An increasing number of cryptocurrencies and their ICOs are now being launched with physical asset backing that can generate new earnings and foster value addition for token holders. Golden Fleece is a new cryptocurrency from Georgia (the country in Europe, not the US state!) that is aiming to fund the construction of a heavy 20 MW datacenter after raising funds from an ICO. This data center will be primarily used for mining cryptocurrencies. This is

Following a successful pre-ICO, Etherecash has announced a public ICO that launched November 15th and will end December 19th. Focusing on the 2.5 billion unbanked, Etherecash looks to excel in both spending and sending, as well as providing a peer-to-peer lending platform, to enable those with little or no credit history the ability to access funds. The lending industry has seen a boon since the economic crisis of 2008, but much of the new business

The Xenon project announces that their XNN token, which is derived from a blockchain that was forked from the EOS project, has become the most widely held ERC token in the world. The EOS project was a significant development that was helping the progression of blockchain technology. It was also designed as a blockchain for the masses with a wide variety of public addresses available, but it encountered some issues in scaling and other problems

Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the most groundbreaking technologies to come from the tech industry in recent times. So far, its application is limited, but now new startups are using this tech for a variety of purposes that will shape different industries in the future. E-commerce and various marketplaces are expected to be completely revolutionized with this tech, transforming the whole user experience in the buying/selling of goods. ViMarket, a new decentralized 3D marketplace,

Online video music platform Viuly is in the midst of a massive airdrop campaign, distributing all of its native VIU tokens to about 1 million Ethereum users. With an active crypto community now owning their share of VIU tokens, Viuly’s goal of changing the way the world watches, shares, and earn rewards from videos is well and truly underway. On November 5th, the Viuly team took a snapshot of the Ethereum blockchain, identifying about 1

Aiming to reduce the Ukrainian heavy industry’s reliance on foreign import, Armor Ceramics has announced the development of a blockchain-based solution that cuts production costs through leaner and more efficient delivery of domestic production. Home to one of the largest reserves of iron ore in the world, Ukraine is also a top 10 metal producer. With its vast supply of raw material necessary for the production of industrial refractory material, Ukraine has the potential for

Cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm, smashing through successive records as easily as a bull in a china store. However, despite these achievements, there remains very little real-world use cases for these currencies. This has impacted market growth and adoption of these currencies, despite the boundless potentials they harbor. But what if there was a cryptocurrency that you can use to direct the internet to your cause? A cryptocurrency which matches task-makers with task-doers

The blockchain startup, VVToken, has announced that its financial solution has raised over 6 million in the course of 6 weeks since it began the presale for its upcoming ICO. To date the pre-sale has attracted a diverse audience, bringing in experienced crypto investors and a variety of others who have decided to become early backers of the project. Following the pre-sale, the official VVTOKEN crowdsale will open at 12:00 p.m. EST on December 5,

Secondary ticketing is becoming a real problem in some countries especially in the Netherlands where people often try and profit from reselling tickets. The issue had been under debate in the Dutch parliament for an astonishing six years and was vehemently opposed by lobbyists who were protecting reseller rights. After six years of political uncertainty and still no results, GUTS, a fair ticketing company recently raised more than $2.5 million as a result of this

Multi-currency debit card provider Bonpay is off to a great start in its mission to expand the possibilities of cryptocurrency by making them simple, safe, and seamless to use, having reached its soft cap target of raising 15,000 ETH in its ongoing public token sale. Launched on October 31, 2017, Bonpay has already raised close to 20,000 ETH — currently valued at more than $6 million. Scheduled to run for four weeks, or until its

PowerBet is revolutionizing the online sports betting industry through the power of the blockchain, offering full transparency and security for novice and experienced bettors on football, tennis, basketball, soccer, and many more sports. There have been many innovations to the world of sports betting in previous years. The introduction of online betting and gambling certainly turned the industry on its head. Being able to access betting platforms from anywhere in the world, at any time

Diamond celebrates four years of success as the intentionally scarce, interest-bearing DMD coins continue to offer proven financial returns with just pure dedication and effort and without a pre-mining phase or ICO. We in the crypto-community are ever moving further away from centralized banking. We are in fact seeking sovereignty over our finances, how we store them, and what we choose to do with them. And there are plenty of coins that offer just that.

Decentralized marketplaces are picking up steam these days. There are a variety of new companies launching different concepts of decentralized marketplaces. There is Soma, for example, a social marketplace. Now, a new startup is launching the concept of a marketplace just for niche products and innovative electronic products. The new startup is curiously named Hamster, and it has an ICO slated for Q4 2018. The first thing we see in the Hamster whitepaper is that

Coinvest, a new decentralized, blockchain-based cryptocurrency stock exchange, aims to fully decentralize the process of investing in cryptocurrencies and announces their ICO beginning December 11th, 2017. Cryptocurrency exchanges are extremely useful tools and act as cryptocurrency stock exchanges, but one thing about them is troubling. That is the lack of decentralization used on these platforms. Imagine all of your savings in bitcoins and their private keys in the hands of other people who can control

The current bug affecting Parity multi-sig wallets is causing cryptocurrency to be unavailable, but Ambisafe states that their multi-sig wallets are unaffected and are perfectly safe. Multi-sig wallets are popular products for ICOs. Since ICOs involve a number of people working on the project, it makes sense to authorize the wallet with multiple signature access instead of single user access. But, recently, a bug in a multi-sig wallet from Parity has caused problems and such

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the future didn’t quite go as we had thought, not yet that is. With flying cars and teleportation machines still high on the wish list of humanity, we make do by identifying and exploring new scientific frontiers – fuel for our imaginations and dreams. It’s almost magical: knowing that out there, somewhere, is a powerful new source of energy, money and vital resource, ready to be mined. It’s not

The world of cryptocurrency is facing many challenges. The main challenge to the legitimacy of this new landscape is from none other than the governments. It is because cryptocurrencies and ICO’s transcend borders and make life difficult for governments to earn from traders and international dealers. But, as you may not know, the crypto world doesn’t have a legal voice and in most cases, it is being swept aside by hard-handed government measures that you

Founded in 2011 by some of the world’s leading personalities in marketing and entrepreneurship, 1World Online’s proven interactive media solution is used by over 2,000 websites and publishers to drive new revenue and increase reader engagement. Located in four global offices in the US, Ukraine, Europe and Latin America, 1World has served 12 million users over its lifetime and today hosts some 1.5 million monthly participants, supporting 30 languages worldwide. [Note: This is a press

The pre-ICO of UTRUSTwas a crazy ordeal that lasted just 90 minutes before all of the coins were sold. It is a miracle that the website itself didn’t crash! Following the success of their pre-ICO, UTRUST have made some progressive changes in their incoming ICO to include more people and make participation easier and efficient. [Note: This is a press release.] UTRUST reached the crypto headlines when it rolled out a new platform that enabled consumer

The decentralized sports betting platform, EtherSport, has announced the launch of its ICO, which is set for November 13th. [Note: This is a press release.] EtherSport is raising funds through the issuance of its native ESC token, as a means of funding its roadmap and day-to-day operations. Ethersports’ goal is to create an innovative and transparent betting platform for sports events through the use of Ethereum smart contracts. One way they plan on doing this