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HARNESING THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY FOR GOOD OF HUMANITY
“dICO gives everyone a choice. If they
want to be compliant, they can. It is up to the dICO host, we just provide the flexible technology -JL777
CORE Group Continues to Grow: Migrated to Waves Platform, launches White Paper MOYA Is Set To Improve Internet Accessibility in Africa Via Blockchain
ICO Heroes: Top 11 Most Noteworthy Projects Doing What ItTakes To Keep The Era Of The ICO Alive
Central Banks New Found Protectionism on ICOs and How the Komodo Team is Fighting Back CHINA CRACKDOWN UPDATE CHASE CEO DECLARES BITCOIN A FRAUD ISLE OF MAN WILL ENCOURAGE ICO FUNDRAISING
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Table of Contents CORE Group Continues to Grow: Migrated to Waves
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Platform, launches White Paper
China Crackdown Update: Bitcoin Executives Travel
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Ban and More…
MOYA Is Set To Improve Internet Accessibility in
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Africa Via Blockchain
Market Abuse Report Filed against JP Morgan’s
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Jamie Dimon for His Words on Bitcoin
CHINA CRACKDOWN UPDATE chase ceo declares
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bitcoin a fraud | isle of man will encourage ico
As China Falls To Bureaucracy, South Korea Shines
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ICOs: From Illegal to Regulated
Waves Unscripted: Q&A Session With CMO Alexandra
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Pestretsova Reveals Exciting News
ICO Heroes: Top 11 Most Noteworthy Projects Doing
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What ItTakes To Keep The Era Of The ICO Alive
Komodo To Make ‘Game-Changing’ Announcement
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in Stockholm
Central Banks New Found Protectionism on ICOs
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and How the Komodo Team is Fighting Back
Komodo Platform announces new marketing
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strategy to push cryptocurrency adoption to the
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Breaking: Komodo Successfully Makes Atomic
ImpactChoice: How Will Blockchain Technology
Swaps Using Only Electrum Servers
Impact Climate Change?
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22 Anryze: The Worlds First Decentralised Speech Recognition Platform 23 Chase Bank CEO Declares Bitcoin A Fraud, Rants About Bitcoin In A Suspiciously Arrogant Interview 25 The Pirate Bay’s Monero Mining Experiment: Are Crypto-Based Networks the Answer?
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CORE Group Continues to Grow: Migrated to Waves Platform, launches White Paper
The Core Group has been in the cryptosphere for a while, maintaining its core executive team and retaining talent and contacts along the way. In the last couple of months, however, the Core Group and its ventures have seen an amazing uptick in activity both in terms of client and revenue but also in terms of staff and content.
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MOYA Is Set To Improve Internet Accessibility in Africa Via Blockchain Can you believe that out of the over 1.2 Billion population in Africa, only 388,376,491 people have internet access?! Per World Internet Stats estimates made in June this year, penetration per population in the so-called dark continent stands at 31.2 percent representing 10 percent of the total global internet usage.
Enter Moya Networks However, there is an entity poised to change the current dismal situation using the unprecedented capabilities that have been unlocked by the Blockchain. Moya Networks, a Pan-African telco company with a proven track record of full range traffic type capacities of voice
and data across the African continent. Actually, this is far below the world average of 51.7 Moya Network is a high capacity low unit price percent. In fact, only countries like Kenya, South Africa, submarine capacity provider in Africa. With nine Seychelles, Morocco, South Africa and Mauritius can years of spotless operations and partnerships with governments and other private companies, Moya boast of usage above the world average. Networks has what it takes to wire Africa.
It’s worth mentioning that Kenya is the leader in Africa with an 89.4% penetration. The Indian Ocean By early 2018, the Africa Coast to Europe Submarine Archipelago Island of Mauritius follows in that order (ACE) will be up and running and Moya has an agreement to distribute and sell ACE capacity in with 62.7%. Africa from the ACE Consortium. Initially, it will be Moreover, there are countries with a penetration centred in the Southern African region.
rate as low as 10% like South Sudan, Niger, Malawi, Western Sahara, Madagascar, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, The ACE will enable Moya to deplore a variety of Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, world-class Synchronous Digital Hierarchy of internet protocols that fit the needs of ISPs, carriers, businesses Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo. and government. These services include internet, data, voice and video. 8
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In an Interview with Core Media, Carrington Phillip, CEO of Moya Networks stated: “Africa’s Internet capacity requirements has exploded over the last decade. Applications such as Facebook, Skype and Mobile Money have fueled the rapid increase in customer data demand in Africa. The Moya product portfolio will focus on the ISP and carrier community and offer enterpriseclass services for sale directly and through partner channels.” Carrington also disclosed that Moya will focus on key regional markets across Southern Africa, where there is considerable pent-up demand for international connectivity driven by the rapid increase in mobile and Internet usage. However, within two years of launching Moya will extend its services to the rest of the African continent. Tokenization of Moya Networks Using the ICO route, Moya Network intends to raise 6000 BTC in a one-month crowdsale on the Ethereum Platform. The funds from the fundraising will be used to finance the purchase of the ACE Submarine Cable System based on the existing contract. Also, the company will purchase the backup capacity on the West Africa Cable System (WACS) as well as telco equipment from qualified vendors and installed in the Moya backhaul Network. 80% of the tokens sold will be released to crowdsale participants whilst Moya Network will keep 20 percent for its operational budget for the five years. In fact, after the ICO, no more tokens will be released but it will be allowed to circulate and be bought and sold on exchanges. “Post ICO, Moya will build out its network to connect to other Submarine cables and to link to rural parts of Africa,” Carrington revealed. “Our passion and goal is to is to bring high-speed Internet services to all areas of the African continent”. Frisco d’Anconia Email frisco@coremedia.info
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CHINA CRACKDOWN UPDATE chase ceo declares bitcoin a fraud | isle of man will encourage ico fundraising Reports say that The Isle Of Man will not only be lenient on ICOs or initial coin offerings, but they will encourage ICO fundraising through a government initiative, a move that is sure to bring more ICO projects to fruition in the area. Speaking on behalf of the Isle Of Man’s Department of Economic Development, the head of operations for fintech and digital development, Brian Donegan explained that the government had already begun to lay the groundwork that will act as regulatory framework for the ICO initiative. Donegan implied that ICOs or token sales will be allowed, as long as the projects comply with anti terrorism and anti money laundering regulations.
Donegan finished by saying “What we’re about is keeping consumers safe and keeping crime out.” Timing is everything, and it may not be a total coincidence that the Isle Of Man’s newfound warmth for ICO’s is getting more attention at the same time as China announced a total ban on ICO fundraising in a lengthy statement.
Translated from Chinese: “Any illegal open financing behavior, suspected of illegal sale Tokens, illegal securities issuance and illegal fundraising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other criminal activities The relevant departments will closely monitor, strengthen cooperation with the judicial and When asked about the motivation behind the ICO local governments, in accordance with the existing welcome party, Donegan Commented mechanism, strict law enforcement, resolutely control market chaos Anyone suspected to be criminal who violates “Our understanding and analysis of the ICO market is these regulations, will be facing the judiciary system as a that it represents a massive vertical market for us.” criminal” While the Government has not issued a formal announcement, the Isle of Man has been pouring the foundation for an initiative involving fintech and anti laundering regulations since 2014.
