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Blockchain DXB + Markus Thielen Crypto Titans How trillions were made, and billions were lost in the crypto Guest: Markus Thielen:  Author of Crypto Titans How trillions were made, and billions were lost in the cryptocurrency markets Host: RA George, Blockchain DXB (Crypto & Coffee at 8) Book: Crypto Titans How trillions were made, and billions were lost in the cryptocurrency markets. Amazon: Buy it here https://tinyurl.com/ycamwxss Twitter: @DeFiOnTarget https://tinyurl.com/mu2tsh2s LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/48hy7x7p Sub stack: https://defiontarget.substack.com/ Telegram: https://tinyurl.com/mash4ts Markus Thielen is also the Head of Research & Strategy / Crypto for Matrixport Matrixport: https://www.matrixport.com/ Matrixport LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/4pvrudbb Twitter: @realMatrixport  https://tinyurl.com/7x5s4t4 Summary of the conversation We delved into Markus Thielen's background, exploring his history and what motivated him to write the book. Markus shared his extensive experience in Hedge Funds and Traditional finance, drawing comparisons between the world of traditional finance (TradFi) and the realm of cryptocurrencies. We explored the broader outlook of the book and the diverse areas it covers, offering listeners a comprehensive understanding of the subject matter. Markus provided a detailed explanation of the different cycles that the global cryptocurrency market goes through, with a particular emphasis on the four bullish cycles. Markus discussed what listeners can expect when reading the book, emphasizing that extensive research was conducted during its preparation to provide readers with valuable insights. We engaged in a chapter-by-chapter discussion of the book, where Markus explained the unique narratives presented in each phase. Markus shared intriguing insights into China's significant role in the early stages of Bitcoin, offering listeners a captivating perspective. We had an in-depth discussion on the cryptocurrency space during the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) era, uncovering unique and interesting viewpoints that readers will find compelling. We explored the influential role of major entities such as Binance, Alameda Research, Three Arrows Capital, and the concept of Stablecoins within the cryptocurrency landscape. Markus shared exclusive insights from the book, delving into the topics of Terra Luna and the collapse of FTX, shedding light on these significant events. Markus Thielen presented an intriguing NFT concept related to the book and shared how the proceeds from the NFT will be utilized. Markus expressed his thoughts and opinions on the rise of ChatGPT and its influence on the process of writing books. We discussed the crucial role of regulations in shaping the future of cryptocurrencies, considering their potential impact on the market. Markus elaborated on the individuals and projects involved during each bullish cycle of the cryptocurrency market, offering valuable insights into key players and trends. Markus shared his personal thoughts on the preference between listening to music and podcasts, providing an interesting perspective. Markus shared his recommendations for book areas that aspiring individuals should explore, helping them expand their knowledge and understanding. Thanks for the podcast. For feedback or suggestion email: info@blockchaindxb.com   To help support his channel: ☕ Buy me Coffee ☕

Safe custody is the crucial service for crypto-currency investors. The theft, loss or destruction of the unique private keys to the digital wallets in which cryptocurrencies are held is irreversible and – unlike conventional cash deposits - they are not insured by any commercial provider or guaranteed by any government or government agency. Data analytics firm Chainalysis estimates that a fifth of all Bitcoins ever mined (or somewhere between 2.78 and 3.79 million of them, worth over US$200 billion) are now lost. Losses to hacks (such as the US$97 million stolen from Liquid Exchange in October 2021, the US$200 million stolen from Bitmart in December 2021, the US$320 million lost via the Wormhole bridge in February 2022 and the record US$624 million taken from the Ronin Network in March 2022) remain disturbingly frequent. Although some retail investors have ignored these risks, institutional investors cannot. These facts alone explain the two distinct surges in the foundation of digital asset custodians. The first was at the height of the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) boom and early crypto-currency exchange hacks in 2017-18, when no less than 65 specialist custodians were founded, including well-recognised brands such as Copper, Fidelity Digital Assets, HEX Trust, Komainu and Propine and leading custody technology vendors such as Fireblocks. The second boom occurred in 2021, as the first institutional investors such as Ruffer and MassMutual invested in crypto-currency. The two biggest global custodians in the world, BNY Mellon and State Street, found themselves pressed by watching buy-side clients to provide a crypto-currency custody service. A further impetus to invest was imparted by the leading crypto-currency exchanges, which launched independent, institutional grade and (most importantly) regulated custody services. Coinbase, for example, has established an independently capitalised institutional custody business (Coinbase Trust Company) that is regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). A third threat to the established custodians has come from specialist, independent, regulated, institutional grade custodians such as HEX Trust, Komainu, Standard Custody & Trust and Anchorage Digital. According to Blockdata, another US$1 billion of venture capital money was invested in digital asset custody businesses in 2021, taking the total raised since 2017 to US$4.6 billion. In its most recent fund-raising, technology vendor Fireblocks was valued at US$8 billion. In its last fund-raising, Copper was valued at US$3 billion. In a low margin business, these valuations indicate high growth expectations, and global custodian banks and central securities depositories (CSDs) are right to be concerned that they might be disrupted or even bypassed. That concern ought to become acute if the crypto-currency boom is followed by an equivalent boom in security tokens, though there are at present plenty of bystanders. London-based token exchange Archax is building its own CSD because no existing CSD can meet the needs of its customers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yes this is a current issue at SBR! First we need to understand the nature of an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) so that if this comes up in the exam we can discuss the accounting treatment. My explanation of ICO's includes references to intangibles assets, impairment and crypto currencies! I hope you enjoy the episode.

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En este episodio Mariano Craiem, CTO y cofundador de la plataforma para comprar y vender criptomonedas SatoshiTango, responde todas las preguntas que le formulé sobre el mundo de las criptomonedas. Escuchá este episodio para saber las respuestas a los siguientes interrogantes: 1) ¿Es momento de invertir en criptomonedas? 2) ¿Por qué ahora hay tanto interés por comprar criptomonedas? 3) ¿Cuál es la particularidad de los argentinos respecto al bitcoin comparado con el resto de los latinoamericanos? 4) ¿Qué son las stablecoins? 5) ¿Conviene comprar dólar oficial o DAI? 6) Recomendaciones para pequeños inversores respecto a las criptomonedas. 7) ¿Es mejor comprar Bitcoin o stablecoins? 8) ¿Es posible ganarle a la inflación con las criptomonedas? 9) ¿Qué va a suceder en el futuro con el Ether y el Bitcon? 10) ¿Puedo transferir criptomonedas a una persona que está en otro país?¿Cómo es esa operación? 11) ¿Puedo invertir en criptomonedas con efectivo? 12) ¿Qué es un Initial Coin Offering (ICO) y que perspectivas tiene? 13) ¿Qué son el token no fungible (NFT) y para qué sirve? 14) ¿Qué porcentaje de mis ahorros debería destinar a las criptomonedas? 15) Consejos clave a tener en cuenta antes de invertir ¿Tenés más preguntas? Decime cuáles son así se las formulamos próximamente a otros especialista en criptomonedas. Me encontrás en Twitter como @deboraslot.

This introductory paper was originally published in 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, before the project's launch in 2015. It's worth noting that Ethereum, like many community-driven, open-source software projects, has evolved since its initial inception. While several years old, they maintain this paper because it continues to serve as a useful reference and an accurate representation of Ethereum and its vision. From humble beginnings, Ethereum has grown into a well-known and widely used platform. The platform has also been responsible for launching hundreds of other cryptocurrencies and decentralized projects in recent years through a new fundraising mechanism called an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Read the full paper here - https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/

