Polymath (POLY) – Securities Token Platform
Polymath platform is designed to ease financing, creating, issuing and listing securities tokens.
POLY is the underlying economic unit of the platform, with a limited issuance of 1 billion minted tokens. Primary buyers of tokens must use POLY that are then transferred to issuers. Issuers use their POLY to compensate participants of the token creation process. Participants that can be compensated in POLY include legal delegates, developers, and KYC providers.
Cryptocup
CryptoCup is an Eth based game. Predictions of world cup games can earn participants points. Points are assigned to ERC721 tokens.
Each ERC721 token represents each player predictions. Prize pot is distributed to players holding ERC721 tokens through smart contract execution.
As a reminder, ERC-721 tokens are not fungible.
Ticket sales open May 10th
Metronome (MTN) – cross-chain cryptocurrency
Metronome proposes multi chain portability to achieve endurance and enhance decentralization.
In a system managed by autonomous smart contracts, decentralization provides MTN community with self governance.
Portability is an key feature of the project. Cross chain property allows tokens to longer endurance in the event new, smarter chains are available and mainstream.
One positive result of cross-chain ability could be broader price discovery. And if trading interest gets critical mass in multiple chains this could grant greater price stability to MTN.
Check their owners manual, and see how this predictable supplied, cross-blockchain, ERC-20 compliant token presents itself.
Neon Exchange (NEX) – off chain 0x
Nex is a new design to crypto exchange: a decentralized exchange with an off chain matching engine. The idea is to combine the fact that holder should have control of their tokens (as in Dex) but not sacrifice matching engine performance and sophistication (as in centralized exchanges).
The secret sauce of this hybrid creation is on a provable deterministic relation between off-chain matched trades and on chain transaction record.
By running a public specified deterministic protocol, that relation can make sure also fair price matching and on chain settlement.
Initially running on NEO, they plan to include Ethereum and other chains in future development.
NEX, Neon Exchange token, is entitled of a share of fees by their NEX on stake, similar to GAS on NEO.
Basis : Price-Stable Cryptocurrency
Basis team designed a system that target price stability. Their premise is that volatile cryptocurrencies are not suitable for many day-to-day applications.
In their white paper co-founders Nader Al-Naji, Josh Chen and Lawrence Diao outline a smart three-token system that besides the core Basis coin, uses bond and share tokens to expand and contract coin availability. This systems intends to execute monetary policy towards price stability.Continue reading
Data Commons
It is clear by now that you don’t own your data (arguably neither your money). Shouldn’t it be the case then that our data takes part of a Data Commons.
The case is building, at least since 2016 but it is gathering supporters among the scientific community. Examples here, here, and here.
This is cause for appraisal and kudos alright. And as science gets more and more data hungry, it’s no wonder scientists seek free access to data.
What about the science that will be built using our data? Open source, creative commons as well? Right?
Sweetbridge – collateralized liquidity provider
Sweetbridge protocol enables availability of coins backed by deposit of crypto assets.
This could be used for cash availability of coins without losing exposure to original assets held. At worst this is a blockchain pawn shop. At best this optimizes global supply chains.
Their ecosystem combines protocols for supply chains, liquidity providing, crowdsales, and tokenizing businesses.
Health Nexus (HLTH) – Healthcare protocol
https://youtube.com/watch?v=VFtNYFeSj34%3Frel%3D0
Health Nexus, a data handling protocol based on blockchain. The design aims to be a system that provides validated data sharing.
HLTH token utility is to be the means of remuneration among users of the data-sharing platform.
Tech implementation and potential developments are described in their whitepaper.
Golem (GNT) – sharing excess CPU
Golem is a decentralized global supercomputer. Processing power is shared by users (providers) to applications (requestors). Ethereum based smart contract handles transaction of remuneration.
Network nodes create sandboxes isolated in providers’ machines. Golem technology then combine computations back to requestor application.
After a hyped launch in 2016 when it raised 820k ETH, software development delayed until they had its Brass Golem mainnet ready for their first use case: CGI rendering. Next in line could be machine learning.
According to the whitepaper, GNT is the utility token that is used to remunerate providers from requestors to providers and other interactions with the network according to the transaction framework.
Dai / MKR Stablecoin System
Dai Stablecoin is a collateral-backed cryptocurrency whose value is stable relative to the US Dollar
Maker (MKR) is a smart contract platform on Ethereum that backs and stabilizes the value of Dai through a dynamic system of Collateralized Debt Positions (CDPs), autonomous feedback mechanisms, and appropriately incentivized external actors.Continue reading