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The recent fall in crypto currency prices saw the market valuation of the 50 largest Blockchain companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s Crypto Valley plunge from US$44 billion to $20 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018. Over the same period, however, the number of participating companies soared by 20% from 629 to 750. Among them are four so-called ‘unicorns’ – start-ups already worth billions of dollars.

Davos, January 24, 2018 – Investment company CV VC, in collaboration with PwC Strategy & and IT partner inacta, has published its new quarterly list of the largest and most important companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein’s Crypto Valley Blockchain cluster.

The survey finds that, at the end of December 2018, the cluster contained 750 companies using the distributed ledger technology that defines Blockchain. This corresponds to a growth of 121 companies, or almost 20% compared to the last count at the end of September 2018.

The data comes from CV Maps, an online directory of blockchain companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, which is maintained by CV VC. Mathias Ruch, Founder and CEO of CV VC said: “This new report clearly reflects the market correction that started in early 2018, which is significantly based on cryptocurrencies. However, it also shows that companies developing blockchain-based applications and infrastructure solutions have been able to keep up, while an impressive number of new startups with innovative use-cases have risen to the top.”

20% of the global market in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

‘Crypto winter’, as 2018’s severe market reversal has been nicknamed, has affected the valuation of participating companies but not their number. The market capitalization of the top 50 dropped from $44 billion to $20 billion in Q4 2018, a decrease of 55%. Most cryptocurrencies worldwide lost value during this period. The global crypto market according to Coinmarketcap was valued at the end of 2018 at $130 billion. The Crypto Valley Top 50 accounts for nearly 20% of this market. Ralf Glabischnig, Founder and Managing Partner at inacta: “In addition to the growing number of startups we observe increased activities of corporates entering the blockchain space with their own projects or startup investments”.

On average, the top 50 companies are valued at $400 million each. Excluding the five largest, the average figure is still $365million; a sign that concentration is relatively low. The average valuation of all 750 companies was estimated at $27 million. Four unicorns – startups valued at over $1billion – are present in Crypto Valley: Ethereum, Bitmain, Dfinity and Cardano.

Around 420 people work in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in the 50 largest blockchain companies. Overall, the industry employs more than 3,300 people, most of them in the area between Zug and Zurich. The survey finds that it is business as usual for many companies despite the collapse in value on the crypto exchanges.

While over half of Blockchain companies are based in the canton of Zug, Crypto Valley extends to many other Swiss cantons: 42 are now in Geneva and 39 in Ticino. Switzerland’s neighbouring microstate of Liechtenstein registers 38 crypto companies according to CV Maps. There are no entries in the blockchain register yet from Appenzell, Innerrhoden, Glarus, Jura and Obwalden.

15 new companies in the Top 50

Compared to the previous quarter, 15 companies entered the top 50 in the fourth quarter:
Sygnum, HDAC, ICON, 4ARTechnologies, WPP Energy, Nexo, ODEM, Mt. Pelerin, Saga, Boscoin, Utopiamusic, Santiment, Quant Network, TokenPay Swiss und Zulu Republic.
Dr. Daniel Diemers, Blockchain Leader EMEA bei PwC Strategy: “This high dynamic in the middle of the crypto winter is very positive. It shows that the appeal of Switzerland as one of the world’s most attractive locations for blockchain startups remains unbroken”.

The second report on the Crypto Valley’s Top 50 contains a challenger list. According to CV VC, inacta and PwC Strategy&, the 10 startups have a good chance of making it into the top 50: ambrpay, Arca Trust, Blockimmo, Cosmos Network, Datum, Friendz, Grain, Metaco, Orion Vault, Pigzbe, PikcioChain, Qiibee, Request Network, Taurus Group, UTRUST.

In addition to CV Map’s database, sources for the quarterly Top 50 survey include company registers, crypto exchanges, media reports and LinkedIn. In cooperation with PwC Strategy & Switzerland, various valuation criteria and data were established as the basis of the survey: funding, market capitalization, number of employees, and age of company, all weighted on a scale of 1 to 10. Where no data was available, estimates were made and declared as such.

You can download the complete report on the Crypto Valley’s Top 50 here. 

UpStake, an exciting cryptocurrency project officially launched last year, is all set to take the global crypto community by storm. Unlike hundreds of crypto ventures that fail to make any impression, UpStake is dedicated to delivering a stable digital currency that will pave the way for mass adoption around the world.