We chat with Jamil Hasan, author of Re-Generation X: How Generation X Can Leverage Blockchain Technology to save ourselves and rebuild America. Available to buy here. What is your own background briefly? Hi Simon. Thanks for the opportunity to discuss my background with you. We go back a few years, being on a team of advisors together during the 2017 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) bull run, and I greatly respect your professionalism. It is always a pleasure to collaborate with like-minded professionals. Before the ICO Craze of 2017, I was an information technology manager at American International Group, Inc., from 2012 to mid-2017. Altogether I spent eleven years at AIG and its related companies in a variety of critical roles related to, at first, the growth of the assets under management business, and then, the repayment of the $180 billion government bailout and compliance with the Dodd-Frank financial regulations. When anyone has asked me what my actual background is, mine is not one specialty, it is a skill stack that includes mastery of creating operational efficiencies; building data intelligence engines and departments; closing multi-million dollar technology projects that are off-track and over budget; managing financial planning and analysis books of business; and developing automated tools for the c-suite to make global data inferences and assess critical business risks. My corporate utility-belt skill-set immediately equated to success in the ICO space as an independent consultant. However, like many others, the Crypto Winter that followed didn’t necessarily shake me out. But, it did almost take me out of the game completely. Jamil Hasan tweeted: My new book. Available now on Re-Generation X insights with Jamil Hasan Does it seem like a logical background to what you do now? As you know, Simon, I experienced two heart attacks in 2018 – one in November and one just before Christmas. Both required trips to the catheter lab, stents, and four-day hospital stays. After the second one, my doctor told me I would have a challenge walking again. During the Christmas-time hospital stay, I remembered my career at AIG and how I had been a casualty of corporate ‘right-sizing’. I knew how corporate America had applied the executive compensation and board of director appointment sections of Dodd-Frank to jettison skilled Generation X workers and replace them with younger and cheaper talent while padding their executives’ golden parachutes. I recalled my former co-workers confiding in me in confidence out of fear of being laid off. I survived a few rounds of layoffs and at times, cried as I saw former colleagues whom I adored be shown the door in rather unethical ways. In the hospital I decided I wanted to do something about the Dodd-Frank Act, but I didn’t know how. I started writing my new book ‘Re-Generation X’ over a year ago, in September 2019. From Christmas 2018 through August 2019, I chose to not think of myself as a cardiac patient. Rather I thought of myself as a global macroeconomist, financial leader, and investor. I closely watched the stock, bond and crypto markets across globe. I bought cryptocurrencies with the small weekly allowances that my wife would give me while I focused on my cardiac recovery. So, while not currently employed in the crypto-sphere, I was building a small personal portfolio. When I felt I was ready to take on the contents of ‘Re-Generation X’ I took pen to paper. My book is one of the solutions, ... the solutions I feel necessary to combat the unintended ill-effects of Dodd-Frank on the segment of my generation that was jettisoned by Corporate America. How was the last 12 months, how have you adapted to covid-19, what have you done differently / evolved your working practices? Simon, it took me a few days to think about my response to this question when you first asked me. Your request of me is for honesty and authenticity. Here it goes: I believe the virus wa...

Talal Tabbaa is the Co-Founder of Jibrel Network, a blockchain development company that raised $30 million through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2017. In this 1st episode of Pod Kas with Yaz, we discuss the future of Bitcoin, decentralized finance (DeFi) and other cryptocurrencies. طلال طباع هو الشريك المؤسس لشبكة جبريل. في هذه الحلقة، يشاركنا طلال بقصته الريادية في مجال العملات الرقمية ونناقش مستقبل التمويل اللامركزي

Noticias de tecnología, innovación y negocios del 06 de julio de 2020:.- Crece la censura en México: La nueva ley de derechos de autor es un ataque frontal a los creadores de contenido..- FCC a Huawei y ZTE: Son una amenaza a la seguridad nacional de estados unidos..- Telegram deberá pagar una multa de más de USD $18 millones por por financiarse por medio de una Initial Coin Offering (ICO)..- Mark Zuckerberg dice: “No vamos a cambiar nuestras políticas por el boycott. Los anunciantes volverán.”¡Síguenos en todas nuestras redes sociales para estar al día en las noticias más relevantes en tecnología, innovación y negocios! Nos encuentras como “Algoritmica” o con el usuario @algoritmicaio en youtube, twitter, facebook, linkedin e instagram o mejor aún, visítanos en nuestra página web www.algorítmica.io sección “podcast” para estar conectados con el mejor contenido.

Dennis Lewis is a seasoned digital storyteller and blockchain marketing specialist with a proven track record in both Europe and the United States. He has successfully lead to market and exited multiple startup companies, and prides himself on his ability to make complex projects easy to understand and relatable. In a marketing landscape increasingly obsessed with shiny objects and overly complicated sales funnels, Dennis still believes that the key to any successful marketing campaign are the words on the page. During this show we discuss... 5 important things you must know before trading in crypto The best way a newbie can reduce start-up cost and still run their ICO efficiently The best kind of crypto for a start-up blockchain to invest in 7 marketing tips for blockchain start-ups The best way to stay protected from security hazards How blockchain and crypto will affect entrepreneurs What an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is and how you can benefit What you should know about a distributed ICO 4 critical crypto trading mistakes and how to avoid them 3 best tools for trading crypto Some of the critical stages of marketing an ICO The difference between a private blockchain from a public one and which is best The best way to market my blockchain How to successfully use a blockchain to aid an organisation About decentralised exchange (Decx) The benefits of Decx Allocating your portfolio to maximise gains

If you have heard some news about blockchain or cryptocurrencies, you probably have heard about ITOs or ICOs. These stand for Initial Token Offering (ITO) and Initial Coin Offering (ICO). What are ITO-s and ICO-s and how can you participate? Listen to this episode find out more!

It’s not often you find a successful startup story originating from a background of military, finance and cryptocurrency. This is the case for Rob Wilson, CEO of Incent, a revolutionary loyalty reward company using blockchain to provide a radically different consumer-centric reward offering. Consumers are rewarded for their entire expenditure including bills, rent, shopping and utilities which can be redeemed to cryptocurrency or cash. Rob is also a respected blockchain advisor, having successfully conducted the first Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in Australia. Incent’s Chief Product Officer, Jins Kaduthodil joined Incent in 2017 and partnered with Rob to build the strong foundation for what Incent is today. Jins is responsible for leading a world-class engineering team in creating Incent’s technical design and infrastructure, using innovative technology alongside proven cybersecurity practices to build the world’s first mass market crypto-based product. He was the youngest senior architect for the Australian Department of Defence, specialising in cybersecurity and technology.

Cryptocurrency? Sounds almost top secret or like something you've heard about on the dark web. Actually, cryptocurrency is a fascinating form of digital currency that seems to be sweeping the nation. Today, Clint Coons of Anderson Business Advisors talks to Steve Streetman, an avid cryptocurrency investor and real estate speaker, teacher, coach, and agent. Also, Steve is the president of Streetsmart Investments LLC, where he leads acquisition, property management, and business development. Steve has worked in cryptography and high-end computer modeling for more than 30 years. He has successfully acquired multiple commercial properties and is currently active in self-storage, student housing, and assisted living projects. Despite its negative stigma, Steve believes that cryptocurrency is here to stay - at least for a few more years. He shares how real estate and cryptocurrency can work together to make a positive impact.    Highlights/Topics: What is cryptocurrency? Online digital token; every transaction goes on a Blockchain (series of blocks of data chained together to view future and past transactions) Actual vs. Cryptocurrency: Buying power of dollar gets less every year, but cryptocurrency isn’t intentionally devalued Types of cryptocurrency, and where they get their value: Currency Token: Bitcoin: Gets value from supply and demand Trade Options (Troptions): Coins designed to be barter currency Security Token: Representation of value and ownership via:Initial Coin Offering (ICO), or Initial Public Offering (IPO) Ways to invest in cryptocurrency: Mining: Requires advanced computers to perform “hash” function faster; winner-takes-all approach to get your block done first to get cryptocurrency Buy land/property; cryptocurrency appreciation is taxable Get loan secured by your cryptocurrency to buy real estate Use cryptocurrency as collateral to avoid tax event; escrow companies hold it Companies may accept cryptocurrencies to make rental properties appear cool, updated, and modern to appeal to millennials Collect Rent: Give your digital wallet address to tenant; they send you the cryptocurrency Exchange Currency: Just like you trade dollars for euros, trade crypto for crypto or Fiat Real estate is low-hanging fruit for cryptocurrency to make substantial improvements Contact Steve for more information, as well as to enter to win a free copy of his soon-to-be available book, Cryptocurrency and Real Estate.   Resources Streetsmart Investments LLC Steve Streetman’s Email RealInvestors Real Estate Services Laws that Govern the Securities Industry International Trade Exchange (ITEX) Prime Trust Propy ShelterZoom Clint Coons Anderson Advisors Tax and Asset Protection Event

BLOCKCHAIN TALKS #S1EP04 Initial Coin Offering (ICO) avec Stéphanie Latombe, Associée Capital Market et Responsable startup chez Mazars. 

