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THE 21C PRO SQUAD (In alphabetical order)

INDEX

ANBE SSA @anbessa100 BEASTLORION @Beastlyorion

WELCOME

02-04

CRYPTO CATCH-UP

05-07

BITCOIN DAD @bitcoin_dad PARABULLIC TROLL @Crypto_God BULLY @cryptobully CRYPTO BULLDOG @cryptobulld0g

TOP PICKS 21-16

08-14

CRYPTO CHIEF @cryptochief_ IVAN S. (CRYPTOGAT) @cryptogat

A LES LESSON SON WIT WITH H THE T HE TUT TUTOR OR

15-17

CRYPTOMANIAC @happywithcrypto

LESSON 4

CRYPTORCA @cryptorca

TOP PICKS 15-11

18-22

JOE’S JOE ’S IC ICOS OS

23-26

CRYPTO RAND @crypto_rand CRYPTOTUTOR @cryptotutor D. DICKERSON @dickerson_des FLORIAN @Marsmensch JOE @CryptoSays

TOP PICKS 10- 6

27-31

FLORIAN’S SECURITY

32 -3 6

JOE C RYP TO @cryptoridy MISSN ATOSH I @missnatoshi MOCHO 17 @cryptomocho NOTSOFAST @notsofast

MISSNATOSHI’S CORNER

37 -4 0

PAMELA PAIGE @thepinkcrypto PATO PATINYO @CRYPTOBANGer

TOP 5 PICKS

41-46

THEBITCOINBEAR @thebitcoinbare UNCLE YAK

PINK PAGES

47

COLLEEN’S NOOB JOURNEY

48-51

NEEDACOIN PINKCOIN’S CREATIVE DESIGN DIRECTOR

@yakherders @needacoin @elypse_pink

CEO & EDITOR-IN-CH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IEF

V

THE COIN BRIEF PAMELA’S AMA

52-58 59-60

BURGER’S ANALYSIS

@GameOfCryptos PRODUCTION MANAGER

2 NOTSOFAST’S MINING PART 2

ÍRIS

61-64

@n00bqu33n

CRYPTO ALL- STARS

65-69

BEAST’S TRADING DOJO

70-73

BULLDOG’S FA

74-80

ART DIRE CTOR

ANANKE @anankestudio EDITOR

COLLEEN G @cryptonoobgirl

DECENTRALADIES IRIS ASKS

81-88

DESIGNER

PAMELA’S DIARY

89-91

CRYPTO CULTURE

92-95

TIFF

EVENT CALENDAR

@tiffchau SOCI AL M EDI A MAN AGER

96-102

SEE YA NEX NEXTT MON MONTH! TH!

J JA AMIE @CryptoHulley

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ABOUT US Thanks for picking up a copy of the March edition of 21 Cryptos Ma gazine! Before you start reading, this is just a short section on who we a re and what we’re all about.

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We have 2 core goals: To save you time To save you mental energy Everything we do will be toward completing these goals. Lets face it crypto is a confusing and sometimes needlessly complex world. Let’s make it as simple to understand as we can. In this magazine you’ll find articles, trading lessons, AMAs and interviews, top coin picks by the world’s leading crypto traders, in-depth coin analyses, a detailed events calendar listing all the info on what the top coins will be doing ahead of time, and on top of this some entertainment and humour too. Thanks for reading this intro! Now, before we get stuck in with this month’s content, lets catch-up on the events of February…

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CRYPTONATOR1337

CRYPTO CATCH-UP CRYPTONATOR1337 @Cryptonator1337

Former online marketer & SEO expert. Into Cryptocurrencies since e arly 2017 - from hobby to full time within months. Founder of Cryptonator 1337 GmbH.

What Did the Markets Do? In beginning of February, Bitcoin continued one of the largest corrections in its history. From $10,600, we saw Bitcoin in a further downtrend that ended up with a bottom-like po sition at $6,000. The total market capitalization lost m ore than 50% since the beginning of Janua ry, but it’s now showing the same signs of reversal as Bitcoin itself.

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Bitcoin then recovered very fast, almost doubling up to $12,000, breaking the downtrend almost three times, and is currently trading around $10,000. The most common question at the moment is whether it can complete the huge inverse head & shoulders pattern before we are in a new uptrend and can aim for the next rise. When it comes to altcoins, we saw a lot of blood since the last small altcoin party in December. With few exceptions as always, e.g. Litecoin had an awesome performance and is one of those cryptocurrencies cryptocurrencies which are leading the recovery so far. Other alts took strong hits; most of them are now in pretty similar setups. Coins like LBC hopefully have found their bottom after completing the market cycle and are now in accumulation mode. New investors who will be getting into the markets should deliver the volume needed for the next alt season.

It was a much needed and healthy shakeout of both newbies who don’t know what they’re doing, and impatient hands. Since the beginning of the recovery the sentiment quickly changed. A lot of bears threw their charts away and turned into bulls once again. We saw fewer twitter fights, and witnessed growing euphoria for the next alt season. At this point I have to say that the crypto community in general, not just on Twitter, is quite an experience to be a part of. We have such kind and intelligent people here who want real change, not just for themselves, but for the world. What Events Took Place?

Some important events/headlines: Feb 6: SEC and CFTC Senate Crypto Hearing Feb 9: Nvidia CEO: Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency is not going to go away

What Did the Community Feel?

This question can be answered with a simple and short wording: NaCl (salty) when the markets went down, the overall sentiment changed into an apocalyptic mood. Newbies got rekt after buying Bitcoin at the top, OG’s spread 2014 memories, bears were painting $2k BTC charts, and bulls (like myself) just tried to figure out why everyone was so pessimistic.

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Feb 12: JPMorgan Report: Crypto could one day help diversify portfolios Feb 16: Spanish government government eyes tax benefits for crypto companies Feb 26: Circle buys Poloniex Poloniex Feb 27: Trump Administ ration working on “comprehensive strategy” for Crypto Feb 27: Japan aiming for for ICO Regulation Regulation framework Cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies are still in a very early phase. Mass adaptation is coming, and so are regulations by the states. We will also see entries of larger/institutional investors over the next few months and years, a great difference from 2017’s corporate motto “Bitcoin is a fraud”.

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But things are changing. There was an official Senate Crypto Hearing in the US, which included the SEC and the CFTC. JPMorgan is officially speaking about cryptocurrencies cryptocurrencies as an asset/diversification method in portfolios. The Sachs-Goldman startup “Circle” bought the exchange Poloniex. States worldwide are working on regulation frameworks, and even the Trump administration claims that they are working on a “comprehensive strategy” for cryptocurrencies. Those are all very good signs which shows that the cryptocurrency market is maturing. Soon everybody will realize that this isn’t a bubble and that cryptocurrencies cryptocurrencies are here to stay! What Can We Expect of March?

My expectations for March are optimistic. Bitcoin should “make it” and break out of the downtrend. This will attract new investors who were to afraid to buy the dip because they thought Bitcoin could drop even more. The fear of missing out will be for real. Demand will rise big time—not just ju st for bitcoi bit coin. n. Dece De cent nt altco al tcoin inss that t hat have hav e bottomed out and now have a nice setup will see demand rise as well. Here we have to hope that bigger exchanges open their registrations again, such as Bittrex, which has people still on its waiting list. Personally, I am bullish on both Bitcoin and altcoins we haven’t even begun yet.

MASS ADAPTATION IS COMING, AND SO ARE REGULATIONS BY THE STATES.

I wish you a lot of success in the next month, and hope you enjoy reading this new issue of 21 Cryptos Magazine! Your Cryptonator1337

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TOP 21 SAVE YOURSELF SOME TIME & ENERGY! Welcome to our main feature! This is an analysis of the top 21 co ins for the month ahead. We hand select some of our pros picks, add some of our own, and set about the epic tas k of researching and writing up only the most relevant information in the most easy-to-understand way - so you get the benefits of all the research and knowledge without any of the legwork. Our aim here is to help you get a qui ck look at a coin’s background, what it’s done last month, and what it may do next month. We include a lot of stats for those intereste d in their own analysis, and a sc oring system on the bottom of each pa ge - which gives a brief l ook at how we’ve rated each area of each coi n’s performance. All info is acc urate at the time of pu p ublication. The overall score we give - from 0 to 100 - allows us to rank ea ch coin frr o m n o . 21 a l l t h e w a y u p t o n o . 1 . We a n a l y s e P u b l i c O p i n i o n, h o w m u c h f Ro R o o m To G ro w t h e c o i n h a s , TA , FA , a nd U p c o m i ng E v e nt s . T h o s e s c o r e s contribute to the final figure. Our TA sections are now vastly improve d as they’re being written by the wonderful Ivan S. (CryptoGat) and Joe (CryptoSays)! Ree a d o n , s e e w h a t c o i n s a re t re n d i n g t h i s m o n t h , a nd e n j o y ! R Figures accurate on 28th February 2018

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FIRST 100% PROOF-OF-STAKE COIN

Blackcoin [BLK]

21

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/blackcoin/

-20%

0%

26m

0.33

Poloniex Bittrex Upbit

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS

GROWTH PA S T 9 0 D AY S

MA R KE T C A P ( $)

P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

PIVX (PIVX) DASH (DASH)

C OM PET IT IO N

Neo (NEO)

PRICE (US$) LOW: 0.23

0. 5

HIGH: 0.42

0.25

0 F E BR U ARY 2 0 18

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B AC K G R O U N D

Blackcoin had a somewhat stable support price of around $.35 in the past month. Known for its yearly fractal runs, BLK is expected to have another run this March, but be cautious trading fractals only.

