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      "body": "![Lisk-LSK.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXj2SkX1NgSy2f6wbA3yjcn3LQcqjL2ZSCTMuagtLY8ev/Lisk-LSK.jpg)\n\nThere are several Ethereum like blockchain platforms and of late, some have been trying to identify which to bet on. For me, Lisk seems to be a darling of sorts but it's near term upsurge has brought up many questions. \n\nI have been pointing out that if someone wants to invest in a crypto, why go in with XRP when you have Lisk. After all, Lisk has more upside potential since it is a public blockchain with real world applications just like Ethereum.\n\nLisk is a fork of Crypti, and from the looks of it, Lisk will grow in the future while Crypti is dying. I won't go into the [history](https://www.coingecko.com/buzz/lisk-ecosystem-and-currency?locale=en) of Lisk as there is little to gain from learning this. \n\n![lisk.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmej7tHmP1a4AP8SoX1j3sC9JvYKmo2Q5B9Cb83u72p61p/lisk.jpeg)\n\nAs you can see, the price has surged this year and from the looks of it, Lisk as a crypto has hit a high of US$35 and now it is sliding downwards to the mid teens and this means, it is a good time to buy. \n\nShould Lisk go up to into US$20+, then it is time to sell. For it to achieve the goal of surpassing US$35 isn't impossible but bear in mind that Ethereum's price in March '18 has been falling and that also means less people are gravitating towards a newbie blockchain like Lisk.\n\nThe only way Lisk will go up will depend on several factors and these related to the following:-\n\n*Ethereum's price goes up, Lisk will track a similar growth path\n*Lisk gets more trading pairs with global fiat currencies\n*Lisk Debit card gets launched\n*Crypto [Exchanges](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/lisk/trading_exchanges) around the world start to add Lisk moree trading pair with other crypto currencies.\n*ICOs move to list their projects on Lisk platform\n\nLisk has a lot of promise as a competitor to Ethereum even when the founders of Lisk may have said otherwise. \n\nThe ability to sidechain data blocks is perhaps the biggest advantage but real world applications need to be developed to prove this theory. Right now, ICOs continue to put their worth on Ethereum for many reasons, the chief being that Ether is highly convertible. \n\nI don't see why this cannot be done on Lisk but most ICOs these days are attracted to the speculative nature of crypto currencies as well as it's smart contract applications. Just because you have a better blockchain doesn't mean you will win the game in the long run. \n\nFor me, Lisk has a promising future in the medium to long term and if you are one of those who are investing instead of speculating, Lisk will be a worthwhile investment.",
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      "body": "![Screen-Shot-2017-06-12-at-10.25.56-AM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmP8VXRyYQy7SyptyZ8zfuFLS5dfFu5bGuTbUZkncVvup9/Screen-Shot-2017-06-12-at-10.25.56-AM.png)\n\nOften in Reddit or Quora, you will come across heaps of questions on whether someone should invest in an ICO or if it is a scam. Now ICOs can still fail if mismanagement happens, just like in Startups, IPOs and even democratically elected governments. So we won't got into detail on this but focus on weighing in on how to judge an ICO's worth. \n\nSo here are three simple rules to assess the value of an ICO. \n\n<h3>ICOs should have a niche business that will generate Revenue</h3>\n\nThis should answer the question should the ICO be a type of security or utility. Just ask yourself...\n\n*Does it disrupt a business model in a particular industry?*\n\nFolks, never invest in a ICO when you are unfamiliar with the industry it is in. This is how a scam happens. ICO will weave a tale of woe telling you that they have the technology or know how to disrupt the current way business is done. When you do not know that industry well enough, how could you commit a load of Bitcoins to their cause? \n\nThese are the most common questions found on Quora and it shows your lack of knowledge on investment. \n\nThe Whitepaper says it all. If you read my teardown blogs on the gaming industry ICOs, you'd know that I have had experience in them to know that these ICOs are just pure BS. Another type of scammy ICOs have nothing to show for but loads of promises when they get your tokens. \n\nWould you buy a token to a Ferrari car rental when they don't own any Ferraris? \n\nMy sentiments exactly. \n\nEven if you are not totally familiar with the business the ICO pretends to be in, you should of course ask someone with knowledge of the industry before going all in.\n\nOnce you know the industry well, then you can make a sound investment decision. Many ICOs want to disrupt the way business is currently conducted but they haven't the faintest idea how. They might have a plan but that doesn't mean the plan will work. \n\nICOs with little to show for will brag about their team and beg you for money to change the world. The business model of an ICO should always be niche, that it will generate income. If that doesn't seem to be their modus operandi, where else do you think they will be getting their revenue from to pay for it all?