BMJ Score: 4.4
Market
Transparency
Team
Token
Adoption
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Investment Information:
- How to invest: Create an account and make a deposit in the accpeted currencies during the pre-sale period. They accept BTC, ETH, BCH, and a wide range of fiat currencies
- Discount: For every 500 tokens, receive a 30% token bonus
- Eligibility: All are eligible to purchase as long as you can purchase the minimum amount of 500 tokens
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Market: 4.7
- Nauticus provides user-friendly, efficient and secure crypto banking, payments and eCommerce solutions utilizing blockchain technology, underpinned by the Nauticus Coin. The Nauticus crypto and fiat exchange opens mid-2018
- Solutions are aimed at everyday users, businesses of all sizes as well as local, state and federal governments. Similar to that of Qurrex, very large target market
- Using the mobile crypto exchange with built-in wallet is much more convenient, so using the token (which adds that extra discount) will make the experience that much more convenient
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Transparency: 4.7
- Whitepaper is filled with information that is relevant and important to investors, answers the "hard hitting" questions that everyone wants to know
- Clear outline of future plans involving the crypto exchange, mobile app, and mining network. No beta version, but amazing whitepaper. No sign of early VC investors
- Specifies token allocation and provides clear road map for when their token sales take place
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Team: 4.5
- Large team, CEO previously founded an accounting firm that's been operation since 2009, COO is young but work for an investment bank for 3 years and is knowledgable on KYC, anti-money laundering, and counter-terroism financing. Lastly, CTO is the founder of a tech company that's been in existence since 1992
- Nauticus puts emphasis on their transparency and aims to make sure their clients are given all information they need
- Bryan Ng (LinkedIn)
- Jonathan Chang (LinkedIn)
- Hong Huynh (LinkedIn)
- Barry Cheng (LinkedIn)
- Dr. Brendan Sai Jiao, PhD (LinkedIn)
- Nicholas King (LinkedIn)
- Dr. Yinjun Tu, PhD (LinkedIn)
- Nadeem Shaikh (LinkedIn)
- Alex Redwood (LinkedIn)
- Josh Yu (LinkedIn)
- Andy Wang (LinkedIn)
- Sam Liao (LinkedIn)
- Chris Le (LinkedIn)
- Andrew Fenton (LinkedIn)
Team Members
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Token Mechanics: 4.2
- It's a utility token that gets you 50% off when using it for transactions on the exchange. "Nauticus is committed to the continuous development of innovative new technology that will be supported by NTS with low transaction fees." Can be used on wallet and mobile app, enabling mobile access
- Not highly differentiated from other exchange tokens, but 50% discount during the first 12 months is a hefty discount for sure
- Decentralized institution-to-peer network
- Fixed supply of 2.5 billion
- Plan to establish exchange in Mid-2018
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User Adoption: 4
- Partnered with strong brands in the crypto industry, but not with brands that an average Joe would know
- High buzz according to BuzzSumo, top article has 1.6k shares