​​BitMax announced that it will launch its own investment fund together with Focus Labs. B-Tech (a name of the fund) will be dedicated to accelerating blockchain projects and driving adoption forward.

​​A closer look at xDai Stable Chain. xDai is the payment ecosystem. It is created by POA Network team for fast, low cost payments. Development has started back in 2018. The product will be able to support any stable coin with a dedicated sidechain: DAI>xDAI, USDT>xUSDT, RSV>xRSV. For example to get 1 xDAI user is required to lock 1 DAI on Ethereum side. The team already implemented token bridge from native chain to Ethtereum and back transfers. In short users will be able to swap any stablecoins to xDai Stable Chain or other sidechains to enjoy cheap and fast transactions and choice of wallets that support the platform. At the moment Burner Wallet, Poketto, AlphaWallet, DEX Wallet, Nifty Wallet, Status, Portis, Wallet Core, Metamask Mobile and Discordtip Bot supporting xDai Chain.

The project will have its own utility token. DPOS token ($DPOS) as a primary staking token will be available for use on numerous networks/sidechains with the same staking model. The team is selling 35% out of total amount of 100M DPOS. Total hardcap is $4M USD ($3.5M private rounds +$0.5M for IEO). 2M in BTC/USDT and 500K in DPOS are reserved for MM to ensure high liquidity from day 1.

There are already 10 validators securing the chain (POA Network and MakerDAO among them) and the team will move to randomly chosen validators model to make it fully decentralised.

​​Enecuum (ENQ) is already available for trading on KuCoin. Enecuum has closed private fundraising back in 2018.
ICO price: $0.06 USD
Current price: $0.102 USD
Current ROI: 1.7x

​​TOP 20 cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of web traffic. July 2019 update of most popular exchanges list based on number of visits.
⁃ Most of the exchanges have faced decrease in web traffic in July due to vacation season.
⁃ Bitforex (+79%) and Binance Dex(+39%) have joined the TOP 20 list for the first time.

​​Kambria will host a final round of AI Grand Challenge hackathon on August 16. AI Grand Challenge is a series of hackathons that seeks to uncover the Ultimate Virtual Assistant utilizing AI and robotics.
187 teams during June and July have competed in 3 different cities in Vietnam for a place in the Grand Final and a a share of $40,000 in prizes. 12 team has been selected for a final event that will take place in Hanoi University of Technology. AI Grand Challenge is the first real use case for Kambria platform and KAT token.

​​KuCoin will host its fifth IEO on August 23. Details of the purchasing rule will be updated soon. As per announcement the fifth project will be blockchain startup from Indonesia - Tokoin. According to the project’s website they would like to raise a total of $25M USD for 35% of tokens.

​​NOIA announced that it is partnering with RampRate, the top global sourcing advisory for IT infrastructure, to lead its strategy and business development efforts. Tony Greenberg, CEO of RampRate, is joining as a Special Advisor to the Board. RampRate has 20 years experience of working with more than 200 top brands such as Microsoft, eBay, CBS, Riot Games, Intel, Nike, and Hearst.

​​30 days price dynamics of the tokens listed in 2019. TOP 10 worst performing tokens.

​​30 days price dynamics of the tokens listed in 2019. TOP 8 best performing tokens.

​​Decentralised WiFi coverage network StacksCity will use Matic as a scaling platform. By the end of August, StacksCity Beta will already have blockchain integrated through the Matic network.
StacksNetwork also has over 70 rented and self-built data centers across 26 provinces and 30 cities in China, 6 patents relating to the Telecom industry & a revenue of $15m in 2018

​​Pledgecamp that building a Next-Generation Crowdfunding Platform will have IEO on OKEx on August 22. Pledgecamp team should be definitely considered as a crowdfunding experts as they will have their own 4th IEO. In February this year Pledgecamp have had ICO on its own website together with IEOs on Bitsonic, Liquid and Bitforex.
ICO/IEO price (Feb 2019): $0.01 USD
IEO price (Aug 2019): $0.0025 USD

​​Bibox will host its next initial exchange offering on August 22. A startup with $200K fundraising goal without any social media channels and WP in 2 pages in Chinese only will start trading on Bibox a day after IEO.

​​Emogi Network (LOL) is already available for trading on Huobi. Emogi Network has closed initial exchange offering on Huobi Prime platform earlier today.
ICO price: $0.001905 USD
Current price: $0.0060 USD
Current ROI: 3.1x

​​UltrAlpha (UAT) is already available for trading on BitMax. UltrAlpha has closed initial exchange offering on BitMax earlier this week. IEO participants have got 50% of the tokens.
ICO price: $0.085 USD
Current price: $0.126 USD
Current ROI: 1.5x

​​TOP Network will be buying back $3,000,000 worth of TOP tokens on the secondary market. The buy back period will begin soon, and continue until the release of the mainnet. The tokens which are bought back will be locked up to fulfill the deposit requirements necessary to run nodes. TOP Network was the first project that had IEO on Huobi Prime and is currently trading around IEO price.

​​xDai Payment Network has closed its first $500K USD fundraising round. xDai has secured $500,000 in seed funding from a string of leading crypto funds. The recently closed seed round was led by B-Tech - the investment arm of BitMax and Focus Labs - together with blockchain VC firms Bixin Invest and NGC.
Development of the stablecoin-based payment system was initiated by POA Network in 2018 with the goal of supporting a variety of stablecoins on dedicated sidechains.

​​Current performance of the major IEO platforms and the tokens launched.

​​BitMax will list Elrond (ERD) under the trading pairs of ERD/USDT, ERD/BTC as of August 20th, 10:00 a.m. EDT. ERD price has increased by +23% since announcement.

​​Binance will enter stablecoins market with its own open blockchain project -Venus. According to recently released announcement Binance aims to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat currencies across the globe.

​​Matic Network joins BEPSwap platform as a launch partner and will be added as a base pair. BEPSwap platform allows to swap BEP2 tokens at market prices — instantly from users wallet. BEPSwap is developed by THORChain and it is scheduled for public beta in 6–8 weeks.