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With 5-7 new ICOs being announced every day, not all of which manage to successfully raise the amount of money needed for their projects, potential investors need access to reliable information about upcoming and current ICOs. Enter Token Report, which is dedicated to not only bringing that information to potential investors but also works to help ICOs that are less well known but have a great potential reach a larger audience. They do this through the risk summary report that they developed, which looks at many different criteria–including whether or not tokens are securities as determined by the Howie Test, sale momentum, access to major exchanges and more. Token Report also provides basic information about tokens, such as the projects they are funding, the team, and whitepapers. Moore also discusses his thoughts on what is currently happening in the crypto-space right now–a somewhat difficult question, given how fast things change–and what he sees as the future of the industry. For more information, visit www.tokenreport.com.
Storj (pronounced storage) is a distributed cloud storage infrastructure company whose goal is to make data storage more reliable and secure. Users upload their data, which is then encrypted. After encryption, the data is "sharded," or broken into tiny pieces. Each of those pieces is then sent to a network farmer to be stored all around the globe. Only the user has the key to decrypt the data, and only the user knows what the data being stored actually is. This system provides increased security over more traditional, centralized data storage solutions, as any potential hacker would need to locate all of the pieces, and then decrypt them. Individuals can become farmers through the Storj Share software, which allows them to decide how much space on their drives they want to set aside for storage, and they are rewarded with the Storj token. Over the next year, Storj has many milestones they are working on completing, including an archival system, a public web system, and the ability to decide which geographical regions your data gets stored in. For more information, visit www.storj.io.
ULedger is a stateless blockchain overlay for existing technology infrastructure that was developed in order to help companies assert and prove the integrity of their data at any point in time, by allowing for independent verification of the order of important events due to date stamping. Through a patent-pending cross-merkelization process, companies are able to anchor the validity of their data with other servers or companies, thereby providing tamper-proof verification of data. You can anchor your data to any number of blockchains you choose, and there is no need to use public blockchains at all–simply use the closest ULedger chain instead. This can be used for any use case where decisions are made based on data integrity, where a repository of data is needed, or where smart contracts or document management systems are needed. For example, this technology is used by the City of Boise, in conjunction with utility companies, and home buyers and sellers, to determine who is responsible for partial utility payments from both parties after closing on a home. Currently, ULedger is holding a pre-sale for their token, which will end soon, and will be holding an ICO around the end of Q1 2018. For more information, visit www.uledger.co.
Bee Token's goal is to build a decentralized vacation rental and home sharing platform, similar to AirBNB, but without any of the middlemen or large commissions that are retained by the platform. In this way, Bee Token hopes to give more control and rewards back to those people who make such marketplaces a success, the homeowners, and renters themselves. Using a different tokenization revenue model, fees are not charged if users pay in Bee Token. A 1% fee is charged for using Bitcoin or Ethereum, in order to trade it back to Bee Token cryptocurrency, and 4% for fiat currency, to cover credit card processing. Payment processing is done using Ethereum-based smart contracts so that Bee Token never directly touches your payment. Customer service and conflict resolution will also be decentralized, with a decentralized website coming in the near future. Bee Token will start with rentals in San Francisco, and within a year plan to branch out to New York and Los Angeles. Private testing is underway, with a public beta by the end of December 2017 or beginning of January 2018. Due to strategic partnerships, they will have thousands of listings available as soon as they launch. For more information, visit www.thebeetoken.com.
Capitalise's goal is to democratize trading, by giving individuals and day traders the ability to automate their trades. Large trading institutions already possess the ability to automate their trades. However, this is not always possible for independent day traders, due to a lack of knowledge or money. Capitalise allows its users to write sentences about the trades they would like to make, and the platform translates those into automated trading commands that are carried out when specific conditions chosen by the user are met. Sentences, and therefore trading commands, can be as simple or complex as the user chooses. It has been challenging to build this platform, as it needs to be able to seamlessly support an unknown number of trades, whose commands are not known in advance, and security is a top priority. Capitalise will soon be releasing a business-to-consumer solution for crypto trading, as well as looking into making their technology available to other industries. For more information, visit www.capitalise.ai.