Active since early 2014, Blackcoin claims to be the first 100% proof-of-stake coin. Users who keep their wallets open to help secure the network via staking will get from 1% to 8% interest per year in an open ledger network. It has open-source software, fast transactions, and claims to have more privacyfocused transactions than Bitcoin. You can also create your own assets on the Blackcoin network through Iris, a multi-signature wallet with assets support.

TA BY IVAN S. (CRYPTOGAT)

UPCOMING EVENTS

In a descending channel channel on the daily. Indicators show bullish divergence. Resistance levels: 3.2k sats, 3.5k sats. Support levels: 3k sats.

No events in the foreseeable future.

V’S PREDICTION Blackcoin turned 4 years old this February. Historically, Feb/March has been a good time to accumulate. There is some recent dev activity and it has an active community on Gitter. But mostly I like the chart and hopefully it will have some upside this spring.

Potential for some movement on the chart. Fundamentally and event-wise though, not much going on.

– Crypt Cr yptoBu oBullll

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

2

UPCOMING EVENTS 2

55%

PUBLIC OPINION 1

2 TOTAL SCORE

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COMMUNITY-BACKED COIN

Arion [ARION]

20

https://arioncoin.com/

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

T BA

LUXCoin (LUX) Alqo (ALQO) Monetary Unit (MUE)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N

PRICE (US$)

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B AC K G R O U N D

After the Mutual Coin fiasco, Arion was born from the need to create a community-backed coin. The pre-sale was on Feb 12th and 0.1BTC could buy you 500 ARION. It’s currently waiting to be listed on exchanges.

Arion is a community-created coin. It was created after the developer and main staking pool manager from Mutual Coin dropped out and left without a trace. The community then joined forces and started working together. Arion was then developed to be a high-end, high-value coin with a sustainable APR and long-term investment in mind. Since it’s a hybrid coin, they allow POW, POS, and Masternodes.


UPCOMING EVENTS

In pre-sale, there is no TA available available for this coin.

In the upcoming months they will add a wallet to their mobile app, post tutorials on how to set up masternodes, a general education platform on their website, how to use the wallets, and also release their whitepaper and final roadmap.

V’S PREDICTION Currently unlisted on exchanges, when it hits them it may do well when volume kicks in.

Arion is a masternode hybrid coin. Presale phase 2 was on Feb 19th 17:00 CET. The swap from Mutual Coin is in process. It will be listing on exchanges soon. Arion has large community support and involvement. It has a mobile application for management of your portfolio. 21 Million max coins. It is a high value, long-term investment.

– mo cho1 7

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA N/ A

2

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

57%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

2 TOTAL SCORE

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FAST, CHEAP, SCALABLE TOKEN TRANSFERS FOR ETHEREUM

Raiden Network Token [RDN]

19

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/raiden-network-token/

-27%

-39%

154m

2.95

Bibox Huobi Binance

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P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

GoNetwork (GOT)

C OM PET IT IO N

Nano (XRB) DASH (DASH)

PRICE (US$) HIGH: 4.06

5

LOW: 2.32

2. 5

0 F E BR U ARY 2 0 18

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B AC K G R O U N D

One of the many newer tokens on the blockchain, Raiden Network Token was added to CoinMarketCap in November of 2017 where it started trading trading at $0.92. The marketing for this project is fairly quiet, but they were present at the Berlin Ethereum Meetup in late January. RDN is currently trading at $3.55.

The Raiden Network is an off-chain scaling solution that is compatible with ERC20 tokens and works as a layer on top of the Ethereum blockchain. It enables fast, low-fee, and scalable payments‚ much like the Lightning Network does for Bitcoin. The idea is to avoid ‘blockchain consensus bottleneck’ by leveraging a network of payment channels for every transfer.


UPCOMING EVENTS

In a descending channel on the daily and weekly. Indicators are signaling that RDN is oversold, however there is not much support around this price. Resistance levels: 33k sats, 40k sats. Support levels: 25k sats, 17k sats.

Currently RDN team is working on the developer preview and could be launching their mainnet this year, but that is still undefined.

V’S PREDICTION I hardly see Raiden being mentioned. If you like lightning for bitcoin, then you should look at Raiden if you like Ethereum. A lot of ifs, but I’ll end with an AND. And it’s undervalued!

Ethereum’s Lightning Network. No set dates for the future, but could do well if it gets more awareness this month.

– Cr ypto Mani ac

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 2

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

59%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

3 TOTAL SCORE

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SMART-WEB POWERED BY THE BLOCKCHAIN

Elastos [ELA]

18

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/elastos/

+82%

N/A

N/A

79.92

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

Huobi

LBRY Credits (LBC) Po.et (POE) SingularDTV (SNGLS)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N


90

HIGH: 89.25

45

0 F E BR U ARY 2 0 18

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C AT C H - U P

B AC K G R O U N D

Elastos was launched in early February. The decentralized, open-source version of the Elastos Carrier has been recently published, and the development and verification of the Elastos ID service sidechain was completed. Since ELA is a very recent asset, it’s not yet possible to see its market cap. It’s currently trading at approximately $70.

Elastos aims to create a new Internet where digital goods are easily identifiable, tradeable, and scarce. In their own words “property rights pave the way for wealth creation.” Users can access their digital content directly without going through an intermediary, as it will be registered in Ethereum’s blockchain, and content creators will know how many times their content was accessed.


UPCOMING EVENTS

There is no TA available available for this coin.

Elastos will hold a global applications meetup and tour, and will also establish Elastos Capital, which aims to support Elastos application ecology projects. Looking further down the road, they will be creating main and side chains to form a trustless way of storing information without the usual security points of failure in the Ethereum network related to smart contracts.

V’S PREDICTION Potential exchange listing and a great concept of securing IDs, this is a great coin to watch for short and long term.

Elastos wants to create the Internet Of Wealth by using blockchain to issue IDs for digital content, making it possible to know who owns the digital assets. This allows the user to to access articles, movies, games, etc, without going through an intermediary or media player. Chances are good that Binance will add this to their exchange.

– Yakhe rder

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA N/ A

3

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

61%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

2 TOTAL SCORE

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FIRST BLOCKCHAIN GAME MACHINE

RouletteToken [RLT]

17

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/roulettetoken/

+19%

+2%

1m

0.127

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

Livecoin

FunFair (FUN) Wagerr (WGR) Edgeless (EDG)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N


0. 2

HIGH: 0.142

0. 1

0 F E BR U ARY 2 0 18

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C AT C H - U P

B AC K G R O U N D

Launched in mid-2017, RLT is currently trading at $0.12, back from a +$1.00 ATH in June. They’ve begun a strategic partnership with SJM Holding in Hong Kong this February.

RLT has launched a European Roulette based on Ethereum smart contract technology. They offer various services like the possibility to make different types of bets, place up to 64 bets on different fields at one turn, payouts being fully automated via smart contracts, and more! Their code is open-source and available to everyone though GitHub.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Broke out of a long term bear trend. There has been a huge spike in volume and it is retesting resistance. Resistance levels: 1.3k sats. Support levels: 1.1k sats, 900 sats.

In the near future they plan to provide RLT tokens holders with sustainable loyalty rewards, present animated 3D designs with visual and sound effects, and introduce a voting system to manage key parameters of the project.

V’S PREDICTION Roulette machines powered by Ethereum. Its company https://smartplay.tech https://smartplay.tech recently signed a partnership agreement in the field of the digital games & the blockchain technology in Asia.

Traders have a complex relationship to gambling - and a gambling token may pique their interest quite well. Good updates in the near future, and a very low cap. But as always with low cap coins, trade cautiously as the volatility can be high.