Companies and startups seeking to launch a token sale or ICO fundraiser will be required to register with appropriate departments within the local government, to ensure compliance with regulations.
So it does raise an eyebrow when on one hand consumers are led to believe that the surfacing plans to encourage ICO’s is not a revenue motivated plan, yet, the timing against the Chinese crackdown seems like a common marketing gimmick. It almost looks like the “I have to tell you, for every 10 applications we’ve had from Isle of Man is seeking to rally up the overflow from ICO promoters over the last several months, I’d say only any stranded or would-be ICO’s who are being turned one of those gets through because there’s a lot of scamming away from China’s gates, or shut down entirely. going on in the industry,” Lorilikes So, while it may be a lucrative method of attracting Email lorilikes@coremedia.info investment dollars, that isn’t the motivation for the allowance of ICO’s according to Donegan.. The motivation behind the movement, as the fintech government official claimed, is for the greater good of the self governed island that sits within the Irish Sea.
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ICOs: From Illegal to Regulated
Legislation in favor of Bitcoin has been steadily progressing. Although still mostly unregulated, Bitcoin is now considered legal in European Union countries, and most American and Asian countries. However, the legal status enjoyed by Bitcoin is not shared by the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market. Three days ago, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) released a statement prohibiting any organization or individual to start or participate in token fundraising.
also be subject to the SFC’s licensing and conduct requirements.”
The PBoC also requested exchange platforms to stop their trading services of crypto tokens and Blockchain projects, who had recently completed their ICO campaigns, to refund their Chinese investors. A day after, Julia Leung, an executive director of the Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), stated that ICO’s may be classified as securities. She further quoted:
Following these events, the Canadian Securities Administration (CSA) also stated that ICO’s should be regulated as securities as well, and listed the requirements that companies should now take when launching and managing ICO’s.
ICO Legal Landscape This comes in line with recent events in the North American soil, where the crypto token legal situation took some form. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been issuing suspensions on cryptocurrency related firms involved in ICO investments. They also released a statement last July, In the official declaration from the PBoC, organizations informing the intentions of the US government to and individuals are now unauthorized to participate in regulated ICO’s as securities and that anyone involved token sales or campaigns, which are now considered in creating or participating in unregistered ICO’s illegal methods of raising money. could face criminal punishment.
But Canada seems to have the more liberal and progressive approach because not long ago Impak Coin, a token to be released on the Waves Platform, “Parties engaging in the secondary trading of such became the first ever regulated ICO in Canada. The tokens (e.g. on cryptocurrency exchanges) may Autorite des marches financiers (AMF), a Quebec Core Media
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financial regulator, even accepted the company behind the ICO, Impak Finance into its regulatory sandbox. This regulatory sandbox is meant to jumpstart financial technology projects, like ICO’s, that don’t fit the same molds as regular securities. And that’s exactly what happens, AMF relieved Impak from some of the necessary requirement that security issuers would normally have to take. According to, director of AMF’s corporate finance division: “It’s in the spirit of the sandbox that we are willing to alleviate some of the requirements on, sort of, a test case basis. It’s a test run to see whether there are investor protection [issues] with the relief that we grant.” The Future of Crypto Tokens The crypto market seems to be recovering rather quickly after the price drop caused by the announcement from the PBoC. Regulation might be a good way to prevent the numerous hacks and scams that have happened throughout ICO history. If more commissions and regulators start taking steps similar to AMF, regulating and harmoniously integrating ICO’s into the financial world, then companies and startups won’t have to move to more legal friendly countries. From Illegal to Regulated The use of decentralized platforms that are specially designed for crowdfunding and creation of crypto tokens, like the Waves Platform, are going to become essential in terms of compliance. While “ICO Ban” is occurring in China, ‘Waves’ is working on legal blockchain framework together with partners like Deloitte CIS and Kazakh authorities to help ease the process of compliance. Let’s hope that effort made by many and these drastic changes seen recently end up having a positive impact on the crypto ecosystem and that ICO market keeps its steady growth.
Nuno Teodoro Email nunoteodoro@gmail.com
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ICO Heroes: Top 11 Most Noteworthy Projects Doing What ItTakes To Keep The Era Of The ICO Alive
With government bans of ICO projects in China, the promotion of ICOs on the Isle of Man, the back-andforth reports coming from Russian ICO regulations, Canadian ICO regulatory news and the USA guidelines set forth by the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) it is easy to see why people are left baffled and concerned. It is a challenge to decide which project one can lawfully include themselves in at this point. Check with your local governments and law enforcement agencies, to be certain you are abiding by the law of your jurisdiction then take a nice deep breath. After much scrutiny, and hours of “white paper” dissecting, a handful of projects really stand out from the others and somehow contribute to the ICO and crypto community, promoting freedom of the same.
1. Lydian Coin This coin sparked a lot of media attention recently when Paris Hilton graced Lydian Coin with a perfectly proper tweet proclaiming her excitement about participation in their upcoming ICO. The talented starlet chose wisely when she opted in on Lydian because after scouring the white paper thoroughly, it is clear that the Lydian team has done their due diligence and has displayed the proof of this good work for all to see at https://lydian.io. Lydian focuses on the industry of targeted advertising and uses a blend of artificial intelligence and many generations of compiled market data to make a more efficient, more intuitive playing field where advertisers and consumers both get more value from their digital endeavors. Transparency is everything people. If there is an argument against this project, I bet you will find the best rebuttals already built in, right on main pages of the website. Ahead of the curve? Absolutely! Sale date of Lydian Coin To be announced, soon. Updates available at LydianCoin.io.
