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Move over ETFs, Bakkt has a bigger Bitcoin story
Earlier this month, ICE also known as Intercontinental Exchange, announced the launch of a new crypto focused company called Bakkt. In what I think...
Wall Street accumulating Bitcoin until ETFs
Bitcoin ETFs have been discussed for months now. Some might even liken them to the pot of gold at the end of the preverbal...
Market Update
Key points
Bitcoin
$6324.42
- 12.9%
Ethereum
$197.36
- 33.1%
Ripple
$0.27
- 22.2%
Other (bn)
$55,2
- 19.7%
Total Marketcap. (bn)
$195.4
- 17.9%
Percentages reflect the past 7 days
Overview
The last week has proven to...
Today in Crypto: September 6th, 2018
State of the Market
BTC Market Dominance: 54.5%
Overall Market Cap: 205 Billion
Crypto is recovering today from a massive day in the red on the 5th. Yesterday...
SocialFlow’s Security Token Offering and Universal Attention Token
Key Points
Blockchain: ERC20
Classification: Security Token
Function: Equity
Circulating Supply: 1,000,000,000
Project Status: Ongoing
Total Supply: 1,000,000,000
Market cap: $25,000,000 USD
Consensus Algorithm:...
Ark Ecosystem (ARK) – Summary Report
Blockchain: Proprietary
Token Classification: Utility token, Tokenized Security
Function: Interoperable Blockchain
Project Status: Functioning
Consensus Algorithm: Delegated Proof of Stake
ICO: Nov. 7th, 2016
Report Date: April 7th, 2018
Whitepaper
Coinmarketcap
Ark is...
Why Anthony Pompliano’s Prediction of a 2 Year Bear Market Is...
I read an article from CCN today about how Anthony Pompliano has revised his predictions from a $50k BTC EOY to now predicting a multi-year...
Why Now is the Perfect Time to Accumulate Bitcoin and Altcoins
Find Where You Stand
Time in the market beats timing the market. The more volatile the market, the truer this statement becomes. Bitcoin's current range,...
The Bitmex Maintenance Pump was Common Sense
The Setup
For the past ten days or so, if you had your ear to the markets at all, you certainly would have heard people...
Ethereum: The Venture Capital Death Spiral pt 1
Background
What happens to all the ETH backed projects which didn't cash out enough post token sale to fund a long enough runway? A few...
Basic Attention Token (BAT) – Full Report
Key Points
Blockchain: Ethereum
Classification: Utility Token
Function: Advertising
Project Status: Gemini
Circulating Supply: 1,000,000,000
Total Supply: 1,500,000,000
Market cap: $165,862,813 USD
Exchanges: Binance, Bittrex,...
Is Bitcoin headed to $3k or $17k?
Technical analysis (TA) is used to evaluate and identify opportunities through analysis of previous trading activity, such as price movement and volume. TA is...
Cryptocurrency Market Update July 2018
Each month Ironwood publishes a Market Update. The July edition covers:
The Pattern of Patterns — how will this analysis play out for Bitcoin?
Bullish Wolfe Wave...
Crypto by the Mile
VeChain CEO Sunny Lu was eager to announce the new project Cahrenheit earlier this week. Cahrenheit is focused on solving the massive Information asymmetry...
Bitcoin Singularity
Bitcoin looks to be forming a legitimate surge this week with a strong bull flag forming and with BTC being up almost 18% over...
ETFs and Rumors of ETFs
In our previous article about ETFs our CEO Michael Strutton analyzed how the creation of one could easily bring the value of BTC up to...
Dirt Off Your Shoulders
Perspective on emerging technologies have a history of being surrounded by critics
A rather well-known computer network engineer once commented that cryptocurrencies as a whole...
Centralized vs. Decentralized: The Best (and worst) of Both Worlds
Since its inception in 2008, blockchain continues to be a source of groundbreaking solutions and possibilities. The concept of a decentralized system (i.e. Bitcoin)...
The Four-Story-Cycle: FUD, Hacking, Price Movement, Hype
Has anyone asked themselves what the point of media is in the cryptocurrency sector? Look around. All you will see is the same stories...
Wanchain – (WAN) – Summary Report
Blockchain: Proprietary
Classification: Utility Token
Function: Financial Ecosystem
Project Status: Functioning
Circulating Supply: 106,152,493
Total Supply: 210,000,000
Exchanges: Binance, Huobi, KuCoin, Bitbns
Consensus Algorithm: Proof-Of-Work (POW); moving to Proof-Of-Stake (POS) eventually
ICO:...
Wanchain – (WAN) – Full Report
Wanchain – (WAN) - Full Report
Blockchain: Proprietary
Classification: Utility Token
Function: Financial Ecosystem
Project Status: Functioning
Circulating Supply: 106,152,493
Total Supply: 210,000,000
Exchanges: Binance, Huobi, KuCoin, Bitbns
Consensus Algorithm: Proof-Of-Work (POW);...
The IRS Goes International for Crypto
Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement (J5)
On July 2nd, 2018, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States tax authorities established...
Facebook Reversal of Crypto Advertising Ban
In a surprise twist, Facebook has reversed its rules on cryptocurrency-based ads. Facebook implemented the original rule in January 2018 to ban advertisements for...
