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For decades, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have been an exciting opportunity for short-term as well as long-term investors to get involved in the most promising companies of the future. For employees and management staff within these once private companies now
While cryptocurrency enthusiasts of a more libertarian-persuasion would like to believe that digital assets are designed to exist in a decentralized fashion void of any governmental control, such an ideal can be unrealistic in today’s world. Governments all around the
Cryptocurrencies are now the hottest asset class in the marketplace and the recent influx of crypto-based investment funds only further testifies to this truth. With hundreds of new altcoins popping up in the market as a result of billions in
While some blockchain enthusiasts embrace the technology for its role it can play in improving our industries, others see the tidal wave of digital assets as an opportunity to cash in. Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) have drawn the attention of
The cryptocurrency landscape has shifted dramatically over the past couple of years. Initial Coin Offerings (ICO’s) have become the epitome of the potential modern technology and the internet have to change our lives. A couple years ago, no-one would have
The financial markets have been especially enthusiastic about the potential blockchain technology can bring in terms of both profit-generating opportunities as well as transforming how these industries operate. One of the oldest forms of financial markets is the commodities market,
Crypto-enthusiasts are eager to boast of the many possible applications of blockchain technology to the world’s economy. While more traditional areas, such as banking and finance, have already jumped onto this decentralized technology, other areas that are just as ripe
As ICO’s continue to garner the attention of more traditional financial areas, one aspect of the crypto-market that continues to worry investors is the relatively high failure rate for so many projects. Although venture capitalists would find a 10 or
A core component of the cryptocurrency marketplace is the initial coin offering (ICO), an innovative crowdfunding model that let’s blockchain start-ups bypass the traditional venture capital early seed investment phase. It wasn’t long before multitudes of different tokens with a
As innovative as cryptocurrencies promise to be, both the mainstream public as well as regulators alike remain skeptical of the reliability and soundness of these alternative currencies. Partially because of their ability to bypass banks, exchanges, financial firms and central
