In this article, we examine how the framework has the capability to build upon the traditional markets and create a brand new investor class of its own. Read more Opinion pieces here. For the average person, investing can be a difficult task. They can’t walk into a stock exchange with a fist full of cash and ask to buy shares in any business. It’s a tough position to be in and, for the most part, everyday investors are locked out of investing until the company decides to launch an IPO, or takes a crowdfunding approach. With security token offerings (STOs) beginning to gain more interest in the financial sector, more businesses are looking at just how they can utilise the approach to grow outside of what till … [Read More...]
How to Register a Wallet on TokenMarket
In this guide, we will show you how to register a wallet on our platform. If you have invested in any offering(s) on the TokenMarket platform you will need to register a wallet address in order to receive your security tokens. Please follow the guide or watch out tutorial video to register a compatible wallet. Setup Step 1: Before registering your wallet address to receive your tokens, you will need to create a compatible wallet to store them on. A list of compatible wallets and how you can create them can be found here. Step 2: Sign into TokenMarket. Step 3: Once signed in, click your account dropdown on the top right of the screen. Then click “Wallets”. Step 4: Here you will be able to register your chosen wallet to … [Read More...]
TokenMarket Successfully Concludes its Security Token Offering with 158% Funding
London, England – July 23, 2019 – TokenMarket, the investment platform powered by blockchain, announces today it’s Security Token Offering (STO) has successfully concluded, achieving 158% of its funding goal. The STO, which took place across a two-week period, saw TokenMarket surpass its funding goal and raised over £240,000. The funding goal of £150,000 was set in order for TokenMarket to complete its UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sandbox test. In under 24 hours, the business had already secured 76% of its funding goal and, in under 48 hours, the offering became oversubscribed, reaching 136% funding. TokenMarket is now one step closer to exiting the FCA Sandbox which it has been included in since 2018. Upon the announcement, TokenMarket’s CEO, Ransu Salovaara and CTO, Mikko Ohtamaa stated: “We would like to thank all … [Read More...]
The Fall in IPO Rates: Why are STOs on the Rise?
The third and final piece in our three-part series on the fall of IPO rates examines why STOs are on the rise, as well as what they can bring to the world of fundraising. Read more Opinion pieces here. In our previous two articles, we covered the decline in IPO popularity and then explored the alternative fundraising alternatives. In order to understand this article in its entirety, we recommend reading part one and part two before beginning this article. The piece below takes an in-depth look at the security token offering (STO) framework and why it is gaining popularity for growing businesses. Our previous articles have hopefully given you some understanding regarding what the opportunities were for founders and investors when it comes to startups … [Read More...]
Is Bitcoin Mining Still Profitable in 2018?
If you’ve read about Bitcoin, you would have also read about Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin mining is nothing but the process of creating Bitcoins from your computer. In this article, let us read about the meaning of bitcoin mining and if it is still profitable today. Bitcoin mining involves updation of the ledger of Bitcoin transactions, called the blockchain. A user requires extremely powerful computers to perform mining. As a part of the process, miners race against each other in order to guess a particular number. Earlier, there were several cryptocurrency adverts on Google, however, the same have now been banned making it difficult for miners to understand what they need to do when. The first miner to make a successful guess about the number ends up updating… [Read More...]
Online Payments and The Future is Here
Technology has transformed enormously over the last decade, and one of the ways it has made life simpler is through online payments. Early on, we were compelled to perform the tedious job of going to a bank or an ATM to take out cash. This changed with the introduction of credit and debit cards. However, that sill involved physical presence at a location and limited the use based on some factors. With online payments, a significant alteration came about that resulted in a smooth operation conducted instantly without any hassle. Moreover, it incorporated previous payment methods seamlessly giving customers a wide range of options. The rise of internet usage and the overall security of personal information, online payments have altered the way we conduct our everyday lives… [Read More...]
Are You Ready for the GRIN C29 Hardfork With Updated Mining Software
Today is planned the first hardfork for the GRIN crypto currency and more specifically its Cuckaroo29 (C29) algorithm to the new Cuckarood29, the C31 algorithm remains unaffected by this hardfork. Grin is expected to hard fork at Block 262,080 which is estimated to happen at some point today (July 17th, 2019). All you have to do to be ready to continue mining GRIN after the hardfork is to update your miner to the latest version, most of the software supports autodetection of the algorithm switch and thus should continue working jst fine after the fork happens. The miners that have already released updates to support the new Cuckarood29 algorithm to be sued by Grin after the hard fork include: GMiner 1.51, NBMiner 24.1, lolMiner 0.8.5, nanominer 1.5.1 for AMD and or… [Read More...]
