Utility tokens, and their growing popularity amongst startups as a fundraising mechanism, led to a surge of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017 — a form of crowdfunding first pioneered by Mastercoin, Ethereum, and Augur, which gives individuals the opportunity receive a portion of a new cryptoasset’s issuance and to bootstrap its network effects in return for investment.
Concerns about cryptoasset issuance and potential securities laws violations, buttressed by this technology’s capacity for more frictionless, liquid, and transparent forms of value exchange, led to a new subset of tokenized real world assets: the tokenized security or “security token.” These cryptoassets derive their value from an external, tradable investment asset, and are thus subject to securities regulations.The first tokenized security was created by a venture firm, Blockchain Capital, who created the BCAP token in early 2017. This token represented a limited partner interest in a venture fund, with each BCAP being a single share ($1 USD at the time of issuance.) Tokenized securities have since been issued for equity by companies like Documo, which provides document workflow solutions, cashflow by Spin, a scooter sharing startup, bonds by Neighborly, and image rights management via KODAKcoin. They’ve also been proposed for assets such real estate and intellectual property. Ethereum also spawned new tokenized real world assets that are not securities, such as DigixDAO, a gold-backed cryptoasset, and the newer stablecoins (above.)
https://medium.com/@Disruptepreneur/an-introduction-to-cryptoassets-7be277c6bead
Concerns about cryptoasset issuance and potential securities laws violations, buttressed by this technology’s capacity for more frictionless, liquid, and transparent forms of value exchange, led to a new subset of tokenized real world assets: the tokenized security or “security token.” These cryptoassets derive their value from an external, tradable investment asset, and are thus subject to securities regulations.The first tokenized security was created by a venture firm, Blockchain Capital, who created the BCAP token in early 2017. This token represented a limited partner interest in a venture fund, with each BCAP being a single share ($1 USD at the time of issuance.) Tokenized securities have since been issued for equity by companies like Documo, which provides document workflow solutions, cashflow by Spin, a scooter sharing startup, bonds by Neighborly, and image rights management via KODAKcoin. They’ve also been proposed for assets such real estate and intellectual property. Ethereum also spawned new tokenized real world assets that are not securities, such as DigixDAO, a gold-backed cryptoasset, and the newer stablecoins (above.)
https://medium.com/@Disruptepreneur/an-introduction-to-cryptoassets-7be277c6bead
Medium
An Introduction to Cryptoassets
A Brief Look at the Rising Cryptoeconomy
How FCoin makes money?
https://medium.com/zkcapital/how-asian-exchanges-and-investors-are-making-huge-profits-through-trade-driven-mining-92745c4b5693
https://medium.com/zkcapital/how-asian-exchanges-and-investors-are-making-huge-profits-through-trade-driven-mining-92745c4b5693
Medium
How Asian Exchanges And Investors Are Making Huge Profits Through Trade-Driven Mining
In my article on Exchange Tokens, I discussed how exchanges like Binance and Huobi Pro have started a new trend in crypto-exchanges…
A thorough dissection of what happened during the "Binance API / SYS spike"
https://hackernoon.com/a-thorough-investigation-of-the-binance-hack-dc588cd0c2f5
https://hackernoon.com/a-thorough-investigation-of-the-binance-hack-dc588cd0c2f5
Medium
A Thorough Investigation of the “Binance Hack”
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Cheapair Will No Longer Use Third-Party Processors On Bitcoin Payments
Cheapair.com — American Travel Agency that accepts cryptocurrency payments — announced on Friday that they will no longer use a third party in processing bitcoin and other crypto payments. Cheapair was also one of Coinbase partner in bitcoin payments since…
Schnorr Is Looking Poised to Become Bitcoin's Biggest Change Since SegWit
... the bitcoin upgrade arguably took its most significant step yet toward implementation last week when influential developer Pieter Wuille unveiled a draft outlining its technical makeup. With the release, the idea, one that's been in the works by bitcoin developers for years, is one step closer to improving the scaling and privacy of the world's most valuable cryptocurrency.
