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Augur (REP) Is On It’s Way To $100 Very Near Term: Here’s Why

Published

6 years ago

February 8, 2018

Augur (REP) is going to be a cryptocurrency to watch over the next six months. Right now, REP trades for just shy of $50 apiece and, with a market capitalization of a little over $542 million, ranks as number 39 on the top coins by market cap list over at CoinMarketCap.

Between now and the end of 2018, however, there is a good chance we will see this change considerably based on a number of key planned and expected fundamental developments rooted in the company’s roadmap and based on recent comments put forward by the team that leading this one in industry media.

Here’s what we’re looking at.

For anybody that’s new to Augur, this company has been around for a pretty considerable amount of time and is one of what we might deem one of the ‘old guards’ of the cryptocurrency space and especially as regards to companies conducting an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise funds for development.

AUG Daily Chart

The company carried out an ICO (way before it was called an ICO) back in February 2015 and raised a little over $5.5 million through the issue of the REP tokens the now underpin its market capitalization.

The platform it wanted to create (and that it has spent the last three years building) is designed to serve as a sort of decentralized speculation platform through which individuals can bet against one another on the outcome of pretty much anything in the world – sports events, financial markets, weather, anything.

The idea is that the outcome of these events will be predefined within smart contracts removing the necessity for a third party to determine the outcome (which is what happens when people speculate on events in the current environment).

If there is anything that can’t be agreed on from an outcome perspective, the disagreement is escalated within the Augur ecosystem and voted upon by stakeholders to create a sort of crowdfunded outcome.

So why is this worth talking about now?

Well, as per this interview, Augur is about to launch the first iteration of its platform within the next few months. The first iteration will be set up with one speculative element, designed to allow people to bet on whether or not the technology will be vulnerable to hackers. In turn, this setup is designed to incentivize hackers to report any potential bugs to the company (in return for a bounty as dictated by the amount of capital on the opposite side of the wager) as opposed to seeking to exploit the platform’s weaknesses themselves.

So, we think that this coin is going to gain strength this year for two primary reasons.

First, because the platform is going live and this will finally serve to create a solid and steady demand for the REP tokens that are necessary for participation and interaction with other platform users (i.e., to fund speculative activity).

Second, because we think that the company’s approach to risk mitigation (it’s willingness to pay out bounties to any potential hackers for identifying and highlighting weaknesses as opposed to seeking to take advantage of them) is exactly the kind of thing that will draw a large amount of media coverage towards a company and its efforts.

Increased media coverage should translate to an increased speculative volume flowing towards the company and its tokens and, in turn, should push price up above and beyond not just current levels but also highs recorded early last month around the $100 apiece mark.

Let’s see what happens.

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Disclaimer: This article should not be taken as, and is not intended to provide, investment advice. Global Coin Report and/or its affiliates, employees, writers, and subcontractors are cryptocurrency investors and from time to time may or may not have holdings in some of the coins or tokens they cover. Please conduct your own thorough research before investing in any cryptocurrency.

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Altcoins

XNO Token of Xeno NFT Hub listed on Bithumb Korea Exchange

Published

3 years ago

January 25, 2021

chainwire

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 25th January, 2021, // ChainWire //

Xeno Holdings Limited (xno.live ), a blockchain solutions company based in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of its ecosystem utility token XNO on the ‘Bithumb Korea’ cryptocurrency exchange on January 21st 2021.

Xeno NFT Hub (market.xno.live ), developed by Xeno Holdings, enables easy minting of digital items into NFTs while also providing a marketplace where anyone can securely trade NFTs.

The Xeno NFT Hub project team includes former members of the technology project Yosemite X based in San Francisco and professionals such as Gabby Dizon who is a games industry expert and NFT space influencer based in Southeast Asia.

NFT(Non-Fungible Token) technology has recently gained huge focus in the blockchain arena and beyond, making waves in the online gaming sector, the art world, and the digital copyrights industry in recent years. The strongest feature of NFTs is that “NFTs are unique digital assets that cannot be replaced or forged”. Unlike fungible tokens such as Bitcoin or Ether, NFTs are not interchangeable for other tokens of the same type but instead each NFT has a unique value and specific information that cannot be replaced. This fact makes NFTs the perfect solution to record and prove ownership of digital and real-world items like works of art, game items, limited-edition collectibles, and more. One of the ways to have a successful…

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Should Crypto Projects Devote Resources to Community Growth and Marketing?

Published

3 years ago

December 31, 2020

Paul Wilson

2020 has been an incredible year for crypto as investors have generated windfall profits and crypto projects have seen their businesses gain the spotlight they’ve been looking for. While Bitcoin has received most of the attention after major institutional investors announced they were accumulating the increasingly scarce asset, many altcoins have also seen their fair share of glory. When looking at all the big winners of the past year, the first project that probably comes to mind is Chainlink, having appreciated by more than 550% YTD and now valued at over $4.5 billion. But, the actual biggest winner of the year is HEX with a YTD return of over 5,000%.

I mention both of the above projects as they have each taken slightly different paths to achieve greatness. Chainlink has devoted resources toward building a fundamentally sound business with many strategic partnerships while HEX has spent vast sums of money on marketing and promotion. Both approaches are valid, but one thing is certain, it is absolutely imperative for crypto projects to let the crypto community know what makes them special. Of course, one of the reasons that makes crypto so valuable is the powerful blockchain technology that most projects are utilizing.

Cryptocurrency vs. Blockchain Technology

It’s important to make a distinction between blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. Although they are often used interchangeably, they are different. Blockchain technology and crypto were both created after the 2008 financial crisis, but cryptocurrency…

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XENO starts VIP NFT trading service and collaborates with contemporary artist Hiro Yamagata

Published

3 years ago

December 24, 2020

chainwire

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 24th December, 2020, // ChainWire //

The XENO NFT Hub (https://xno.live) will provide a crypto-powered digital items and collectables trading platform allowing users to create, buy, and sell NFTs. Additionally it will support auction based listings, governance and voting mechanisms, trade history tracking, user rating and other advanced features.

As a first step towards its fully comprehensive service, XENO NFT Hub launched a recent VIP service to select users and early adopters in December 2020 with plans for a full Public Beta to open in June 2021.

“NFTs are extremely flexible in their usage, from digital event tickets to artwork, and while NFTs have a very wide spectrum of uses and categories XENO will initially focus its partnership efforts and its own item curation on three primary areas: gaming, sports & entertainment, and collectibles.”, said XENO NFT Hub president Anthony Di Franco.

He also added “This does not mean we will prohibit other types of NFTs from our ecosystem However, it simply means that XENO’s efforts as a company will be targeted into these verticals initially as a cohesive business approach.”

Development and Procurement Lead, Gabby Dizon explained, “Despite our initial focus, we found ourselves with a unique opportunity to host some of the works of Mr. Hiro Yamagata. We are collaborating with Japanese artist Hiro Yamagata to enshrine some of his artwork into NFTs.”

Mr. Yamagata has…