Check out these 11 projects that seem to cover all the bases, They have what it takes to ensure that the ICO era doesn’t die completely. 2. UTRUST This project stands out because of its fresh, simple Core Media
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leaders on blockchain use for a better, more efficient government. The Waves platform founder Sasha Ivanov was one of the sponsors for the 2017 ICO Hypethon, an event that acted as a collective effort to find the most promising ICO projects and enabled them to launch successfully. 5. Affchain Ivan Maslennikov aka Evan Rush, a Cofounder of RunCPA left an impression with his ICO project, Affchain at the Blockchain and Bitcoin Conference in Stockholm where he explained the company goals. Affchain seeks to eliminate suspicions between affiliate marketing advertisers and affiliates, and to introduce cryptocurrency to large, highly competitive affiliate advertising networks. Ivan spoke at the 2017 Hypethon- where the project earned second place against dozens of competing projects. He said “Affchain is a blockchain based performance marketing protocol to defeat mistrust with low cost, efficiency and most importantly, data transparency.” 6. Decent Decentralized content on a blockchain that is verifiable with timestamping and unchangeable data makes Decent one of the top 11. Content that is added to the Decent database can include virtually any type of media including music, photos, video, documents and larger files that would normally require cumbersome torrent scatters or excessive upload times. It is a huge step toward the prevention of plagiarism because each type of media is timestamped and sealed into the chain, block by block. Industry wide fair practices should naturally become standard as this type of technology makes involved parties totally accountable. This can spell many benefits in the highly competitive content distribution arena. Decent offers a Wiki Page for the public to easily access the company information, and they encourage visitors to ask questions. Explore the Decent blockchain and visit https://decent.ch/ to get up to date info. 7. Ethereum This may seem obvious, but credit is due to the Ethereum project because this project brought the ICO concept to the game.Ethereum coins are the closest competing coin to Bitcoin, and the Ethereum protocol is being used widely and shows no signs of tiring soon. Using Ethereum a user is able to create a smart contract that essentially acts as an escrow,
Blockchain News holding on to contributors funds until a specified date or goal. Depending on results of the contract funds will be distributed to the proper parties. All of this takes place without the watchful eyes or prodding hands of any centralized entities. Experience Ethereum online at https://www.ethereum.org/ 8. Kin A decentralized network of services intended to be used in the daily lives of all people. Kin is a very special project that has goodness at its center. The whitepaper explains the methods in which Kin will operate as a digital warrior, defending and uplifting small businesses and mid level industry brands that some lovingly call “Mom and Pops Shops”. Kin has an interesting philosophy that aims to naturally redistribute wealth in a way that better serves mankind, rather than the small percentage at the top of today’s current ecosystem. “Digitally natural” is a term that rings strangely yet the Kin philosophy expresses this as a goal. The list would not be complete without this clever crew. Visit the Kin website. Mark your calendars for the launch of the Kin ICO 09/12/2017. 9. Salt SALT lets its users leverage their portfolio of blockchain assets to get cash loans. This is a simple, timeless concept with a twist since SALT is one of the first lenders to collateralize cryptocurrencies to secure loans for consumers. Salt has a gorgeous website that is totally user friendly and the experience from the first click is classy, simple and sexy. Who knew Salt could be so attractive? Ease of use and simplicity in its goals got the Salt project into this list. It is an obvious money maker which also helped in deciding. Review the Salt loan products and apply for a loan with a few clicks on your device. Learn more at https://www.saltlending. com/.
when compared to Ethereum. According to the White Paper the security built into the code is complex, and stunning. Using an intricate chain selection algorithm a beastly, little, upgraded technology called the shell protects the chain from denial of service (DOS) attacks. In a nutshell (pun intended) the defense will ban malicious nodes and keep transactions clean, and that added security means the difference between wealth and...getting hacked by some bozo. Participants can check on the status of their Tezos activity at https:// check.tezos.com/ 11. Filecoin Filecoin is a fantastic example of a completed ICO project that brought innovation to the blockchain game. Oh, they also collected an astounding 257 million dollars. Yes, really. Filecoin brought decentralized storage in a blockchain that transforms cloud storage space into a marketable product. This phenomenon effectively allows Filecoin miners to earn coins by providing storage to network users or clients. This concept is incredible, and it was taught in grade school. Share, be nice, get rewarded for hard work. If only all things worked this way. Decentralized storage is a concept that has since Filecoin’s successful ICO completion, grown more popular, but credit is due to this project for its early manifestation of such an advanced transacting methods as spelled out in their incredibly thorough white paper and related documentation that accompanies it. The special formula includes a mind boggling algorithm call Byzantine Fault Tolerance, named after a dilemma between military leaders who could not come to agreement- the Byzantine Generals Problem. The problem, in the case of Filecoin involves Validity, Agreement and at last, termination or decision to proceed. It is a tedious way to say “You saw that right? I know you saw that I saw you see that.” It is marvelous, and will turn your head around faster than James Taylor’s cold wind. Nice Work Filecoin team.
10. Tezos The Tezos crowdfund is a shining example of a successfully completed crowdfunded sale with results that left the crypto community in awe. The Tezos team gathered a total of 65,697 Bitcoin and 361,122 Ethereum during the sale. The project drew lots of attention from the crypto-crazed crowds because of their unique self governing blockchain and the methods Lorilikes of verification involved in the process. Special interest Email lorilikes@coremedia.info was directed toward the project when people realized that Tezos blockchain had improved security features
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Central Banks New Found Protectionism on ICOs and How the Komodo Team is Fighting Back
The world has seen a surge in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) over the past year with investors throwing billions of dollars at hundreds of different decentralized projects. Once again, technology has moved faster than the centralized governments around the world and it is only recently we are witnessing a reaction from some of those governments. Just when we were beginning to get clarity over Bitcoin’s legal status as a legitimate investment vehicle, governments are beginning to urge caution over participating in ICOs.
are harmful to their currency, the yuan. Essentially what is occurring is a new flavor of protectionism where central banks around the world are concerned that their country’s currency will flow overseas to fund overseas projects rather than within its own boundaries. Because the central banks represent their countries at large, it is not surprising to see such measures being put in place. However, do regulations and bans on ICOs advance the human race or does it retard growth?
“The Philosophy of Protectionism is a philosophy of war” First was, of course, China with reports of China Ludwig von Mises temporarily banning ICOs for more regulated ICOs conditions. According to the People’s Bank of China, ICOs are important for the advancement of the human the selling of decentralized tokens is “illegal and race because it allows anyone around the world to disruptive to economic and financial stability”. Such invest in projects internationally without the need statements are questionable at best, for funding ICOs for a middleman. This kind of financial freedom actually increases economic and financial stability leads investors into investing in projects they believe worldwide. will have a great interest in the future; projects that will eventually benefit the human race as a whole at This statement can easily read between the lines; ICOs completion. To invest in projects with potential returns Core Media
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to participate in ICOs anonymously without the interference of external forces. The projects, however, will be unregulated and it will be the investor’s job to investigate its legitimacy. But the most important thing is that investors get to invest in whatever project they like while being uninfluenced or barred by external forces. When asked about being compliant with incoming regulations, lead developer of Komodo, JL777 stated,
“dICO gives everyone a choice. If they want to be compliant, they can. It is up to the dICO host, we just provide the flexible technology. I want everyone to have the choice to You, being the investor, are the most capable and obey what the masters in China (or wherever) declare qualified entity in knowing where to spend your own or not. We are headed toward a world where there is no money, not a central authority. choice. Such conditions without freedom are called…?” The ability to trade freely is what Ludwig von Mises deemed the ultimate cure to war because it encourages human cooperation beyond borders.
“Let everyone else scramble to make a 100% compliant system to that. I will make a system that can be made compliant, if desired, or not, if desired”
It is with great haste that technologies to protect these ICO’s are of the utmost importance and it is the Komodo team once again to the rescue. The Komodo team is planning to decentralize the ICO process, meaning, it is impossible to impede the crowdfunding process. According to Audo, Komodo community manager,
If you wish to find out more about Komodo, such as their recent partnership with Monaize, head to https:// komodoplatform.com/.
