Aug 10, 2019Why DGems are so long-awaitedIn our previous reviews we described the current state of two markets that we treat as “two feet” of our DGems token: crypto and diamond. This time we try to combine both and provide forecast for the near future. Diamond industry problems Profits in diamond industry are shrinking or have…Diamonds5 min read
Jul 5, 2019Diamond production: learning to count and getting to know all main playersWe open a series of publications to discuss the international diamond industry. The sector is full of myths and some of them are quite easy to dispel. We will start from the most general matters, production statistics being one of them. Myth #1: There are too many diamonds produced As…Diamonds7 min read
Jul 2, 2019The token issue: mechanics, valuation and diamonds purchasing mechanismDear DGems followers, this is one of the most important article of those explaining the insides of our project. Below we discuss in details all key aspects of token issues, diamonds purchases, and price and value determinations through those processes. …Blockchain9 min read
Jun 24, 2019US dollar in circulation: a huge pile of money that serves no purposeThis is a short follow-up to our article on DGems use cases published yesterday. Several of our long-term followers claimed that the US monetary supply is healthy enough and the US dollar is under no risk. We dare to say the opposite: everything is much worse than we carefully hinted. …Economics3 min read
Jun 23, 2019DGems use cases: opening the diamond industry to investors and offering an alternative to stablecoin marketTo remind you the basics: DGems is an ERC-20 token (potentially replicable on any blockchain we find convenient for the market changing needs) fully backed by investment quality diamonds stored in a vault. Within the first year we expect to issue >$100mn worth of DGems tokens simultaneously depositing around 10,000…Bitcoin6 min read
Jun 20, 2019Facebook’s Libra digital coin, and why we like it so much despite it is centralizedFacebook-inspired Libra Association has finally announced details of the Libra project. To know everything publicly available on Libra and actors around it, feel free to read this enormously detailed article by TechCrunch. We prepared a short review of the story and our take on it.Bitcoin5 min read
Jun 2, 2019DGems in details: our key security and control proceduresWith this, we continue our series of discussions of DGems’ core product and operations. This chapter describes our approach to IT and cyber security, the most important area for any digital project. We are well aware of many cases where security breaches or code loopholes caused material damage to investors…Blockchain8 min read
May 29, 2019“You just can’t stop the flood”: Yahoo goes crypto in Japan, Facebook’s stablecoin next year, and TON’s launch in 3Q19Yahoo Japan’s Taotao The crypto universe is delivering more and more good news. Last week, we saw three big announcements that go hand in hand and confirm our positive long term view on the market. Something to start with is Yahoo’s expansion into crypto trading. A new crypto exchange platform…Yahoo4 min read
May 14, 2019Winklevoss’ Gemini and Flexa push wider crypto adoption opening 30K+ retail stores in the USA market move that should not pass unnoticed: the company called Flexa has partnered with Gemini to allow crypto use in more than 30,000 retail stores around the United States. …Bitcoin2 min read
May 6, 2019Samsung goes further down the crypto road and may launch its own coinIn March DGems’ blog featured a “Samsung goes crypto, who has to worry?” story making a deep review of Samsung’s S10 smartphone and diving into plenty of technicalities. Our efforts were not wasted as the Korean tech giant is moving further in that direction on full steam. Recently, media picked…Blockchain3 min read