ICO Survival Handbook: Learn from the Tea Party

Blockchain, Meet Ballot Box. Ballot Box, Meet Blockchain

Co-written by Mick Emmett

The Hype Machine has been in overdrive this year for initial coin offerings (ICOs). It’s no wonder given that they are seemingly everywhere. ICOs have pretty much departed the fringe investment world — with authority! — this year; in fact, there have been more than 200 ICOs in 2017 which have collectively raised north of three billion dollars (source: Coinschedule.com). These figures are up from the 46 ICOs and $96+ million raised in 2016. That’s what you call G-R-O-W-T-H.

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Co-written by Mick Emmett

In the movie Speed, an L.A. city bus is careening down the freeway without braking because, if the speed drops below 50 mph, a bomb onboard will explode. If you can get past the ridiculous concept of ANY vehicle going more than 20 mph on an L.A. freeway — never mind 50! — then it’s a highly entertaining movie. The conflict that needs to be resolved is that there are passengers on the bus, so eventually something has to be done to defuse the bomb and…

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Co-Written by Mick Emmett

It’s pretty hard to avoid bumping into stories about initial coin offerings (ICOs), even if you barely follow business news, never mind news about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ether. They are seemingly everywhere as companies look for an easier — and less regulated — means of raising capital. We’re not talking chump change here, either. According to CoinDesk’s ICO Tracker, cumulative ICO funding has surpassed $2B, with more than three quarters of that total just in 2017 alone. Based on current trends it looks like…

Co-written by Mick Emmett

“Silicon Valley is coming and if banks don’t up their game, then tech companies will take over the industry’s business. There are hundreds of startups with a lot of brains and money working on various alternatives to traditional banking.” — Jamie Dimon, CEO, JPMorgan Chase

You know how sometimes you catch yourself nodding while reading something that perfectly synthesizes an idea you’ve been thinking about recently? It’s pretty cool. …

Are Banks and Insurance Companies Really Damned If They Do and Damned If They Don’t? Co-Written by Mick Emmett

“Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.” — Samuel Johnson

When most of us think of risk taking, images of men and women climbing Mt. Everest or jumping out of airplanes are pretty standard visuals. If you switch the focus to business, it won’t be long until Apple or Amazon pops up. And bringing up the bottom? Banks and insurance companies, especially the big ones. Because once you get down to the community bank and…

Co-written by Mason Hall

The most common question I get asked among friends nowadays is how do I invest in BTC or how do I buy some Ether? With the incredible surge in popularity of Ethereum and ICOs touting new alt coins every month, many people new to cryptocurrencies are looking to get involved. Creating a system to store and send these tokens is not as easy as one might think, and this article will break down the process step by step.

The backbone of Ethereum is the ‘wallet’, a software program that stores your unique public and private keys…

Co-written by Chris Lee

New To Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies?

Here are terms you will encounter when reading about Bitcoin and you can use it as a guide to learn more in depth about the important components of the entire protocol.

Wallet Related Terms

Private Key — The most important piece of information any user of the bitcoin protocol can possess. It is a secret sequence of letters and numbers that unlocks bitcoins sent to the corresponding address, and is used to create signatures that are required to spend bitcoins by proving ownership of funds used in a transaction. This is…

Co-written with Mick Emmett

The Trillionaire Club (hint Jeff Bezos will not be the first member)

Until very recently the phrase “trillion dollars” was rarely used. Well, outside of references to GDPs of the US, China and EU, that is. And the term “trillionaire” wasn’t really used with any semblance of reality. Even with the World’s Richest Man title bouncing around among Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos, and Carlos Slim, the totals were well under $100 billion. That’s changing.

If you’ve found your way to this article then chances are that you’ve been reading and hearing about the race…