– Flor F lorian ian

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 3

2

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

63%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

2 TOTAL SCORE

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DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AND OPEN PROTOCOL

Loopring [LRC]

16

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/loopring/

-38%

+176%

345m

0.58

Binance OKEx HitBTC

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Waves (WAVES)

C OM PET IT IO N

BitShares (BTS) 0x (ZRX)


1

LOW: 0.52

0. 5

0 F E BR U ARY 2 0 18

FEB 28

C AT C H - U P

B AC K G R O U N D

A few weeks ago Loopring released its roadmap for 2018. Daniel Wang, founder of Loopring, attended the Bitcoin Super Conference in Texas in February and has very recently been interviewed by China Daily USA newspaper, newspaper, as well as MIT Technology review. The current price per token is $0.61.

Loopring is an open protocol for building decentralized exchanges. It has an execution system which pools the liquidity of cryptocurrencies and trades across token exchanges. It doesn’t require users to send tokens to exchanges, instead tokens stay in their blockchain addresses during the whole transaction and Loopring takes care of the rest, acting as a decentralized middleman.


UPCOMING EVENTS

The daily chart shows a long falling wedge. There is not much support close, but some volume could break LRC out of the falling wedge back into a bull trend. Resistance levels: 7.3k sats, 8.9k sats. Support levels: 5.6k sats, 3k sats.

In February Loopring launched their open-source ringmining software. By the end of April they will also be launching an open-source wallet to trade with Loopring Protocol.

V’S PREDICTION Interesting and potentially extremely useful concept. Good updates ahead in the next couple of months. New token, so trade with caution.

Loopring is a fairly new token that aims to solve decentralized exchanging in a slightly different way than other projects. Essentially they will allow any platform that uses smart contracts to trade across exchanges in a very flexible way. I’m excited to see this moving forward and recommend checking it out.

– Crypt Cr yptoBu oBullll

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 2

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 3

64%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

2 TOTAL SCORE

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A LESSON THE TUTOR WITH

CRYPTOTUTOR

Hi, I’m cryptotutor, @cryptotutor on twitter and the owner of the young professionals trading community. Our focus is information-sharing, bot-development and strategy management. My goal is to revolutionise the flow of information on cryptocurrency markets (I.E. Bittrex alt/btc pairs) by letting my team develop bots (srsi tool, chart/candle pattern recognition & more). Group admissions go by dm on twitter.

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DIVERGENCES

LESSON 5

Price movements may sho wcase a bearish or a bull ish trend, depending on the strength of the bulls (the buyers) o r the bears (the sellers). These trends consist of repeated swings in the price, of which the strength is mainly dependent on the current momentum. The mo mentum is the ra r a t e o f a c c e l e r a t i o n o f t h e p r i c e o r v o l u m e , a n d t h u s p l a y s a k e y ro l e i n the current trend. By looking at the large pric e swings the current trend creates (the spikes in the botto ms or tops), combined with osci llating indicators, traders can gain info rmation on the momentum and whether the current trend is ei ther gaining or losi ng strength.

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There are indicators in Technical Analysis which show whether the price is gaining or losing Mom entum tum indic in dic ator ato r show momentum. Oscillators like the Relative Strength Index (RSI) or the Momen show us the momentum in the price. An increasing momentum or RSI often relates to an increase in the price. However, However, this isn’t always the case. This is where Momentum Analysis comes into play, which helps us to conclude the current trend’s strength using the price’s highs and lows and the indicators’ highs and lows. When movements in price differ from the movements in the oscillators, we have a divergence. Divergences help traders spot trend reversals (or continuation, in some cases), which can help them to either add more to their position or to start closing their position.

How to spot Divergences ?

First, a trader should only take into account strong peaks and bottoms when performing momentum analysis. Hence, consolidation areas should be avoided when trying to spot divergences. An example of what should be avoided when per forming momentum analysis is when a coin is ‘just’ consolidating and isn’t making any proper highs or lows.

Normal Divergence and Hidden Divergence

Divergence comes in two categories, namely ‘Normal Divergence’ and ‘Hidden Divergence’. Both categories have their bullish and bearish versions. On the right are their properties summed up, in regards of the price’s high and lows and the oscillator’s high and lows.

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Highs or Lows?

You might be unsure about when to consider the highs of the price, and when to consider the lows of the price. That mainly depends on the current trend; in a bull trend, a trader would want to know whether the bulls are weakening so that a reversal could be spotted early on. Hence, the tops are considered when trying to look for bearish divergence, to see whether bulls fail to make new tops with momentum. This is why in a normal bearish divergence, we have a higher high for the price, but a lower high for the indicator. This indicates that highs are being made with less momentum. Bearish divergence doesn’t only show up at the end of a bull trend, but it could be spotted during a bear trend as well. Bearish divergence comes in the form of hidden bearish divergence, when it forms during a bear trend. In a bear trend, hidden bearish divergences suggest a continuation of the current bear trend. Bullish divergences are the opposite of bearish divergences. Bullish divergences include the lows of the price and the indicator. indicator. A regular bullish divergence occurs at the end of a bear trend, and signals the reversal from a bear trend to a bull trend. Hidden bullish divergence, however, could occur during a bull trend and would suggest a continuation of the bullish trend.

How to trade Divergences Divergences? ?

As discussed earlier, earlier, divergences help you spot early signs of reversal of the current trend. Divergences can be found easily on the lower timeframes but show up less frequently on the higher timeframes. Hence why lower timeframes yield a lot of fake-outs regarding divergences and does the higher timeframe divergence say significantly more on the current trend. In the example on the right, the Japanese Candlesticks represent the 12H timeframe. Here, we can see the price making an obvious higher high, and the oscillator (Relative Strength Index) making a lower high. This is an example of a Bearish Normal Divergence. Based on this, a trader could have closed their position before the sell-off began. Do mind that trades shouldn’t solely be based on one indicator only. When having found a divergence (on a higher timeframe), consider other indicators as well (i.e. volume, Japanese candlestick formations). Hence, the more confirmations (in the same direction) a trader has, the higher the likelihood of the position succeeding. PAGE 17

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DECENTRALIZED AD EXCHANGE

AdEx [ADX]

15

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/adx-net/

-18%

+10%

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS


104m

1.38


P R IC E ( $)

Binance Huobi Liqui

Basic Attention Token (BAT)

WH E R E TO BU Y

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BitClave (BAT) AirToken (AIR)


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Last month AdEx released their platform in beta phase and attended NEO DevCon in the end of January. ADX is currently trading at $1.46.

AdEx intends to disrupt the current landscape of online advertising by addressing its main problems: advertising fraud, privacy, and consent to receiving sponsored messages, etc. They want to empower advertisers and publishers with a platform that is trustless and secure to all parties involved, consumers included.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Price is bouncing between 13k and 17k sats in a neutral rectangle. Look for a break above/below above/below one of these prices. Resistance levels: 17k sats. Support levels: 13k sats.

Although there seems to be no dates for what happens next after the beta release, we should expect further development of their platform. A n ew roadmap is also in the works.

V’S PREDICTION Great FA. Adex is a GoogleAds competitor. Their beta launch was late February. There are similarities to STRAT (Bittrex) 3-day time-frame pre 7000% pump fractal.

A great disruptive project that just released their beta. Charts look good for a leg up in th e near future.

– Pato P ato

TA

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4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

68%

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OPEN-SOURCE COMMUNITY DRIVEN CRYPTOCURRENCY

Kalkulus Credits [KLK]

14

https://twitter.com/kalkulus_team

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

CryptoBridge

LUXCoin (LUX) Nano (XRB) Decred (DCR)

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Kalkulus, a newer currency, has just taken off from their genesis block. KLK has yet to be listed on CoinMarketCap, which means that there i s not much data available, though they’ve just u pgraded their block explorer and will be listed on the site soon. It’s price is currently at 0.00009 BTC.

Kalkulus is an open-source, community driven cryptocurrency that is easy to mine and fairly distributed through crowdfunding. Their client allows users to send anonymous P2P transactions with very low fees.


UPCOMING EVENTS

There is no TA available available for this coin.

According to their roadmap, Kalkulus will expand their developer team, switch to hybrid proof-of-work/proof-ofproof-of-work/proof-ofstake, and implement masternodes this quarter. quarter. The end of the quarter is coming fast, so we can expect these to be implemented soon!

V’S PREDICTION

KLK is already accepted as payment method on the portfolio dashboard, MyCryptoStats. They have their own off-chain staking program and will soon announce a proper marketplace partnering with a collectable sneakers oriented brand. The release of a new staking wallet and swap to new KLKs is already scheduled for 20th of March. The coin will implement well designed masternodes with a See-Saw System to balance ROI and rewards. With nothing but headroom, this superlow-cap coin will become one of most rewarding and promising coins for months to come.

