Blockchain firm BTCS to invest in Initial Coin Offerings
Jul 11, 2017 07:20 am UTC| Digital Currency
BTCS, a U.S. public company focused on blockchain technologies, has announced its plans to participate in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) a fund raising mechanism that is quickly growing in popularity among startups and...
PBoC advisor calls for information disclosure requirements and moderate regulation for ICOs
Jul 10, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Digital Currency
Initial Coin Offering (ICO) continue to attract businesses and investors. Recent data suggests that the money raised by companies via this route already runs into millions of dollars. Some of the most successful ICOs in...
Blockchain platform SONM raises $42M in ICO, announces exchange partners HitBTC and EtherDelta
Jun 19, 2017 04:40 am UTC| Digital Currency
SONM (Supercomputer Organized by Network Mining), a blockchain-bowered decentralized worldwide fog supercomputer, has announced the closing of its Initial Coin Offering as it reached its $42 million cap in just four days...
Blockchain startup Bancor moves to accelerated phase development with $153M funding
Jun 19, 2017 04:15 am UTC| Digital Currency
Bancor, the standard for creation of intrinsically tradeable cryptocurrencies, or Smart Tokens, will accelerate its ambitious development timeline through the recent raise of $153 million in its Token Generation Event...
Blockchain crowdsale startup Cofound.it raises $5M in token pre-sale within three hours
Jun 06, 2017 05:10 am UTC| Digital Currency
Cofound.it, a distributed global platform connecting startups, experts, and investors worldwide, has announced that its token pre-sale reached its capacity of $5 million in just 3 hours with over 1,200 investors. The...
Ethereum-financed feature film Braid to begin crowdsale on June 7
Jun 02, 2017 07:01 am UTC| Digital Currency
Braid, the psychological thriller and horror movie, which is the first US feature film to be financed through an equity crowdsale using Ethereum, has announced that it will commence its campaign for the token launch from...
Sharia-compliant, gold-backed digital currency OneGram’s ICO kicks off
May 29, 2017 06:45 am UTC| Digital Currency
OneGram, a Sharia-compliant, gold-backed digital currency, has raised $461,497.59 so far in its OGC token crowdsale, which kicked off at the onset of Ramadan, 2017. The crowdsale will run for a total of 120 days, in...
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