For more information on BarterDEX For more information on Jumblr “Komodo Platform is providing both coin issuance For more information on CHIPS and crowdfunding solutions without colored coins or For more information on Pegged Assets. proxy tokens. We give the development team a native For more information on Key Value Storage. cryptocurrency, and an independent blockchain that comes 3rdstryker with all the capabilities Komodo is developing. Email 3rdstryker@coremedia.info dICO (decentralized Initial Coin Offering) is an open source solution for crowdfunding. Its main advantages are security and transparency, which are both extremely important for the investors. Hundreds of servers will be powering the crowdfund, and thus the dICO cannot be stopped or manipulated through actions such as a denialof-service attack. We offer our solutions for free, which puts us in a unique position when we approach businesses who are looking to enter the blockchain era. We have already received some interest, even though we are just getting started.” Once implemented, the users will have the ability 20
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UTRUST - The PayPal of Crypto announces new ICO structure What is UTRUST and UTK Although the advantages provided by Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies are evident, they are completely worthless if they cannot be taken advantage of with full security. UTRUST is an ambitious project that wants to make cryptocurrency payments safe and a commonplace reality. To do so, UTRUST is building the first-ever crypto payment platform with a built-in client protection and dispute resolution mechanism, ensuring that anyone can purchase easily and safely on online stores that accept bitcoin. UTRUST new ICO structure UTRUST, the cryptocurrency payment platform that is bringing Protection for Crypto Currency, has recently announced some changes in its upcoming token launch. Despite the recent news and warnings coming from regulatory authorities like the SEC and others, UTRUST is set on launching its funding campaign and to bring safe cryptocurrency transactions to the world of online commerce once and for all.
UTRUST will allow users to pay for items or services online with any cryptocurrency like BTC or ETH, allowing them to avoid unnecessary cryptocurrency exchange rates. The funds are then allocated and held until the client confirms that he has received the item purchased. The transaction is then completed and the merchant receives his payment in fiat, allowing him to be protected from volatile cryptocurrency exchange rates.
The new ICO date will be announced during the first week of October and some key changes have been made to the ICO, which was planned to take course over a 7-round period in which the price would gradually increase. Instead the ICO will last for 7 days and have a fixed price. The recent blog post by the team reads:
The platform also features its own token, the UTK, which allows its holders to use the platform without fees. The UTK is an Ethereum-based token that runs on a buy-back and burn campaign which sees part of the revenue generated by the platform used to buy back tokens and burn them, making UTK a deflationary currency.
“After careful consideration, we will no longer offer 7 rounds with different pricing levels. Instead, we will only offer 1 investment round at a fixed price of $0.065 per UTRUST token. A maximum of 50 Million U.S. Dollars will be collected over a maximum of 7 days, making this model end much faster than the original structure.�
UTRUST AMA To learn more about UTRUST, be sure to visit the official website and to read the whitepaper. In order to keep up with the recent events, watch the recent video AMA (Ask me anything) with Nuno Correia, the CEO of UTRUST.
Although the bonus structure is no longer in place, early supporters who have participated in the pre-sale or who Kanoptx have created their account during that time are entitled Email kanoptx@coremedia.info to a 20% bonus for purchases up to $10,000. With these changes, UTRUST hopes to create a transparent distribution that is fair both to early supporters and ICO participants. Core Media
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ImpactChoice: How Will Blockchain Technology Impact Climate Change? “Natural Asset Exchange blockchain platform”, which will allow certified Natural Capital Asset project developers to list their products with no middlemen fees involved. The white paper reads “Since the Natural Assets will reside directly on a blockchain there will be no need for sellers to incur the costs related to 3rd party registries to record sales and retirement of assets”
Climate change is a problem that affects everyone in the world and it is a situation that is becoming more dangerous and urgent everyday. Corporate efforts to reduce these dangers and to increase sustainability are far from voluntary or satisfactory. As this problem grows, the need for a radical change in the way we do business becomes evident. As awareness and legislative efforts regarding these issues grow, the potential for the Natural Capital asset class grows with them. However, there is still no transparent mechanism that can connect producers of these Natural Assets with the buyers and consumers which leads to the classical middleman problem, where the privileged few reap the benefits generated by the industry at the expense of the producers and consumers.
By using a global currency, the Ethereum-based Earth Token (ETN) as the settlement currency, the Natural Asset Exchange blockchain platform also allows participants to skip currency exchange fees while providing them with reduced transaction fees, which make microtransactions possible. Settlement times are also reduced drastically. From the user perspective, interaction with the Natural Asset Exchange blockchain platform will be done through multiple device types and operating systems (e.g. desktop browser, Mobile iOS / Android, etc.), making it simple and intuitive. Specific Smart Contracts and API’s will also allow for IoT connected devices. In order to fund the development and marketing of the Natural Asset Exchange blockchain platform, ImpactChoice will host its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which will start on the 30th of October and last for 21 days. To learn more about ImpactChoice and the Natural Asset Exchange blockchain platform, visit the official website and read the white paper.
This is an issue that can damper the growth of the Natural Capital asset economy, thus intervening with one of the most promising efforts against climate change. That’s where the ImpactChoice project comes in. Through the use of the Earth Token, a cryptocurrency-based token, and a Natural Asset Marketplace, the ImpactChoice project is able to Kanoptx connect producers and consumers directly, ensuring Email kanoptx@coremedia.info that every stakeholder in the “climate value chain” is able to participate. So, how does it work? ImpactChoice is in the process of developing the 22
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Anryze: The Worlds First Decentralised Speech Recognition Platform
The first thing one finds when they begin to travel around the world is that communicating with your fellow human beings is not as easy as it seems. While the vast majority of languages that surround the globe may seem romantic as it helps define people’s culture, it does have one large negative effect, miscommunication.
between cultures can be reduced. It is this lack of communication between cultures that can spawn hate groups within our society.