Potential masternodes this quarter for a coin not yet listed on CMC. This could hold a lot of profit. As always, use caution with new coins as they can be extremely volatile.

– Mo cho1 7

TA

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DECENTRALIZED, IMMUTABLE, UNSTOPPABLE SMART CONTRACT PLATFORM

Ethereum Classic [ETC]

13

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ethereum-classic

+18%

+32%

3.9b

34.01

Bitfinex Binance Bittrex

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Ethereum (ETH)

C OM PET IT IO N

NEO (NEO) Qtum (QTUM)


40

HIGH: 39.41

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February had taken Ethereum Classic from a market cap of 2 billion to almost 4 billion USD. With Callisto airdrop coming, there are many holders waiting for free tokens and many others still trying to j oin the party. ETC is currently trading at $38.66.

Ethereum Classic is a decentralized platform which runs on smart contracts. It’s essentially like Ethereum, except that Ethereum Classic moved on with the original code out of the need to keep it immutable and untampered after the “DAOsaster” happened in 2016, when a hacker managed to steal more than 3.6M ether through an ICO. Ethereum Classic was born after this and moved on with the original code, believing that Ethereum was attacking the core idea of decentralization by changing its code. For ETC investors, code is law!


UPCOMING EVENTS

Daily chart is in a strong bull trend with a bullish pennant forming. Resistance levels: 375k sats, 450k sats. Support levels: 310k sats, 270k sats.

Callisto airdrop happening on the 5th.

V’S PREDICTION Aside from the incoming airdrop for ETC, the sentiment analysis is too strong to disregard. It’s about time it rises to its true value.

There may be a large dip around the airdrop time when the charts and price correct, so watch for some stability afterwards. Seems to still have a lot more upside potential.

– Cr yptoChi ypt oChi ef

TA

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UPCOMING EVENTS 3

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PUBLIC OPINION 3

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THE FIRST DECENTRALIZED STORAGE PLATFORM

SiaCoin [SC]

12

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/siacoin/

-41%

+233%

719m

0.02

Bittrex Upbit Poloniex

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Storj (STORJ) VeChain (VEN)

C OM PET IT IO N

Factom (FCT)


1

LOW: 0.018

0. 5

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SiaCoin have recently been busy working on their rebranding. On block 139,000 this January, SiaCoin hardforked to fix the new difficulty algorithm, lending it more speed, scalability, and stability. It’s currently trading at $0.02.

SiaCoin is a decentralized storage platform that is secured with smart contracts. The Sia Platform uses underutilized hard drive capacity for those who want to rent that space to store their data. It is more reliable because it is not centralized, and it’s rentable at a lower cost than traditional cloud storage providers.


UPCOMING EVENTS

SC is in a falling wedge and just hit support on the daily. Indicators show it is oversold. Resistance levels: 270 sats, 350 sats. Support levels: 200 sats, 128 sats.

SiaCoin is currently working on adding the ability to recover files using only your wallet seed, the ability to share files (P2P) with other Sia Platform users as well as enhancing their UI (user interface) to make the platform easier and more accessible to the average person.

V’S PREDICTION Lots of upcoming updates for Q1 2018 we should see some support around 200sat. Some features are: Faster File contracts upgrade, recover files using only wallet seed, and sharing files with other Sia users.

Great updates ahead in the near future, and rebranding to boot. This coin could do very well over the next couple of months.

– Cr yptO rca

TA

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UPCOMING EVENTS 3

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PUBLIC OPINION 4

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THE ORIGINAL CRYPTOCURRENCY

Bitcoin [BTC]

11

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/

+3%

+8%

180b

10596

Bitfinex OKEx Binance

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

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Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

C OM PET IT IO N

Litecoin (LTC) Nano (XRB)


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HIGH: 11372.2

5686.5

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February was anything but boring, as we watched BTC tank from $10.3K to only $6K and back up again. It’s been a crazy rollercoaster and we can’t wait to see where it’s taking us. Bitcoin Private snapshot was also taken on the last day of February. February. The current price of BTC is at $10.9K.

Born after the housing market crash in 2008, Bitcoin was created out of the need to make a decentralized currency that is not pegged to governmentissue money. Its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, is a total mystery to everyone. This person (or group of people) stays in the shadows and removes the focus from being a person with a political stance, to an entity who has revolutionized our world forever.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Bitcoin is at a strong resistance and attempting to break out of the down trend. On the daily there is a possible inverse head and shoulder playing out which would confirm a trend reversal. Resistance levels: $10,800, $12,000. Support levels: $9,400, $8900.

This month we will see the CME futures contracts of BTC expire on the 29th, 4:00 PM GMT.

V’S PREDICTION Could go either way short-term, but long-term we all know where this is heading...

BTC will eventually decide which way the total crypto market will go. If it decides to go for another bull-run in March, altcoins (in general) might have to wait a bit longer. Always have a certain share of BTC in your portfolio to hedge against bitcoin-caused volatilities in the altcoin market.

– Cr ypto Tutor

TA

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UPCOMING EVENTS 3

76%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

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THIS MONTH

J JO O E ’ S ICO @CryptoRidy

KickCity

I made my first investment in Ethere um at age 17 and ran a reverse arbitrage service for half a year to earn enough money to start a cryptocurrency-based hedge fund. At age 19, I finally launched the fund and diversified into more than two dozen IC Os over the first year. I sold my car at age 20 to invest more money into Waves and Golem. Today, I continue managing that fund and work as a consultant and adviser to several cryptocurrency-based startups.

I seldom take the time to c onsider many ICO’s these days , but KickCity is different—it caught my attention. Researching this proje ct was a true re f r e s h m e n t ; i t t o o k m e b a c k t o t h e g o o d o l d d a y s o f 2 0 1 6 w h e n I C O ’s were launched with purpose. The startup currently has several innovative prr o d u c t s t h a t a r e a l r e a d y g e n e ra t i n g r e v e n u e . T h i s i s n o t y o u r t y p i c a l p sci-fi “let’s all get ric h quick” type of ICO; this i s a real investment in a real company with a great idea. Tokenization of real businesse s is a major trend in cryptocurrency today, one which we are only just beginning to witness. KickCity is a n innovator and they are one of the few leading the charge towards real block chain solutions; intending to enhance the ir business, not be their business.

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The project is fascinating. It serves two unique purposes meshed together into one highly scalable master platform. At first glance it may seem as though it were only a blockchain-based ticketing service. However, KickCity is building something so much greater. The immediate market will indeed be in event services but this is only because it serves as a fantastic entry point towards the establishment of “value communities.” This is perhaps the most intriguing part of the concept proposed by KickCity. It is part of a long-term plan to move from being an event services app, towards a potentially disruptive social network. KickCity aims to become the first blockchain-based social network in which the exchange of information and value occurs simultaneously. They plan to disrupt the social networking space the same way Steemit is currently disrupting mainstream blogging. We will discuss value communities in a moment, but first let’s delve into the benefits and advantages of the eventticketing aspect of the platform, as this is the immediate market. This segment of the platform could prove to be a powerful tool all of its own. The way in which KickCity will be providing event ticketing services is highly scalable and provides tremendous value to the community as well. To begin, it is important understand the value in a blockchain-based ticketing service in and of itself. Scalping, reselling, and forging of tickets is a serious problem–no one can deny that. This is an industry that stands to benefit a great deal from an immutable ledger, which can prevent such unscrupulous activities. The KickCity platform cuts out the need for costly and unnecessary middlemen involved in the payment processing sector, connecting event organizers directly with attendees in a lossless manner. The cost savings are passed down to end users through promotional campaigns in which consumers are able to earn rewards by helping promote an event. The platform offers incentives to consumers to go through KickCity to purchase their tickets and refer friends. This provides

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THEY PLAN P LAN TO DISRUP DISRUPTT THE SOCIAL NETWORKING SPACE THE SAME WAY STEEMIT IS CUR CURREN RENTL TLYY DISRUPTING MAINSTREAM BLOGGING.

substantial benefits to users: including price reductions, special offers, and loyalty rewards. These features provide a high degree of utility to event organizers who are able to save time, money, and effort in their marketing campaigns. KickCity’s rewards program is very beneficial to event organizers. Loyalty rewards are one of the great functions of the KCY token which provides value to both the consumer and event organizer. I invested in a project called Incent some time ago because the concept of blockchain-based loyalty rewards is simply brilliant. The issue with Incent was that they tried to go too big, too fast. This was long before cryptocurrency cryptocurrency was in any position to take on such mainstream accounts. However, the concept is still valid; it’s just ju st a matt m atter er of who makes ma kes it work wor k first. Blockchain-based loyalty rewards programs provide several key advantages for merchants and end users. First, the cost of establishing and maintaining