Daniel Schwartz is an author, senior executive and investor in sales, marketing, business development and management, with extensive contacts and relationships throughout Asia in many industries, through the intense networking and relationship-building he’s been doing over the past 20 years. As a co-founder of 3TNetworks, members and customers are empowered to build their wealth in both traditional and the emerging cryptocurrency arenas. His 3T networks is a phenomenal business opportunity for people want to learn and grow. 3T focuses on financial education in both cryptocurrency and forex product development, ICO consulting (an Initial Coin Offering [ICO] is the cryptocurrency equivalent to an initial public offering [IPO]), Bitcoin over-the-counter activities and personal development products and training to help customers and members grow. He personally has significant experience in training, selling and networking. Dan has developed seminars in all three of those areas as well as MC’d for international speakers and hosted a monthly news segment on Channel 3 TV Thailand. “I like to talk about winning and learning, not winning and losing and take the emotion out. And if you really want to do your own trading and your own investing, do the research, get the information from experts.” – Daniel Schwartz Worst investment ever Daniel had some friends who were making a lot of money working in the investment research advisory business for specialist companies who promoted penny stocks. They would receive commissions on when and how many stocks were bought. One of his friends would call him and say: “Hey, Dan, take a look at this company.” Daniel would read the very brief reports and buy around US$1,000 of stock at a time based on the little information provided and the recommendation of this friend.He doesn’t remember any of the company names because he feels that the brain likes to block out bad memories. Sometimes he would win, sometimes the prices would be stable, and sometimes he lost it all. It was an interesting experience, but he likens it more to gambling, because he didn’t really know what he was doing. On all those investments, he lost up to US$40,000 but he learned a lot. He says it was a very bad idea from the point of view of an investment decision to be playing around with penny stocks put forward by people who were earning commissions. Some lessons learned It is a very bad investment idea to trade in penny stocks. Especially when such stocks are promoted by people earning commissions. Trading is best left to the experts and other people. Know your own personality profile. Best Through that you can know also what kind of investing you should do, and in which types of business or professions suit you. Stay away from the hype. Greed is not good. Wise people talk about the idea that the time to be fearful is when others are greedy or the time to be greedy is when others are fearful. Suffice to say, greed comes with it an emotional response, and that is not something carried out by the logical part of the brain. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Go with experts with verifiable track records that you can look at yourself and read the material. If talking about trading, go with someone who has a verifiable positive track record. Remember to check experts’ record also in a down market. Always remember – past performance is never a guarantee of future results. No one can predict the future and unheard of events can be just around the corner. Listening to someone on commission, pitching you over the phone, is probably not the smartest idea when it comes to buying stocks or putting money into investments. Andrew’s takeaways Never invest when somebody calls you to introduce it. When somebody is calling you about an investment idea they are most definitely compensated in some way for doing that. People are not on the phone, randomly calling people for the benefit of the receiver. Be aware that our minds can be hijacked by the excitement of promised “amazing” returns, such as the “50x” example that Daniel gave. Penny stocks are a great example. Investing is truly a physical thing, causing a physical reaction and we do things based on emotions and mental triggers that are being pulled by phone salespeople. Make sure your interests are aligned with the people that are helping you with investing as best that you can. This can never be achieved perfectly but it’s something to always bear in mind. Actionable advice If someone calls you or approaches you with an investment idea, do not make that decision in the moment. If anyone pushes you to buy over the phone when you do not even know them, they are using all kinds of psychological tools to get you to act – such as playing on the human fear of missing out (FOMO), “the take away” – run away and run fast. #1 goal for next 12 months Daniel wants to recover from the past 12 months of craziness in the markets and be in a position, personally and professionally, to take advantage of what is happening now what has been learned with the markets in the crypto space, in Forex and in stocks. He wants to use that experience so he can help more people to be successful. He also wants to watch his three-and-a-half-year-old son grow, spend time with him and try to instill in him knowledge so that when he gets old enough he’ll have the benefit of Dan’s experience and past mistakes so that he can make a whole range of different mistakes. Parting words Be careful with your money, take the emotion out and think, and don’t let the greed part take over.   You can also check out Andrew’s books How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market My Worst Investment Ever 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points    Connect with Daniel Schwartz LinkedIn    Connect with Andrew Stotz astotz.com  LinkedIn Facebook  Instagram Twitter  YouTube My Worst Investment Ever Podcast     Further reading mentioned  Jason Zweig (2007) Your Money and Your Brain: How the New Science of Neuroeconomics Can Help Make You Rich 

"Not the score, not even the results but how you play" - Brock Pierce. On a chilled sunny Thursday evening after a long mountain hike. I managed to get hold of the Unicorn; Brock Pierce to talk about...everything. I have lots of respect for the Billionaire, Child actor, Entrepreneur, technologist etc. Especially in the digital asset space, I've always admired people who accomplished a lot in a relatively small amount of time but in multiple industries. Brock is one of those guys. Brock Pierce is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist with an extensive track record of founding, advising and investing in disruptive businesses. He's been credited with pioneering the market for digital currency and has raised more than $5B for companies he has founded. In 2013, Pierce joined brothers Bart and Bradford Stephens in founding venture capital firm Blockchain Capital (BCC) which was reported to have raised $85 million in two venture funds by October 2017. Described as its managing partner, Pierce announced a $50 million Initial Coin Offering (ICO) by BCC in February 2017. On its launch in June 2017, the currency was named EOS and marketed through a new vehicle called Block.one of which Pierce was variously described as co-founder, head, minority partner and advisor. In this interview, Grey Jabesi and Brock Pierce discussed: - His early beginnings as an actor - Mt Gox AKA Gox Rising - Tether - EOS - Money and Wealth Website Links:https://brockpierce.io/ : https://bitcoinfoundation.org/forum/ Follow Brock Pierce on twitter: https://twitter.com/brockpierce

Alex Mashinsky is on his eighth startup company, Celsius Network, which has already raised $50 million via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). He's also made around 120 VC investments himself, holds 34 patents, raised over a billion dollars for his companies, and has achieved at least over $3 billion in exits.

Alex Mashinsky is on his eighth startup company, Celsius Network, which has already raised $50 million via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). He’s also made around 120 VC investments himself, holds 34 patents, raised over a billion dollars for his companies, and has achieved at least over $3 billion in exits.

„Blockchain je decentralizovaná nezávislá síť, která svým výpočetním výkonem potvrzuje transparentnost transakcí.“ Takto vysvětlují pojem Filip Major a Jan Brody z platformy Busyman. Upozorňují, že své využití nemá zdaleka jen v oblasti finančnictví, ale i v právu nebo účetnictví. Využití této technologie ve startupovém prostředí popsali v magazínu Startér, kde připomněli i divoký rok 2017 a boom Initial Coin Offering (ICO).

In this episode we discuss Security Token Offerings, STOs, that are set to shake the capital market using Blockchain technology and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) methodologies. Can STOs stir things up in 2019?

Ecoutez ou réécoutez le forum Neode du 5 décembre 2018 sur le thème des ICO. (ICO=Initial Coin Offering) Qu’est-ce qu’une ICO ? Comment est-ce qu’une ICO fonctionne ? Quelles en sont les principales opportunités et contraintes ? Mon entreprise peut-elle recourir à cette nouvelle forme de financement ? A la frontière de la crypto-monnaie et du crowdfunding, l’Initial Coin Offering (ICO) ou « Token Sale » est un nouveau mode de financement participatif des entreprises. Il s’agit d’une levée de fonds par l’émission d’actifs numériques (« tokens ») en contrepartie de la remise de crypto-monnaies, qui fonctionne grâce à la technologie blockchain. Initialement chasse-gardée des startups de la blockchain, les ICOs peuvent être utilisées par des entreprises traditionnelles, à l’image de la société industrielle suisse LakeDiamond qui vient d’annoncer une première mondiale en partenariat avec la banque Swissquote. Interventions de Vincent Mignon, LE/AX Avocats, Pascal Gallo de Lakediamond et Nicolas Vradis du NECO.

