​​Weekly news digest:

? Coinbase listed BAT
? SEC cuts accepting public comments on BTC ETFs
? Russian stablecoin to be equal to fiat ruble
? US SEC to clarify rules for security tokens
? Bank of America wins patent for crypto keys storage

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​​Investx - A blockchain-based platform for investments into SMEs
When – now (pre-sale), Jan 15 - Feb 28 (sale)

Investx is a new potentially solid player on a huge market of financial services to open new opportunities in investments into small and medium enterprises. Being focused on stable businesses, Investx will allow ordinary investors to buy SME shares with their INX tokens and then get dividends and sell. The team is strong and reliable, the whitepaper is excellent. Drawbacks – weak hype, the platform is not yet approved by the FCA, traditional fiat investors may not trust operations with cryptocurrencies.

Investx is opening a new segment of financial market allowing an ordinary investor to buy shares of stable SMEs. The idea seems very logical and promising.

Read more: https://icocrunch.io/ico/investx/

​​Bountie – A decentralized platform for gamers
When - Oct. 27 - Nov. 7

Gaming industry is a huge and highly perspective market. Though it’s full of competitors, Bountie has decided to find its place there with their decentralized gaming platform where gamers could not only play games, but be paid for wins while playing with other gamers. This sounds good, but as other gaming platforms, Bountie has to attract gamers to the platform, otherwise they don’t have a chance to get success. Good news – the guys have several partnerships, including MSI and Twitch, a Streaming and Esports Arena partner with 15+ million users every day. Plus pay attention to growing hype and low hardcap.

Yet another project stepping into a huge gaming market with a simple but not new idea, a strong team and serious partners. What is left is to attract gamers.

Read more: https://icocrunch.io/ico/bountie/

​​XERA – An exchange both for cryptocurrencies and fiat
When – now - Dec 24

Right, we already have dozens of crypto exchanges, and it will be really hard for XERA to attract investors to the new platform. Anyway, the current exchanges have a long list of disadvantages and XERA is here with a solution that will fix them providing a fast, secure, and user-friendly solution. The list of tokens available on the echange will be permanently growing, fiat money will also be accepted and exchanged. The team is excellent, hype is there, roadmap is feasible, and tokenomics provides measures against token devaluation.

Yet another crypto exchange, but the project has a clear vision, a strong team, and a long list of features to solve problems of current exchanges. The guys are on the right way.

Read more: https://icocrunch.io/ico/xera/

​​Weekly news digest:

? SEC launches division for consulting ICOs
? TRON to cooperate with Baidu on cloud computing
? 10 cents for moving $194 million
? Bakkt CEO to deliver a revolution in the sector
? Ethereum's Constantinople caused testnet to be not usable

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​​Ultrain – A decentralized cloud computing platform for DApps
When – Q4 2018

Ultrain is yet another platform based on blockchain and providing cloud computing services for scalable and high performance DApps. As other platforms for DApps, the project has great perspectives if implemented fast and reliably. The team is big and looks very strong and professional, so the proper implementation is only a question of time. Partnerships and investors are also there. What is to be considered as disadvantages is low hype and giant competitors as Ethereum or EOS.

A perspective project of a decentralized platform for DApps and led by a solid team. The guys have a great chance to conduct an excellent ICO and make a serious product.

Read more: https://icocrunch.io/ico/ultrain/

​​?Virtual Rehab - A VR-based methodology for treating patients with mental disorders
When – Nov 1-14 (pre-sale), Nov 15-Dec 14 (sale)

Virtual Rehab is developing a new, interesting and unique idea to use virtual reality to help people overcome their psychological and mental issues by imitating specific situations and teach the people how to react normally. And the number of use cases keeps growing. Add here the technology of telemedicine, AI, and blockchain and you will get the picture of future, though it’s already this day because the product is there. The team is also strong with decades of experience. Take into account disadvantages of low hype and quite high hardcap ($20 million).

An interesting projects from the healthcare industry, but with growing number of use cases beyond medicine. The long-term perspective is excellent.

Read more: https://icocrunch.io/ico/virtual-rehab/

Certik - A framework for verification of smart contracts and ecosystems for sustainability
When - airdrop scheme

CertiK is a project that can automatically check if your blockchain-based product is free of bugs and your smart contracts and blockchain ecosystem is hacker-resistant. And you can try it right now (and some ICO projects already did), because the Beta version is already released. The team is great, the number of partnerships is 30+, and hype is also there. Minuses – no information about other team members, only about the leaders, high hard cap, a slightly complicated and unclear tokenomics.

A very strong project a step ahead of other competitors, with an already working product and other majors signs of success.

Read more: https://icocrunch.io/ico/certik/