\n\n<h3>An ICO should have verifiable collaterals</h3>\n\nWhen you have an ICO with a dubious team and no real collateral, would you invest in it? When I say dubious, I mean people with no social media profiles and dead end links to their companies. In the age of the Internet, people cannot NOT have a profile on Linkedin or Facebook unless you lived all your life in China. \n\nICOs must have some sort of collateral to bring to your attention. In the case of [LightCash](https://lightcash.io/) they are backed by the Lapri Gold Mining company. This is what I mean by a collateral. Now move to the next step. Verify the collateral mentioned on the site.  A cursory search on the Lapri Gold mining company will turn out with nothing. It is unverifiable.  So here you have a backing company with NO historical data on google search. Would you invest in such an entity? \n\nCollateral of any kind should be verifiable at least on the Internet. An ICO should have an audit trail instead of just a few mentions on websites. So when an ICO states its collateral credentials, you must be able to verify some of it on the Internet. \n\nShould the collateral be only in the form of a technology, software or hardware, then it should be proven in the real world first before it can be an asset. I hate ICOs that promise to develop the technology upon getting the money. We have seen loads of failures on Kickstarter and Indiegogo after getting millions in funding. What makes you think an ICO is any different?\n\n<h3>Badly written White Papers are clues to a Scam</h3>\n\nThere are boring white papers and lengthy ones which may consist of more BS than facts but the first clue to a bad white paper is one that bores the shit out of you with a sales pitch and no substance. \n\nYes, I hate a sales pitch. I want the details on how the ICO is going to disrupt the current business. The sales pitch should be in the Website where they sell you their dream. The White paper is the reality of the business model so if the sales pitch is still in there, it will sound like they are selling snake oil. \n\nThe White paper is for you to judge their business model. You need this to make an investment decision and many so called ICO investors want to skip the details and go right into when the ICO tokens will be listed on the exchange so that they can sell and make money out of it. This is extremely foolish. But hey, it's your money and if you like investing that way, why bother with the White paper. Please take my money. \n\n<h3>Returns on your Investments are clearly stated</h3>\n\nHow do you return value to your investors? In the beginning, many ICOs were structured as securities. So there will be a buy back or dividends paid at a certain term. When an ICO promises much but doesn't clearly state how they will return some value to the investor, then why would you invest in it? In the real world, companies return value by dividends or stock buy backs from the market. ICOs should be judged on the same criteria. \n\nThese days, having ICOs structured as securities will pose a big problem unless you are listing in countries that have clearly defined laws on ICOs. This means ICOs have to find other ways to return profit to the investor. \n\nHow do they do this? This is where ICOs have to use their creative license to find ways to do this instead of making wild suggestions on a buy back when they are profitable. \n\nThis is where tokens can be structured as a utility token instead of a security token. You should know how and when the token is convertible to a service or product when the time arise and how that is perceived as value. If the same service or product can be bought via fiat then the ICO token has little value. The value has to be in the form of a discount or fixed price mechanism where you enjoy some privilege. The problem with this concept is that most Securities Commissions around the world could take it to mean a profit of some sort and slap the ICO with a cease and desist [order](https://www.coindesk.com/new-jersey-slams-celebrity-endorsed-bitcoiin-ico-with-cease-and-desist/) for securities violations. \n\nHow an ICO works in the long run will depend on how profit can be distributed legally. Why would you even give money to an entity which doesn't return value to the investor?\n\n<h3>Conclusion: There is an ICO born every minute</h3>\n\nDidn't they say the same about 'suckers'? \n\nFor ICOs, there is no fallback mechanism when it fails to deliver. For a listed company, you could take it to court but ICOs don't fall into that category unless the ICO is registered to operate in a country that has ICO laws. 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      "body": "![btc.