Cryptocurrencies for Campaign Funding: US Senate Candidate receives $130,000 Bitcoin Donation
A GOP candidate running for US Senate in the state of Missouri is making big splashes in politics for a Bitcoin donation he received.
On...
How ETFs can bring Bitcoin over $35K
What are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and why do they matter? According to Investopedia, an ETF is a marketable security that tracks an index,...
Win for Decentralization — “ETH not a security”, says SEC
In a move that caught the bear market off-guard, the SEC announced that despite the framework through which Ethereum may have raised its initial...
SEC Chairman Reiterates ICOs Are Securities, Bitcoin Is Not.
In an interview, today on CNBC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton made it clear they won’t bend the rules for cryptocurrency when...
AMA with Horizon State Co-Founder Jamie Skella
https://youtu.be/WjtVqwIKUuA
June 5th, Ironwood Research Group hosted an AMA with Jamie Skella, Co-Founder of Horizon State, an Australian blockchain company that is bringing undeniable confidence...
SEC names a new ICO Sheriff
The SEC today names Valerie A. Szczepanik Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation. Szczepanik was also named Associate Director in Division of Corporation...
Raiden Network (RDN) – Summary Report
Blockchain: Ethereum
Classification: Utility
Function: Off-chain Payments
Project Status: In development
Circulating Supply: 50,168,936 RDN
Total Supply: 100,000,000 RDN
Whitepaper
Coinmarketcap
As of: 2018.06.02
The Raiden Network is an open source, trustless, fast,...
Ironwood’s Hidden Gem #478
Decision Token (HST) – Technical Report
Blockchain: Ethereum
Classification: ERC-20 Token
Function: Transparent Voting Platform
Project status: Working Product
Circulating supply: 32,025,998 HST
Total supply: 48,240,070 HST
Market cap: $20,997,173 USD
Exchanges:...
Ironwood’s Hidden Gem #478
This report is only available for premium subscribers.
Ironwood publishes Summary Reports and limited Full Reports for the general public. Certain crypto assets we deem...
Verge (XVG) — Full Report
Blockchain: Proprietary
Classification: Currency
Function: Privacy Coin
Project Status: Functioning
Circulating Supply: 14,921,761,167 XVG
Total Supply: 16,555,000,000 XVG
Market cap: $1,012,047,561 USD
Exchanges: Binance, Bittrex, Upbit
Consensus Algorithm: Multi-algorithm Proof-of-Work
Whitepaper
Coinmarketcap
As of 05.26.2018
Verge Currency is a cryptocurrency with a focus on the...
Never-Frozen Blockchains — AMB and MOD
For those of you who spend time in our Discord, you’ll know I strongly encourage coins that have substantial real-world uses that are simple...
Marketplace Economics
Marketplace Economics
— B.T.
Perhaps the most significant criticism I see of crypto is the platform itself, how it operates or how exactly we’re going to...
Protecting Your Privacy
Photo credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/yekGLpc3vro
It seems appropriate that the author of ‘1984’ was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British...
Atonomi Whitelist Open
Atonomi is a security protocol for the Internet of Things (IoT). The base technology for their token offering is developed by its parent company...
Protected: Ironwood’s Hidden Gem #5465
ChainLink Tech Report
Blockchain: Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Hyperledger (support for all smart contract blockchains planned)
Classification: Utility Token, ERC-667
Function: Connect off-chain data triggers to...
Ironwood’s Hidden Gem #777
This report is only available for premium subscribers.
Ironwood publishes Summary Reports and limited Full Reports for the general public. Certain crypto assets we deem...
Ironwood’s Hidden Gem #8722
This report is only available for premium subscribers.
Ironwood publishes Summary Reports and limited Full Reports for the general public. Certain crypto assets we deem...
Ironwood’s Hidden Gem #2864
This report is only available for premium subscribers.
Ironwood publishes Summary Reports and limited Full Reports for the general public. Certain crypto assets we deem...
Ironwood Review of Octominer B8PLUS
Octominer B8PLUS is a specialized motherboard designed for GPU mining.
https://octominer.com/
Specifications:
Onboard Intel® Celeron® Processor 3855U
2x DDR4L SO-DIMM
8x PCIE 16X Slot(16x Form Factor, 1x...
Dragon Chain (DRGN) – Summary Report
Blockchain: Ethereum
Classification: Utility Token
Function: Commercial Platform
Project status: Functioning
Consensus algorithm: PoW
ICO: 2017.10.02
Published: 02–25–2018
Coinmarketcap
Whitepaper
Architecture
Dragonchain was created to provide blockchain architecture for entities who wish to keep their data private while also entirely taking...
iExec (RLC) – Summary Report
Blockchain: Ethereum
Function: Cloud computing
Classification: ERC-20
Circulating supply: 79,070,793
Total supply: 86,999,785
Market cap: $111,832,195 USD
Exchanges: Bancor Network, Binance, Bitfinex, Bittrex, Gate.io,
Gatecoin, HitBTC, Liqui, Livecoin, Radar Relay, Upbit
ICO:...