The Refereum ICO team made a lot of promises. For instance, they promised to hold an ICO. They promised an ecosystem in which gamers would be rewarded. And they promised partnerships with big industry players. The first, and most important promise, has already been broken.
The Forever Rose is a unique work of art created by renowned Irish photographer Kevin Abosch. The Valentine’s Day surprise will cost the buyer a red-hot $1M in cryptocurrency, as he’s teamed up with GIFTO, a gift blockchain platform, to sell the piece - with proceeds going to a kids' tech charity.
Bitcoin to the Moon! Well, maybe not Bitcoin, but the technology it's built on could well have a life between the stars. NASA recently awarded a $330,000 grant to the University of Akron to look into using the Ethereum blockchain and artificial intelligence to help with controlling spacecraft.
Bananas have a problem. They're susceptible to fungus, and in SE Asia, crops have been suffering. There are 180 currencies recognized as legal tender by the United Nations. Even countries formerly (and pejoratively) known as Banana Republics get official coins. NONE are cryptocurrencies.
The ICO ecosystem has been rocked by a large scale phishing attack in which investors eager to participate in promising home sharing startup BEE Token’s crowdsale were duped out of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Ethereum, begging the question: when will ICOs learn to do this properly?
Tokenizing Web 2.0 business models is likely to be a major trend in the blockchain industry in 2018. As genuine disruption fades into incremental business gain, tokens like BEE, Experty, and Rentberry look to cash in on cheap VC rather than provide true innovation.
A cryptocurrency exchange is where you will trade crypto, altcoins, or tokens, for both fiat currency and other cryptocurrencies. We look at 5 top exchanges for new traders, and point out their individual strengths - from paying in fiat or with a credit card to bonuses.