It is with this in mind that it is important to support such projects such as Anryze. Anryze is currently holding it’s ICO for the first decentralized speech Languages are a special thing and it would be a shame recognition platform. Anryze is attempting to fix the to loose some of the beautiful languages of the world language barrier by creating a service where people over time in order to integrate into one. But one thing can pay for speech recognition services through the is clear, the fact that we cannot communicate does use of the Anryze token. hamper human development and hinders the ability to form meaningful relationships on a personal and As it stands, there are speech recognition services corporate level. such as, Google Speech and Ms Azure, however, the results can be unsatisfactory and expensive. According It is most important that we try to create technologies to Anryze’s whitepaper, Anryze’s speech recognition that remove the barriers to communicate; for if people technology is already competing alongside some of of a wide range of cultures were able to communicate the biggest companies in the game. and work together, forming personal and business like relationships, a lot of the misunderstandings But Anryze’s system has just begun, for once it
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Blockchain News becomes decentralized, the speech recognition is to be powered via miners. This will be the very first of it’s kind. Miners that decode speech via its mining power will be rewarded for its efforts for it will receive 70% of revenue from clients. A further 30% will be distributed to token holders, 10% of which is held by the Anryze team itself. While it is almost impossible to get speech-to-text 100% correct, Anryze is aiming to get it as close as possible. According to the whitepaper, the process goes like such; “The common way how Anryze recognizes speech is the following: we take the waveform, split it on utterances by silences then try to recognize what is being said in each utterance. To do that we want to take all possible combinations of words and try to match them with the audio. We choose the best matching combination.” Currently, Anryze’s software currently works in Russian and English, with Chinese, Spanish and German to be added. According to the website, Anryze already has several clients, most of which are located near their office in New York. Speaking to wavescommunity.com, Mikhail Yezhov stated, “We believe in the future of our technology since it allows us not only to compete with global giants such as Google and IBM, but also to surpass them thanks to our dramatically lower prices – we charge around a third as much, without loss of quality. The market shows growth of 12% annually, and even without the growth of our existing customer base, we anticipate an increase in transaction volumes of 5-7% monthly. We are already working with American brokerage houses, and we are currently conducting negotiations in Russia. Our market is in its early stages and still establishing itself, and its potential is yet to be fully unlocked.” The ICO has already begun and can be found at https:// tokensale.anryze.com/. The team is hoping to raise over 6 million dollars with a minimum of 1.6 million. The token will also be hosted on the Waves Platform under the token RYZ. 3rdstryker Email 3rdstryker@coremedia.info
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Chase Bank CEO Declares Bitcoin A Fraud, Rants About Bitcoin In A Suspiciously Arrogant Interview
In a recorded interview with CNBC News JP Morgan Chase Bank CEO, Jamie Dimon maintained a condescending tone on the topic of Bitcoin. He conveyed the message that Bitcoin is a craze that will be gone soon.
He made fun of his daughter for being proud of profiting from a Bitcoin investment and compared Bitcoin to tulip mania stating “Bitcoin isn’t a real thing.” Saying it would eventually vanish.
Dimon seemed trained, and highly skilled I might add, at the art of shrugging away a threat in such a way that is convincing to the observing eye. His lackadaisical banter on the topic of Bitcoin appeared genuine, but there is a sinister undertone at work here.
Even the Rothschilds have moved hedge funds into Bitcoin. In fact, Chase Bank was onboard as a member of the R3 Consortium, a group of high ranking banks, commerce leaders and technology innovators who introduced “Corda” one of the earliest blockchain platforms concepts. Chase bank was a part of that Conspiracy theories aside, Bitcoin is a direct threat until they decided sharply to exclude themselves from to the very foundation of the CEOs home field, and the consortium and meandered off into their own naturally when a rival emerges in the midst of the blockchain studies and trials. champions garden, the champion (Chase) must defend! As Shakespeare wrote “The lady (or in this case, The Dimon uttered insults about the phenomenon of Banker) doth protest too strongly, me thinks.”. Bitcoin so casually, it was embarrassing for anyone who has to report to that guy. Dimon joked that he would terminate the employment of anyone under JPMorgan Lorilikes for trading Bitcoin, because he declared them stupid Email lorilikes@coremedia.info and accused them of breaking the rules. Core Media
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The Pirate Bay’s Monero Mining Experiment: Are Crypto-Based Networks the Answer? a fair warning might not be the way to go, but blockchain/cryptocurrency based solutions are being developed. These can help websites like TPB earn revenue, without having to rely on centralized ad networks run by companies like Facebook and Google. Furthermore, for TPB getting paid in fiat currency could be an issue, as governments aren’t too fond of piracy websites. Cryptocurrency-based solutions allow it, and others, to earn revenue and be a part of the free market, without government intervention. One such alternative is the Brave browser and its Basic Attention Token (BAT). Brave is a user-focused Recently, well-known piracy website The Pirate Bay browser that blocks ads and trackers, and allows users ran a JavaScript-based Monero (XMR) miner on its to donate bitcoin to their favorite websites for revenue. platform, so as to use visitor computer resources to TPB already had bitcoin donation option button up, mine the cryptocurrency in order to generate revenue, so Brave’s current model might not be that useful. Its as an alternative to ads. Basic Attention Token can, however, change things. The website, according to TorrentFreak, ran the code, provided by Coinhive, for about 24 hours. It wasn’t enabled on the whole website, only on search results and category listings, but it was enough for some users to complain about it, as their CPU was being used without their permission. To disable the miner, using an ad-blocker to block the miner’s URL or blocking/disabling JavaScript was enough. Yet, even TPB’s super moderator Sid revealed that he didn’t agree with the website’s addition. On the website’s official forums, he stated:
The Basic Attention Token is essentially a token that can be used to obtain advertising and attentionbased services on the Brave browser. It’s value and utility are derived from user attention – the browser anonymously monitors it, and uses the token to reward both publishers and users, effectively reducing fraud and increasing transparency. Brave’s BAT will only work on its platform, meaning users who prefer other browsers aren’t catered to. Another blockchain-based solution is AdEX. Built on top of Ethereum smart contracts, its goal is to empower advertisers and publishers by giving them a secure and transparent platform.
“That really is serious, so hopefully we can get some action on it quickly. And perhaps get some attention for the uploading and commenting bugs while they’re at it.” AdEX is decentralized and allows the consumer to determine what’s right or wrong. As such, companies Although it was possible to stop the miner, can’t just decide that TPB isn’t worthy or advertiser inexperienced users might not even be able to figure friendly and cut it off. With AdEX it’s up to the out why their CPU usage spiked while on the website, consumer to decide if TPB should be cut off or not, let alone try to figure out how to stop it. However, as the platform is built on the belief that the power piracy websites like TPB can’t rely on ads, as most of crowdsourcing is the answer to centralized powers. ad networks have teamed up to cut-off such websites, according to Engadget. Francisco Memoria Email franciscom@coremedia.info Are crypto-based solutions the answer? Using visitor CPU power to mine Monero without 26
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China Crackdown Update: Bitcoin Executives Travel Ban and More…
the ban on exchanges and ICOs “should not prevent relevant financial technology companies, industry bodies and other technology firms from continuing their research into blockchain technology.” The catch, however, is that all the research must be done under the watchful eye of the government for there are criminal activity and abuse in the cryptocurrency sphere.
The Chinese crackdown on cryptocurrencies continues with another batch of news that should send shivers down your spine. The news below comes on the back of the recent ICO ban and announcement on China forcing the closure of fiat-to-Bitcoin exchanges.
The latest news concerning the research lab gives mixed messages, as while the government is cracking down on exchanges and ICOs, they are at the same time researching blockchain technology.