The Internet was supposed to disrupt the middlemen. Yes, it created some peer-to-peer technology and services. However, middlemen are doing better than ever. Uber and Airbnb, with their lack of hard assets, are quintessential middlemen. In the travel world, Expedia, Priceline, Kayak, and Booking.com are also middlemen par excellence. The Internet was supposed to level the playing field and disrupt monopolies. Today, Expedia and Priceline control 95% of the US Online Travel Agency (OTA) market. Just three travel companies (Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport) own at least 90 percent of the Global Distribution Systems market share. In 2010, Google bought ITA Software to create its flight booking engine. In 2014, it opened it up to small business and individuals to access. On April 10, 2018, however, Google closed off access to its QPX Express API service. This will shut out small companies from accessing its valuable travel data. Meanwhile, private travel data kept on centralized servers have security risks. Last year, for example, Sabre was hacked. Blockchain technology threatens to disrupt the travel industry.   Blockchain to the rescue? Blockchain technology guarantees tight, immutable security. It also promises to do what the Internet failed to do: destroy the middleman. Is the second time the charm? Or are the geeks crying wolf again? What is Winding Tree? Winding Tree is a nonprofit that aims to stir innovation in the travel industry by leveraging public Blockchain technology. It is creating a decentralized travel distribution network. If their vision succeeds, travelers and travel service providers (e.g., hotels, airlines, tour guides) will split the billions of dollars that travel middlemen currently take. Translation: lower prices for the traveler and higher profits for the entities that actually deliver the service to the customer. To facilitate this vision, Winding Tree raised money (Ethereum) via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that closed on February 14, 2018. Their token is called the Líf (pronounced “leaf”). I interviewed Winding Tree’s CEO, Maksim Izmaylov, to learn more. We recorded this right before the ICO, but it's still relevant. In the Q&A that follows, I paraphrase Izmaylov’s answers. (Izmaylov approved of the Q&A summary.) Winding Tree's CEO, Maksim Izmaylov, and its CTO, Jakub Vysoký (right). Photo Credit: JULIA NOVICKAJA Does the world really need another ICO? Why Líf? Why can’t Winding Tree just use a cryptocurrency like Ethereum, which already has smart contracts built into it? Líf is more than a cryptocurrency. It’s a token that is based on the ERC827 token open standard, which we worked with Open Zeppelin to create. Líf is optimized to carry travel-specific data. With Ethereum, it’s cumbersome to make a contract that says that you want a room for two single beds with a view and breakfast included. With Líf, it’s simple. Also, bundling products are tricky with Ethereum. With Winding Tree, it's a no-brainer to bundle a car reservation with a hotel reservation. Líf isn’t an alternative to Ethereum. In fact, Winding Tree is deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. Think of it as a layer on top of a developed blockchain. We can deploy Winding Tree on several other blockchains in the future. Líf helps minimize foreign exchange fees. When you buy an international plane ticket, your dollars will get converted to pay for fees at every stop your plane makes. The more countries, the more foreign exchange fees. Líf tokens minimize those transactions and reduce their cost since trading Lífs is negligible. The Winding Tree pitch.WINDING TREE What the biggest misunderstanding about the Líf ICO that you would you like to dispel? People think that Winding Tree is just another cash alternative. The implications go far beyond that. Líf will carry booking data, for example. It could carry your travel identification, your baggage tracking details, and your loyalty points. It’s powerful. Others think that we’re trying to create another intermediary. That’s the exact opposite of what we’re trying to do. When a hotel booking or airline reservation has a problem, you often go to the middleman who sold it to you to help resolve the problem. When travelers use Winding Tree’s blockchain, they skip the middleman. What recourse do they have when something goes wrong? You will have all your immutable records on the blockchain. You will own your own data. Also, there will be a reputation system. All these help resolve disputes. Why has Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Nordic Choice hotels and others partnered with Winding Tree? Why should a hotel or airline partner with Winding Tree? First, all our partners bought Líf tokens. Anyone who wants to operate on the Winding Tree platform needs Líf tokens. Second, our partners have promised to give us access to their inventory. Nordic Choice is already testing our smart contracts. Third, they provide us with their expertise. Air New Zealand has provided us developers to collaborate with us. We plan to have workshops with our partners to help guide the platform’s direction. Winding Tree is a backend solution. Few travelers will ever hear about it just like they have no idea what Sabre is. That’s true. It’s just like most people have no idea that they’re using TCP/IP protocols when they’re using WhatsApp. In Winding Tree’s one-page summary, it says, “Initially we’re positioning the platform as B2B…” Does this mean that in the long-term you’re considering also being B2C? No. We have no plans to make a customer-facing product. So then who will make the front end? How do you envision the front end to be like? We have over 150 applicants who have expressed interest in plugging into the Winding Tree platform. They will create the interfaces. There will be many front ends. We have an open API that allows anyone to create apps that slice and dice the public data any way they want. How does Winding Tree pay its bills? Winding Tree is a nonprofit. We plan to use the funds raised in the ICO to fund the development of the protocol for the first 4 to 5 years. After that, the nonprofit will be sustained through donations from travel companies. It's the same model that the W3C and the Linux Foundation use. Where are the profits to be made in the blockchain travel world? Do you think that the money that the current middlemen (e.g., Expedia, Priceline, Booking.com) are making will be split roughly 50/50 between travelers and travel service providers (e.g., Four Seasons Hotels, Sheraton, United Airlines)? Or will there be another entity capturing some of the pie (e.g., a third-party arbiter)? Only the miners, who provide the computational power to make all this data available publicly, will be compensated. Their fees are negligible and much cheaper than closed systems fees (like Amadeus). Also, it’s an open market. So if one miner wants to raise his fees, another miner will undercut him and provide that same computational power for less. No miner can acquire monopoly status. The openness guarantees the lowest transaction fees possible. The main beneficiaries of the Winding Tree solution will be suppliers, sellers and all kinds of companies around it. For example, you can easily build a Property Management System (PMS) on top of Winding Tree. You can build and test a pricing algorithm. That's how we enable innovation. But who benefits from better PMSs and algorithms? The traveler! One of the ways for us as a company to make money is the development of proprietary extensions on top of the Winding Tree platform. These extensions will range from pricing algorithms for suppliers to insurance products. Blockchain advocates claim that the technology will disrupt every industry. In the early days of e-commerce, pundits claimed that PayPal and other forms of eCash would end Visa’s and Mastercard’s domination. The credit card companies quickly adapted and made it easy and secure for people to use their credit cards online. Don’t you think it’s possible that the current middlemen in the travel industry to pivot to integrate themselves in the blockchain world, thereby continuing their stranglehold on the industry? The beauty of blockchain technology is that its value lies in the fact that it’s a shared resource. It’s hard for one company to dominate. And even if they somehow do that, it would devalue the network. It’s like imagining one company owning the Internet. Even Google doesn’t own the Internet. So big players will exist on the Winding Tree blockchain but nobody will own it. What are the current weaknesses? Scalability is a bottleneck. Ethereum, like Bitcoin, is still slow and wasn’t designed for a million transactions per second. There are many projects that aim to solve this, including the Lightning Network, Raiden, Plasma, Polka Dot, and others. Our bet is on state channels. What's the roadmap? In 2018, we’re focusing on bringing hotels on board first. Later this year, we’ll integrate airlines. In 2019, we’ll incorporate tours and car rental agencies. Are travel middlemen doomed? No. Winding Tree is trying to work with them. Middlemen can share their inventory just like Sheraton and Hertz can share their inventory. Suppliers can build commissions into their offers. They can even customize it so that EU travel booking agencies get a 10% commission and that USA agencies get a 15% commission, for example. Wind Tree aims to foster innovation. What if most of the travel inventory data is publicly available? Endless apps could be built on such a blockchain. Winding Tree is not the only travel blockchain in town. True. There are competing travel blockchains. Some are consortium-based models. The downside of such models that consortium members can block some entities from utilizing their blockchain. Private travel blockchains are even more closed. It’s like the difference between an intranet to the Internet. Intranets have advantages because a private company can decide everything. However, it can easily charge a fee to participate or keep some people out. Thank you for your time, Maksim. You are welcome.   Conclusion If the entrenched travel industry leaders are Goliath, Winding Tree isn’t David. It’s a flea. Still, fleas are pretty tough. When Wikipedia took on the Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft’s Encarta, who would have imagined that the open encyclopedia would win? Other open source battles don’t produce a clear victor. The open operating system Linux has won many key battles but has failed to be the operating system of choice everywhere. Competition is fierce. Webjet is collaborating with Microsoft Azure’s blockchain capabilities to create a private blockchain based on Ethereum. Sabre is investigating the travel blockchain. So is Amadeus, which is launching an Innovation Partnership Programme to support small companies piloting new ideas. At the same time, private blockchains are not that different from private databases. The whole point of blockchain technology is that it's an open, immutable and distributed database. Winding Tree's ICO mark Winding Tree's most important milestone yet. For this travel blockchain upstart, it has a long road ahead of it. I encourage you to post comments and ask questions for a future Q&A episode. If you like this, subscribe and share! I made this as a YouTube episode too. On social media, my username is always ftapon. 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* Use coupon code PODCAST25 for 25% off this webcast * Webcast URL: https://www.theknowledgegroup.org/blog/webcasts/initial-coin-offering-regulations/ Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) continue to attract attention from start-ups as a capital raising strategy. Despite the recent popularity of this funding method, developments over the last few months highlight the risk of fraud and manipulation in this market. These risks have attracted the attention of US regulators and led to significant regulatory and enforcement activity. Moreover, the rapid development of the ICO market and token issuances left regulators and legislators with little time to react. These and other factors have resulted in an unclear federal and state regulatory landscape for ICOs and digital assets that present significant legal and regulatory concerns for both ICO issuers and secondary market actors (e.g., token exchanges). In this LIVE Webcast, a panel of thought leaders and professionals brought together by The Knowledge Group will discuss recent US regulatory and enforcement developments in the ICO space. The discussion will include a brief history of ICOs and related regulatory developments, best practices and practical tips for avoiding regulatory pitfalls and enforcement actions, and thoughts on the outlook for ICOs as a funding method moving forward. Key topics include: - Initial Coin Offerings: Framework - Scope and Considerations - Identifying and Addressing Common Risks and Legal Issues - Legal and Regulatory Trends and Updates - Outlook For anymore information please click on the webcast url at the top of this description.

