Liveblogging the ICO Forward Summit + Introducing Anthony Hunt

dougkarr (65)in #steemit • 7 years ago (edited)

Just got to the ICO Forward Summit here in Manhattan...

And ran into my buddy, influencer, Anthony Hunt.

He just signed up for brand spanking new Steemit account under the name @mrm3tty (with a little luck it'll be live shortly and he can get to posting!)

Thanks in advance for warmly welcoming him!

Very excited to dig into ICO Forward Summit today!

First talk, speaker Ian Balina, using data and analytics to find the best ICO's... already very interesting.

Getting TONS out of this Fireside Chat with Matt Hagger & Michael Gold, Moderated by Lynne D. Johnson:

Convergence — The Perfect Storm
Crypto and VR: Two Emerging Industries That Intersect

All super relevant for @hardfork-series and amazing to hear some of the developments being made in the AR/VR crypto space.

After the panel Neil Chandran demoed Station Builder for me for their Vmarket platform.

Vmarket is a market place that allows users to create a simulation of a scenario or VR experience that applies to a real life purchase decision or desire that they have. Using 3-D models that are available from the marketplace, they can assemble their own station using a tool call station building. The benefit of this is that they are able to achieve got a team discounts when they go to buy the real life version of the product. Every merchant can publish their rooms and receive ad exposure.

In short, it's pretty damn cool tech and a very interesting tokenized protocol.

Oleg Ivanov talked me through Crypto Bazar, an international funding platform out of Moscow. Since 2017, they've been specializing in the Crypto space, investing in ICO's, actively looking for interesting blockchain projects and partners. A super nice guy too.

Phireon's Xavier Hawk is a very interesting founder with a business accelerator with a micro economy attached. His history includes creating permacredits and negotiated a crypto currency for a South East Asian nation.

And Phireon sounds like a great incubator space for new businesses and tech.