Venezuela Says Pre-Sale of Oil-Backed Petro Cryptocurrency Has Raised $735 Million

Venezuela has announced that the pre-sale of its oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, has attracted $735 million on the first day. The government has also published a buyer’s manual and confirmed that buyers can use “hard currencies and cryptocurrencies, but not bolivars.” Also read: Indians Look to Buy Bitcoin Overseas as Regulations Tighten Petro Pre-Sale Starts The private … Read more

ICOs Have Raised $2 Billion This Year – Mostly from Private Sales

Despite the quality of this year’s initial crowd offerings being patchy at best, investors’ appetite for them remains unsated. $2 billion has been raised already, placing 2018 on course to comfortably surpass 2017’s total of $5.7 billion. But with the structure of these sales now geared increasingly towards private investors, the public have been left … Read more

PR: Luxure Global Citizen Statement – Luxury Rewards Platform for the World’s Most Prestigious Brands

In 2017, Luxure Global Citizen identified the incredible potential of creating its own Cryptocurrency based on a bespoke business model and structure. Luxure Global Citizen saw the Cryptocurrency as something that would be complementary to its core business in two ways: Accepting the digital currency as form of payment against luxury goods & products and … Read more

Many Token Crowdsales No Longer That Open to the Crowds

The ICO was hailed as the new IPO, offering a more egalitarian way of raising funds. The fact that crowdsales bring in millions of extra dollars and create an active community from day one doesn’t hurt either. In 2017, the initial coin offering was the fundraising model that had venture capitalists looking on enviously. 2018 … Read more