London, UK – Jan 16, 2019

London-based crypto startup UpStake is well on its way to revolutionising the global cryptocurrency industry by eliminating many of the limitations that have stifled growth for years. Launched in 2018, this promising initiative is focused on ensuring mass adoption of cryptocurrency by providing a usable, stable form of digital currency to the crypto and blockchain communities across the globe.

This proposed blockchain ecosystem is built around UpStake tokens (UPS), the platform’s proprietary token. UpStake asserts that these tokens have been designed to increase in value over time, and set the stage to build great products and services which result in better user experiences.

In order to ensure continuous increase in value of UPS over time, UpStake has built a Proof-of-Burn model that burns a certain percentage of tokens sold through their exchange.  This model helps create the value that contributes to the ever-growing price point of the token. It not only enables the token price to increase every hour, but also keeps it well protected from market volatility.

Highly volatile and unregulated markets have so far obstructed the path of mass cryptocurrency adoption. In order to eliminate this concern and enable mass adoption, UpStake relies on token features such as limited circulation, hourly increase of value, proof of burn, and anti-exchange manipulation.

Having developed a product that is immune to market-related uncertainties, UpStake is confident in bringing about a paradigm shift in the crypto world’s operations.  Individuals and businesses using UpStake can now gain access to an asset with a store of value that can be safely used in day-to-day transactions. This will undoubtedly play a critical role in bringing cryptocurrency to conventional shopping, employee payroll, gaming, online gambling, network marketing, and much more.

“Knowing the future token price doesn’t create value,” said UpStake global influencer manager Seth Fontaine. “It creates a platform of transparency, and a foundation to build great products and services with an even better user experience than traditional fiat/banking.”

The UpStake platform also includes useful features such as its own exchange designed to combat market manipulation, a micro-networking investing product known as Edge, an affiliate program, and upcoming projects such as a dedicated UpStake marketplace and peer-to-peer transfer capabilities.

To find out more, please visit https://upstake.com/

About UpStake: UpStake is an exciting cryptocurrency project focused on delivering a stable digital currency that will pave the way for mass crypto adoption around the world. UpStake accomplishes this feat with a Proof-of-Burn model that periodically burns a certain percentage of tokens sold through their exchange.

Press Contact:

Seth Fontaine
Global Influencer Manager
Telegram: @sethfontaine
WhatsApp: +1 (909) 240-2158
[email protected]

GOLD.IO Seeks to Develop Decentralised & Self-Regulating Community Exchange

Turbulence in the global markets is nothing new but the cryptocurrency community has faced an unprecedented 18-month period of flux.

The need for a fully decentralised, stable, self-regulated and community-led exchange that can offer investor confidence amidst a chaotic global economy has never been stronger.

Setting the Gold Standard with Crypto’s Founding Principles.

With a scalable inter-blockchain and decentralised exchange the GOLD.IO platform is not only self-regulated and led by its stakeholders, but asset linked – offering exchange investors unrivaled portfolio security.

Gold has always set the market standard and has benchmarked traditional finance for centuries, so why should the cryptocurrency market be any different?

As a commodity, it has weathered many a financial storm and continues to do so today. Aside from a little price volatility it has consistently retained its market value, and with an unstable geopolitical, crypto-economic outlook the precious metal can provide a safe port for crypto assets.

In short, a gold-linked and backed exchange offers not only security of your assets but a piece of mind – the world has been through tougher times than we face today, but gold has always survived the course.

GOLD.IO – Providing a Defensive Asset Protection to your Investments.

With a team of over 30 experienced developers, GOLD.IO has simply put a sister chain of the EOS Project which has the mission of creating a Decentralised Exchange (DEX) of smooth inter-block communications that not only eliminates persistent market influences but has the unique benefit of being backed by a commodity asset class.

Combining the proven power of gold as well as a growing community that is not only self-regulated but also stakeholder-led – GOLD.IO is also seeking to develop a fully-fledged Decentralised Autonomous Community (DAC) based on the founding principles of the blockchain. The DAC will serve as regulatory oversight of the exchange with all stakeholders enjoying full voting rights, a say over project development and more importantly the ability to define their profits.

Gold Backed Tokenomics Offers Trading Efficiency & High Liquidity.

With global stock volatility at best and a downward trajectory at worse – according to Goldman Sachs the markets are gripped with a fear of what may come in the coming year, a gold-linked exchange, with inherently high liquidity can part-mitigate investor risk.

