and of this series focused on partnerships and EOY price predictions for VeChain Thor. Part 3 will examine some less well known alt-coins with a lot of upside in the Chinese market in 2018. Part 1 Part 2 cryptocurrency Finding information on smaller projects originating in China can be difficult. However, this can work to the advantage of investors prepared to dig in with some research and provides . Blockchain opportunities for identifying lesser known projects with a lot of growth potential I believe the best indicators of future success for a cryptocurrency project are the quality of its partnerships/investors and the scale of the value creation from the problem being solved by implementing Blockchain. If a Billion dollar company or a government has invested significant time and money into a project, more so than I could ever hope to, then the risk-reward ratio vastly improves. For this reason, all of the projects included here have what I believe to be strong partnerships and/or investors, as well as market caps on the lower side, giving room for a share of the . In addition, there’s a clear use case for large scale value creation. potential Trillion Dollar Blockchain market in China https://www.matrix.io/ The is a promising and potentially undervalued project coming out of China. , giving it a market cap of around $175–200 million (if you include all possible future coins in circulation) recent activity has pushed MAN into the $0.90 — $1.20 range. Matrix AI Network (MAN) MAN has a price of around $0.70–0.80, with a maximum supply of 250,000,000 coins edit: like Matrix AI Network? Does Bitcoin Genius Matrix will integrate AI with Blockchain to allow users with a low level of programming ability to create smart contracts that are tested using AI to ensure they don’t contain bugs or loopholes. It also uses a form of mining that solves mathematical problems applicable to the real world — as opposed to problems that merely demonstrate some computer power has been used to solve them. There are a variety of other benefits being touted such as faster transaction time, scalability, less susceptible to malicious attacks, and flexibility (through the use of adaptive optimization). For a more in depth understanding I would recommend digging into their comprehensive and . Business White Paper Technical White Paper https://twitter.com/matrixchain MATRIX Partnerships and Investors The most exciting partnership for MAN is their connection with the : Chinese Government One Belt One Road Initiative MATRIX’s head of business ecology/partnerships is Executive Projects Expert for the state-owned Belt and Road Research and Development Center. MATRIX are the exclusive blockchain partner and the exclusive AI partner for the center and all blockchain related Belt and Road contracts and projects via the center go to MATRIX. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Belt_One_Road_Initiative Although the connection between MAN and the OBOR initiative is Page and quite a few news articles, there is nothing concrete I could find other than that apparently shows the MATRIX team meeting with government officials. However, I find it unlikely for such a claim to be made and then not refuted by the Chinese Government if it was not true. mentioned on the MAN Reddit this article in Chinese The , a state controlled organisation. Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence Torque Capital Partners (see below). Hyperledger. https://www.slideshare.net/SMatthewEnglish/introduction-to-hyperledger Beijing Cancer Hospital, another government organization. Cybernaut, with over 200BN CNY in managed assets. an investment group goes into a great deal of depth regarding the merits of the project. Please note the ICO has already taken place. I also found useful as a relatively detailed overview of the project. This article about the ICO in January this compiled research Matrix (MAN) is only at the moment. This exchange is a little more difficult to use and get set up on than some of the other larger exchanges. However, I would consider this a benefit as it is likely to put many potential buyers off, meaning when it is finally released on a larger exchange such as Binance the upside should be greater. available on iDEX . Do your own research before making any investments. I have buy orders in place for when MAN drops to $0.90 but am not affiliated in any way with the project. This is not investment advice http://www.cpchain.io/ CPChain ( ) is a new distributed infrastructure for next generation Internet of Things (IoT). CPChain intends to build a fundamental data platform for IoT system in combination with distributed storage, encryption computation and blockchain technologies, providing the whole process solution from data acquisition, storage, sharing to application. CPC http://www.cpchain.io/index.html#project Nice Moon Why Coin? CPChain has a current price of around $0.23, . This gives a current market cap of around $52 million (if you only include the circulating coins) to $230 million (if you include all future coins in circulation). a circulating supply of 230 Million coins and total supply of 1 Billion coins http://www.cpchain.io/CPChain_Whitepaper_English.pdf Whilst many projects out there are looking to extract value through use of IoT (internet of things), CPC has partnerships that make me believe they are likely to be successful in taking a share of this market. CPChain have . Qtum Foundation, Vechain Foundation, Metaverse Foundation, Chainfund and HPB as investors http://sl.vc/posts/4760 QTUM is a Chinese Blockchain company that focuses on providing an improved execution of smart