ALFA Rating Agency presents ANKR NETWORK Overview
ANKR NETWORK is a distributed cloud computing on trusted hardware. Ankr provides a computation-resource-efficient blockchain and an integrated data feed system leveraging both cryptographic primitives and trusted hardware.
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https://alfarating.com/overview/Ankr-Network/
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ALFA Rating Agency presents ELONCITY Overview
ELONCITY uses blockchain to record transactions in the community and establish an auditable record for tracking the sources of electricity generation in the community.
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ELONCITY uses blockchain to record transactions in the community and establish an auditable record for tracking the sources of electricity generation in the community.
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https://alfarating.com/overview/eloncity/
ALFA Rating Agency presents Fysical Overview
Fysical is a decentralized location data market. We provide brief analysis of Fysical ICO project and evaluate overall aspects of the project, such as business model, tokenomics, marketing, partnerships and risks.
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Fysical is a decentralized location data market. We provide brief analysis of Fysical ICO project and evaluate overall aspects of the project, such as business model, tokenomics, marketing, partnerships and risks.
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https://alfarating.com/overview/Fysical/
Crypto investors need some guidance in the ICO market. Our Rating Agency helps not only beginners but also serve as lighthouses for experienced crypto investors.
I stopped trusting ICO ratings. Very often they are wrong. Now I wait for the ICO of Menlo.one, because I believe that they will have some other way to classify projects.
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Tutellus Project (Education)
12.08.2018 – 30.09.2018
https://alfarating.com/ico/tutellus/
Tutellus is the decentralized and tokenized platform in the Spanish-speaking world, that pays users for learning, based on the NEM Blockchain.
RISK: LOW - 2.5
HYPE: MEDIUM - 3.1
TECH: MEDIUM - 3.2
Tutellus Project (Education)
12.08.2018 – 30.09.2018
https://alfarating.com/ico/tutellus/
Tutellus is the decentralized and tokenized platform in the Spanish-speaking world, that pays users for learning, based on the NEM Blockchain.
RISK: LOW - 2.5
HYPE: MEDIUM - 3.1
TECH: MEDIUM - 3.2
We are a professional rating agency. Our team of experienced analysts, working with leading crypto funds, conducts independent evaluation and analysis of ICO projects. Our mission is to establish a safer, effective and secure investment process on the crypto market. Investment expertise is conducted jointly with professional analysts from investment banks and audit companies such as Credit Suisse , Goldman Sachs, Ernst and Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Technical expertise is carried out by our technical specialists in cooperation with ITMO and Serokell.
What a sense in creating another ico rating agency? What is the key value in your product?
Overall situation with ICO at the end of June 2018
In the first 5 months of 2018, a total of 537 ICO’s with a volume of USD 13.7 bn have been closed successfully – which is more than all pre-2018 ICOs combined
Since November 2017 several large scale ICOs have entered the Top 15, dwarfing previous records from 2017 – with Telegram (USD 1.7 bn) and EOS (USD 4.1 bn)
The US, Switzerland and Singapore remain key global ICO hubs, however, over the past months, the UK and HK gained significant ground.
ICO regulation continues to emerge around the globe: many jurisdictions have issued their respective guidelines and cryptoregulation.
Strategically, ICOs continue to crowd out traditional VC funding, especially in technology and Blockchain-related startups. Hybrid models (combining classic VC/PE funding and ICO) are increasingly establishing themselves as a valid funding alternative.
In the first 5 months of 2018, a total of 537 ICO’s with a volume of USD 13.7 bn have been closed successfully – which is more than all pre-2018 ICOs combined
Since November 2017 several large scale ICOs have entered the Top 15, dwarfing previous records from 2017 – with Telegram (USD 1.7 bn) and EOS (USD 4.1 bn)
The US, Switzerland and Singapore remain key global ICO hubs, however, over the past months, the UK and HK gained significant ground.
ICO regulation continues to emerge around the globe: many jurisdictions have issued their respective guidelines and cryptoregulation.
Strategically, ICOs continue to crowd out traditional VC funding, especially in technology and Blockchain-related startups. Hybrid models (combining classic VC/PE funding and ICO) are increasingly establishing themselves as a valid funding alternative.
If bitcoin is “digital gold”, then forking and copy-pasting are successful forms of “digital alchemy”.
Although no government or central bank can control cryptocurrency`s supply, in fact it is endless, while value of Bitcoin is based on perceived scarcity only. What is why forking and cloning may have devastating effects. To be fair, Bitcoin is scarce on the Bitcoin blockchain, but all technologies are public property and blockchain can be forked, cloned and its technology copy-paste.