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reward programs are very high. Building the payment infrastructure and managing these systems are not only costly, they are also challenging to administer. Ensuring each user is rewarded appropriately, effectively, and efficiently is a common problem faced by merchants today. This is an area in which the KCY token provides further value to event organizers. KickCity is going to implement the rewards program in the form of a decentralized P2P promotion network. Essentially, KickCity protocols allow for a reward-based event marketing system in which you earn points, or “kickbacks,” for referring people to an event on the platform. This provides value to the consumer as well as offering incentives for continued use of the platform. Additionally, event organizers interested in leveraging the community power of the platform can do so very easily. The community’s power and their ability to interact directly to exchange information establishes the peer-to-peer marketing aspect of the platform. In this regard, the cost of promotional campaigns is greatly reduced, allowing for additional discounts to end-users. It is an ambitious concept, but it is one that could revolutionize the industry. The system would enable event organizers to use KickCity as a highly efficient, costeffective promotional tool which passes on savings to consumers. In the long term, it is a potentially self-sustaining business model, thanks to their focus on building “communities of value.” There is certainly competition in the blockchain-based event ticketing space: Aventus is a great example of that. The Aventus platform is equally strong in many regards. However, there is one major factor which separates KickCity from Aventus–KCY is far more scalable. The KCY token provides a highly scalable event planning, creation, and ticketing distribution service. Anybody can use KickCity to administer an event, but what truly creates value for the platform is its ability to take on mainstream accounts/ partnerships. The KCY token is built on

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Bancor protocols which enable continuous liquidity and price-stability so that thirdparty platforms interested in using the services can do so without any confusion on price disparities. The model empowers existing businesses interested in leveraging blockchain technology to do so in a way that prevents the current issues associated within the ticketing industry, but with an interesting twist. KCY separates themselves from the competition in this regard. The KCY token allows for existing event organizational platforms to create their own customizable tokens, meaning that they can create tokens which do not dampen their brand power. In fact, the customized tokens would actually incur more brand power and offer new ways to create loyalty. There is already a great deal of interest in KCY’s value proposition from some major event services/ticketing platforms. The team is grinding every day to add as many new partnerships as possible to grow the adoption of KCYintegrated payment solutions for ticket purchasing. Event services is an industry that really does stand to benefit a great deal from blockchain technology. To better explain the platform and its value for existing event organizational services, let’s use a real-world example. Let’s say Eventbrite determines they want to begin using blockchain-based ticketing services as a part of their existing business model. Eventbrite can create their own token, but they need a platform with existing infrastructure infrastructure to do so, one that will allow them to provide a cost effective and proven solution. KickCity provides that infrastructure. infrastructure. Eventbrite can easily create an “Eventbrite Token” backed by KCY, making it incredibly easy to administer rewards policies, loyalty programs, discounts and more. Each individual event organizer has the ability to choose whether or not, or how they would like to use it. One of the key reasons that a company such as Eventbrite would be interested in a blockchain-based token like KCY, is to ensure they do not fall behind the competition in adapting to new

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technologies (this was the fatal flaw that caused the collapse of many big names such as Toys-R-Us, Toys-R-Us, Sears, and Blockbuster). It is of the utmost importance to adapt in order to ensure the ongoing success of any business; blockchain technology is no different. As cryptocurrency gradually enters the mainstream, the big players in the event organizing and ticketing services space will inevitably look for the best methods of leveraging blockchain technology and KickCity is quickly establishing themselves as that solution.

the reserve that lays the groundwork for cryptocurrency adoption on mainstream event platforms, KickCity is creating a serious early mover advantage. As stated earlier in this article, KickCity has a great deal of long-term potential beyond event services. They also have plans to harness the power of the communities they develop to build a decentralized social network. The power of which goes mostly without saying: imagine the possibilities of a social network in which the users benefit from advertising and can easily monetize their own content with no costly middleman. If Steemit were any indication, the long-term potential of KickCity’s value communities can take everything to the next level. Vloggers could earn more money for their content, influencers could be paid more accurately according to their exact reach, and each individual user stands to benefit through micro-payments micro-payments and decentralized P2P marketing rewards.

KICKCITY HAS A GREAT DEAL OF LONG-TERM POTEN PO TENTIA TIALL BEY BEYOND OND EVENT SERVICES.

People who go through Eventbrite to organize their events would like to know that they are getting the best services available. If Eventbrite failed to seek out every solution that could help make each organizers’ event as successful and profitable as possible, they would suffer serious issues of customer attrition. Organizers who want to test the possibilities of a blockchain-based service for coordinating their events will do so, it’s a matter of who they do so with. Keep in mind that KickCity is also developing built-in value communities that will offer organizers using blockchain-based solutions additional exposure and provide them with the power of a decentralized P2P market, eliminating costs and maximizing revenues. If the competition opens up blockchain solutions through KCY which prove to be highly valuable to organizers and consumers alike, the company which does not adapt quickest can and will lose business to the other service. By establishing themselves as

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Though I apologize for the, er m, comprehensiveness of this article–there was much that needed to be said to fully grasp the scope of this truly unique platform. The team behind KickCity epitomizes brilliant, hard working, dedicated, and highly ambitious entrepreneurs. If there is any group of people who can make this work, it’s them. Sometimes it is hard to look far into the future in an industry such as cryptocurrency (one that fluctuates so rapidly, changing day-to-day). However, in this case there is real potential to look 3, 5, even 10 years into the future. KickCity is a great platform which will become a household name within the next six to seven years. I am proud to be an early investor and I look forward to watching this amazing platform grow.

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SECURITIES TOKEN PLATFORM

Polymath [POLY]

10

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/polymath-network/

+43%

N/A

285m

1.13

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

KuCoin IDEX

SophiaTX (SPHTX) Ethos (ETHOS) Dynamic Trading Rights (DTR)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N


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Polymath has recently partnered up with SelfKey (KEY) to help secure users’ digital identities on the blockchain.

Polymath facilitates the primary issuance and secondary trading of blockchain security tokens, lowering the liquidity time of securities to months instead of years. Polymath has taken under their wing the responsibility to bridge traditional security markets and blockchain tech. SummerHill, a Canadian venture capital firm, and Skyline Capital, a Real Estate Investment Trust have already trusted Polymath to bridge this gap.


UPCOMING EVENTS

There is not much data on POLY since it was recently listed. It is still in price discovery. Resistance levels: levels: 11.5k sats, 13k sats. Support levels: 10k sats.

Between February 28th and March 3rd, Polymath will hold Polycon in Nassau, Bahamas, the world’s first crypto event dedicated to securities tokens.

V’S PREDICTION Polymath is the first platform that will offer security token offerings, separate separate from the traditional ICO. These STOs will be the first types of token offerings that are fully legal and compliant. It will allow for a new wave of tokenized assets including funds, real estate, and much more.

Conference at the end of the month could hold some good announcements, and great overall unique concept. Security may trend this year, so keep your eyes on this one.

– Cr ypto Gat (Ivan (Iv an S.) S .)

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 2

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

77%

PUBLIC OPINION 3

4 TOTAL SCORE

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OPENING THE DOOR TO INNOVATION IN BITCOIN

Counterparty [XCP]

09

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/counterparty/

-47%

-14%

56m

22.83

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

Bittrex Poloniex Counterparty DE X

Omni (OMNI)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N


44

LOW: 21.31

22

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In the past month, XCP has forked and launched XCPC (Counterparty Cash), which is a protocol that can be used to create new layers on top of the Bitcoin Cash network. Multi-Peer Multi-Asset (MPMA) sends will allow many assets to be sent to many peers in a single transaction. P2SH data encoding was also implemented. Its price is currently at $30.27.

Counterparty is a protocol that ‘extends Bitcoin’s functionality’ by allowing developers to create layers upon the Bitcoin network to make it more scalable and accessible to the masses, including the creation of smart contracts in Bitcoin’s network. XCP coins can be used to pay for the execution of their smart contract codes, and holding it allows holders to vote on game-changing decisions.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Sitting at strong support support on the daily and weekly. weekly. Daily and weekly indicators are signaling oversold. Resistance levels: 335k sats, 420k sats. Support levels: 210k sats, 140k sats.

While we couldn’t find any upcoming events, in the future XCP seeks to implement the following: a virtual machine, serialized tokens, atomic swaps, picopayments, and Lightning Network.

V’S PREDICTION My number one pick. Why? Low supply, supply, long sideways, sideways, great FA, and similarities with the 2-week ti meframe of Reddcoin’s (RDD) chart (Bittrex) pre-3500% pump fractal.

A coin that aims to increase functionality and scalability is usually a good concept. After a long accumulation, this coin could be ready to move upwards soon.