Get Ready for the BEAM Hard Fork Scheduled for August 15th (Block #321321)
The BEAM Project is having a hard fork in about two days and you need to make sure that you are ready for it if you are mining it or are using a local wallet for BEAM. The BEAM Hard Fork is scheduled for block #321321 which should be reached sometime in August 15th and you need to mak sure your wallet is up to date as well as your miner. Make sure you get the latest BEAM wallet if you use a local wallet, if you rely on exchanges make sure they have updated their wallets after the fork before doing any transactions. The BEAM Hard Fork will also come with changes in the algorithm used for mining, the PoW algorithm will change from Beam Hash… [Read More...]
Uber’s "Crypto" Libra Support Could Be The End of The Giant
By CCN Markets: There’s a lot of irony in Uber’s lack of crypto acceptance contrasted with its support of Facebook’s Libra project. The company will play a vital role in the early stages of the network, and presumably, it will be one of many vendors who accept the “crypto” out of the gate. Several companies have […] The post Uber's "Crypto" Libra Support Could Be The End of The Giant appeared first on CCN Markets The post Uber's "Crypto" Libra Support Could Be The End of The Giant appeared first on Belher Mining. [Read More...]
Ethereum Developers Forge On Despite ETH Price Slump FUD
When a crypto asset fails to perform in terms of price it rapidly gets a big dose of chagrin from mainstream media and those that have lost money trading it. Ethereum is currently the prime example as investors begin to sour despite ongoing developments to the technology.Ethereum Roadmap Still SolidA major part of the crypto angst directed at Ethereum stems from the delays in solving the scalability issues that have plagued the project as its user base has grown. In its current state the network is ill equipped to handle the load it is expected to in order to fulfill its destiny as a ‘global computer’.Granted, there have been setbacks to Ethereum’s mammoth scaling project which is expected to get off the ground within the … [Read More...]
Ethereum market update: ETH/USD is eying these levels towards $300 – FXStreet
Ethereum market update: ETH/USD is eying these levels towards $300 FXStreetEthereum price is still grappling with acute selling pressure. This is happening despite the shallow recovery from the recent support area at $162. Be.from “ethereum” – Google News https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/ethereum-market-update-eth-usd-is-eying-these-levels-towards-300-201909050245 [Read More...]
On Wave 1 and Devcon Ticketing
By now, we hope you’ve heard the news: In just two days, on July 17, 2019, the first wave of general Devcon tickets will go online at 6:00am PT / 9:00am ET / 3:00pm CEST / 10:00pm JST. Today, we wanted to bring everyone a few details on the ticketing… [Read More...]
Devcon updates: Announcing Wave 2, a New Application window, and more!
??, With well under three months to go until Devcon, we are moving at full speed toward Osaka! You’ll hear about first programming details and more in the coming days, and with ticket sales now underway, we thought it time for a more formal update! First, Wave 2 of ticket… [Read More...]
Will We Realize Blockchain’s Promise of Decentralization? – Harvard Business Review
Will We Realize Blockchain’s Promise of Decentralization? Harvard Business ReviewSince its inception, blockchain has promised to make trusted third parties redundant. In practice, though, whether blockchain is actually decentralized depends … [Read More...]
Samsung to Launch Smartphone Meant to Make Blockchain Friendlier – The Wall Street Journal
Samsung to Launch Smartphone Meant to Make Blockchain Friendlier The Wall Street JournalSamsung is releasing a variant of its newest flagship phone meant to boost adoption of blockchain—a tall task for a technology that still puzzles many … [Read More...]
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Growing Businesses are Left Behind
Here, we examine how TokenMarket is helping growing businesses to escape traditional means of financing, outlining how we’re creating a revolution. Read more Opinion pieces here. On average, 90% of startup businesses fail. Running a business is tough. There’s no doubt about it. It is a lot harder when you are trying to raise money to develop your company. For many entrepreneurs, there comes a point when they need to have that conversation and its one that many struggle with. Who do you go to? Will they reply? What other options do I have? It becomes something of a nightmare. Coupled with the fact that more emerging unicorns businesses are staying privately funded for longer than ever before, you can see why the average business simply doesn’t … [Read More...]