Welcome to this episode of Kickstart Commerce podcast where we interview Kevin Kopas, Co-Founder and COO at .ICU - one of the world’s newest domain extensions and shorthand for “Socially, I see you”. In this short episode, I’m interviewing Kevin live at MERGE! 2018 about his role in promoting one of the fastest growing domain extensions over the last 100+ days.  Kevin and I discuss the following: How .ICU has amassed 82,000 and counting domain registrations How and why .ICU has garnered attention from the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and Blockchain solutions Where to register .ICU domains and actual websites using .ICU domains Affordability factor of their .ICU premium-tier pricing and renewal program Don’t forget to subscribe as you enjoy this week's episode via iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher or how ever you desire to listen. 

When most people hear the term "fractional ownership," they immediately think of a timeshare. However, groups of people have been buying properties together for ages, but it requires a lot of investment capital and infrastructure. But, while a timeshare allows multiple people to own a property together and share usage rights, there is a new entry into the idea of fractional ownership that makes the idea more attractive. Rise Housing leverages the power of blockchain and smart contracts to allow a new group of people to own a property together. Normally, if a group of people wanted to buy an apartment building together, it would require the group to form a corporation together, own shares of that company and use the investment from that group to purchase the building. However, there are some major limitations to this approach. For example, all of the people have to be associated with one another and have to form an official group with one another. If foreign investors are involved, it means that the company has to be registered as a Limited Liability Corporation, which means that all owners lose the protection that any other corporate filing would provide. With Rise Housing, much of this infrastructural friction is eliminated through the use of smart contracts and blockchain. No longer do you need to form an investment group and file a corporation. Not only does this improve the process, it makes the whole purchase less expensive. In addition, it gives owners the ability to invest in small portions of properties in different parts of a city, state, country, or across the globe. The company is planning to start off with an Initial Coin Offering (ICO), in which interested parties can purchase the currency that will power the system. From there, properties will be listed in the Rise Marketplace for availability. If you would like to find out more about their platform, head over to their website. Sponsored by: Amazon Prime gives you more than just free shipping. Get free music, TV shows, movies, videogames and more. Enjoy your favorite books while you work or travel. Get a free book and a 30 day trial with promo code Try70.

Marshall Taplits is the co-founder and chief strategy officer at NYNJA, a company building global operating system for the future of work. NYNJA Group is creating the first international mobile communications app with an on-demand marketplace and its own cryptocurrency ecosystem. Marshall began his career in software quality assurance 18 years ago and has acquired vast knowledge and expertise on online trends and developments including the popular Initial Coin Offering (ICO). On this episode, Marshall explains the fundamentals of ICOs and its impact on the present generation. Since we have reached the era of the internet, much digital advancement has been introduced.  As an expert in ICOs, Marshall educates us on what an ICO is and what benefits we get out it. This is an enlightening conversation about coin ownership, launching ICOs, and ICO investing.   Where we are: Marshall - China Sam - Santiago Johnny - Ukraine   Links: Nynja.io   Time Stamps: 11:11 – What is his definition of an ICO? 12:00 – Big ICOs including Bitcoin and Ethereum 15:04 – Benefits in using Ethereum when launching an ICO 17:05 – How an ICO launch works? 18:07 – Qualifications for issuing an ICO 20:18 – Difference between a token and a coin 21:14 – Accessing the new coin 24:12 – Selling or trading coins 28:26 – Value of coin owners in the company 31:06 – What makes a successful ICO? 34:46 – Developing new coins that he is excited about 38:20 – Standard road map in funding ICOs 45:03 – How Ninja started and what they do 47:32 – Ninja coin 48:01 – What are they building at Ninja? 54:02 – The process of investing in ICOs   If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also if you haven’t already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and claim your bonus here! Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Read our disclaimer here.

BlockSafe Technologies, Inc. is a US company incorporated in Wyoming with headquarters in Edison, NJ. The company has licensed patented technology from Strikeforce Technologies, Inc. and plans to enhance it with additional product offerings. Their team is comprised of people experienced in cyber security sales and operations. Our company is planning on an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) to raise funds for further product development and operations. BlockSafe solutions are built on multipatented and patent-pending technology and backed by 17 years of delivering cutting-edge cyber security.  Blockchain Defender™ — Security for permissioned blockchains such as those used by enterprises and industry consortia. Exchange Defender™ — Security for crypto exchanges. Crypto Defender™ — Security for crypto wallets on desktop, mobile, and cloud-based platforms, designed to prevent the harmful actions of malware.

On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Brandon about: His move into tech from PwC to joining Kik when it was only 40 employees; What Kik is all about; The process of raising $100M through a Token Distribution Event or Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and launching your own cryptocurrency; What its like to scale the finance function as a company grows from 40 people to 160 The importance of the finance function at a technology company --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/backbone/message

本期音頻特別邀請區塊勢作者許明恩共同主持。 代幣眾籌（Initial Coin Offering，ICO）如火如荼，儼然新創募資的最快管道。然而廣大的投資人心中忐忑，既難以判別賺錢潛力，更擔憂投資沒有保障。而政府法規也不清楚，各部門不熟悉這個新的物種，都不願意承擔主管責任。情勢不明下，新創紛紛避開台灣，改為在海外募資，甚至禁止台灣人參與。美國的證券交易委員會主管最近提出一個準則，用來判斷 ICO 與加密貨幣的適法性，對混亂的產業帶來一線清晰。 本期音頻涵蓋了以下議題： 1. 區塊鏈的基本介紹 2. ICO 的優缺點 3. 台灣加密貨幣產業的趨勢 4. ICO 的適法性 5. 募資太多的加密貨幣新創的花錢方式 6. 中國對加密貨幣的態度 7. 台灣兩次區塊鏈公聽會的心得 8. 美國證券交易委員會判斷「證券」性質的準則 9. 商品與證券的差異 10. 詐騙 ICO 的共同特質 討論主題： 川普加碼 2,000 億產品關稅｜比特幣不是證券（https://bit.ly/2tqm6QV ） （非會員在此取得試閱文章：https://daodu.tech/threeposts ） 延伸閱讀： 區塊勢– 說人話的區塊鏈電子報(https://blocktrend.today ) by 區塊勢 Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic)(https://bit.ly/2l8t5dB ) by William Hinman (SEC) 音頻 Ep. 06 – 去中心化的逆襲 (https://bit.ly/2IdPBuU )by 科技島讀 Chrome 瀏覽器阻擋廣告│去中心化的意義(https://bit.ly/2K6qBrb ) by 科技島讀 音頻 Ep. 04 – 新型態的募資工具：ICO (https://bit.ly/2MJPieH )by 科技島讀 中國加密貨幣亂象是台灣的 ICO 機會(https://bit.ly/2Kdqf5q ) by 科技島讀 李笑來的代幣眾籌（ICO）獨角獸｜中國禁止 ICO(https://bit.ly/2KalucB ) by 科技島讀 比特幣的下一步：募資與智慧合約 (https://bit.ly/2IaKP0Z )by 科技島讀 加密貨幣的跨越鴻溝時刻 (https://bit.ly/2thelNU )by 科技島讀 查理蒙格說比特幣是瘟疫｜加密貨幣無人管轄｜台灣金融監理沙盒難產 (https://bit.ly/2JUhmhE )by 科技島讀 經濟部挺高通｜那斯達克拒絕 ICO（但 ICO 需要那斯達克嗎？）(https://bit.ly/2tromaK ) by 科技島讀

Do you know your bitcoin from your ethereum, litecoin or any other alt-coin? Cryptocurrency has been here for 10 years and while many of us struggle to understand exactly what it is, investors and businesses are using it more and more. Teresa Truda is the CEO and Co-Founder of Chozun, the world's first travel and loyalty ecosystem powered by cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. With an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) only weeks away, Teresa explains the basics of cryptocurrency before introducing the concept of an ICO to raise capital for a business. Whether you're a bitcoin billionaire, or just crypto curious, this podcast is a great insight into digital currency. Thank you to Jahzzar for the music. Masters Series is presented by WeTeachMe. The Masters Series podcast is produced by Written & Recorded. The views expressed by the contributors on this podcast and linked websites are not necessarily endorsed by the publisher.