With no independent or fair exchange yet to provide what GOLD.IO can, the benefits of the platform as a market leader are clear but the real magic comes with the EOISO blockchain system itself – it eliminates third-party manipulation and offers a unique architecture to ensure users remain the custodian of their gold. Join The Power of GOLD!

Join the Gold Renaissance Today!

For all media and industry queries, please contact us via our website or chat to us today – we are keen to hear from you!

To find out more about us please visit our website – as leaders in the decentralised exchange space we want to work with you!

With global cryptocurrency investors hit by a near 18-month period of industry turmoil – the community requirement for a stable investment platform that can mitigate market volatility has become ever more important.

With hundreds of cryptocurrencies traded on global exchanges and even more coming to sector every quarter – the success rates of new ICO’s remains low against established currency platforms and with ICO funds often held in situ for 1-3 months until publicly traded, investor risk remains high.

What is needed is a Platform that can Reduce Investor Risk & Boost Confidence.

Introducing URA.market – The only blockchain venture of its kind offering a fully automated, independent and secure 100% divestment option.

Based on Etherium and with strict adherence to the founding principles of Blockchain – namely a deregulated global economy free from state manipulation, URA.market has already provoked the market with a Market Capitalisation of 630 ETH and 200 investors in 7 days.

Founded in December 2018 and based on a proven mathematical algorithm, the platform excludes the possibility of price manipulation and allows for both token overflow and price collapse scenarios. In short, URA.market offers private funders a true rarity – stakeholder and trading stability in an unstable market whilst maximising token utilisation.

Modelling to Innovate.

In a word our platform offers investor contract protection with open-coded and transparent smart contracts – underpinning this is a winning combination of both market and mathematical modelling.

The URA.market platform also offers investors a range of benefits including lifelong dividends as well as cash-outs to an ETH wallet at any time, flexibility as well as token price growth with dividend payouts on each transaction. URA.market operates an honest refusal of ownership and secures your transaction through the latest crypto technology.

No investor deposits are taken or transferred to the platform operator, and users are free to leave the platform at any stage. With all smart contracts immune to the developer and third-party manipulation, any contract that imitates a token is given a ‘Withdrawal from Ownership’ status offering the investor a piece of mind.

Following the BTC lead, we are a community- led project whose sole aim is to provide a stable, innovative and secure platform to maximise your crypto investment and market assets.

For all media and industry queries, please contact us at [email protected] or chat to us today – we are keen to hear from you!

About Ura.Market: To find out more about us, please visit our website or read our manifesto.

MinexSystems, a full-service development company specializing in blockchain products, has started shipping the globally accepted cards ordered via MinexPay. Soon, users from all over the world, without limitations, will receive the first batch of cards ordered with MinexPay service, allowing them to spend the crypto on goods and services where usual payment cards are accepted and, more importantly, cash out crypto at the nearest ATM starting at 0% fee. As an integral part of the ecosystem, Minexcoin is expected to grow in demand thanks to the general amount of MNX held at the minimum required card balances. MinexSystems also invites users to benefit from 45% yearly parking rates within its unique service — MinexBank.

Currently, MinexPay offers four different tariff plans for the ordered cards: Standard, Gold, Platinum, and Infinite. Depending on the plan type, the ATM withdrawal fee starts at 0%, meaning that users can cash out crypto for free and receive up to 1% cashback for payments with the card purchased at MinexPay. More information about the tariff plans, fees, and limits can be found here.

“We have successfully launched the card program until the end of 2018,” says Boris Shulyaev, Founder and CEO of MinexSystems. “And even though we didn’t manage to issue the cards with MinexPay logo before the winter holidays, we are working on that and will present the branded cards in the nearest time, already this year.”

Minexcoin is an integral part of the MinexSystems network. Therefore, the more people use any of the services, the more demanded MNX becomes. In case of the cards purchased via MinexPay, users need to have 1,000 MNX as the minimum required balance to cash out crypto at 0% fee, or 200 MNX — to cash out crypto at 2% fee. This minimum required balance in MNX entirely belongs to the card owner and they can withdraw it at any moment. However, to take advantage of such low fees, users need to hold a particular amount of MNX on their card balance, as shown in the example above.

According to the requests, MinexSystems is expecting 30,000 card sales by the end of Q2 2019, and, if the forecast is correct, there will be over 3 million MNX held at the minimum required balances, which is 75% from the existing circulation supply. Naturally, it will affect the Minexcoin price positively.