Cryptiv has created an enterprise wallet system that allows financial institutions to trade, manage, and store digital assets. They have made changes to their wallet over the last year, in order to provide better security for users. Security features in their multi-signature wallet system include limits on the amount of assets that can be traded at any time and limits on the addresses that users can send assets to, through the use of white and black labels. Within the next year, they plan to begin licensing their wallet system to financial institutions. Cryptiv has used their technology to manage their own private portfolio of digital assets, and because of better-than-expected returns, are considering opening up to other investors. Their portfolio includes 12-15 tokens at any given point of time, and are broken down into "blue chip" tokens such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as more speculative smaller ICOs. Having been in the financial industry for some time, Mat also gives us his opinions on the 2018 crypto markets. For more information, visit www.cryptiv.com.
Trulioo is a global identity verification system that works through the marketplace of data. Using consumer data from 50 data partners, Trulioo is able to provide digital identity verifications for financial products to banks, financial institutions, exchanges, and other online market places. However, Trulioo doesn't own or store your data, much like Uber doesn't own cars or AirBNB doesn't own homes.They are fully AML/KYC compliant, and check verifications through multiple watchlists and checklists from banks, government agencies, exchanges, and even ICOs, in order to make sure that users are legitimate. Trulioo's goal is to be able to provide digital identity verification for all 7 billion people on the planet, particularly the underbanked and unbanked populations around the globe, and they are already off to a great start. Currently, they are able to provide digital ID verifications for 4.5 billion people in 60+ countries. For more information, visit www.trulioo.com.
Having seen the problems that plague unbanked migrants and their families first-hand, LaLa World has created a true ecosystem where unbanked migrants and their families can have access to financial tools, and basic employment services and education through their worldwide partners. The ecosystem is based on the LaLa Wallet, which provides each user with an ID and a LaLa score, which can be used as digital identity verification with their partner organizations. The LaLa Wallet has four basic products–LALA Bill Pay, which allows users to make local and international bill payments; LALA Transfer, a global remittance system; LALA Card, a crypto and fiat currency card that is synced to the users's Wallet; and LALA Lend, a microloan provider. LaLa World also has the LALA Kit, which gives users a cell phone, SIM card, and insurance in order to get them started. LaLa World is already up and running in several countries around the world, with over 1 million users. Users are incentivized to keep using the platform through the LaLa Token, which will be starting an ICO soon. In the future, LaLa World plans to expand to more countries, and give users the ability to manage their healthcare and healthcare data through the platform as well. For more information, visit www.lalaworld.io.
Richard Jacobs founded the Future Tech Podcast during the contentious 2016 Election cycle–making a conscious choice to follow news and ideas that made him happy, rather than the things that didn't. The intended listeners of his podcast are those individuals who are interested in the latest and greatest, in what's just around the corner. With all the information from his hundreds of podcast interviews, he decided to write a book, "Bitcoin, Ethereum, Blockchain: Surprising Insights from 200+ Podcast Interviews with Industry Insiders" which is currently available on Amazon and soon to be on Audible. He is also hosting the upcoming Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain Superconference in Dallas, Texas February 16th-18th. The conference will have 50 guest speakers and will be for both beginners and experienced users alike. Tickets are already on sale, so don't miss out. In this interview, Richard also briefly touches on his new company, Blockchain Edge, a blockchain consulting firm whose goal is to help companies survive the upcoming blockchain bust (similar to the dotcom bust in the early 2000s).
For the last 6+ years, Ideas By Nature has worked with technology companies to design and develop brands, as well as to develop creative solutions with digital products. Focusing primarily on blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, they help with everything from the initial concept to a web and mobile applications, branding and marketing, and even offer blockchain consulting services. What sets them apart from similar firms is that their team is comprised of individuals who already have a technical understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrency–because of this, they can dive right into working with the client on their product and branding. Ideas By Nature has already worked with several large clients, including Prism, ShapeShift, Salt Lending, Dash, and more. Though they aren't able to discuss specific projects that they're currently working on with clients, they are incredibly excited about new use cases for blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, including renewables, and platforms for gaming and increasing the social good. For more information, visit www.ideasbynature.com.
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