CryptoPotato recently had the opportunity to interview Brian Kerr – the CEO of the DeFi project Kava. Built on Cosmos as a proof-of-stake blockchain, Kava allows users to stake tokens and participate as validators in the network. The project saw the light of day as an IEO on Binance Launchpad. Kerr’s project description said it’s...Read More
The leading cryptocurrency data aggregator website CoinMarketCap has launched a new earning initiative for users. Dubbed CoinMarketCap Earn it will enable customers to watch educational videos and complete quizzes about certain digital assets and receive a pre-determined amount of coins as rewards. CMC Earn Is Live The official announcement from the popular data aggregator asserted...Read More
Elrond (ERD) gained about 25% against the US dollar over the last 24 hours. The bullish momentum follows the announcement that the project is launching a $40,000 reward program as part of its upcoming incentivized stress test. Elrond (ERD) Gains Almost 25% Despite the current red spread across the cryptocurrency markets, Elrond (ERD) is one...Read More
The growing interest towards staking has pushed the blockchain-based project Harmony to begin implementing it as well. Interestingly, another popular project which had its IEO on Binance Launchpad, namely MATIC Network, also recently elaborated on its staking service developments. Harmony Will Support Staking Harmony utilized the Binance Launchpad to have its IEO nearly a year...Read More
There have been numerous projects in the cryptocurrency space that raise multiple questions. One of those projects is Emjac, a company successfully completing an IEO several months ago. Conducting an IEO should, in theory, prevent fraudulent projects from raising funds. What is Really Going on With Emjac? In the case of Emjac, there are still...Read More
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has publicly announced her proposal for a safe harbor for cryptocurrency token sales within the United States. Often referred to as “Crypto Mom”, Hester Peirce was first appointed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in early 2018 and has been a strong advocate for crypto ever since. And while this...Read More
Binance completed its latest Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) recently, and it brought faith back to those who invest. Even though there have been talks that IEOs are virtually dead because of the low returns that the last few of them brought, WazirX’s sale seems to have turned things around once again. WazirX Soars Over 600%...Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the US is tightening the noose around initial exchange offerings (ICOs). In yet another step against them, the Commission has brought charges against one more allegedly fraudulent ICO of unregistered digital asset securities. The SEC Is Getting Serious About ICOs The SEC has pressed charges against defendants Sergii...Read More
Funding is a prerequisite for any new crypto project, but with IEOs likely to play a reduced role in 2020, where will the all-important capital come from? While minted entities like Ripple, Tezos, and Tron certainly have the means to plow tens of millions into their chosen ventures, they can’t be expected to finance an...Read More
CoinMarketCap, one of the central crypto price listing websites, has been used as a vehicle to present newly arrived exchanges. Usually, those new markets show up with immense volumes, rising to the top while aiming to become industry names. LAToken’s Crypto Volumes Once Again in Spotlight LAToken, one of those exchanges, has caught attention for...Read More
It would appear that the ICO industry has ground to a complete halt. Instead, the IEO business model now takes center stage, albeit the returns aren’t always guaranteed. Most people who invest in an IEO do so for the potentially high returns. Not Every IEO Guarantees Returns After all, it is an easy and quick...Read More
Last night, the altcoin cryptocurrency known as Matic was the talk of the crypto community, as the asset had spent the week going on a circa-2017 Bitcoin-like parabolic run, only to drop over 70% in less than an hour, destroying investors who got caught up in price action.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
After the ICO bubble popped in late 2018, projects scrambled to find new ways to raise money. After briefly courting the Security Token Offering, markets settled on a ‘new’ concept: the Initial Exchange Offering. Is this new model really an improvement over the original? Though the ICO market quickly grew to billions of dollars in...Read More
The hype of ICOs in 2017 was downright crazy. Bitcoin was in a state of peak performance and hitting new highs every day, and the trend of ICOs evolved with it. Investors were making enormous returns on their investments and the huge interest ended up giving rise to scam ICOs which had zero credibility in...Read More
After raising more than $1 billion in one of the most successful ICOs in the crypto sector, Telegram is now ready to launch its Gram tokens by October. Button Wallet has also announced it will facilitate trading of the tokens. There currently are more than a few thousand different digital assets in the market and...Read More
The recently concluded IEO for the Perlin Network by Binance Launchpad has now been stated as the sale with the highest number of BNB staked. Binance has already begun trading PERL tokens with four pairs. The Binance Launchpad, a platform created by Binance and strictly for the launch of supported tokens, has officially announced the...Read More
Remember 2018? Time was when you could buy a decent car with a single bitcoin, or a beater for an ether. Everyone was ready to get crypto-rich, and even ICO’s were to be redeemed by a new financial vehicle: the Security Token Offering. STO’s emerged from the regulatory uncertainty of 2018, as the SEC-friendly younger...Read More