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfFc5V49DhTtLM2eyoRVjETJ7YMKMZgKwy8YqZZV4Yi98/btc.png)\n\nFirst, I do get asked a lot on this and I often tell them to do their own research on how to value a new crypto. People would then scratch their heads like they had lice and tell me they do not know where to start. As a former market intelligence analyst I can't understand why or how they can't do this. \n\nFine. Then first consider the usage of a new crypto. \n\nAll new cryptos are finding a niche and if they don't have one to differentiate them from the rest, then it is a scam. \n\n<h3>What is Usage?</h3>\n\nEvery new crypto invented has a use. Some have limited usage potential, others like Ethereum and NEO blockchain with their smart contracts will have a perpetual use for it since the a virtual currency is required to transacting a data block. \n\nCrypto or virtual currencies that do not offer any unique usage potential may have no value. So this is not to say that Bitcoin has no real value but as the grand daddy of the crypto space its place is there, but its potential for upside growth will be limited. This also means John McAfee will have to eat his testis soon enough. Folks out there might do him a favor by sending him some crafty recipes. \n\nSo using the next three criteria is important for any evaluation. \n\n<h3> 1. Traded on Numerous Exchanges Globally </h3>\n\nCrypto and token exchanges are privately run enterprises. They have their own vested interest in featuring a token or crypto currency on their exchanges. Unlike tokens, which in many cases the token owners will have to make arrangement to PAY a crypto exchange to get it listed, crypto currencies are instead judged by their investor appeal and adoption before they get listed for free. \n\nWhen more of these Crypto Exchanges list them, the easier it would be for people to trade them. It's like going out to buy a Big Mac, if there isn't a McDonalds in your area, you can't buy a Big Mac. \n\nCrypto exchanges will do their due diligence on their part on whether to list a virtual currency or not. They will study the demand and market trends so if they all hop on the same bandwagon, you can be assured that a any particular crypto currency has global or widespread appeal. \n\n<h3>Have numerous Traded Pairs</h3>\n\n![traded pairs.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX6WAS7jjcaT8aNFcUvwFXny6hvtfHYNxWfV21xzhQsJU/traded%20pairs.jpg)\n\nA traded pair is linked directly to the convertibility of a crypto currency. For example, people will trade BTC/ETH or vice \nversa. So to evaluate a relatively new crypto currency, you just have to see how it is traded on crypto exchanges. \n\nThere are many exchanges that trade USD/BTC, Euro/ETH, JPY/ETH etc. But the best or most valued cryptos can be traded directly to a currency like for example in SGD/ETH or HKD/LTC. \n\nWith more traded pairs you have, the better its acceptance it is as a virtual currency internationally.  \n\nThe direct conversion to a national currency is a important factor for investors and speculators. It means having to bypass the forex commission trap imposed by banks. \n\nAll banks charge you a fee for converting forex. It might not seem like a lot but when you are converting many thousands at a time, you risk having to lose a substantial margins in your crypto trades. It is the small margins that eventually takes the fun out of your trades. When you want to convert it back to your own holding or national currency, you could be losing twice as your local bank account won't let you hold USD or Euro when you have the currency converted back to deposit in you bank account. So imagine for a moment if your holding currency is the Indonesian Rupiah, you would have to convert Rupiah to USD to buy Ether and once you sell the Ether, you are going to be paid in USD and to take the money back to your local bank account, you have to convert USD to Rupiah once again. \n\nThis porous exchange system means you have to keep track of your trades carefully, and this is why I don't believe in buying crypto currencies with a debit card. I did my research on one of such debit cards and found out that you pay up to 18 percent more for the spot price for a crypto currency. 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      "body": "![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdVtod6nRSPeFHasp1YKizT3yhhoCA6kfUoAsNXyCeD8h/image.png)\n\n\nI will be starting a devil’s advocate series with ICO teardown for investors who are clueless on the risk and returns on a myriad of industries that have jumped onto the ICO wagon. Having worked in market intelligence as an analyst will apply this same analysis to the numbers claimed in ICO white papers and see how some of them may have exaggerated their claims. \n\nFor more information on the ICO, click [here](https://gamemachine.io). The ICO crowdsale is taking place now and will end in Jan 2018.\n\n<h3>What is Game Machine ICO all about?</h3>\n\nGood question. If you are not a gamer, or one who has a penchant for games, well I don't blame you. \n\nGame machine wants to develop their own blockchain to do the following for the Video Games industry. It is a complete ecosystem that covers both developers and gamers. \n\n\t•\tGame Machine Client — a miner and the program for gamers. 
\n\t•\tRise Machine — the platform for ICO crowd funding of games. 
\n\t•\tAds Machine — the advertising exchange for a game industry. 
