I was first introduced to the concept of Assets while using Burst. In the Burst wallet, you can add various assets found on their blog. Click this link to get an overview of the assets and what they offer. In the wallet, click the Asset Exchange, copy the Issuance TransactionID # of the asset you want, and then click the Add Asset button to copy the asset number there. The asset should appear on the left hand column in white. Click on the asset to be taken to an exchange. Here you can purchase the asset for different amounts of Burst. The more assets you own the more your pay outs in Burst will be. It is like a dividend payment for funding the asset project. The asset should appear in yellow once you own some of it. The Assets are in limited supply and do change in value. You can make money selling your assets, if the market commands a higher price for it. It is a great way to crowd source investors for different projects such as crypto mining operations. Burst makes it accessible for you to find funding for your projects with this feature.
I like these kinds of coins. Coins that have the expanded features such as Smart Contracts to carry out these actions on the Blockchain. The coins that provide the platform to carry out these Smart Contracts are what interest me. Investing in these coins seems to be a very safe bet, because they have all these other assets supporting their survival. Ethereum, Omni, Nxt, Counterparty, Waves, Bitshares, and Burst all support assets. I just formed a list of the platform along with their assets. This is not a complete list of assets, just the ones that are listed on coinmarketcap.com. It might be a good thing to go and check individually each asset's website to find out what they are about.
Ethereum-23 Assets
Augur
Golem
DigixDAO
Iconomi
SingularDTV
Round
First Blood
RLC
Melon
Xaurum
WeTrust
Chronobank
vSlice
Edgeless
Swarm City
Yocoin
Ethereum Movie Venture
Arcade Token
Bitpark Coin
Soarcoin
AMIS
Pluton
Guppy
Omni-12 Assets
MaidSafeCoin
Tether
Agoras Tokens
Synereo
Safe Exchange Coin
Project Decorum
TeslaCoilCoin
DIBCOIN
President Johnson
President Trump
President Clinton
Bond
Nxt-15 Assets
Ardor
SuperNET
NautilusCoin
Darcrus
Janus
DT Token
Dix Asset
Jinn
InstantDEX
Pangea Poker
Cryptofund
Newbium
JIO Token
Internet of Things
NxttyACCI
Counterparty-14 Assets
Storjcoin X
Bitcrystals
Pepe Cash
FoldingCoin
Triggers
TileCoin
Scotcoin
GetGems
LTBcoin
Rare Pepe Party
KarmaToken
Hommalicoin
SATOSHICARD
TROPTIONS
Waves-6 Assets
Incent
Bankcoin
Mercury
Tokes
Waves Community Token
Ripto Bux
BitShares-11 Assets
BlockPay
OBITS
bitCNY
ICO OpenLedger
Bitland
bitUSD
bitBTC
bitEUR
bitSilver
BTSR
bitGold
Burst- 8 Assets
MTMGaming
Casino
UniBURST
BTCDragon
Lex4All
CCMiner
BurstOcean
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