Yield Coin Soft Launch - Interview With Founder Samuel LeachYield Coin Early Investor OpportunityYou can only get this opportunity here https://twoblokestrading.com/yieldcoinGet 50% bonus on all deposits over $5,000 USDGet 25% bonus on all deposits between $1,000-$4,999 USDMinimum deposit $1,000 USDYou can secure this exclusive opportunity through this link: https://twoblokestrading.com/yieldcoinFULL YIELD COIN OVERVIEW CAN BE FOUND HERE In this Episode: HUGE BOMBSHELL!!  This episode is a first for the Blokes with a massive opportunity (BUT DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!!).We discuss our world first exclusive opportunity given to the Two Blokes and our listeners.We forego our normal banter and pleasantries and get straight into the meat of the interview.And as a second bombshell, Brandon converts from a Crypto skeptic to now, a heavily invested Crypto enthusiast (who would have thought!).  Trader interview:   Samuel leach, the founder of Samuel and Co and now CEO of Yield Coin, is back on the podcast.  Samuel is a fan favorite and veteran of the Two Blokes Podcast and today he is here to share the most significant opportunity that has been offered to the Two Blokes to date. READ THIS:  We want to make it very clear that anything we say in this episode should in no way be taken as investment advice.  We are not financial advisors.  You must do your own due diligence and consider your personal financial situation carefully before investing in anything.  Never invest money you cannot afford to lose.  Our purpose with this episode is to share with you the same opportunity that we have been given, nothing more.  The decision to invest is completely up to you and you should consult your financial advisor before doing so.   Samuel is a busy man and the founder of multiple successful businesses.  He is back at it again, this time he is launching an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) called Yield Coin.   Yield Coin Highlights: First Wallet you can deposit fiat currency into and buy the coin straight away.Offline exchange means you can trade your coins before it launches on the exchanges.The coin is backed by Sam’s already successful and rapidly expanding businesses.Hundreds of traders globally with be using this as a solution to get their money faster. Exclusive TBT opportunity: You can only get this opportunity here https://twoblokestrading.com/yieldcoinGet 50% bonus on all deposits over $5,000 USDGet 25% bonus on all deposits between $1,000-$4,999 USDMinimum deposit $1,000 USD You can secure this exclusive opportunity through this link: https://twoblokestrading.com/yieldcoin Don’t forget that we have the Edgewonk Trading Journal webinar Wednesday February 7 @ 7pm GMT or 2pm EST https://twoblokestrading.com/edgewonkwebinar Be there or be square!   Trading journals are massively important and you probably won’t be very successful without one.  Rolf and Moritz from Edgewonk will run you through how to trade journal properly so you can set yourself up for success.

Today I welcome first-time guest and cryptocurrency expert, Barry Cohen.   Barry is a former portfolio manager with over 20 years of experience in the hedge fund industry… More importantly, I’m honored to announce that Barry is the newest Editor and Senior Analyst here at Curzio Research.   On today’s episode, we get to learn what our newest analyst is all about…   Barry talks about the changing regulatory state of cryptocurrencies… explaining why the latest government crackdowns are actually a good thing for the industry.   He then breaks down the alarming differences between an IPO and an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Barry explains why only a handful of new coins out of the thousands will survive and flourish...   And it’s something every crypto investor needs to know.   Good Investing,   Frank Curzio

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) erfreuen sich stark wachsender Beliebtheit. Im Rahmen eines ICOs/ITOs werden Coins bzw. Token gegen die Einlage von Geld oder anderen digitalen Assets (z.B. BTC oder ETH) emittiert. Die emittierten Coins bzw. Token haben sehr wenig bis keine Rechte und gleichzeitig ermöglicht der aktuelle Markt sehr hohe Bewertungslevel. Wie unterscheiden sich ICOs von IPOs bzw. gewöhnlichen Eigenkapital-Finanzierungsformen und woher kommen die aktuellen Bewertungslevel? Sponsor dieser Podcast Folge ist das EXtra-Magazin: Das EXtra-Magazin ist ein Branchenmagazin zum Thema Geldanlage mit ETFs. Es erscheint 10x pro Jahr und ist an vielen Bahnhöfen am Kiosk erhältlich. Für die Community von Geldbildung gibt es ein spannendes Aktionsangebot und zwar kannst Du Dir 5 Ausgaben statt für 30 Euro für nur 15 Euro sichern. Du kannst Dir das Angebot jetzt unter folgendem Link sichern: http://www.extra-funds.de/go/geldbildung Wie ich 50.000 Euro heute an der Börse investiere (Echtgelddepot): http://www.geldbildung.de/50000 Lerne Vermögensaufbau à la Geldbildung® für clevere Privatanleger bei einem Ganztagesseminar von Geldbildung®: http://www.geldbildung.de/seminare Wenn Dir mein Podcast gefällt, dann würde ich mich über eine Rezension freuen. Solltest Du den Podcast bereits abonniert haben, dann klicke auf "Suchen" und gebe "Geldbildung" ein. Es sollte dann das Rezensionsfeld erscheinen. Danke! Willst Du mehr aus Deinem Geld machen und eigenständig Dein Vermögen anlegen und mehr Vermögen bilden? Sichere Dir mein 50-minütiges Video und wöchentliche Tipps zum Thema Vermögensaufbau in Dein Postfach: Mehr Erfolg bei Deiner Geldanlage Podcast abonnieren: Geldbildung Podcast abonnieren

Alex Merced explains what is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and their role in the world of Decentralized Enterprise. Learn more at BitcoinBlockchainCrypto.com If you enjoyed please donate at Donate.AlexMerced.comSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/alexmerced)

Host: Xiaochen Zhang, Founder and CEO of FinTech4Good Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmyidea/ Website: www.fintech4good.co, Email: info@fintech4good.co About Brad Bulent Yasar Co-Founder & Managing Partner, KrowdMentor Brad is an entrepreneur, investor, mentor, and advisor who has started and bootstrapped several companies from inception to maturity over the past 20 years. Brad is currently the co-founder and Managing Partner of Krowd Mentor, a strategic crowdfunding advisory firm focusing on ICOs, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and token powered organizations. As the co-founder for Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC) with over $2 Billion dollars allocated to blockchain and cryptocurrency projects and has access to extensive dealflow and experience analyzing disruptive technologies, Brad has participated in dozens successful crowd sales, which have raised over $500 million from 10,000s of investors in 12 months. About KrowdMentor KrowdMentor is a strategic investment and advisory firm empowering blockchain investors, funds, startups and entrepreneurs to reach their liquidity goals. It helps founders design, launch and scale their blockchain ventures and it helps investors find the right Initial Coin Offering (ICO) investments for their portfolios. Interview Questions Q1: Share two of your organizations? Q2: From the mentor side, what’s the bigger pool that you selected the 50 organizations that you working with? Q3: According to some studies and use data that 90% of ICOs are scams. What’s your assessment of the quality of ICOs? Q4: As an angel investor/ICO investor, are there any difference between a traditional VC/angel investor and an ICO investor? Q5: In traditional investment, if you are a startup without a product, it’s impossible for you to get a huge amount of investment. But in ICO, we have seen quite a lot cases that before product launch they already have 20M/30M value. From traditional investors, no one will do an evaluation in that manner. For you as an investor, is it a good thing or bad thing? Q6: You have seen a lot of ICOs and blockchain companies. If people ask you which top ICOs or top blockchain companies have the potential to be the next unicorns. Do you have a small list or a few examples to share? Q7: So you just mentioned some criteria for you to make your investment decision. Are you still looking at the team, potential business impact? Are you using the same philosophy or different strategies in choosing different deals? Q8: Now when we see a lot of ICOs are divided into two phases: pre-ICO/pre-sale, and then ICO. Investors who participate in the pre-sale get much better terms and lots of discounts (some discounts even go to 90%). For the later crowd participates who would not get those discounts, some people would think the decision to have these discounts is not a good term for later participants. What’s your opinion? Q9: What’s your view about SAFT? Q10: Why did you put all the investors in your second organization? Why did investors want to come together?

Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. Jehan Chu was raised in New Jersey, spent some time outside of the United States before boarding at the Westtown Friends School. Academic excellence is a main tenant of this uniquely Quaker school in Pennsylvania...yet one of the main aspects of the school is its sense of community, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. This must have mattered to Jehan, as those themes are pervasive throughout his adult life. While at university, he became interested in Web programming and then rode that interest to a job building the online presence and business of Sotheby's in New York, followed by an opportunity to run their Client Development efforts in Asia. Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia while at the same time becoming deeply interested in the BlockChain and Bitcoin. At some point the crypto community started taking up so much of this time and interest (He was a Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and the Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong.) he started focusing full time on building the multi-faceted business that has become Kenetic Capital. Podcast highlights: [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market Podcast notes: [00:05] Introduction to ATP Stories with Jehan Chu, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong [00:20] How Jehan started with Sotheby's and became head of Client Development in Sotheby's APAC Region [06:36] How Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia [10:51] Winklevoss twins became his first real touch point on Bitcoin in 2013 [13:18] Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and Ethereum Hong Kong [16:15] How have you seen the growth of Blockchain since 2013 considering the interest in blockchain is much bigger now? [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [24:46] How do you see Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the token market developing over time? What's your view on other peoples comment that this is a scam? [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market [35:18] How will quantifying the entire supply chain of a business look like and then making it tradeable? [41:01] Thoughts about Jason Goldberg's Simple Token business [43:00] Jehan talks about his Investment Thesis [46:40] How will the crypto space progress

Jehan Chu was raised in New Jersey, spent some time outside of the United States before boarding at the Westtown Friends School. Academic excellence is a main tenant of this uniquely Quaker school in Pennsylvania…yet one of the main aspects of the school is its sense of community, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. This must have mattered to Jehan, as those themes are pervasive throughout his adult life. While at university, he became interested in Web programming and then rode that interest to a job building the online presence and business of Sotheby’s in New York, followed by an opportunity to run their Client Development efforts in Asia. Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia while at the same time becoming deeply interested in the BlockChain and Bitcoin. At some point the crypto community started taking up so much of this time and interest (He was a Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and the Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong.) he started focusing full time on building the multi-faceted business that has become Kenetic Capital. Podcast highlights: [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market Podcast notes: [00:05] Introduction to ATP Stories with Jehan Chu, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong [00:20] How Jehan started with Sotheby’s and became head of Client Development in Sotheby’s APAC Region [06:36] How Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia [10:51] Winklevoss twins became his first real touch point on Bitcoin in 2013 [13:18] Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and Ethereum Hong Kong [16:15] How have you seen the growth of Blockchain since 2013 considering the interest in blockchain is much bigger now? [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [24:46] How do you see Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the token market developing over time? What's your view on other peoples comment that this is a scam? [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market [35:18] How will quantifying the entire supply chain of a business look like and then making it tradeable? [41:01] Thoughts about Jason Goldberg's Simple Token business [43:00] Jehan talks about his Investment Thesis [46:40] How will the crypto space progress

Jehan Chu was raised in New Jersey, spent some time outside of the United States before boarding at the Westtown Friends School. Academic excellence is a main tenant of this uniquely Quaker school in Pennsylvania…yet one of the main aspects of the school is its sense of community, intellectual curiosity and critical thinking. This must have mattered to Jehan, as those themes are pervasive throughout his adult life. While at university, he became interested in Web programming and then rode that interest to a job building the online presence and business of Sotheby’s in New York, followed by an opportunity to run their Client Development efforts in Asia. Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia while at the same time becoming deeply interested in the BlockChain and Bitcoin. At some point the crypto community started taking up so much of this time and interest (He was a Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and the Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong.) he started focusing full time on building the multi-faceted business that has become Kenetic Capital. Podcast highlights: [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market Podcast notes: [00:05] Introduction to ATP Stories with Jehan Chu, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong [00:20] How Jehan started with Sotheby’s and became head of Client Development in Sotheby’s APAC Region [06:36] How Jehan became more involved in the art world in Asia [10:51] Winklevoss twins became his first real touch point on Bitcoin in 2013 [13:18] Founding member of The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong and Ethereum Hong Kong [16:15] How have you seen the growth of Blockchain since 2013 considering the interest in blockchain is much bigger now? [19:25] What is Tokenization? Why it matters and how it help startups [24:46] How do you see Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and the token market developing over time? What's your view on other peoples comment that this is a scam? [29:01] The role of the traditional VC equity in the ICO crowdfunding phenomenon [32:54] The 3 waves on how we see the ICO and Tokenization market [35:18] How will quantifying the entire supply chain of a business look like and then making it tradeable? [41:01] Thoughts about Jason Goldberg's Simple Token business [43:00] Jehan talks about his Investment Thesis [46:40] How will the crypto space progress

We are painting a picture of cryptocurrency by hearing voices from a full spectrum. Today we add color to the ICO part of our painting.   Last episode Andrew Chapin talked about the importance of governance, of gaining trust, if one is to buy altcoins- or alternative crypto currency.    We’ve heard from investors, fund managers, futurists who r buying, selling or holding onto cryptocurrency.  Our next guest is creating a currency.    We get to hear about it from Chelsea Lam, who is the co-founder of Munchee, their new cryptocurrency is called MUNtoken.    The launch of their Initial Coin Offering is happening now. If I recall from Episode 6, some things to cover are “Why is this currency necessary?”, “What problem are you solving?”, “Why is this the best solution,” or "Why is the blockchain necessary.”   Let me know what you think, on twitter @coloringcrypto and leave a question on our listener wallet   Coloring Crypto is not investment advice nor is it an endorsement of our guests or the products mentioned. Everything you hear on Coloring Crypto is intended to illuminate  cryptocurrency and the blockchain , in an artsy way. Thank you for the reviews and downloads! The numbers are growing. Go to iTunes now, if you are a fan, and give us a review.

Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's) represent a new way for entrepreneurs to fund their businesses. In this episode I chat to Rob and Jaco from Sports Podium about their upcoming ICO and token sale and what they've learnt in the process of working with cryptocurrency backed alternative funding vehicles.

Shad is a huge crypto enthusiast who is launching an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). He shares his knowledge on bitcoins and cryptocurrencies as well as the ICO he is selling. He explains why cryptocurrency is the future and what people should know about.   This episode tackles on interesting stuff about online payments and currencies that are very relevant in the modern era. He talks about the aspects and considerations of buying bitcoins. Listen to the end and find out whether cryptocurrency is for you or not.   Links: The8760.com Discussed: ILAB 66 – Meet the Drapers: Invest with Tim, Bill and Jesse Draper Trip Streak - Smarter Travel Search Time stamps: 01:25 – What is ICO 04:03 – E-commerce and Drop shipping 12:27 – Bitcoin 16:04 – The market 22:12 – Why Cryptocurrency is the future 27:50 – Paypal transfers 29:14 – Internet banking vs. Crypto 30:27 – Apple pay 32:37 – Innovations on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies 37:40 – Downside of Bitcoin 39:37 – Bitcoin on ATM 42:14 – How the tokens work 44:06 – Use case seen for tokens Enjoy this episode? Share it with friends!  

Kan America Crypto Currency Podcast episode #7 We discuss what is a DAO (Distributed Autonomous Organization), a new kind of organization that is "enabled" with blockchain. We then move to discuss ICOs (Initial Coin Offering), what it means and how it works.  Chanan, Yishai and Uli discuss the concepts of Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and the Initial Coin Offering (ICO).