A New Era The buying pressure on Bitcoin and alternative currencies as a whole have seen the price skyrocket since January of this year. This buying pressure has come from all sides of the globe, with increased Beijing News Reports Bitcoin Trading Executives volumes from other Asian countries like Japan and Banned from Traveling South Korea. Despite China being once the trend leader, this can no longer be said. While the price did On September 18, Beijing news reports that Bitcoin drop significantly, it did not drop as far as one would insiders including executives, owners, shareholders expect for a country that was once the main market and managers of Bitcoin exchanges are forbidden to for Bitcoin. A new, global era for cryptocurrencies has leave Beijing in order to co-operate with authorities. begun. As previously reported, Bitcoin exchanges were ordered to close down, and report to authorities on a “China’s effect on the price of Bitcoin is mistakenly in daily basis, even asked to upload all data onto DVDs. vain ... what they have been a party to is the increased decentralization of the network and they have OKCoin and Huobi Bans All Cryptocurrency Trading unwittingly set into motion a drive for further research and development for crypto to remain outside the tentacles In China It was previously reported that all non fiat-to-Bitcoin of the monetary elite. Times are changing rapidly.” services would remain intact, however, that has now House, CEO of the Core Group. changed, with OKCoin and Huobi recently stating that all trading will cease for all Chinese residents. China, seeing Bitcoin as too important to just roam OKcoin and Huobi will remain operational for users free, is now taking steps to completely control the overseas but all trading within China must close before coin. This, at first sight, can be seen as a negative. October 31st. It is still unclear if this latest move is a However, it can also be looked at as an admission temporary measure or a permanent one. that decentralized technologies can have an impact and disrupt the legacy system. China may be locking The Chinese Government creates “The Trusted down their own country, but other countries still Blockchain Lab” remain free to trade and allow citizens to participate in ICOs. If China thinks that all Bitcoin lovers will In a strange turn of events, the Chinese government remain in mainland China for the near future, this has created a blockchain research institution named may be wishful thinking, for we may see large flocks the Trusted Blockchain Lab. The lab will be operated of capital flight moving abroad. by a government arm named the “Academy of Information and Communications Technology”. 3rdstryker Sun Guofeng, of the People Bank of China, stated that Email 3rdstryker@coremedia.info Core Media
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Market Abuse Report Filed against JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon for His Words on Bitcoin bitcoin derivatives for its clients on Stockholm-based Nasdaq Nordic, after his attack on the cryptocurrency, “smells like market manipulation.” Did Jamie Dimon manipulate the market? According to CNBC, Jamie Dimon stated that he would fire any JP Morgan employee trading bitcoin for being against the bank’s rules and for Earlier this month, JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon being “stupid.” The banker compared bitcoin to the stated that bitcoin was “a fraud” while speaking at a 17th-century tulip bubble – one of the most wellbanking conference in New York, and even remarked known in history – adding that bitcoin’s purpose is to that the world’s number one cryptocurrency would be used in impoverished economies, draconian states, eventually “be closed.” Now, Swedish bitcoin market- or by criminals. He stated: maker Blockswater filed a market abuse report against the banker, for “spreading false and misleading “If you were in Venezuela or Ecuador or North Korea or a bunch of parts like that, or if you were a drug dealer, information” about the cryptocurrency. a murderer, stuff like that, you are better off doing it in Blockswater filed the report with the Swedish Financial bitcoin than U.S. dollars” Supervisory Authority against both JP Morgan and its CEO, stating a violation of Article 12 of the European His words led bitcoin’s price to fall by about 24%, and shortly after the fall JP Morgan purchased about €3 Union’s Market Abuse Regulations (MAR). million in bitcoin ETNs. According to JP Morgan The complaint didn’t just state Dimon’s remarks spokesman Brian Marchiony, the purchase was on negatively impacted bitcoin’s reputation and value, behalf of clients. He stated: but also added that the banker “knew, or ought to have known” that the information he spread was “false and “They are not JPMorgan orders (..)These are clients misleading.” Florian Schweitzer, a managing partner at purchasing third-party products directly.” the Swedish firm, added: Be that as it may, Schweitzer presented her report and “Jamie Dimon’s public assertions did not only affect the asked the Swedish regulator to investigate the case. In reputation of bitcoin, they harmed the interests of some the complaint, it’s noted that, in Sweden, market abuse of his own clients and many young businesses that are is punishable by up to two years in jail. working hard to create a better financial system” Francisco Memoria Moreover, to Schweitzer JP Morgan’s purchase of Email franciscom@coremedia.info 28
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As China Falls To Bureaucracy, South Korea Shines With New Crypto-to-Crypto Exchange noticed by crypto pundits alike and as a result, we saw Bittrex overtaking the once loved Poloniex exchange. Now, Bittrex is trading as the highest crypto-tocrypto exchange in the world. South Korea has much to celebrate as of late with a string of good news coming from the country. The first being that the South Korean volume has increased in the cryptocurrency markets. South Korea’s biggest exchange, Bithumb, is constantly battling over the top spot with Bitfinex, US’s top fiat-to-crypto exchange, for highest volume. Furthermore, South Korea is also allowing their citizens to legally transfer Bitcoin overseas, which will give its citizens greater financial Dunamu Inc, a South Korean fintech company, has freedom. The latest news in regards to UPbit is only secured a deal with Bittrex, a US-based crypto-to- following the latest trend of good news. crypto exchange. The exchange will be named UPbit and it will offer 110 different cryptocurrencies. There is speculation on why South Korea’s volume in the cryptocurrency markets is rising; some have claimed that the situation in North Korea has caused the spike as Bitcoin is considered a “safe haven” asset like Gold. This may be the case to some extent, however, South Korea’s volume has been steadily rising, even before the tensions, and has also been rising in other Asian Dunamu Inc., the owners of one of South Korea’s regions like Japan and Hong Kong. Another likely most popular payment application, KakaoPay, will be scenario is that of capital flight; capital leaving China using the application for further security. for a more friendlier Bitcoin environment. Ultimately, in the end, the winners will be the countries that According to Bittrex Bill, allow the most financial freedom, for it is this freedom “I’ve had a few people ask about the UPbit partnership and that allows Bitcoin enthusiasts to move coins to that which coins from Bittrex will be listed. We’re currently region. working on the list but obviously, any token needs to be on Bittrex first before being on UPbit. After it’s on Bittrex, The timing of China’s demise and South Korea’s rise UPbit will need to assess the Korean regulatory restrictions is incredible. It is becoming obvious now that Bitcoin’s on the token. We’re still building the process. Once there is influence has spread beyond the walls of China, and clarity, I’ll circle back and let everyone know.” that now we moving into a new era. All eyes are now KBS World Radio states, “UPbit will trade over 110 different digital currencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin. In comparison, existing exchanges in South Korea trade around six to eight virtual currencies”.
on the new emerging cryptocurrency markets, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong. It will interesting to see how the markets in South Korea will react to the UPbit platform, for it is the first platform selling a wide range of alternative currencies specifically marketed to South Korea. One could speculate that UPbit’s deal with Bittrex is significant, for Bittrex will may see more of these platforms forming as the has built a highly popular exchange due to their cryptocurrency markets widen; specifically marketed consistent professionalism. Furthermore, Bittrex has to more niche markets. been able to avoid major hacks to the exchange, unlike 3rdstryker other platforms. Bittrex’s slow, but steady growth was Email 3rdstryker@coremedia.info Furthermore, “Regarding UPbit, they are going to expose Bittrex order books through their site. We’re still working with them on which initial markets will be available.”