Bitcoin sometimes is regarded as digital gold. However, gold is in truly limited supply. There are already several actual Bitcoin forks and, theoretically, the number of clones and close substitutes are unlimited. Just imagine that alchemy can successfully clone gold and create very close substitutes, some of which have even more attractive properties than gold itself.
How will this affect the value of gold?
Although no government or central bank can control cryptocurrency`s supply, in fact it is endless, while value of Bitcoin is based on perceived scarcity only. What is why forking and cloning may have devastating effects. To be fair, Bitcoin is scarce on the Bitcoin blockchain, but all technologies are public property and blockchain can be forked, cloned and its technology copy-paste.
Bitcoin sometimes is regarded as digital gold. However, gold is in truly limited supply. There are already several actual Bitcoin forks and, theoretically, the number of clones and close substitutes are unlimited. Just imagine that alchemy can successfully clone gold and create very close substitutes, some of which have even more attractive properties than gold itself.
How will this affect the value of gold?
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PlayChip Project (Gambling & Betting)
01.06.2018 – 31.10.2018
https://alfarating.com/ico/playchip/
PlayChip will deliver the fully-integrated, blockchain enabled global fantasy sports, online sports betting and gaming ecosystem.
RISK: MEDIUM - 2.6
HYPE: HIGH - 3.8
TECH: MEDIUM - 2.8
PlayChip Project (Gambling & Betting)
01.06.2018 – 31.10.2018
https://alfarating.com/ico/playchip/
PlayChip will deliver the fully-integrated, blockchain enabled global fantasy sports, online sports betting and gaming ecosystem.
RISK: MEDIUM - 2.6
HYPE: HIGH - 3.8
TECH: MEDIUM - 2.8
Sex, Drugs, and Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies are among the largest unregulated markets in the world. Bitcoin is often called The Currency of Terrorism. However, it may be not quite true. Despite the surge in crypto currency usage and values in 2017, estimated holdings of criminal proceeds in crypto currency remain small in absolute value and even smaller relative to estimated criminal transactions.
A recent study by the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney found that ‘approximately one-quarter of bitcoin users and one-half of bitcoin transactions are associated with illegal activity. Around $72 billion of illegal activity per year involves bitcoin, which is close to the scale of the US and European markets for illegal drugs.’ But, the researchers found the same users collectively hold just $8bn worth of Bitcoin.
Barclays analysts claim, that there is evidence that ‘dark web’ criminal activity on Bitcoin is shifting to Monero and Zcash to better mask transactions, but these two crypto currencies have total market capitalisations of just $4,1bn and $1,1bn, respectively.
Cryptocurrencies are among the largest unregulated markets in the world. Bitcoin is often called The Currency of Terrorism. However, it may be not quite true. Despite the surge in crypto currency usage and values in 2017, estimated holdings of criminal proceeds in crypto currency remain small in absolute value and even smaller relative to estimated criminal transactions.
A recent study by the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney found that ‘approximately one-quarter of bitcoin users and one-half of bitcoin transactions are associated with illegal activity. Around $72 billion of illegal activity per year involves bitcoin, which is close to the scale of the US and European markets for illegal drugs.’ But, the researchers found the same users collectively hold just $8bn worth of Bitcoin.
Barclays analysts claim, that there is evidence that ‘dark web’ criminal activity on Bitcoin is shifting to Monero and Zcash to better mask transactions, but these two crypto currencies have total market capitalisations of just $4,1bn and $1,1bn, respectively.
CEO loyalty hypothesis.
Crypto projects have raised more than $6 billion through Initial Coin Offerings from the beginning of 2018. How can Crypto Coins attract money while investors do not have a right to claim a fair return?
Recent research from University of California conducted by Paul P. Momtaz shows that CEO matters. Researcher tests the hypothesis that investors use previous CEO loyalty as a reference point in their investment decisions. CEO loyalty was measured by the average time a CEO stayed with his/her former employers. Based on empirical results author concludes that in the presence of a loyal CEO, investors require less underpricing as an incentive to participate in the ICO. Assuming CEO loyalty is a valid proxy for agency conflicts in the cryprocurrencies industry, he finds that more loyal CEOs are less likely to destroy coinholder value.
Crypto projects have raised more than $6 billion through Initial Coin Offerings from the beginning of 2018. How can Crypto Coins attract money while investors do not have a right to claim a fair return?
