Promising ICOs in Q2 2018 (Part.1)

Q1 2018 has been a slump of the most abysmal proportions, with prices and moods sinking to all-time lows. Despair is in the air, yet the ICO express carries on full-steam ahead – destination: decentralized economy.

Despite Q1’s heartbreaking downturn, Q2 is positively littered with promising projects, making investors as paralyzed with indecision as a starving adolescent in a candy store. The current bear market requires calculated decision-making to reap the utmost benefits, so here are 10 ICOs that we are keeping an unblinking eye on.

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1. Neonexchange (NEX)

https://neonexchange.org/

The hacks are getting bigger, the scammers bolder, making for a growing list of dishevelled crypto-junkies out there who’ve lost thousands on centralized exchanges. Decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, tout security advanced enough to make the Pentagon look like a mom-and-pop convenience store, but they just aren’t fast enough to cut the mustard.

Combining the benefits of both varieties of exchange, NEO-based NEX is without a doubt one of the hottest ICOs of Q2, if not 2018 in its entirety. Think the speed and usability of Binance, but less “Mt. Gox” and a little more “Fort Knox.” With a stampede of NEP-5 projects on the horizon, anyone that got into their crowdsale lottery should be following in the footsteps of our friends Neil and Buzz.

2. Block Collider

https://www.blockcollider.org/

As far as hitting a home-run ICO goes, it’s no secret that hype counts for more than your average blockchain developer would like to admit. Refreshingly, a few quality projects go against the grain and opt to slink under the radar of the uninformed, avoiding all talk of the fabled “lambo” and the inevitable dump that goes with it.

Block Collider is one such underdog with only a modest social media following. Their “multi-chain” allows interaction between 5 blockchains, namely Bitcoin, Ethereum, Waves, Lisk, and NEO, with later addition of chains to be decided by the community’s vote. Transfer value between chains, accept payments for your ICO in whatever crypto you see fit, trigger an Ethereum smart contract with a Bitcoin payment – Block Collider does it all.

With interoperability being one of the buzzwords of 2018, the humble $7 million Block Collider token sale has every reason under the sun to become an A-list celebrity if it indeed delivers its “mineable multi-chain protocol” as promised.

3. Metronome

https://metronome.io/

The long-awaited Metronome project takes the whole cross-chain concept to new heights, having designed a portable coin that can be used on a number of blockchains. Where blockchains come and go, MTN will survive for all eternal glory, or so goes the idea. With cross-chain communication fast becoming the Holy Grail of blockchain, a truly portable token could well de-rail its competitors, who instead are building ecosystems that host interaction between chains (think WanChain or ICON).

Metronome’s sale dates have been shifted about, yet the project’s hype remains insuppressible. With their ICO being pushed back from February to March to April, the team is now allegedly aiming for a May launch. Their unorthodox descending price auction will hopefully tame the whales and give the little guy a fighting chance.

4. Merculet

https://merculet.io/

If you weren’t spending enough time on the interweb already, Merculet will actually pay you to keep your eyes glued to the screen. Their decentralized “Attention Value Network” rewards users for engaging with content, whether it be in the form of a share, like, comment, or just about any old ounce of digital love. Every company that participates in Merculet’s ingenious platform will have their own token, enabling them to reward their customers for engagement.

The project has backing from some absolute whoppers, with the likes of Fenbushi Capital, NEO Global Capital, and Krypital. In this digital day and age, we should see Merculet firing off the starting line without much trouble at all.

5. Edenchain

https://edenchain.io/

Korean blockchain projects always seem to gently float through the ICO stage, only to erupt in cataclysmic fashion once they hit exchanges. For this reason, EdenChain deserves a mention on this list, a smart contract-enabled “programmable economy” blockchain initially targeting the wired-up powerhouse that is Korea.

Yet, when you zoom in a little, things get really exciting, with signs pointing to Edenchain very well becoming Korea’s Ethereum. Their HelloEden ICO platform opens the gates to the anticipated frenzy of Korean blockchain projects. Throw that in the mix with a host of strong partnerships, and EdenChain’s $24 million raise will barely be able to satisfy the world’s insatiable appetite for tantalising Korean blockchains.