Looking at the Top 12 from CoinMarketCap above, we’re seeing nothing but green candles. Stratis is really moving along with NEO and NEM — all within the last hour too! If you’re wondering why NEM and NEO are growing, refer to this article I released just earlier today about them. Stratis…well, STRAT, to my knowledge, is a “proprietary blockchain-as-a-service product.” Microsoft is a huge company…I just purchased my first Raspberry Pi ($75 computer size of a credit card) to store and stake my STRAT on! I have VERY few…kicking myself in the shin and wishing I would have purchased many, many more around $2–3 just a few weeks ago. One can only do so much Due Diligence on so many coins!

NEM’s ICO Platform & Blockchain Use Case For Energy Being Tested

Just yesterday NEM Association (Malaysia) dropped this tweet about Tech Bureau Japan launching an ICO platform, powered by none other than…NEM! This 8,999,999,999 unit coin has passed $0.30 — quite a few units, but they will now be incorporated into more ICOs, hopefully bringing more value to the NEM ecosystem.

Continuing with some news NEM launched last week about their blockchain being tested in energy use cases. Definitely another exciting piece of news, but I’m still unclear how NEM’s tokens will be used in these ecosystems.

Either way, this is some big news to the entire blockchain community as the technology continues to eek its way into many different facets of our lives. From music platforms helping artists monetize and protect their content to freelance job marketplaces where the users control dispute resolution to entire gaming app stores where users can bet on tournaments against each other or be rewarded for simply playing apps and many more different types of ecosystems popping up everyday.

This is yet another piece of content I’ve busting out to help inform YOU all about what’s going on in The Cryptosphere! Please give me a follow or share, donations are cool too — or just simply take this info and use it to do more research on certain coins. These are not recommendations to buy tokens. Be careful and do your own research on ANYTHING you put YOUR money into.