More information about the minimum required balances for each tariff plan can be found here.

Apart from the global crypto debit cards, MinexSystems offers various blockchain products. Thus, one of the company’s unique services, MinexBank, is the first that encourages Minexcoin owners to hold the MNX coins in their wallets with a savings purpose. Thanks to this mechanism, everyone can get Minexcoin for free as interest for their balance assets in MNX without transferring funds to anyone.

MinexBank uses parking as a confirmation of the intention of Minexcoin holder not to bring the coins from the wallet to the market within the specified period. This intention is confirmed by the Minexcoin owner by creating an application in the MinexBank algorithm. MinexBank offers various parking rates depending on the timeframe. For example, currently, users can benefit from up to 45% of the yearly rates. More information about MinexBank services and rates can be found on the official website.

Press Contact:

Liudmyla Tovstenko
[email protected]

Cryptocurrency market is on shake. Someone has already thrown the auction and brought everything to fiat, someone just “gossip” in the hope of the future. After the late 2017 hype, money that goes around the market seems ridiculous. In fact, even in flat and falling, you can earn. For example, MGO is a very promising token.

Token has a very good scope of application: computer and mobile entertainment market. The industry shows explosive growth and it is not going to stop. Is it any wonder that MobileGO is growing where the rest of the market is heading down? In addition, the very concept of the token finds approval and positive feedback on MobileGO from the players.

MobileGO token can be found under the ticket MGO. Token is traded on dozens of different exchanges, but in fact, only two of them provide enough volume for trading: Digifinex and BCEX. There is little on Ethfinex and Bitforex.

MGO is a token for HODL

Let’s proceed directly to trading and profits. MGO is a token for HODL. In other words, it should be taken into a portfolio for long-term investments. Why? Let’s look at the dynamics. In the trading pair with USD, growth for the year – 157%, growth for the month – 236%. In the short term, on the contrary, it falls, about 11% per week.

Check the MobileGO ICO price chart (07.12.2018):

What are the prospects? They talk about cooperation with several leading IT-companies. On the part of the product – no concerns. From the market side, the token varies slightly. However, the price of it can take off at any second. The potential of MGO is huge.

Where you can buy MGO tokens?

According to CoinMarketCap, MobileGO tokens are available here:

MobileGO is a great token with good prospects for the future. We won’t be surprised at all if in half a year its price breaks through one dollar mark.

By the way, on December 5 – December 19 in 2018 MobileGO is having another airdrop. In order to become the rewarded participant of this MobileGO airdrop it’s necessary to follow all social media pages and channels of the project. Also, users must retweet posts about two main releases of December. Such activity is rewarded with 1 MGO token.

If a user wants to earn more MGO tokens, 1 is given for installing GShare and earning 1 GShare Gold.

Two more MGO are shared as a free reward for the first 100 participants who will complete the mentioned above tasks.

10 users with the largest Gshare Gold balance will also get additional 6 MGO tokens on their accounts.

Anyone has a chance to get from 1 to 10 MGO tokens for free taking part in the airdrop! If you need more details – visit t.me/mobilegoairdrop or airdrop.mobilego.io!

2018 has been characterised by frequent peaks and troughs in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, yet there remains an unwavering army of seasoned investors who are keen to invest in blockchain technology. Many experts are in agreement that it will become an integral part of the future of securing data and will help to eliminate issues like the recent data breaches at the NHS and British Airways.

The problem for many investors is the uncertainty and confusion associated with blockchain and cryptocurrency investments. Firstly, identifying listed companies which are directly involved in blockchain takes time and due diligence. Secondly, if looking to invest in private companies, you need to know someone in the business will be willing to sell a stake – and then there is the risk that you may never be able to sell that stake in the future. Finally, investing in cryptocurrencies themselves is widely regarded as a difficult process for the average investor. The standard process is to buy Bitcoin from an exchange such as Coinbase, transfer to a crypto exchange such as Binance, buy and sell other cryptos, then reverse the process to cash out. Each of these stages takes time and effort and leaves the investor open to numerous risks such as complicated validation protocols, multiple accounts and simply knowing when to buy and sell.

These large and complex challenges are what has led to the launch of Quantatex, a new to market, actively managed alternative investment account which allows investors to begin capitalising on opportunities in the blockchain space quickly, simply and efficiently, without needing to spend time developing their own understanding of this often complex area of trading.

