ICO Analysis: Alchemy Coin
Today we are going to analyse Alchemy Coin based on a request from a reader who doesn’t want to be named.
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This time I am going differently to evaluate, as the requester showed me some red flags to consider, I am jumping kind of straight to the problems of this ICO.
Idea
According to the abstract from the whitepaper:
Alchemy is a blockchain-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace. The platform allows for instant and direct lending between supply-side lenders and demand-side borrowers from all over the world in a trusted manner using the advantages of smart contracts and blockchain technology. We offer a unique architecture to analyze and structure a credit risk-adjusted rate with the utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies. We aim to revolutionize the peer-to-peer lending market, and serve as the leading infrastructure for credit providers and credit seekers.
A fair idea indeed. But is it applicable at this time?
Utility or Security
Well, as the project is dealing with tokenising securities, I think it is fair to say these tokens as security.
Social Media Activity & Engagement
According to their website, they have raised around $41Million!!!
Now let’s see how much activity we have in the social media. A company like this would be buzzing with activity, right?
Telegram:
5K+ Members, around zero activity!
The only activity they have is from the admins and advertisers. You can hardly see member interactions.
Facebook is much funnier, as other ICO’s these days, they have bought facebook likes from some website. They have around 10K like to their page.
Now, let’s check the activity from these 10K members:
The above is the last three post from the company, and in total, they have received four likes for the same. As some can argue that a particular post is new or so, I have added last three posts, and if we check based on dates, today is 21st Aug 2018, and the previous post mentioned above is from 15th August, which gives them less than one like per day.
For these, I think they forgot to buy the traffic. But at least looks organic growth. So, probably their whole project has around 50 or so followers.
Smart Contract
I couldn’t find any particular detail about smart contract through the website, except the usual GitHub link with contract details.
Flags
Now let’s start to dig a little deeper.
1. Where are the company details?
Except for few names here and there, why there is no clear information about the company, where it is registered, etc. on the homepage itself?
There is not even copyright or so detail in the footer as well.
2. Where are the partnership proofs with major companies?
Their website states partnership with Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and even Porshe!
But on checking the links associated with that image, it redirects to the official page of the respective companies.
Can Alchemy provide any valid proofs of partnership with these companies?
3. Why so many asset swaps? And that too tokens with next to no liquidity or in ICO phase themselves?
The below are the partnerships done by Alchemy:
Invox Finance — $2 Million Deal
They are doing their ICO themselves.
Yamzu — Financial terms were not available
If you check the announcement of the partnership, they talk about billions regarding players as well as revenue. But the company Yamzu only have just over 10K user base, and that too according to what Alchemy has said in their announcement. Now consider the relevance of a gaming company with a financial company like this. According to them:
In an ongoing effort to remain hip
ARAW — $1 Million Deal
Another project which is doing their ICO
Tasa Asia — Financial terms were not available
Again the question is based on the relevance of this partnership.
FAN360 — Financial terms were not available
Another project which is doing their ICO
VBEX — Security Exchange Partnership
A very new exchange still to be seen anywhere.
BitNautic — $2.5 Million Deal
Another project which is doing their ICO
ApolloDAE — Terms of the deal were not available
They are also in their private sale right now.
Pecunio — $5 Million Deal
Next to no volume in the exchange. And the website still shows the sale page.
And with
4. Suspicion around Linkedin Profiles
Just checking with the Linkedin Profiles of some of the Team Members, you can see that:
James Fan — Only 74 connections
JT Bell — This profile is not available (Or maybe I am blocked?)
Chris Lowe — Only 57 connections
Benjamin Chen — Only 88 connections
And so on.
Linkedin is one of the most used professional social networks out there. It is not a mandatory thing to be on Linkedin or to have so many connections. But a project like this is expected to have people with a great relationship.
Verdict
With all the above red flags and the sword of sudden sell due to so many asset swap’s happened, it is evident that this ICO bears more risk than a regular ICO.
Already ICO’s provide early adopters and investors with big bonuses, etc. And those are the ones who usually sells first when the token is listed in an exchange. And with the entry of this kind of asset swap deals, the risk is multiplied even more.
So, my advice would be to think before you invest in projects like these.
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