contracts and services that bridge the gap between blockchains and the business world. QTUM themselves have an impressive array of investors and the . I also believe QTUM could be a great project to watch, although I haven’t included it in detail here because I want to focus on smaller cap projects. QTUM coin is ranked 20 in total market cap at just shy of $2 billion Angel Backers of QTUM https://qtum.org/en/learn-more-about-qtum is a VC firm specialising in partnering with Blockchain projects of the future. You can find , along with details of the CPChain team. Torque Capital Partners details of the Torque partnership here As part of your own research you might want to dive into the following links (below) related to partnerships, or dive into . this article from HackerNoon CPChain is currently available on and . iDEX Bibox Just a reminder, . Do your own research before making any investments. I own some CPChain but am not affiliated in any way with the project. The Bibox link above is a referral link. this is not investment advice https://www.thekey.vip/ THEKEY (TKY) is another great project flying under the radar. With a (or much lower if you only count the coins in circulation). current market price of between about $0.027-$0.04 and a maximum future supply of 10 billion coins, giving a market cap in the $270–350 million range THEKEY will partner with the end user (citizens), Government, Social Insurance providers (also the government), Banks, and Healthcare Insurance Providers to use the Blockchain and biometric data to track individuals’ data from disparate sources and confirm their identity. THEKEY is a decentralized ecosystem of an identity verification tool using national big-data and blockchain. The Project Team is now developing an identification verification (IDV) tool with blockchain…by using Personally Identifiable Information (PII) which is exclusively authorized by government authorities. The video below (in Chinese) gives the general idea (it’s only 1 minute long). https://www.thekey.vip/ gives a fantastic overview of how TKY would work to streamline hospital processes through the pilot program in Jiaxing, China. If you’ve ever received hospital treatment in China you will be well aware of the significant efficiency gains to be made from just this application. This article from Cryptocoin Great Ambition Requires Great Partners THEKEY with with a $39.1 Billion market cap. recently announced a partnership China Unicom, a giant state-owned telecommunications operator Price in article quoted in HKD https://medium.com/@thekeyvip/thekey-reached-cooperation-on-research-of-security-supervision-mechanism-of-social-security-data-3e58b366171 In China it is necessary to present an ID Card/Passport in order to activate a sim card, so phones are essentially already acting as identity tracking devices. Following the announcement on February 14th, TKY jumped from around $0.027 to a peak of $0.04, before meandering back down to around $0.026–0.028. Almost as though nothing had happened! https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/thekey/ TKY also announced partnerships with China Social Insurance Association (CSIA) and , during which they signed the Cooperation Agreement for the snappily named . The Party Committee Secretary (the highest role) of Tsinghua Unigroup is the son of the former Chinese President Hu Jintao. Tsinghua Unigroup Research of Security Supervision Mechanism of Social Security Data Socialization (ChinaRe), a $75 Billion Insurance company: China Life Reinsurance Company http://asia.cointime.com/blockchain/10421.html , . , other investments include Omisego, Chain Link, CPChain, and Matrix AI Network. Rexford Ventures, a Venture Capital firm focusing on Blockchain technology also announced their investment a few days ago According to their website The CEO of TKY is Catherine Li, who was voted in 2017 by the , as well as one of the . The Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneur in China All-China Women’s Federation Top 10 Influential Chinese Women of the Year https://www.thekey.vip/ also gives a good analysis of the TKY project and partnerships. The also gives a succinct overview of relevant details. For a more in depth look you might want to consider and . This article Wiki on TKY downloading the whitepaper reading the FAQs The Key (TKY) is . Again, when a coin has not yet been listed on a major exchange like Binance this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Most projects with any substance should eventually migrate to Binance, at which point you . currently only available on KuCoin can expect a healthy price spike . Do your own research before making any investments. I hold some TKY but am not affiliated in any way with the project. This is not investment advice If you thirst for more in depth speculation about the future of Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies then follow me on Medium ( ) and Twitter ( ). Bare Shylls https://twitter.com/BareShylls examines why Trinity Network Credit ($TNC) is crucial to the development of the NEO ecosystem, as well as discussing price and market share predictions for EOY 2018 and beyond. Part 4 I am always discovering and researching new information about projects I’ve invested in, which I update via Twitter — Such as the recent interview with CEO of TKY and new exchange release rumors for the MAN token. If you enjoyed this article then hold the claps button below until it reaches 50 and share the article on Social Media. Have any other questions? Find a mistake? Disagree with something I’ve written? Write it in the comments and I will get back to you.
