Summary of the AMA:

Q1. How did you guys survive in this long bear market and what difficulties have you encountered during this period?

Right, we also noticed that many other projects encountered difficulties during the long bear market. We’ve always focused on long-term planning, gradual diversification of our assets, and building our real-world business of selling our market intelligence services to financial institutions and corporates. I think this sets us apart from 99% of the tokenized projects and companies out there and allowed us to not only survive but actually thrive in this bear market. In short: bear markets are the best time to buildl, provided you’ve been responsible about managing your balance sheet and cash flow. It also doesn’t hurt that three of our executives are CFA charterholders, so we’re familiar with financial management and corporate finance best practices.

Q2. Red Pulse just recently joined the Binance Chain family. What was your reason and how will it improve the Red Pulse technology?

The Binance migration allowed us to leverage another major crypto ecosystem, in addition to the NEO ecosystem that we are already a part of. From an infrastructure standpoint, having two separate blockchains provides greater peace of mind in case there are temporary operational issues with either one. In the long-term, as we integrate our Phoenix Proof of Creation, Proof of Ownership, Regulatory Compliance, IP Protection, and Accountability aspects of our smart contract into the NEO blockchain, we hope to do the same on the Binance blockchain. We can have greater confidence in the preservation of these important elements by having them reside on two major blockchains rather than just one.

Q3. What do you think will be the main reason people actually start paying for their news?

Actually, I don’t think people are willing to pay for news anymore. Basic news coverage has already become commoditized, and most people believe that news should be free altogether, which has unfortunately had some fatal consequences on traditional news platforms and outlets. Red Pulse isn’t a news platform or even a news aggregator, although our short market event notes may suggest that. We are facilitators of a two-way dialogue between analysts/experts and the corporates that need better insights on specific companies, industries, and markets, and it’s these unique insights that people ultimately value, and we’re creating a platform that makes that easier to take place.

Q4. What do you predict Red Pulse’s largest challenges will be in the future?

Biggest challenges and how to address:

1) Challenge: Localization of our business model and token economy to other diverse geographic markets. Solution: Hire local talent and have a physical presence in each new market, and conduct research to learn how we need to adjust for each market.

2) Challenge: Fragmentation of general crypto markets and token economies into various competing “layer 1” infrastructures. Solution: Explore inter-operability solutions such as Cosmos and Polkadot, develop Red Pulse integration to allow for seamless inter-operability to optimize end-user experience.

3) Challenge: Rise of competing for gig economies within the knowledge/research space. Solution: Build fast, scale fast, and expand both organically and via partnerships/acquisitions.

Q5. What does your roadmap for 2019 look like? Name some important milestones you are hoping to achieve.

Key milestones:

1) Launch and integration of our Expert Network services and Red Pulse Institute into our tokenized ecosystem.

2) Geographic expansion to cover Korea, Japan, and other APAC markets.

3) Development of extensions that makes it simple to integrate our Phoenix infrastructure into other content ecosystems.