Month: October 2017

Due Diligence: How to Evaluate an ICO Investment

Due Diligence: How to Evaluate an ICO Investment

The altcoin space is booming with hundreds of Initial Coin Offerings (see our list of ICOs here). These ICOs are looking for financial support from investors, but investors face the daunting task of trying to figure out which ICOs will be winners. (If you are new to ICOs, read our Beginner’s […]

What Are SAFTs and Why Should Investors Care?

What Are SAFTs and Why Should Investors Care?

ICO regulations have been recently issued in several jurisdictions including the U.S., China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea, which has somewhat dampened the boom in initial coin offerings (ICOs). New projects now have to gather expensive legal advice to ensure that their token sales will not get them into […]

GreenMed ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

GreenMed ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch  GreenMed is a blockchain-based application that facilitates transactions for medical marijuana dispensaries by allowing these entities to accept both credit and debit cards. By providing a digital token that customers could purchase at the point of sale, GreenMed could help these dispensaries corner the medical marijuana market. […]

How to Handle Bitcoin in Estate Planning

How to Handle Bitcoin in Estate Planning

What happens to your bitcoin if you die? If you are like many people, you may not have given this much thought. After all, it is not a pleasant topic. However, if you have a spouse or children as dependents, you should absolutely consider your digital currency holdings in your […]

Litra Coin ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

Litra Coin ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch Litra Coin is a blockchain-based project allegedly focused on the healthcare industry. According to a presentation available on the Litra Coin website, the project intends to improve transparency, convenience, and value in healthcare through a focus on privacy and security for patients provided by a single mobile […]

Cryptaur ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

Cryptaur ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch Cryptaur is pitched as an ecosystem for decentralized applications (dapps) that plans to incentivize the onboarding of new users to blockchain technology. With a focus on mainstream users, Cryptaur intends to remove many of the complexities involved with these new, decentralized platforms from the user interface. The […]

PayPie ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

PayPie ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch PayPie aims to bring ultimate trust and transparency to the financial markets by introducing the world’s first credit risk score algorithm based on decentralized accounting. The Vancouver-based startup challenges Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion’s status quo by analyzing companies’ credit risk profiles using a built-in algorithm that encompasses […]

Wanchain ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

Wanchain ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch Wanchain is an attempt to create a digital financial infrastructure where value can be exchanged across multiple blockchains. The Wanchain ICO started on October 3, 2017 and will end on October 25, 2017. Participants in the Wanchain ICO need access to an Ethereum wallet, which they can […]

MyBit ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

MyBit ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch MyBit enables fractional ownership of infrastructure for energy and artificial intelligence. MyBit owners can buy a percentage stake in a device that generates revenue and in return receive a portion of the revenue produced by the machine. MyBit sees a big market in energy assets like solar […]

PayperEx ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

PayperEx ICO: Evaluation and Analysis

The Quick Pitch The PayperEx network aims to decentralize the share market by creating an alternative trading network using blockchain technology. PayperEx’s goal is to give people from all over the world a fair, easy, and affordable chance to enjoy the benefits of the share market by buying “Paypers”. The […]