– Pato P ato

TA

ROOM TO GROW

FA 4

4

UPCOMING EVENTS 4

79%

PUBLIC OPINION 2

3 TOTAL SCORE

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DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE FOR INSTANT CONVERSION OF CRYPTO ASSETS AND PAYMENTS

Kyber Network [KNC]

08

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/kyber-network

-53%

+63%

351m

1.92

Binance Coinnest Liqui

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P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Bridgecoin (BCO)

C OM PET IT IO N

Waves (WAVES) 0x (ZRX)


5

LOW: 1.92

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February marked the highly anticipated launch of KNC’s wallet mainnet. Surprisingly, there was only a small peak in price action, which was overwhelmed by the dip in BTC during its launch. It’s currently sitting at $2.63.

Kyber is a system that allows the instant exchange and conversion of crypto assets. This allows merchants to receive payments in any token, while also mitigating the risk of price fluctuations in cryptocurrencies with derivatives trading. It is trustless, decentralized, and provides high liquidity. The specialized team counts on advisors like Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum).


UPCOMING EVENTS

Currently sitting at strong support on the daily. Resistance levels: 24k sats, 29k sats. Support levels: 18k sats, 14k sats.

Soon Kyber will allow its users to trade arbitrary token pairs, and has a longer term goal of being used to facilitate cryptocurrency payments.

V’S PREDICTION A live network and a bag full of partnerships - Kyber looks good for the month ahead. They also have some great long-term plans. A strong team with goals usually achieves what they set out to do.

Kyber Network can be described as an on-chain protocol, which allows secure instant exchanges between digital assets (cryptocurrencies). The Kyber Network went live on the Ethereum Mainnet on February 11th. KNC is rapidly expanding the network of partnerships and recently established two significant new connections with Wanchain and SelfKey integration.

– An bessa bess a

TA

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SELF-SOVEREIGN IDENTITY ECOSYSTEM

SelfKEY [KEY]

07

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/selfkey/

-38%

N/A

28m

0.015

KuCoin OKEx Tidex

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Civic (CVC) THEKEY (TKY)

C OM PET IT IO N


0.05

LOW: 0.014

0.025

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SelfKey has recently partnered up with Kyber Network to provide ETH-based tokens exchanged within the SelfKey wallets. They have also partnered up with Polymath to provide identity safety for securities trading on the blockchain. It’s currently at the low price of $0.016.

SelfKey brings full identity ownership to the blockchain. It gives individuals more freedom, privacy and wealth. KEY enables an identity wallet assigned to each individual or collective companies which they fully control to manage and secure their own portfolio, hassle-free. This makes KYC processes much easier to perform thanks to the trustless storing of identity information to participate in ICO token sales!


UPCOMING EVENTS

There is not a lot of data for KEY, but it looks close to bottomed out. Indicators are signaling signaling oversold. Resistance levels: 150k sats, 170k sats. Support levels: None.

This month SelfKey will launch the alpha version of their desktop app. They have also stated that in this quarter they will launch their token sales and exchanges marketplace, as well as the Identity Wallets that will support cryptocurrency transactions.

V’S PREDICTION SelfKey is offering an all-in-one KYC and ERC20 exchange. It will allow users to participate in ICOs by submitting their KYC and ETH in one click. The company has 4 years experience in KYC and is my favorite identity platform pick over Civic and TheKey.

Desktop alpha, marketplace, and identity wallets all in the near future. This is one to watch closely for this month.

– Cr ypto Gat (Ivan (Iv an S.) S .)

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DECENTRALIZED BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTIONS

Stratis [STRAT]

06

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/stratis/

-40%

+39%

771m

7.47

Binance Bittrex Upbit

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P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Ethereum (ETH)

C OM PET IT IO N

Neo (NEO) Lisk (LSK)


13

LOW: 6.09

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Stratis was busy attending and networking at the Bitcoin Super Conference in Dallas, TX last month. The first two flagship ICOs based on the Stratis blockchain, Gluon and Beyond Global Trade were also in attendance. Regarding price, STRAT is currently trading at $9.46.

Stratis is a smart contract platform which can be used by customers to build their own blockchain applications based on the open-source code. The platform gives freedom for some use cases, such as scientific study transparency, product tracking, data recording of IoT (internet of things), and identity management.


UPCOMING EVENTS

In a bearish trend on the daily and weekly. weekly. Daily shows it is oversold, but there is a bearish pennant forming that indicates we might not be at the bottom yet. Resistance levels: 80k sats, 88k sats. Support levels: 69k sats, 54k sats.

March is looking like a busy month for Stratis! We can expect them to release their smart contracts solution, sidechains alpha, and their new iOS app.

V’S PREDICTION Lots coming up for Stratis - and all eyes are on sidechains. This is one of the strongest coins to watch for in March and beyond.

I am bullish on a few business platforms. Stratis is working ambitiously to establish a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) Platform to provide solutions for corporations in the financial sector that want to enjoy the benefits of Blockchain technology. March will be big: smart contracts, sidechains release, and the stratis identify iOS app.

– An bessa bess a

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CRYPTO SECURITY PRIMER FLORIAN @marsmensch

Hardware hacking, mining & Bitcoin are my favorite tech topics. I wear plenty of hats. Nowadays, people mostly know me as fundamentals expert for ne w technologies in the blockchain space. My f avorite picks are masternode cryptos, privacy focused pro jec ts a nd dist rib ribute uted d st ora orage ge tec techno hnolog logies ies .

USING CANARIES: PROTECTING YOUR VALUABLE CRYPTO ASSETS BY RECEIVING EARLY BIRD WARNINGS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

PART 1

This article is the first i n a series of at least fi ve articles that address different risks that crypto traders and HODLERs are typica lly exposed to in different forms. Most security articles f ocus on what you absolute ly SHOULDN’T do and are often accompa nied with complex procedures to implement and keep up.

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Being a security guy for more than a decade, I’d like to break up the mindset that good security must be complex. After reading these, you will hopefully be inspired and motivated to implement some measures to raise the bar for your overall personal security. Don’t be afraid, I will be your friendly guide throughout this journey.

Credit: Paul Keller

About Canaries

In software development, a Canary is referred to as an early test version of s oftware, alluding to the method used in coal mines to detect the presence of carbon monoxide. The bird’s rapid breathing made it an ideal early warning system to warn the miners if they were in danger of being intoxicated. Don’t be afraid, no single Canary is going to be harmed with this measure to enhance yoursecurity! Computer security persons are utilizing that concept in different forms. CanaryTokens are one of them and I will show you how to use them to your advantage with no expensive hardware or complex scripts involved.

Why An Early Warning System?

If you are a little like me, you assume perfect security is not possible and—at some point—a compromise is inevitable. New and severe vulnerabilities in Firewalls and Operating Systems are discovered all the time, so it’s a matter of being prepared for WHEN and not IF you are hacked. It’s bad if your last line of defense is falling; it’s worse if you don’t realize it only after all your crypto has been transferred out. Canary-Tokens are a free, quick and painless way to help you discover that you have been breached—by having attackers announce themselves.

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Credit: Klaus Post

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Deploy Your First Virtual Canary

As usual, there are multiple ways to do it. Some are more complex and involve rolling your own Linux or Windows system. For this article, we’ll focus on things you can do now and without spending an evening on the installation. All you need is a web browser and about 10 minutes of time. For our first test, let’s assume you have a backup folder on some of your PCs where you store encrypted backup copies for crypto wallets. This is a good place for a Canary; you definitely want to get notified when someone has accessed these files. In case you don’t have backups of your wallets, drop this article and do that NOW! First things first: head over to https:// canarytokens.org/ canarytokens.org/ now. The site looks like a simple web form with some basic instructions how to use it. A Dropdown Menu allows you to select from various predefined Canary formats.

Please select the option “Microsoft Word Document”. Next, insert an email address to get notified and a helpful message to remind you what Canary is responsible when it has been triggered. In my example I used the text, “Tezos Keyfile Canary compromised!” Verify your email address and message, then press the “Create my Canary Token” button to generate it. Now click the “Download your MS Word file” to download it. Since we are testing right now, head over to the location of your downloaded Canary document and open it. You will see an empty and boring document: nothing more and nothing less. But wait, let’s head

Credit: Thinkst Applied Research

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over to our configured email account and see if our Canary Token has triggered properly! You should see an email popping up within one minute after opening the document. The message you will find in your inbox should roughly look like what is pictured here. This would already be pretty great, but there’s even more information logged and accessible when you click the “More info on this token here” link.



You have just established the baseline for a very efficient early warning system and spent only about 10 minutes to do i t .