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Waves Unscripted: Q&A Session With CMO Alexandra Pestretsova Reveals Exciting News
The Waves Platform has rapidly become one of the most popular ways to launch a tokenized project or asset on the blockchain. Its popularity comes, in part due to the clever concept of a templated token/ cryptocurrency creation toolbox that is both useful and intuitive, requiring no technical knowledge to get the party started. However, Waves can also credit part of its popularity to the work being done partnerships formed along with the advanced marketing strategies being employed by the team.
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With over 200 questions having been sorted through from the rush of emails, the questions-and-answers session started long before its scheduled time and the session took longer than the Waves team had predicted. The live session took place in the Waves
“We are starting the development of smart contracts functional in November, this year. It`ll be definitely a huge step for the platform and will bring a lot of new functionality for the platform users. Smart contracts will be released in 2018, we’ll make a big additional
Accommodating all of the community questions would never be possible in a single session, so Pestretsova hinted that they would be regularly updating the Waves community in similar unscripted sessions. She also kept the intrigue of the audience with vague but very enticing clues. She stated:
“So, our next Big Things are Waves NG protocol and Waves Client 1.0 We have been silent about both NG and When Waves announced a question-and-answers Client Updates for last weeks, but from now we are going session with their CMO, Alexandra Pestretsova, or to start revealing lots of teasers and updates on it every Alex, their company email inbox became flooded with week.” inquiries, which revealed a high demand for this type of community interaction where project supporters When asked about whether or not the Waves Platform and token holders can feel involved and updated on all would utilize smart contracts, the Waves CMO had key aspects of the platform. this to say:
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announcement once the release date is in place.”
“We are closely watching regulatory developments taking place in China right now and while it is too soon to This was not the only clue of great things to come conclude what they would lead to, it is also early to say in the near future. Alex got everyone salivating when how these happenings would affect our China prospects. she hinted at a magnificent revelation to come when Once there’s clarity on the issue we’ll be happy to come back Waves finally lets the public see the transformation of to this discussion.” the DEX interface. The Waves CMO hinted at the potential for Waves “Our product team is currently transforming DEX into to be added to more exchanges in the future, and something really amazing. Seriously, my first feedback she promised big news regarding a project called on new DEX interface was just ‘WOW’. I’m not able to Tokenomica. She also explained the fact that Waves reveal all the new DEX functional/visuals to you today, does not promise the validity or trustworthiness of but very soon we’ll start presenting it to you piece by piece: any tokens created on its Platform. small teasers, interviews, FAQs, videos and more. Just sign up on our social networks and keep updated. The Big In a much needed pep talk, Alex told the public that we Marketing Campaign will start right in time with DEX all play a part in verifying the reputations of offerings update in October, together with the whole Client 1.0 that start on the Waves Platform. Each individual user update, as DEX is part of a Client.” must exercise due diligence in researching the product A member of the chat inquired about the relationship or offering of any company they are presented with, between Deloitte and Waves.Deloitte is a multinational and Waves is not endorsing a product just because it collective made of professionals who focus on tax law, is utilizing Waves Platform. auditing and other regulatory compliance issues. The Waves Platform CMO replied: “At Waves we do not provide due diligence to any tokens. We have a verification system that should separate ‘green “The cryptocurrency market is relatively young, and not labels’ from scam tokens. And we actually very much want all the regulatory mechanisms are in place. This is why the community to help us with it. Soon we`ll share our we are glad to have a Deloitte as our strategic partner ideas how to make it work together with you guys.” to create the legal framework for blockchain projects. Deloitte’s experts, who possess extensive legal and tax The Waves Platform CMO Alexandra Pestretsova expertise in implementing technology projects, will provide summarized her view of the company with agreeable the necessary consulting and methodology assistance to closing words. businesses – ourselves and our partners.” “Waves is both – a technology (which can be used literally When queried about a possible lack of communication by anyone for anyone`s needs, including business, investors, between the Waves team and project supporters, governments etc) and products, like Wallet and DEX, the Waves CMO had a gracious and commendable that again could be used both by ordinary people, traders, response. investors, organizations, governments and even aliens.” “I deeply understand your frustration. The thing is that the Waves marketing team is still a young business unit in the company and right from the time I joined Waves team in July we have been putting together all the plans and strategies and actively hiring people and establishing processes. Now, when all the plans are almost in place, we’re starting to rock hard and make you aware of everything important that`s going on in Waves. So please sign up for our email updates and social networks and keep updated“
Contact Alexansandra Pestretsova to share ideas and to ask questions at ap@wavesplatform.com. Join Waves News channel: https://t.me/wavesnews Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wavesplatform Waves on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ wavesplatform/
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Komodo To Make ‘Game-Changing’ Announcement in Stockholm
The countdown clock added to the Komodo website has awakened traders to speculate on the announcement with volume picking up significantly.
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“There is more progress than meets the eye and our team has made accomplishments on many fronts. We “Komodo is an exceptional platform with an inspiring approached a broad spectrum of people and businesses vision that deserves more visibility. Thus, we are excited with the purpose of promoting our platform. These to start an extensive conference tour to get more market parties were interested in Komodo Platform because presence and recognition for Komodo. We will kick-start it it is an open source blockchain project. It is easy for from Stockholm on September 7th.” - Audo, Community them to utilize our infrastructure and build their real world applications.” - Komodo Newsletter in regards Manager to Money2020. For the rest of the year, the Komodo team are fully booked out, attending conferences all over the world. On October 3rd, the team will travel to Barcelona to attend the world’s leading blockchain conference named Blockchain Solutions Forum. Recent conference trips have returned with great progress. Money2020, the biggest FinTech event in Europe, saw multiple entities interested in Komodo’s pegged assets and Key/Value storage. Most notability was Komodo’s partnership with Monitize, an 34
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The Komodo team over the past few months has been sneakily chipping away, consolidating their technology. This technology includes the much awaited BarterDEX which allows users to swap multiple coins via atomic trades. Currently, under rigorous testing, as well as an advanced version released for advanced users, BarterDEX may become the first major, decentralized, atomic trading platform. Komodo is currently looking for developers from all coins in the cryptocurrency space to help integrate their coins into the BarterDEX network. All listings will be free of charge.
Komodo Platform announces new marketing strategy to push cryptocurrency adoption
Below is an example of a Komodo developer doing an atomic swap. As you can see, it is still only available for advanced users. The technology behind the swaps, however, is groundbreaking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf371VQRh0M Another technology close to completion is Jumblr. Jumblr is a decentralized mixing service that uses the privatization technology backing Zcash to mix all crypto currencies that are added to Komodo’s multi coin wallet called Agama. Surprises are not unusual in the Komodo community as Komodo’s very own core developer, JL777, air-dropped 5% of his own stash of Komodo’s Jumblr token to all Komodo users with who have access to their Komodo private keys. Mixing fees collected by the Jumblr mixing process plans to be shared amongst Jumblr token holders. Jumblr is one of many asset chains that are built on top of the Komodo network already. Essentially, Komodo allows coin communities to build on top of Komodo with their own unique coin whilst being able to use all the special features of Komodo.
