Tagged: ico

July 25, 2017 @ 5:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report on the fast-growing Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market that will squelch the ICO market, at least in the US. The report, embedded below, was specifically directed at the DAO or Decentralized Autonomous Organization that launched… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an investigative report today that may chill the booming Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market that has experienced hockey stick like growth in recent months.  The SEC cautioned market participants that sales of digital assets by “virtual” organizations are… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

BitBounce is a cryptocurrency spam solution and Credo is a cryptocurrency that can be used via BitBounce to help manage spam. Credo is preparing to launch their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) tomorrow (July 26th) and the organizers have reported that Tim Draper, via his VC… Read More

July 23, 2017 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

investFeed has moved quickly out of the gate in its Initial Coin Offering that was launched today. As of last check, investFeed has 8341 ETH. At an exchange rate of $226 USD for each ETH that makes over $1.8 million in less than a day…. Read More

July 23, 2017 @ 9:57 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

CoinList, founded as a partnership between Angel List and Protocol Labs, is quietly trying to standardize initial coin offerings (ICOs) by self-imposing similar restrictions as the SEC imposes on companies that conduct certain private offerings under Regulation D. The Growing ICO Market ICOs have been… Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 1:50 pm By Victoria Silchenko, Ph.D.  |  

This article is my attempt at providing a definitive guide to the complex, and so far, self-regulated, landscape of ICOs. Warning: mature content. What on Earth is ICO? Just as how in the ancient movie “Eyes Wide Shut” the password “fidelio” gave access to a… Read More

July 15, 2017 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) space has been rocketing recently. It seems that every few days the next hot ICO is raising incredible sums of money from global investors. ICOs have plenty of supporters and detractors with most followers advising caution in this largely unregulated… Read More

July 14, 2017 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tezos (ancient Greek for “smart-contract”) has hit this one out of the ballpark having raised $232 million in their Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Tezos is a San Francisco based startup that has launched a decentralized blockchain that is designed to govern itself by establishing a… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 3:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Deloitte CIS and Waves Platform, a leading developer of blockchain solutions, signed a memorandum on strategic partnership. The partnership is aimed at providing clients with comprehensive ICO services and customized blockchain solutions tailored for specific business tasks. Waves Blockchain Platform will provide technology solutions for the introduction… Read More

July 6, 2017 @ 3:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Propy announced plans for its global property store and decentralized title registry, created to put the $340 billion cross-border real estate market on the blockchain. Launched in 2016 by CEO Natalia Karayaneva and CFO Maria Angelova, Propy Registry aims to solve current real estate investment inefficiencies… Read More

July 5, 2017 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Primalbase is the next company to quickly complete an initial coin offering (ICO) on the Waves platform. This took place last week but Primalbase reportedly raised 3100 BTC is a bit over 24 hours. At this very moment, that equates to around $7.6 million. Waves reported… Read More

June 27, 2017 @ 5:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, Bancor Foundation raised more than $153 million in a “crowdsale” in what may be considered the largest crowdfunding campaign in history. This “Token Generation Event” or TGE saw 10,855 buyers step in for a total of 79,323,978 Bancor network tokens (BNTs) created with… Read More

June 22, 2017 @ 8:11 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Ether, the cryptocurrency which runs the Ethereum blockchain network, fell over 10% the last couple days which was caused by a backlog of network orders from recent Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The cryptocoin had reached a high of over $400 a coin earlier this month… Read More

June 22, 2017 @ 3:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fresh from completing its Initial Coin Offering in June 2016 which reportedly garnered more than $16 million (30,000 BTC), Waves platform has introduced a now live USD gateway. Waves, a Russian decentralised platform for launching crowdfunding campaigns and issuing digital assets, has announced that its users can… Read More

June 21, 2017 @ 1:32 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Last week, Bancor, a blockchain startup aiming to be the standard for smart tokens, held an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which raised over $144 million in a few hours. A recent post on Hacking, Distributed claims that Bancor’s ICO was flawed and there were a… Read More

June 18, 2017 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

investFeed, a social network for financial markets, is preparing to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO).  Founder and CEO Ronald Chernesky has scheduled a meetup for accredited investors in New York City to take place on June 20th. The pre-sale and ICO preview is described… Read More

June 17, 2017 @ 12:30 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

The exponential growth of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), which are being used to raise huge amounts of money using blockchain based tokens, have been increasingly scrutinized. According to a recent report on Reuters, regulators within the SEC are taking a hard look at the use of… Read More

June 14, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital token company Compcoin announced on Wednesday it is officially kicking off its $45 million initial coin offering (ICO). According to the company, the ICO consists of 3 million Compcoin that are selling at $15 each, with an additional bonus for early investors. Compcoin describes… Read More

June 12, 2017 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

ZrCoin, based in Russia, says it has raised $7.07 million in cryptocurrency from 3,955 investors during their Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The offer was live from May 11th to June 9th and was hosted on the Waves platform. The company says the funds collected will… Read More

June 3, 2017 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Not only was Megan Kelly grilling Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) this week but other hot topics surround Fintech were on the schedule. One of these topics was the “Explosive Impact of Blockchain Technology” which included the participation of Waves… Read More