As the frenzy of the crypto markets constantly reaches new peaks, just using the right buzzwords is sometimes enough to get investors on board. Now, a Wall Street high-frequency trading firm, Virtu (NASDAQ:VIRT) has become the target of a scam. The firm itself denied all relationship with crypto coin trading, and soon afterward the Virtcoin […]
Fan Controlled Football League: Long-Awaited ICO Starts Soon
The expectations for Fan Controlled Footbal League are heating up – and the ICO is coming soon. This project, initially proposed on IndieGoGo, links the world of traditional crowd funding to the new option of token sales. Meanwhile, Kickstarter has refused to allow ICO funding, although it hosts its own fantasy football project, Mutant Football […]
Streamity ICO: Exchange Based on Smart Contracts
Exchanges became big business in the past months, as buyers suddenly flocked to overheating new coins. But there were always the rumblings of high trading fees, and the worst bane – hacks and withdrawal problems. Losing one’s coins on an exchange is still one of the most likely scenarios, especially when it comes to new […]
The Abyss ICO: Building a Reward Ecosystem for Gamers
Тhe Abyss ICO aims to build a system of rewards and tokenization based on the booming gaming industry. Gamers have been one of the most active groups to adopt and spread awareness about cryptocurrencies, and most of all, Ethereum. The Abyss ICO is one of the few ICOs out there that plan to deploy an […]
Joyso: Building a Hybrid Exchange for Ethereum Tokens
Ethereum tokens have grown, and there is a problem: even for a good ICO, these digital assets need a mechanism for price discovery. Unfortunately, mainstream exchanges, which can barely keep up with today’s current market, would be absolutely overwhelmed by the future market of Ethereum based tokens. One of the solution is fully decentralized exchanges, […]
iShook Ebooks And Tokenizing Long-Form Content
Platforms for ebooks are plentiful, though met with varying success. Now, a startup aims to put ebooks in a blockchain-fueled environment. The iShook project will give a single platform for authors to display and monetize their content, in a manner similar to that of blockchain-based social media. User-generated content is becoming more powerful by the […]
Pump and Dump Crypto Coin Scams: Did You See It Coming?
Trading an asset is an inherently risky undertaking. Yet some asset classes are older, rely on licensed traders and on complex strategies that minimize volatility. This is not the case with markets having more lax regulations. Pump and dump, originally used to describe penny stocks (very cheap and low-volume traded stocks), it’s now become part […]
Amon ICO Review: Allowing You To Spend Crypto More Efficiently
Spending crypto coins is pretty easy, especially for international payments. Those types of transactions work like a charm! But the biggest problem is how to spend an asset that constantly shifts its price. Amon wants to encourage users to use multiple crypto coins, by using an AI-powered system to optimize coin spending. Currently, there are […]
Narrative ICO Review: Flipping the Script on Social Networks
Narrative wants to bring the social element back to social networks – or, in other words, to do away with the obscure algorithms and policies of Facebook and other social media, and leave content management in the hands of users. In this review of Narrative ICO, I’ll look at whether or not this project has […]
Crafty ICO Review: Evolving To A Tokenized Help Hiring Platform
The Crafty token sale is an example of a previously functioning platform trying to add a token to its product. Formerly Diarissima, the company distributed an app for hiring freelance domestic help. Now, the rebranded project has bigger ambitions to expand to other freelance positions. With this, Crafty has ridden the trend of ensuring token […]