Initial coin offerings have seen a significant decline in popularity, but they are not to be written off completely. Although you don’t hear the term “ICO” so often nowadays, some recent regulatory developments indicate they have a place in the digital economy realm. Crowdfunding through token sales has a chance of becoming a mainstream instrument […]
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Messaging Giant Telegram’s ICO Token Is at Last Going on Public Sale
Messaging app giant Telegram’s gram token, previously sold to accredited investors in one of the biggest-ever ICOs, is at last to be offered to the public, the CoinDesk reported. As reported by TechCrunch, a limited sale of the gram token will take place on the Liquid exchange from July 10. The offering reportedly comes before a full public sale […]
Research: ICO Sector Signals Uptick After Crypto Winter
The initial coin offerings (ICO) sector is showing signs of an uptick due to positive investor sentiment, apparently spurred by the recent crypto market rally. The data was revealed in a new report from token rating platform ICObench, shared with Cointelegraph on May 25. Providing data as of May 21, the report notes that the success […]
Research: ICO Market Down Almost 100% From a Year Ago, Raised $40 Million in Q1 2019
The initial coin offerings (ICO) market is down 97% on a year-on-year basis making $40 million so far in 2019, according to research by cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX released on May 13. In the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, the ICO market has reportedly dropped by 97% based on the amount of attracted capital. The slump followed the […]
The Second Edition of UNLOCK Conference in Dubai on 15-16 January 2019
Why UNLOCK 2019 Blockchain is here to stay and is growing. Blockchain is set to have a market size of 2.5 trillion by 2021 from its current 548.2 billion in 2018. Over the last five years venture capitalists have invested more than $3 billion in Blockchain projects. Over 90% of the banking industry is studying […]
Bittrex launches fiat markets for Cardano (ADA) and ZCash (ZEC)
Bittrex is its fiat pairs with Cardano (ADA) and ZCash (ZEC). The exchange became compliant with carrying out fiat transactions in March 2018, and is one of the few of offering direct fiat deposits, with a few confinements applying. With this move, Bittrex differentiates itself from the series of crypto-only exchanges. Launch Update: Cardano (ADA) […]
Crypto exchange Huobi acquires public company for $70 million
Pantronics Holdings, the acquired, released an announcement on Aug. 29 saying Huobi Group, crypto exchange ,had finished the arrangement by by purchasing about 199 million of its shares by means of two of the group’s subsidiaries – Huobi Capital and Huobi Universal. With that amount, Li Lin, amount of Huobi Group and controller of the […]
Asia Economy TV: Blockbattle “Who’s the Next Satoshi”
As per Asia Economy TV’s CEO Hyun-Woo Kim on October 19, a reality-show blockchain contest called Blockbattle will be broadcast on the channel. Blockbattle “Who’s the Next Satoshi” will be a TV program that spotlights on bringing a pack of blockchain advancement groups from all around the world so judges and watchers can find the […]
MCO Platform and mobile wallet has added Litecoin
Litecoin, the seventh biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization at more than US$4.3 billion, has been included into the MCO digital currency platform and mobile wallet, joining the four other digital forms of money accessible on the platform, bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), and the company’s own MCO token. MCO, earlier Monaco, is a […]
Germany’s second largest stock exchange to launch ICO platform
Germany’s second biggest stock trade, the Stuttgart Börse, has uncovered plans to build up new platform for Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) and in addition a multilateral crypto trading venue, according Finextra. The German bourse, which had an exchanging volume of EUR 81 billion (about $95 billion) over all asset classes in 2017, had had already […]