Recent research from University of California conducted by Paul P. Momtaz shows that CEO matters. Researcher tests the hypothesis that investors use previous CEO loyalty as a reference point in their investment decisions. CEO loyalty was measured by the average time a CEO stayed with his/her former employers. Based on empirical results author concludes that in the presence of a loyal CEO, investors require less underpricing as an incentive to participate in the ICO. Assuming CEO loyalty is a valid proxy for agency conflicts in the cryprocurrencies industry, he finds that more loyal CEOs are less likely to destroy coinholder value.
New listing on ALFA Rating Platform!
Agora Project (Governance&Voting)
15.08.2018 - 15.09.2018
https://alfarating.com/ico/agora/
Agora is a Blockchain-based digital voting solution for governments and organizations. Agora provides clients with a modern, secure, cost-effective and incentivizing manner of engaging voters.
RISK: MEDIUM - 3
HYPE: MEDIUM – 3.4
TECH: MEDIUM – 3.2
Agora Project (Governance&Voting)
15.08.2018 - 15.09.2018
https://alfarating.com/ico/agora/
Agora is a Blockchain-based digital voting solution for governments and organizations. Agora provides clients with a modern, secure, cost-effective and incentivizing manner of engaging voters.
RISK: MEDIUM - 3
HYPE: MEDIUM – 3.4
TECH: MEDIUM – 3.2
Digital Asset Business Decree by Thai government classifies virtual currencies in two categories. The first one is Cryptocurrencies which defined as a “medium of exchanging goods”, the second is Digital Tokens – “rights to participate in an investment, or to receive specific goods”, reports Bloomberg.
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Our specialists mark out top ICO projects for next two weeks.
1. IAGON is a platform for harnessing the storage capacities and processing power of multiple computers over a decentralized Blockchain grid.
2. Paygine is an open Financial Blockchain platform for Fintech and Crypto business.
3. Trust Platform is a set of core technologies and solutions that work together as an ecosystem with enhanced capabilities able to provide developers with advanced tools, enable the integration of blockchain and non-blockchain projects.
4. NEX is a platform for complex decentralized cryptographic trade and payment service creation.
5.Health Nexus is a healthcare-safe blockchain to lower costs and empower patients and providers across the globe.
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1. IAGON is a platform for harnessing the storage capacities and processing power of multiple computers over a decentralized Blockchain grid.
2. Paygine is an open Financial Blockchain platform for Fintech and Crypto business.
3. Trust Platform is a set of core technologies and solutions that work together as an ecosystem with enhanced capabilities able to provide developers with advanced tools, enable the integration of blockchain and non-blockchain projects.
4. NEX is a platform for complex decentralized cryptographic trade and payment service creation.
5.Health Nexus is a healthcare-safe blockchain to lower costs and empower patients and providers across the globe.
For more information visit our website - https://alfarating.com/
Let us tell about our partner - https://serokell.io
Serokell works with complex blockchain and functional programming projects which gives them vast experience in developing large-scale systems and managing them. The team is multinational and multidisciplinary. Senior and junior developers collaborate on a project using modern management techniques to give the quality of top-down with the innovation of bottom-up.
Together with Serokell we provide Technical Expertise for ICOs. Our Technical Expertise is an independent evaluation of the technical part of the project, identifying possible risk factors that can lead to the decision of costs for the implementation of the project or even to its closure.
Technical expertise includes analysis of technical documentation of the project, evaluation of the technical solution of the project, team experience and prototype analysis.
Serokell works with complex blockchain and functional programming projects which gives them vast experience in developing large-scale systems and managing them. The team is multinational and multidisciplinary. Senior and junior developers collaborate on a project using modern management techniques to give the quality of top-down with the innovation of bottom-up.
Together with Serokell we provide Technical Expertise for ICOs. Our Technical Expertise is an independent evaluation of the technical part of the project, identifying possible risk factors that can lead to the decision of costs for the implementation of the project or even to its closure.
Technical expertise includes analysis of technical documentation of the project, evaluation of the technical solution of the project, team experience and prototype analysis.
The rating scale of ALFA Rating.
Evaluating projects ALFA Rating assign one of three ratings: "SPEC", "INVEST" or "FLAT".
"INVEST" rating is assigned to projects with high investment attractiveness.
"SPEC" rating is for projects characterized by increased volatility of the token price and/or by high risks associated with the business model of the project.
"FLAT" rating is assigned to projects that are not of interest to investors and speculators for some reasons.
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Evaluating projects ALFA Rating assign one of three ratings: "SPEC", "INVEST" or "FLAT".
"INVEST" rating is assigned to projects with high investment attractiveness.
"SPEC" rating is for projects characterized by increased volatility of the token price and/or by high risks associated with the business model of the project.
"FLAT" rating is assigned to projects that are not of interest to investors and speculators for some reasons.
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