What happens when a venture capital firm partners up with an ICO platform? A venture fund ICO? Sounds like real cutting-edge Fintech! But isn't it against regulations? Not if you are Blockchain Capital! Introducing Blockchain Capital III Digital Liquid Venture Fund ICO, a.k.a. the Most Lawyered Up ICO EVER. Here…

So, It’s Time For Some (More) Truth… — TL;DR: I think Scott Borchetta’s terms for Taylor Swift were probably worse than simple “an album for an album”, and the notion that Taylor Swift “was given a chance to own 100% of her art and just walked away” is (ahem) not entirely accurate — which can be gleaned from…

From time to time I receive tentative proposals from ICO projects to shill for them. Normally I ignore their requests but two of those were insistent enough to elicit a response. INS was the absolute champion. They contacted me on Twitter twice, then hit me up on Telegram several times…

This is my third post from a series dedicated to the Ties project. It’s long and boring and would probably be of interest only to the Ties investors. The first and the second posts were dedicated to customer relations. …

Chronicles of an ICO extension — It might sound overly sentimental, but I do believe that customer relations is one of the crucial components of a successful business venture. When you have your ICO and you are selling a “utility” token, people who buy it are essentially your first customers. Why? Because you don’t want them…

This post is not about legal framework or tokenomics or feasibility of a particular project as such. It’s about customer relations, really, and I am writing it upon request from a really small group of the Ties ICO participants who want to make sure they get a refund. Well, there…

When I write about ICOs I try to draw the line when it comes to expressing emotions. Okay, in my case the line might be a little too thin sometimes. However, it does exist and I might have been tempted to cross it in this particular post. …

This is the Memorandum Challenge! I nominate SEC, ESMA and FCA. Read the BCAP Token Offering Memorandum or donate $10mln to Blockchain Capital. You have 24 hours to respond. Tick-tock. This is Part III of the Offering Memorandum analysis. It’s a relatively long and unashamedly dreadful read, but (and you…

Okay, here comes Part II. I tried not to reiterate the things I mentioned in Part I. Update: The memorandum is not available via direct links anymore but it should be accessible for verified users when they log into their accounts. BC Manager Overview pages 9–11 generally tell investors how privileged they are when…