April 23, 2017 (released late on April 26)

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Gnosis raised $12.5m USD in Ether in 11 minutes.

For months I’ve said we’d view token sales as Pre-Gnosis and Post-Gnosis . Needless to say, I expect more reverse Dutch auctions. I bet ivvv7777777 it wouldn’t sell out in the first 24 hours, but it didn’t even last 24 minutes!



and . Needless to say, I expect more reverse Dutch auctions. I bet ivvv7777777 it wouldn’t sell out in the first 24 hours, but it didn’t even last 24 minutes!

High profile sales and attractive valuations should result in more entrepreneurs who are interested in raising capital by selling tokens.



Coinbase released Token beta, a mobile Ethereum messenger/wallet/browser similar to Status, somewhat more centralized (eg uses Signal instead of Whisper)

This fits perfectly with the Coinbase Master Plan that Brian Armstrong announced last year



Rice Blockchain conference was a huge success. Fantastic job by Tyler Smith organizing the conference. Lots of standout talks, but as a Houstonian, Tyler’s talk on “beyond supply chains” in oil and gas was fascinating.

Also impressive to see how many massive energy companies have people excited about using blockchains to solve problems.



RELATED: ConsenSys hires BHP Billiton blockchain and energy expert Dr Tyler Smith





Protocol and Geth release

Video of April 21 core dev meeting

Metropolis still targeted at end of June



Example code for quantum-resistant hash-based signatures





Stuff for developers





Ecosystem





Interviews

BlockChannel interviews John Lilic of ConsenSys





Project Updates



Token Sales





General

Dates of note

[For ongoing sales, check previous week]







April 25 – Sikoba public pre-sale begins.However, a pre-allocation is already open

May 2 – TokenCard sale begins

May 2 – E4ROW sale begins

May 10 – Boscoin sale begins

May 17 – Aragon sale begins

May 19 – Storj sale begins

May 19 – ConsenSys Ethereal Summit in Brooklyn – I’ll be there

May 25 - William Mougayar’s Token Summit at NYU

May 30 – Bancor Network sale begins

June 1 – Mysterium sale begins

Bias transparency: if you host a blockchain conference and don’t use Ticketleap, I’m much less likely to include your conference, unless you have a good reason as to why we’re not a good fit. But I doubt there is one, because we’re likely a great fit. /shamelessplug

[I aim for a relatively comprehensive list of Ethereum sales, but make no warranty as to even whether they are legit; as such, I thus likewise warrant nothing about whether any will produce a satisfactory return. I have passed the CFA exams, but this is not investment advice. If you’re interested in what I do, you can find my investing thesis and token sale appreciation strategies in previous newsletters.]

Errors or additions: evan@ticketleap.com



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