https://twitter.com/wolfcryptogroup/status/1018733025230716928
... the bitcoin upgrade arguably took its most significant step yet toward implementation last week when influential developer Pieter Wuille unveiled a draft outlining its technical makeup. With the release, the idea, one that's been in the works by bitcoin developers for years, is one step closer to improving the scaling and privacy of the world's most valuable cryptocurrency.
https://twitter.com/wolfcryptogroup/status/1018733025230716928
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Schnorr Is Looking Poised to Become Bitcoin's Biggest Change Since SegWit https://t.co/sFGMJYoURG #cryptocurrency #bitcoin
BlackRock begins exploration of bitcoin
BlackRock has set up a working group to investigate ways the world’s largest asset manager can take advantage of the fast-growing cryptocurrency market despite its chief executive lambasting the bitcoin sector.
The $6.3tn investment powerhouse has created a team from different parts of the business to investigate cryptocurrencies and their underlying infrastructure.
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/blackrock-begins-exploration-of-bitcoin-20180716
BlackRock has set up a working group to investigate ways the world’s largest asset manager can take advantage of the fast-growing cryptocurrency market despite its chief executive lambasting the bitcoin sector.
The $6.3tn investment powerhouse has created a team from different parts of the business to investigate cryptocurrencies and their underlying infrastructure.
https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/blackrock-begins-exploration-of-bitcoin-20180716
Fnlondon
BlackRock begins exploration of bitcoin
The asset manager has set up a working group to investigate ways it can take advantage of the fast-growing cryptocurrency market
Quadrant Protocol ICO
Big Data and Blockchain Engineer, Sharique Azam, is here to explain how the Consumer client works.
The demo series is a depiction of Quadrant Protocol’s platform, which will be released later during Q3 2018
https://medium.com/quadrantprotocol/quadrant-protocol-data-consumer-demo-33c842183dc
Big Data and Blockchain Engineer, Sharique Azam, is here to explain how the Consumer client works.
The demo series is a depiction of Quadrant Protocol’s platform, which will be released later during Q3 2018
https://medium.com/quadrantprotocol/quadrant-protocol-data-consumer-demo-33c842183dc
Medium
Quadrant Protocol Data Consumer Demo
Earlier this month, our Engineering team introduced our Data Producer Client and prepared a quick demo on how we battle the problem of…
Another article on utility vs equity token.
Do utility tokens destroy long term token economy?
https://blog.neufund.org/if-you-invest-in-app-tokens-you-may-be-killing-the-project-you-fund-1-6bd15b10f45e
Do utility tokens destroy long term token economy?
https://blog.neufund.org/if-you-invest-in-app-tokens-you-may-be-killing-the-project-you-fund-1-6bd15b10f45e
Neufund
If you invest in app tokens, you may be killing the project you fund (1)
This is the first post in the series discussing the ICOs vs ETOs, and ICOs vs ICBMs
New York State Department of Financial Services Grants Virtual Currency License to BitPay
BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced the company has received its Virtual Currency License from the New York Department of Financial Services which governs rules for virtual currency business activity in New York. The virtual currency License enables BitPay to transact business with companies and consumers based in New York. Businesses based in New York can leverage BitPay to accept Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash for purchases from users globally. Further, residents with Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash are able to make purchases.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180716005504/en/New-York-State-Department-Financial-Services-Grants
BitPay, the largest global blockchain payments provider, today announced the company has received its Virtual Currency License from the New York Department of Financial Services which governs rules for virtual currency business activity in New York. The virtual currency License enables BitPay to transact business with companies and consumers based in New York. Businesses based in New York can leverage BitPay to accept Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash for purchases from users globally. Further, residents with Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash are able to make purchases.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180716005504/en/New-York-State-Department-Financial-Services-Grants
Businesswire
New York State Department of Financial Services Grants Virtual Currency License to BitPay
BitPay receives its Virtual Currency License from the New York Department of Financial Services.
Fabric Token has partnered up with Kind Ads, a decentralized advertising platform geared towards user-friendly ads.
https://fabrictoken.io/announcing-a-partnership-with-kind-ads/
https://fabrictoken.io/announcing-a-partnership-with-kind-ads/