Mit 2 Gästen erheben sich heute Andreas und Patrick in die Lüfte, um sich dem Thema Digitale Währung zu nähern. Somit dreht sich heute alles ums encrypten, und, was man damit alles verbessern kann und könnte.. Lieber Fluggast, wenn dir das Gehörte gefällt oder dir Sorgenfalten auf die edle Stirn fabriziert, dann haben wir etwas für dich: iTunes Bewertungen. Gäste Christian Million, 44, beschäftigt sich seit fast 20 Jahren mit dem Thema Zahlungsverkehr. Angestellt war er bei großen Unternehmen wie der Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft KPMG, dem Technologieriesen IBM oder der Strategieberatung Horváth & Partners. Seit 2 Jahren hat er seine eigene Beratung “JAS Consulting” und hat letzte Jahr das Global Blockchain Institute gegründet, das sich mit dem Transfer von Blockchain-Forschung in die Wirtschaft beschäftigt. Neben dem Zahlungsverkehr ist seine zweite große Leidenschaft die Bühnenkunst. Er hat mehrere Kindertheaterschulen in ganz Deutschland und bietet zusätzlich eine professionelle Ausbildung zum Schauspieler, Musicaldarsteller, Musiker, Sänger, Musikpädagogen und Theaterpädagogen an. GLOBLIS - JAS Consulting STAGE ACADEMY JAS Education Jingjing Wang ist Chief Learning Officer der Coworking Academy und Coworking0711. Sie organisiert Fortbildungskurse zu den Themen digitale Währung und Blockchain. In der Automobilindustrie arbeitet sie an Anwendungsfällen für die Blockchain-Technologie. Initial Coin Offering (ICO) ist eines ihrer derzeitigen Projekte. Organizational Development, Global Strategy und IT-Technology sind ihre Spezialgebiete. Follow-up homebrew-cask F-Secure XFENCE Objective-See Bitcoin Angeblich erfunden von Satoshi Nakamoto. Man weiss aber nicht ob der Mensch wirklich existiert. Es wird vermutet, dass hinter dem Namen ein Verbund von Menschen aus der IT Branche steht. Einführung Bitcoin, Ether und mehr: Die 10 größten Kryptowährungen der Welt Grosse Firmen steigen in das Cryptocoin Business, bspw. Ethereum, ein, wegen der variablen und geringeren Überweisungskosten. tastytakos: ETH Alliance: Microsoft, Intel, CS, UBS, JPM, ING, BBVA, CME, BNY, BP - want save millions on admin/legal/transaction costs 12.03.2017, Poloniex Trollbox (Chat) Preisexplosion des Bitcoin seit November 2016. Damals 800€ pro Bitcoin. Aktuell steht er auf 1800€. Wie funktioniert der Blockchain? Bei Bitcoin wird alle 10 Minuten ein neuer Block erzeugt. Alle Maschinen, die sich am Mining beteiligen, können 1 Bitcoin für das finden dieses Blocks “gewinnen”. Jede Transaktion wird öffentlich im sogenannten Blockchain gespeichert. Jede Transaktion muss zusätzlich vom Netzwerk verifiziert werden. Dieses verifizieren beansprucht eine gewisse Arbeit. Kann diese Transaktion überhaupt richtig sein? Für die Verifikation bekommt der verifizierende Rechner ebenfalls einen gewissen Lohn. (Transaction Fee) Durch dieses System ist es sehr schwer eine Transaktion zu fälschen, weil man das gesamte Netzwerk davon überzeugen müsste, dass eine Transaktion, und alle Transaktionen die danach kommen, so stattgefunden hat. Obwohl eine Transaktion in der Regel “sofort” beim Empfänger ankommt. Muss die Transaktion erst ein paar mal erfolgreich verifiziert werden, eh man sicher sein kann, dass das Geld auch wirklich angekommen ist. Oft wartet man deshalb 2-5 Verifikationen ab. Den aktuellen Status einer Transaktion bzw. des gesamten Netzwerks kann man auf Block Explorer, Blockchain.info oder Blockr einsehen. Tipp: Blockonomics. Weil alle Transaktionen öffentlich sind, fürchten viele (berechtigt) um ihre Anonymität. Gegebenenfalls die eigene Bitcoin Adresse bleibt immer gleich, kann man nur durch durchforsten des Blockchains den Wert eines Wallets feststellen. Deshalb generieren moderne Wallets nach jeder Transaktion eine neue Wallet Adresse – die alte bleibt aber (oft) auf ewig gültig. Auf dem 28c3 gab es einen Talk, welcher bewies, dass sich aus der Transaktion, die IP der beteiligten Parteien heraus bekommen lässt. Also es ist nicht 100% anonym. Noch genauere Informationen bei bitcoin.org im FAQ. Woher bekommt man Bitcoin? Bitcoin Mining. Geschichtlich: CPU, GPU, ASIC Fast nicht mehr rentabel für den Heimanwender. Bitmain und Avalon Klein: AntMiner U2, GekkoScience, Black Arrow Mining Profitabilität: Coinwarz WhatToMine Profitabilität Mining eines Altcoins vs. Bitcoin. Erklärung verschiedener Altcoins und deren Algorithmen. SHA256, X11, Scrypt. Pool Mining vs. Solo Mining Cloud Mining Genesis Mining Code gLz1hQ gibt 3% Rabatt. Hashflare 10% Bonus Bitcoin Faucets. Einem Exchange oder einem Verkäufer, wie Bitpanda, bitcoin.de. Meist Zahlung per Überweisung, Kreditkarte oder PayPal. LocalBitcoins möchte die Anonymität steigern, indem man seine Bitcoins direkt bei einer anderen Person kauft. Woher bekommt man ein Bitcoin Wallet? Electrum, Xapo, Jaxx, MultiBit, Armory Schöne Übersicht mit Einstufung bezüglich Sicherheit direkt auf der Bitcoin Webseite Wenn einem ein Wallet Anbieter nicht mehr gefällt, kann man meist die “Keys swipen”. Damit werden die Coins mit einer sehr sehr geringen Fee an eine neue Adresse übertragen. Das dauert dann ein wenig, hat aber den Vorteil, dass man nahezu den gesamten Wert mitnehmen kann. Trading mit Bitcoin (kann man vielleicht weg lassen) Diverse Exchanges wie etwa Bitfinex, Kraken, GDAX oder Poloniex. Diese erlauben dann wahlweise Exchange Trading, Margin Trading oder Lending. Zukunftsaspekt Wozu können wir diese Technologie nutzen? Was wird gerade mit dieser Technologie schon gemacht? Apps: iOS: Blockfolio CoinCap Die folgenden kann man sich mal anschauen, sind aber insgesamt nicht so gut. Coin Ticker Lawnmower Web: CoinMarketCap Cryptowatch Sonstiges Otc clearing - Wikipedia bittunes.co.uk* Andreas Video Kurs zum handeln mit Crypto ist auf seiner Webseite erhältlich. Unsere Picks Patrick: Magic Launch Andreas: kSafe by Kitchen Safe Jingjing: Schokoladentee Christian: STAGE ACADEMY - Training for Life by Training on Stage In Spenderlaune? Wir haben Flattr und PayPal am Start und würden uns freuen.

EARTH AID NOW's Guest Mike Prettyman, Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Green Fire Engineered Reclamation, a landfill mining company is a technologist & humanitarian who loves creating solutions for the world's poor. His goal is to do "amazing things for Landfills & the Landfill Workers, The Children of the Landfill.'" His "mission is to create opportunity for these people–-the poorest of the poor." He tells us, We are GreenFire DAO, an industrial blockchain application for Landfill Mining & Reclamation & its cryptocurrency, the "Gladiator" (GLD), a gold & asset backed global trade token. The GreenFire DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization, will manage this project.  To fund the GreenFire DAO creation, a crypto token, the "Gladiator" (GLD), is being issued and may be freely traded, its value reflecting the productivity of the GreenFire DAO's constantly increasing gold & cash backing.  The Gladiator (GLD) is backed 2:1 with assets on deposit. Interested in participating in the reclamation of global open dumps & stopping the 20% stream of additional global pollution coming from them? Then, please, buy a Gladiator Token. Friends of Earth Aid Now receive a 15 day 50% discount by going to http://greenfirefunding.com & purchase with code: earthaidnow. Green Fire Engineered Reclamation’s global team with Mycryptoworld's (MCW) leading Bitcoin & Blockchain developers is launching an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) for Gladiator to raise funds for the Green Fire Engineered Reclamation Landfill projects & “Children of the Landfill” humanitarian Project.