Quantatex trades both sides of the market by employing long and short trading to exploit the significant intraday moves, thereby minimising the losses through stringent risk management and capitalising on the gains by running trades to their optimum valuation. Investments are updated daily and clients have 24 access to their funds to add or withdraw whenever they wish.

The Quantatex team comprises skilled traders and qualified analysts, who collectively have over 50 years of experience in financial markets and bring to bear techniques and strategies, developed over years in the equity, FX and commodity markets. Furthermore, all Quantatex traders are qualified to at least RDR level 4 with the CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment) are on the FCA register and all analysts hold CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) qualifications.

Opening an account with Quantatex is easy. Customers can either register for an account online at www.quantatex.com or pop into the company office in Cornwall, UK. Mitch Blakeway, Head of Trading at Quantatex, believes that the New Year is a prime time for investors to add blockchain and cryptocurrencies to their portfolio, given the explosive nature of the market in recent months.

“Traditional investment markets have historically been slow to move when compared to the exciting asset class of cryptocurrencies. Through extensive and detailed back testing over a number of months, our team has found that the tried and tested techniques and strategies can be successfully applied to cryptocurrencies in order to produce favourable returns. Whilst investing in cryptocurrencies remains an extremely high risk investment, we employ the most stringent of risk management techniques to ensure the funds we manage stand the best chances of achieving positive growth,” explains Mitch.

For more information, visit www.quantatex.com

Cryptocurrency trading is all set to become safe and profitable like never before, with the recent launch of a fully automated crypto trading platform by Napston. This groundbreaking trading platform is based on a proprietary technology called Distributed Artificial Neural Networks that has been programmed to accurately predict the market by utilizing the processing power from thousands of independent sources. 

Hong Kong, November 26, 2018

Napston is pleased to announce that their new, fully automated cryptocurrency trading platform has recently gone live. Built around the company’s proprietary Distributed Artificial Neural Networks, Napston creates an opportunity even for the inexperienced crypto enthusiasts to earn a decent passive interest on their Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings.   

Since the creation of bitcoin in 2009, over three hundred different cryptocurrencies have been launched. As a result of the extreme volatility of the crypto market, trading of cryptocurrencies has emerged as a lucrative alternative for the traders around the world. However, this can be an extremely complex and risky proposition without a trustworthy trading platform.

Napston entered the cryptocurrency space in 2013, long before it became mainstream. Over the last five years, the company has been through all the uncertainties and fluctuations of this evolving market. During this phase, Napston was serving only the larger corporate and high net worth individual customers, helping them properly structure and trade their cryptocurrency portfolios. They have spent a high percentage of profits to build the proprietary Distributed Artificial Neural Networks technology. This advanced technology has now formed the foundation of Napston’s automated crypto trading platform.

A DANN is a network of nodes, just like neural networks in the human brain. They are programmed to predict the market with a high degree of accuracy. This accuracy, however, depends entirely on the processing power available. This problem has been addressed by utilizing the computing power generated by a large and highly distributed network of computers.

Some of the most lucrative trading benefits offered by Napston are

• Up to 1.5% per business day without actually doing any trades
• Instant withdrawals
• Referral incentives over 20%, up to 10 levels
• Get started in 30 seconds
• Full transparency and detailed reporting
• State-of-the-art security across the platform
• Full compliance

Napston is currently offering three attractive trading packages that can be purchased with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Generous referral commissions are also up for grabs. Mentioned below are the three packages at a glance.

• Starter: Minimum $100 in Bitcoin, 1% per day, for 150 days, 3 level referral system
• Advanced: Minimum $1000 in Bitcoin, 1.25 % per day, for 150 days, 5 level referral system
• Expert: Minimum $5000 in Bitcoin, 1.50 % per day, for 150 days, 10 level referral system

“Our just launched trading platform is only about helping you earn the profit on your otherwise dormant Bitcoins or Ethereum without breaking a sweat yourself, “ said a senior spokesperson from Napston. “We believe there’s serious demand for that and the customers who have already joined us prove that vision.”

To find out more, please visit https://www.napston.com/

About Napston: Napston is a just launched cryptocurrency trading platform built on a proprietary technology called Distributed Artificial Neural Networks. This 100% automated platform is dedicated to helping individuals earn a decent passive interest from their dormant Bitcoin and Ethereum holdings with minimum skill and effort. Napston currently offers three trading packages, offering 1.5% per day and over 20% referral incentives.

Contact: Alex Kenney

Email: [email protected]