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Distribute Canary-Tokens Over Sensitive Places

Of course, generating a Canary-Token is only the first step. So, what’s next? You should distribute those tokens all over the sensitive places in your network. Here are a couple of ideas to get you started: Drop the file on a Windows network share (PDF, Word, Folder Canary) Attach a Canary to an email with a tempting Subject line (PDF, Word Canary) Unzip the file on a juicily named Windows network share (PDF, Word, Folder Canary) Left in a secure location with your paper wallet backups (QR Code Canary) Underneath your phone battery when crossing international borders (QR Code Canary)

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These are only some possible options. I am sure you can find a lot more that will fit your environment perfectly. The only limit is your imagination and the result will be that some sad hackers go to sleep instead of draining your crypto wallets! I hope you had as much fun reading this article as I had writing it. Stay tuned for the next part in this series. Cheers, @marsmensch.

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MISSNATOSHI’S CORNER

MISSNATOSHI @missnatoshi Just a

BTFD

HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR FAVORITE CRYPTO EXCHANGES?

Whether you’ve just started trading or al ready trade full time, there seem to be more and more exchanges po pping up in the crypto space every day — so I did a little research on some of your fav’s.

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Bitfinex

Founded in 2012, Bitf inex is a crypto

BINANCE IS A POPULAR CRYPTO EXCHANGE

exchange providing advanced services for f or di gi ta l cu rr en cy tr ad er s an d li qu id i ty pr ov id er s . Location: Undisclosed. The website states “servers cloud based and globally distributed.”

Features: exchange trading, margin trading, margin funding. Binance

Verification: Yes—if you wish to deposit/ withdraw and trade fiat currencies.

Binance is a popular crypto exchange that

Verification can take up to 5 weeks.

in 2017, while fairly new on the market,

Verification is not needed for crypto

has managed to gain popularity. Their

deposits/withdrawals deposits/withdrawals and trading.

Fees: Trading fees is either or a small fee

pl at f or m of fe rs ba si c an d ad va nc ed op ti on s for f or tr ad in g. Th e mo re ad va nc ed op ti on

depending on traders activity in the last

offers more in depth tec hnical analysis

30 days. Deposit fees for Euro and USD is

of digital currency value over time. The

.100% with a minimum fee of $20. A small

exchange also holds contests with prize

deposit fee is applied on less than $1000

gi ve aw ay s .

USD equivalent. Withdrawal fees vary per coin and can be found on their support website. Margin funding fees are 15% on all generated fees received by margin providers and an 18% charge applied on

Location: In response to the China ban they moved IP’s to an offshore location (BVI) & multiple locations.

fees on hidden offers.

Features: exchange trading, ICO listings, Payment Methods: Crypto, USD, Euros. Ha ck s/ Dr am a: Around $70 million worth of bitcoin was stolen in August 2016. They were subpoenaed by the CTFC Dec 6, 2017.

mobile app

Verification: Level 1 verification gets you a 2 BTC daily withdrawal limit, and level 2 you are allowed up to 100 BTC per day. There are also higher limits available if you contact them directly.

Fees: Binance charges an average fee of .1% on each trade. If you pay with BNB token, you’ll get a 50% discount on trading fees. Withdrawal fees vary for each currency.

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[CRYPTOPIA] [CRYPTOPI A] IT IS KNO KNOWN WN AND LOVED BY ITS USERS AS THE PLACE TO FIND LESS COMMON CRYPTO, OR “HIDDEN GEMS.”

Bittrex

Cryptopia

Bittrex was founded in 20 14 and has made

Re gi st er ed in 20 14 , Cr yp to pi a is un i qu e

its way as one of the top exchanges in the

because its trades are peer to peer—all are

world by volume. Created by a security

completed with other users. I t is known

engineer at Amazon, it has been known to

and loved by its users as the place to find

deliver a fast and secure platform, trading

less common crypto, or “hidden gems.”

services, and rapid deposits and withdrawals. It has hundreds of crypto trading pairs

Location: New Zealand

and recently announced that it will soon Features: Exchange trading, mining

incorporate fiat pairings.

platform, arbitrage service, coin info, lottery

Location: Seattle USA

Verification: You only need your email

Features: exchange trading

address to get a daily withdrawal of $5,000. The next stage of verification

Verification: Basic accounts require name,

requires providing and ID, address and

address, and DOB for you to withdraw up

photo which limited you $50,000 per day.

to 3 BTC. Enhanced accounts need ID and

The final stage requires proof of address

photo identification in order to withdraw

and a written statement which can allow

up to 100 btc per day.

$500,000 per day.

Fees: All trades are charged .25% of the

Fees: Trading fees are .2% and withdrawal

profits of the trade. No fees for deposits. A

fees vary per coin

network fee charged for withdrawals.

Ha ck s / Dr am a: Nothing majo Payment Methods: Crypto Ha ck s/ Dr am a: Nothing major

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Kucoin

Kucoin is a new modern looking platform that was founded in 201 7 although its team and platform is new they have bee n working on it for a few years . Pairs to choose fro f ro m ar e bt c , et h, kc s , ne o an d us dt . Ku coin is also known to get new some ICO listings come in first. Location: Hong Kong Features: Exchange Trading, mobile app Verification: You need an email and password

Fees: Trading fees are .1% and low fees for withdrawals are coin dependent. Also something to note is that some of Kucoin’s fees go back to the users as a “Kucoin Bonus”

Ha ck s/ Dr am a: Nothing major

With the recent exchange hacks this year and DEX’s on the horizon it is i mportant to be able to trust the platform you are using to manage your val uable crypto assets. Al so do n’ t f or ge t to bo ok ma rk yo ur ex changes so you aren’t logging into a phishing website.

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ALSO SOMETHING TO NOTE IS THAT SOME OF KUCOIN’S K UCOIN’S FEES GO BACK TO THE TH E USERS US ERS AS A “K “KUCOIN UCOIN BONUS”

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TOP 5 Well, we’ve seen all the way from 21 to 6, and now it’s time for our top 5 pii c k s o f t h e m o n t h ! p Buckle up and get ready, and as always, do yo ur own research (DYOR)! Figures accurate on 28th February 2018

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RETAIL MINER-FRIENDLY SMART CONTRACT PLATFORM

LUXCoin [LUX]

05

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/luxcoin/

-42%

+1006%

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS


14m

13.38


P R IC E ( $)

Cryptopia

Groestlcoin (GRS) Pirl (PIRL) Ellaism (ELLA)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N

PRICE (US$) 24

HIGH: 23.16

LOW: 10.83

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It has been an exciting start to the year for LUX. They have released their whitepaper v.2.0, redesigned the website, and implemented ZeroMQ protocol in their wallet for block and transaction transaction broadcasting. LuxCoin is currently trading at $12.84.

LuxCoin claims to have the most efficient GPU mining algorithm, and is ASIC resistant as well. LUX also has SegWit implementation, which is a protocol that segregates part of the information in a transaction to make transactions smaller and faster. Users can run masternodes and access a hybrid POW/ POS algorithm. All-in-all, a very tempting asset to miners and investors for its profitability and potential!


UPCOMING EVENTS

Broke out of a downtrend on the 4 hour and daily. Indicators are showing bullish divergence, signaling that there might be a bullish trend soon. Resistance levels: 160k sats. Support levels: 100k sats, 65k sats.

This month Lux will be burning coins, as well as activating SegWit implementation and smart contracts.

V’S PREDICTION

LuxCoin has a full blockchain ecosystem with really active development and an interesting roadmap ahead for the next quarters. Great low cap pick at Cryptopia.

Coin burns historically have an effect on price. A good low cap with high upside and a strong team.

– Crypt C rypt oRan d

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SECURE, PRIVATE, UNTRACEABLE

Monero [XMR]

04

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/monero/

+5%

+67%

4.7b

293.14

HitBTC Bithumb Bitfinex

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ZClassic (ZCL)

C OM PET IT IO N

PIVX (PIVX) ZCash (ZEC)


32 6

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B AC K G R O U N D

Monero is a coin that has been getting a lot of buzz lately due to the sentiment that privacy coins will be very bullish in 2018. As far as its most recent marketing/networking, Monero had a meetup in Los Angeles last month. It is currently trading at around $280.

Monero is a safe, private, and untraceable cryptocurrency. Nobody can track your balance or transactions back to you, nor they may know if, where, or how much you sent to whomever. It uses ring signatures, ring confidential transactions, and stealth addresses to keep all the data hidden from prying eyes.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Bull flag on daily, XMR is i n a strong uptrend. Resistance levels: 300k sats, 320k sats. Support levels: 260k sats, 215k sats.

On the 14th of March, Monero will hardfork to a n ew privacy coin: MoneroV (XMV). Every Monero holder during the snapshot will get 10 XMV for each single XMR coin they hold.

