Likely able to raise billions in private fund raising, Telegram may not bother with public ICO

Telegram has already raised $1.7 billion from two private sales and will be able to raise billions more in private sales. Telegram may not bother to have a public ICO. Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging service. Telegram client apps are available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows NT, macOS and Linux. Users can send …

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Decentralized AI = AI + Blockchain + Internet of things

Cloud-based AI solutions and APIs from Google, IBM and Microsoft are currently dominating the AI market. A decentralized AI market is emerging from the combination of blockchain, on-device AI and edge computing and Internet of Things (IoT). Decentralized Intelligence Market The first segment of the market involves decentralized autonomous organizations deployed on Ethereum blockchain. DAOs …

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Cryptocurrency Ripple working with Moneygram to update the $600 billion cross border payment market

The global remittance market is a big business. In 2016, remitters sent nearly $600 billion in cross-border payments to help support family members living in their home countries or to settle transactions with business partners. Money transfer companies allow people to send cross-border payments. Unfortunately, the current model requires money transfer companies to use pre-funded …

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ICOs reached $3.7 billion in 2017

There were 235 ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) with a total value of $3.7 billion in 2017. Top Ten ICOs of 2017 Position Project Total Raised 1 Filecoin $257,000,000 2 Tezos $232,319,985 3 EOS Stage 1 $185,000,000 4 Paragon 183,157,275 5 Bancor $153,000,000 6 Kin Kik $97,041,936 7 Status $90,000,000 8 TenX $64,000,000 9 MobileGO $53,069,235 …

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Super messaging app Telegram plans to have $500 million pre-ICO and multi-billion dollar ICO

Telegram is already a huge messaging app. Telegram has 180 million users. Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super-fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets or computers. …

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AI Researcher Ben Goertzel launches SingularityNET marketplace and AGI Coin cryptocurrency

Artificial Intelligence researcher Ben Goertzel has spent the past 3 decades working in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He coined the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to differentiate a sentient, cognizant computer from a machine capable of narrowly intelligent behavior in confined areas. Dr. Goertzel has founded the OPenCOG foundation designed to promote open AGI …

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