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When you don't have your own platform then integration into a third party platform would be impossible. For example, console games (which is not the target market of GMIT) is closed to developers who have signed on to develop for either Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The same applied to iOS and Android games. \n\nGame machine claims to have the ability to connect different platforms from iOS, PC, Android, etc to their ecosystem through APIs. Now let’s get this right. Games work on a platform based system and you don’t try to game the system by offering a different in-game purchase model. The platform in this context is the distribution of the games app where developers sell their wares and gamers buy their games. If it ain't broke why fix it? \n\nIn a closed platform like Xbox, Playstation, iOS and to a lesser extent Android, in-game purchases are made within the platform and not outside of it. For example, Apple will never allow in-game purchases to take place outside their iOS ecosystem. The reason being a selfish one. They also fail to mention the salient points in which gamers would mine Gamefuel tokens if they aren’t worth anything to begin with. Android games can be side-loaded by checking the settings menu but there is no compelling reason to do this unless the game itself has been banned from the Google playstore. Side-loading games on iOS can only be done via jailbreaking the iPhone or iPad but that market unfortunately is a fraction of the total games market. \n\nIt is a chicken or egg issue. You need to start at a point which you can build on but because the game machine ecosystem isn’t an attractive option for all gamers, why would anyone mine a token that is only viable on the PC platform. Developers have to create a game that is so intense and addictive that gamers are willing to mine these tokens to support the games. But you haven't yet address the issue of which platform in which the game will work on. \n\nGamemachine’s white paper states that it intends to tap the mobile games industry. For this, it has to be some kind of joke as these platforms are closed distribution systems and not open to third party payment of in-game purchases. Google and Apple do not want people to buy in-game items outside their payment system. Do you see either Apple or Google offering Paypal purchases on their games appstore? Even in China, the mobile platform is closed to the outside world. And China is the next behemoth of the video games market. \n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmb7ESNpwD1DiAMsobjSzKryXQMhmRbNBQcKfk4wjfW5UP/image.png)\n\nSo the only viable market is on the PC platform, and to an extent, the MacOS platform as well. If you look at the PC game market, it’s only 23 percent of that US$109 billion so let’s round this market up to include the PC browser games market which is at 4 percent (refer to the top chart). So the total market would be in the ballpark of US$30 billion and not the 100+ billion they claim to be targeting. \n\nAnother note is that Steam is by far the default game shop for PC based games. If Steam isn’t onboard on the game machine ICO from the onset, there is no way this ICO is going to gain traction in the claimed time frame. PC gaming remains the most viable if game machine were to launch one on the platform. \n\nThere is no reason to suspect that it can’t be done but the goals as I have said earlier is lofty. \n\n<h3>ICO for Gamers is difficult to convince</h3>\n\nIn the white paper the expenditure for the next year will be broken down to this. \n\n![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXum8QQE1Za7hSdmScND3CzNuyefVZm2QQr72qMzEEkHG/image.png)\n\nSo if they don’t hit their goal to fund this venture, will they return the money? If they get far less than they bargained for in the ICO will they put out a product worthy enough for PC gamers? These folks are not in the content development space so I have doubts. \n\nI didn’t touch on the Advertising model of Gamemachine named Ads Machine. I don’t think this model can disrupt the current one with fair value. In-game ads are the bread and butter of Free-to-play games. 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The Monetary Authority of Singapore also went a closing spree and you can read more about it [here](http://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/some-cryptocurrency-firms-had-their-singapore-bank-accounts-closed).\n\nThe dangers of operating in a grey market like Hong Kong and Singapore is that even though it is not explicitly illegal, they can move faster than you can by freezing your business assets and making it impossible for you to do business. \n\nThis is also why the [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country_or_territory) entry on the legality of crypto currencies is not accurate. They have listed grey markets as legal and this can give you the false impression that it is legal when they are not. \n\n<h3> Death and Taxes </h3>\n\nThere is no denying that Japan needs to expand its tax base and by making virtual currencies legal and blessing them with an easy path to doing business, they have created the most open country in the world to jump into the crypto currency and ICO token business. This is until you read the fine print that says your business is subjected to a 32 percent corporate tax. \n\nYes folks, the most open place to set up a crypto shop also has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world.  Your ICO will be subjected to the same corporate tax rate and so will your token exchange business. \n\nPlaces like Singapore and Hong Kong have a tax rate between 16 to 17 percent but would you do business there when the regulators themselves are not wiling to recognize virtual currencies? 