V’S PREDICTION

The project and team make an introduction obsolete. It’s accumulation time!

Privacy is so hot right now, and Monero is one of the original privacy coins. If the trend takes off in 2018, Monero stands a good chance of rising with the incoming privacy tide. Could be this month, could be the next, but it’s likely to be sometime in the near future.

– Flor F lorian ian

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UPCOMING EVENTS 3

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PUBLIC OPINION 3

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CENSORSHIP-RESISTANT ART MARKETPLACE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN

LBRY Credits [LBC]

03

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/library-credit/

-32%

+36%

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS


54m

Bittrex Poloniex Cryptopia

0.38


P R IC E ( $)

Po.et (POE) Basic Attention Token (BAT) Steem (STEEM)

WH E R E TO BU Y

C OM PET IT IO N


1

LOW: 0.27

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LBRY has been gaining popularity lately. Over 150,000 pieces of content content are currently available on the platform, including movies and LBRY originals. In February, LBRY attended Bitcoin Super Conference, represented by Jeremy Kauffman, LBC’s founder founder and CEO. At the time of writing it’s sitting at $0.32.

LBRY is the first digital decentralized marketplace with a focus on digital goods controlled by the market’s participants themselves. This means that content creators are responsible for their content. LBRY i s censorshipresistant, allowing everyone to create and sell whatever they want with a focus on movies, books, and games.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Broke out of downtrend on daily and there is a bullish pennant forming. Resistance levels: 4k sats, 5.5k sats. Support levels: 3k sats, 1.8k sats.

Through the end of this quarter, YouTube Sync program re-launches with Partner Program to build on its current list of creators and create incentives to bring on even more. They will also launch their Android app in alpha, and release their technical whitepaper draft.

V’S PREDICTION

FA - strong. Might need a bit more sideways movement (in March), but I believe it will perfor m well in the coming months.

Very good concept and some great events to help expansion and awareness this quarter. quarter. A strong contender for March.

– Cr ypto Tutor

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SCALABILITY, PRIVACY AND INTEROPERABILITY

Aion [AION]

02

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/aion/

-35%

+132%

289m

2.81

Binance Liqui KuCoin

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P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Ark (ARK) Wanchain (WAN) Blocknet (BLOCK)

C OM PET IT IO N


5

LOW: 2.28

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Aion has recently launched their Virtual Machine: FastVM. Its purpose is to improve the performance and efficiency of their platform. FastVM is a core module of the Aion proof-of-work release, which is currently in its beta testing phase. Its price is currently at $3.66.

Designed to support custom blockchains and act as a bridge between them, Aion allows trustless cross-chain interoperability. This means that you can interact with multiple blockchains through its network. Aion-1 is their first public, dedicated blockchain.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Sitting at strong support on daily and 4 hour, hour, indicators signal that it is oversold. Resistance levels: 34k sats, 40k sats. Support levels: 28k sats.

March will be a busy month for Aion. They will be attending the Canadian F inTech conference, and will be releasing the 4th round of AION tokens for those who participated in Aion’s Token Token Release Schedule. Their testnet, wallet, and explorer will be available early in the month for download.

V’S PREDICTION

One of the best projects aiming to cover one of the main blockchain problems: scalability. From a technical analysis perspective, it’s in accumulation stage with great risk/reward.

Loads of important events in the month ahead for AION, great charts, and a great concept for adoption. One of the key coins to watch in March.

– Crypt C rypt oRan d

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BANK THE UNBANKED WITH CRYPTO

OmiseGo [OMG]

01

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/omisego/

+22%

+104%

2b

19.43

Bittrex Bitfinex Binance

GROWTH PAST 30 DAYS



P R IC E ( $)

WH E R E TO BU Y

Metal (MTL) Ethos (ETHOS)

C OM PET IT IO N

Everex (EVX)


20

HIGH: 19.43

10

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B AC K G R O U N D

OmiseGo has experienced some accumulation throughout the month of February. Regarding fundamentals, it’s currently finishing its Honte phase, which means the team is laying the foundations in preparation for Plasma (plasma.io), as stated in their roadmap. OMG is currently trading at $17.82.

OmiseGo is a payment platform project within the large Thai company, Omise. They help solve a fundamental problem of coordination between payment processors, gateways, and financial institutions. OmiseGO is a start-up lead by Jun Hasegawa and Donnie Harinsut, founders of Omise, which was established in 2013.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Broke out of ascending triangle on daily, strong bullish trend. Resistance levels: 200k sats, 222k sats. Support levels: 178k sats, 145k sats.

No events in the foreseeable future, except for the conclusion of their Honte phase, as described in the catch-up. Honte is to be delivered in the end of Q1 or throughout Q2 this year. year.

V’S PREDICTION

Our whale catcher noticed a lot of accumulation by big accounts (8 figures+). Its chart is looking good enough! If you can get in below 200k Satoshi, don’t h esitate. Follow the big money.

OMG has been one to watch for a long time. With large accounts now purchasing tokens, and a great looking chart - OMG may see some strong price action in the short-term and long-term alike.

– Cr ypto Mani ac

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COLLEEN’S

NOO NO OB JOU JOURNE RNEYY COLLEEN GREENW GREENWOOD OOD @CryptoNoobGirl

I started my love affair with cryptocurrencie s at a Bitcoin ATM in a gas station while buying lottery tickets. I am a former Midwesterner, now living in the Southeast United States and working in both the insurance and publishing i ndustries. My passions include meeting new people, having a good laugh, and spreading the bitcoin gospel.

AN IN INVE VENT NTORY ORY OF CASHTAGS AND TOSSING OUT THE SHAM SH AME E BA BAGS GS Mo st of us li k e to th in k of ourselves as a practical pe ople. We want to understand the bottom line. All the theories in the world are all well and go od , bu t i n th e f in al an al ys i s, we want to know if what we’re buying is going to provide a tangible benefit. Often times in crypto, this is not so easy.

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Some, if not many of the projects I’ve “invested” in have no working product and are based purely on speculation. I guess this makes it more exciting and mysterious, however it also can make one a bit apprehensive. In the realm of our personal, family, and spiritual lives, we might believe lovely ideas such as “the journey is more important than the destination,” but when we’re shelling out our hard-earned money, many people can become impatient and ruthless, only caring about results. This makes for an interesting dilemma in the case of crypto, hence it may not be entirely inaccurate to say that I’ve thrown practicality out the window in favor of faith. Faith in something bigger than my bottom line. Faith in a revolution. Faith that all of this crazy crypto commotion will make the world a better place. Okay sure, also faith that I’m going to be rich and have the freedom to hop on a plane on a whim, pop bottles of champagne, and party all day; or the freedom to do absolutely nothing and be completely, utterly, and fabulously lazy. I have never claimed to be a Saint. Anyhow, seeing as we’ve just celebrated Valentine’s day, the day of fine chocolates and flowers for many, just another day for some, or a lonely drunken night for others, I got to thinking about love. Is it true that love is blind? Do only fools fall in love? Of course now that I’m card-carrying bitcoin junki ju nkie, e, once on ce I star s tartt pond p onder ering ing someth som ethin ing g my mind automatically tries to tie whatever I’m thinking of to crypto. What exactly is it about crypto that I love so much? Why am I behaving like a teenager in love, staying up late and obsessing over it when I know that I should be sleeping? What the hell am I doing with my life? This may sound awfully stupid, but for the first time it dawned on me in kind of a profound way that all those bags I was accumulating and the projects I had been gazing at weren’t just far fetched ideas, nor were they merely some way to make a quick buck like in some kind of lottery. PAGE 49

WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE? These were things that were actually going to be interacted with and used, things that would unquestionably become part of the shuffle of life, a partner in humanity’s quaking. It had a strange spell about it that left me partially hypnotized. After some time, I started thinking about some trading tips that I had heard repeatedly, and how they sounded a lot like dating advice: “Don’t fall in love with your bags!” “Diversi fy, but don’t over diversify” The love and attachment to the bags that I’d been holding and accumulating since I started in this space not much longer than 6 or so months ago had grown pretty strong, I realized. On the other side of the coin: if you’re a hodler, aren’t you supposed to fall in love with your bags? Also, it was becoming clear to me as well that I was indeed over diversified. Hodl was the strategy that I was advised to take when I entered crypto, so maybe subconsciously I will always tend to lean towards it, regardless of how enticing and exhilarating it sounds to become a hustling day trader. However, we humans are always refashioning and reinventing ourselves, and I am no exception. After about a half a year of being in this space (which, much like dog years, is equivalent to a decade in terms of how fast things move), I decided it was time to reevaluate things. I needed to take stock of my

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