The cryptocurrency space is an incredibly exciting one! With all the cool open blockchain projects out there, there is no shortage of information and material regarding all the different coins, platforms and tools. In such an overwhelming environment, it can sometimes be hard for projects to make your ideas stand out and to have a distinct and clear voice that speaks louder than all the noise in the cryptosphere.
The Komodo Platform, best known for its security and privacy features and for the creation of tools like the BarterDEX and dICO platform, has been experimenting with new and exciting marketing and community outreach strategies, many of which have paid out big time. Komodo’s marketing efforts have allowed their technologies to reach a wider audience The Komodo team, according to their recent newsletter, and to break out of the blockchain/tech-savvy sandbox. is planning on rebranding as to make it easier for the general public. Komodo, as it stands, is a complex web Clever marketing, clear information, a strong media of multiple projects that plan to integrate into one presence and an open communication line with the community can propel cryptocurrency projects to single entity so the needs for simplicity is vital. the mainstream stage. The team behind the Komodo Platform understand this and are now taking the first For more information on BarterDEX steps in implementing what they are calling their For more information on Jumblr “Marketing Journey”. For more information on CHIPS For more information on Pegged Assets. Putting their expertise and experience to use in For more information on Key Value Storage. combination with the tricks and mistakes learned from previous experiments, the Komodo team is now ready 3rdstryker to take their technologies to the next level of adoption. Email 3rdstryker@coremedia.info Core Media
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Being a community driven project, Komodo will also Platform before the end of this year.” take into account the concerns and suggestions made Blockchain/Fintech Events by the community. Their recent blog post reads: Following the success of events like the CoinTelegraph “Many of you voiced feedback on the need to improve our Blockshow and the Money 2020 conference, Komodo marketing and communications, and now we have.” continues to set its sights in new events that can help bring its decentralized technologies to the mainstream Growing team and partnerships: The more, the meraudience pushing the general cryptocurrency adoption rier! movement forward.. So what does Komodo have in store? For starters, leaders from the organization have taken time to find new staff for marketing strategies; content creation; social media; and public relations.
Most recently, the Komodo team announced “Banking Meets Blockchain”, an Exclusive Komodo Platform Event organized in partnership with Monaize. The event will seek to inform attendees on how blockchain technology can help fill the gap between conservative Most noticeably, Komodo has recently introduced their industries/markets and the growing decentralized new public representative, Angela. She will represent economy. Komodo in blockchain conferences everywhere, a topic that we will also talk about later on. Komodo Currency Adoption The expansion of the team will allow marketing pushes to be done more efficiently and with a greater diversification of techniques and styles. Many of the new team members have joined the organization from the community, ensuring that these understand the project and share its vision.
Komodo (KMD) is more than a simple currency. It also acts as the fuel for the decnetralized applications being built by Komodo. This aspect allows the team to increase the KMD coin usage by taing advantage of cross-reference marketing, where users engage with Komodo through the use of other services like the Agama Wallet and Pangea Poker. The recent blog post Komodo is, not only increasing its team, but also reads: attaining new partnerships in and outside of the “By taking this approach, we intend to target a specific blockchain space. The blog post reads: audience and provide a meaningful service that provides “We are taking Komodo to the next level, increasing our long-term value. We feel ambitious with our marketing outbound marketing efforts, growing our partner ecosystem, strategy, having fully prepared the underlying Komodo strengthening community engagement, and showing our framework for large-scale adoption, and we are deeply investors Komodo in action.” rooted in our commitment to its success.” Recently, Komodo has brokered a new partnership with Monaize, a disruptive new e-banking platform which will launch its ICO on the dICO (Decentralized ICO) platform built by Komodo. The website announcement reads:
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By combining new strategies with old ones and by attaining an improved team/group, the team hopes to see Komodo excel in the world of cryptos, while cryptos excel in the world of finance. To learn more “What happens when the leading innovators in banking about Komodo, visit the official website. meet up with the experts in blockchain? Monaize is fully onboard with the spirit and vision Kanoptx of Komodo. Together we have brainstormed a strategic Email kanoptx@coremedia.info roadmap for rapid cryptocurrency adoption. Furthermore, Monaize will be launching the very first ICO on Komodo 36
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Breaking: Komodo Successfully Makes Atomic Swaps Using Only Electrum Servers wallet with a fully downloaded blockchain. JL777, head coder of Komodo states, “Basically, it is a matter of making an electrum API call and then BarterDEX uses that server instead of local coin daemons. In order for the swap to take place, there needs to be an electrum server for that coin. It allows atomic swaps without needing to install coin daemons” All these swaps will be done on BarterDEX, a decentralized exchange that aims to use atomic swaps as it’s method of trading. The current wallet is available here and has the ability to do atomic swaps through As Charlie Lee celebrates the first LTC to BTC atomic the command line only. Soon there will be a simple, swap, the Komodo team is well ahead of the pack with easy to use GUI that will allow users to trade easily. their latest breaking news; successful atomics swaps Komodo will host some Electrum servers for the most using only electrum servers. The difference between traded coins in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Other the two is important to note, for one is using only local coins are welcome to host their own server in order to coin daemons and the other is using hosted electrum participate because it is unlikely the Komodo team can nodes. set up Electrum servers for every coin out there. As mentioned before, every coin is free to join Komodo’s atomic swap platform and in order to do so, they must contact the Komodo admins. After JL777’s trade, another Komodo team member with the handle “cipi”, made his own atomic trades using the Electrum servers, further confirming its legitimately.
The Electrum servers aim to bridge the gap between newcomers and experienced cryptocurrency users. In order for atomic swaps to go mainstream, local daemon atomic swaps just won’t do, as the entry level is too high for the average user. Without having to download Atomic swap cross-chain trading refers to a trade that every blockchain for every coin, users can trade infinite bypasses a medium of exchange and trades directly pairs of coins decentrally at ease. with another coin without the need of a centralized exchange. Atomic swaps have been well established by With Decred’s announcement of its first atomic the Komodo team for quite some time with 100’s of swap and Charlie Lee’s first LTC to BTC swap, it atomic trades already made by the team. Now, the team becomes obvious that Komodo is well ahead of its is moving the technology further by creating atomic peers. However, this is not the only area evolving. As swaps using hosted nodes. previously reported, Komodo has welcomed some new additions to the marketing team. In fact, the Komodo These hosted nodes, named “Electrum” servers, allow team have just finished their exclusive event called users to interact with the cryptocurrency at hand “Banking meets Blockchain”. There, the Komodo without having to download and broadcast the whole team and Monaize team teamed up and made multiple blockchain. As you can imagine, for wallets that allow presentations on their vision for using blockchain multiple coins to do atomic swaps, it is imperative technology in banking. According to Audo, Komodo to create a method that bypasses downloading the community manager, “It was a success. Videos will be blockchain. Some blockchains can take days to posted next week”. download and may use up a lot of hard-drive space. Bitcoin’s blockchain, for example, has passed the 3rdstryker 100GB mark. Local coin daemons refer to a local Email 3rdstryker@coremedia.info Core Media
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