing to be Introduced: Official

ICO Insider — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:29:26 +0000

During an interview with state-owned national television network CCTV-13, Hu Bing, a researcher at the Institute of Finance and Banking, a Chinese government-supported academic research organization, claimed that the government’s ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs) is only temporary. The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and its Institute of Finance and Banking are affiliated with the State Council of […]

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ICO funding hit a record $800 million in Q2 2017

ICO Insider — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 04:28:56 +0000

If a ban initiated by China’s central bank this week marks an end to the first era of ICOs — the early gold rush before the regulators arrive — then Q2 2017 may turn out to be a peak quarter in the history of the industry. The total amount raised by startups via ICOs, which are known […]

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ICO Insider Review – KyberNetwork

ICO Insider — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 06:00:42 +0000

ICO Insider Rating: 9/10 Project Description KyberNetwork is an on-chain protocol which allows instant exchange and conversion of digital assets and cryptocurrencies. They claimed it is a trustless, decentralized execution, instant trade and high liquidity exchange: Trustless: KyberNetwork does not hold the tokens of the users and the integrity of the exchange operator is enforced/ensured […]

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Why ICOs are Very Different than Seed Capital

ICO Insider — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 04:14:43 +0000

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are all the rage these days and though I’ve written already about how altcoins differ from Bitcoins, ICOs are a separate topic that need their own treatment. In this article, I seek to show how raising money through ICOs are very different than raising Venture Capital and how Cryptocurrencies are very […]

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Tokens at the Gate: What’s Coming After the ICOs

ICO Insider — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 04:08:37 +0000

Crypto markets are frothy. Earlier this month, CNBC reported that crypto ICOs (“initial coin offerings” for the uninitiated) have raised more than $1.2B for startups, surpassing venture capital activity for 2017 — and that number is already out of date by at least $500M. Let’s put aside the hype, the overnight millionaires, and dazzling numbers for a […]

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The Summer of ICOs: VC Implications

ICO Insider — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 03:02:06 +0000

Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. At Flybridge, we are wading into this uncharted territory as a result of one of our portfolio companies, Enigma, staging an ICO […]

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ICOs for Dummies

ICO Insider — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:53:57 +0000

I have to admit. Blockchain is a fascinating world. I can’t think of anything as exciting since the birth of the iPhone and the App Store 10 years (technically 9 for the App Store). But at a much bigger scale. It feels as if the TCP/IP or Http protocol are being reinvented. And with it […]

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Tezos to Launch $50 Million Venture Fund to Boost Blockchain Growth

ICO Insider — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:34:35 +0000

The Tezos Foundation, the non-profit that oversees the development of the governance-boosting blockchain protocol, tezos, has announced the launch of a $50 million venture fund. Eager to foster its own blockchain ecosystem, money from the fund will be given to startups and developers building on the tezos platform, with capital being drawn from its record-setting […]

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Top 5 Upcoming ICOs to Invest In

ICO Insider — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:17:01 +0000

With the crypto-economy fluctuating every second, startups have found a clever way across the funding barrier they all face: Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Investors want to invest in the new, Startups want to bring in the new – ICOs bridge the gap between the two, even if it’s an unregulated manner. With only their idea […]

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China ICO ‘Suspension’ Warning Echoes Regulator Treatment Of Exchanges

ICO Insider — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 11:13:06 +0000

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is reportedly considering a blanket ban on ICOs if lawmakers find “large risks” to consumers. According to reports from a meeting earlier this month by local news outlet Tencent, the PBoC is actively assessing possible limits on ICO activities in China. A source told the publication that the meeting […]

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My Token / ICO / Blockchain Capital Markets Landscape

ICO Insider — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 06:22:39 +0000

“If you bought £650 of Bitcoin in 2010 it would be worth £27 million today.” Great. I may have missed the only opportunity to become a High Net Worth Individual (HNWI). Awesome. There has never been a time when people talked more about Bitcoin or about crypto currency in general. A recent example of this […]

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