Perhaps the fatal flaw of crypto projects to date has been the ‘build it and they will come attitude’. The nature of ICO fundraising meant projects were raising money solely against promises of future success. In hindsight, failure was…

The bear still has claws. Many investors have been freshly gouged by the great bear market of 2018. The latest sell off has spared few projects. There is ample speculation as to the cause of the latest crypto crash….

Rotharium has featured heavily in the news recently. The project has bucked the trend of too many 2017 ICOs and delivered rapidly, above and beyond, it’s whitepaper promises. It has a been whirlwind month for the project. Starting with…

Here at Blockdelta we review many whitepapers and projects that appear interesting on the surface. Every once in a while I encounter something that makes me think ‘that’s a really good use of blockchain tech’. These are usually the…

Extreme market volatility in early 2018 has given way to unprecedented stability in recent months. We are still in the trough of a long bear run. Consequently, there are many under priced altcoins projects out there. These represent a…

Rotharium is a cryptocurrency token by Crypto Future GMBH, an Austrian cryptocurrency company set up in 2017 (its owners have been in the blockchain space since 2013). They aim to be a gateway into blockchain for businesses by facilitating…

TE-Food has identified food fraud as a problem blockchain can solve. Food fraud has not dominated the major media headlines since the great EU horsemeat scandal of 2013. The 2013 horse meat scandal was a scandal in Europe in…

Adoption is the single biggest challenge in the cryptoverse. The sweet promises of whitepapers must deliver blockchain services for mainstream adoption. We need to see real blockchain services. Certainly, it remains early days for the blockchain as a service…

I often read, with a wry smile, the celebration of mundane blockchain use cases. Purchasing pizza or a cup of coffee via cryptocurrency is not the adoption that excites me. It requires a level of effort; wallet download, token…

Decred enjoyed a stunning 35% daily gain on the back of news of a Binance listing. This confirms the enduring power of Binance. Binance’s high daily volumes open projects up to a slew of investors. The platform now boasts…

Coinbase listed the ZRX token this week. 0x represents the third project added to Coinbase in the last 12 months. Following the additions of Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic. I feel the ZRX listing is in sharp contrast to…

Food production has an indelible impact on our environment. The way we farm large animals for red meat production is particularly damaging to the environment. What of the crops we grow? Drought and seasonality mean year round production, year…

Many readers will recall with mirth the fembot scene from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Lewd lothario Austin Powers is confronted by a room of attractive robot ladies, the fembots. They attempt to seduce him to the sounds…

The coinmarketcap listings account for 2000 plus projects now. This makes the identification of early stage and low cap gems increasingly more difficult. The high risk of investing in small cap cryptos if offset by the proportionally higher potential…

The ICO market has taken a bashing in 2018. The proliferation of scam ICOs reached its nadir in late 2017 and early 2018. Investors have been understandably wary since. Blockshipping is currently in ICO and looks to me to…

There are over 2000 crypto projects listed on coinmarketcap but only 5 on coinbase. This can make identifying your next profitable altcoin akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Typically I try to focus on projects that have…

2018 has been a bloodbath for crypto traders. I am not particularly concerned because the first 9 months of the year have never been very rewarding for crypto traders. Contrastingly, the period from October to December has been the…