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When money can be denoted by a string of code to show ownership and value in the real world, any attempts by the authorities to catch hold of it would be like trying to hold on to vapour. \n\nMacau's first ICO will be led by Dragon Corp and its business partner, Wi Holding Company, where they plan to hold an initial coin offering for their new digital currency next month when they hope to raise $500 million. The twist to this problem is that they had received blessings from Wan Kuok-koi or Broken Tooth as he is fondly known. He was the Godfather of the 14K Triad group in Macau and to some point he still is. \n\nWhen I was in Macau, I was fascinated when a taxi driver taking me to Coloane village told me about the inmate who lived in luxury in that particular prison. It was Wan he was referring and his prison was housed next to the Police Academy in Macau. \n\nDuring the turf wars of 1996 and 1999, Wan was instrumental in controlling the underground and when the turf war erupted, Stanley Ho intervened with a warning to all the Triad bosses, the notice came from Beijing of course and it said in very few words that such turf wars will not be tolerated when the Portuguese enclave reverts to Chinese rule and that Beijing will make them all 'disappear'. Needless to say the fighting stopped. Wan's signature threat was the one the sent to the media where an unsigned letter was sent to several newspapers in the area. It said: \"Warning: From this day on it is forbidden to mention Broken Tooth Koi in the press; otherwise bullets will have no eyes, and knives and bullets will have no feelings.\"\n\nWan's undoing was his attempt to murder chief of police Antonio Marques Baptista, and Antonio promised to put him behind bars for 14 years, which he successfully did. \n\nFastforward to 2012, Wan was released and now a free man. The ICO was blessed by Wan and for some strange reason, it is just right up his alley too. \n\n<h3> Macau's first Casino ICO </h3>\n\nThe ICO is broken into two parts, the first being a floating casino and the second being a Junket operation in Macau. Now the floating casino isn't difficult to operate if you have the blessings from Stanley Ho. Apparently you can borrow a casino license for a fee and operate your own casino without much interference. This was probably the deal struck with Wan and Ho before he agreed to go to jail. That upon release, Beijing will give him a clean slate to start with. Beijing cleaned up the mess left behind by the Portuguese. \n\nYou have no idea how bad a place Macau was during Portuguese rule. There were scams run under the guise of tourism to rob tourist, the whole police force was on the take....right up to the High court judges. After the handover, peace came back to Macau and the quality of life actually improved under Chinese rule. The Casino industry opened up and Macau residents had their jobs protected from foreigners. All croupiers must be local residents and only selected jobs from the hotel and service industries can engage foreigners. \n\nThis is why the ICO taking place is important for Wan but the Junket business has taken a hit since Beijing choked the gambling enclave with a crackdown on illegal funding. \n\nFor those of you who have no idea what the junket business is like then read on. The Macau ICO taking place will allow you to invest in a gambling business that includes junket operations. There will be a token exchange, which you swap your BTC or ETH for a Macau Token. The Macau Token will act as a security to your share of their gambling business. \n\nThis is no different than an IPO except that you don't get any voting rights or have a say who Wan appoints as CFO, who at this point could be anyone with links to the underground financial system found in China. \n\nThere is so much wealth and money escaping mainland China right now that all the Macau IPO has to do is mop up that excess liquidity. \n\nThe junket business is a different kettle of fish. How it works is simple. The casino needs a junket operator to underwrite a Chinese gambler and to do this, the casino will give the the junket operator a 2 percent spread in the value of NN chips. Now NN chips are non-negotiable chips used on the gambling table. You cannot redeem these chips for cash but you can use them at face value on the gambling table. This is what VIP gambling is all about in Macau. \n\nThese VIPs will be given a credit line of millions if they are able to pledge a collateral in China to the Junket operator. If the VIP loses, the junket will take possession of the collateral and sell it for profit. The junket only takes a 2 percent cut from the value of the NN chips and it doesn't seem like much if you talk about a few thousand dollars but VIP gamblers have 'donated' billions in USD annually to Macau casinos. This means that the real value in the Macau ICO will depend on the China side, which at this point is somewhat grey. \n\nOver the last 5 years, VIP gambling has seen a sharp decline. It use to be 70 percent of the total gambling revenues in Macau but has shrunk to less than 50 percent. There was even a time when the VIP junkets were raking in so much money that Sheldon Adelson of Sands group tried to muscle in on the action by giving VIPs direct gambling credit. That didn't work very well since they have no control over any collateral. Macau gambling debts cannot be redeemed through the court system in mainland China. \n\nPunters who are gambling on ICOs will be eager to know why Hong Kong has been chosen to be the base. As a financial gateway into China, there is no beating Hong Kong. ICOs are not regulated as yet, though the HKMA did sound a warning recently on the risky nature of ICOs. If there is any regulation to be realized, it would be the control the tokens which act as securities for investors. \n\nThe Macau ICO aims to raise US$500 million. The bulk of which will be used to fund the junket operations in Macau before the floating casino project gets its official blessing two years later. \n\nWan isn't a fool to back such an ICO. It is his way to legitimize his business and retire from the public eye. Here is the bet. As long as gambling revenue is on the upswing in Macau, the junket business will be good, but with a 2 percent spread on profits, it is the collateral market in China that will finally dictate the success of the venture. Should real estate prices crash in China, much of the collateral held will be in decline. \n\nRemember that the collateral held by the junket still has to be sold at RMB$ and that has to be converted to BTC and ETH before it can be transferred out of China as profits. There are many elements to the deal which needs further research but I will give my two cents worth when the Macau ICO becomes official.",
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