New LGBT token aims for equity but raises red flags with community
While sporting a questionable name, the coin project says it wants to enable a “social and ethical” payment method. The cryptocurrency community has raised concerns about Maricoin, a new token supposedly related to the LGBT+ community, with some people even suspecting the project to be a scam.Launched in December 2021, Maricoin promises to enable a “social, ethical, transparent and transversal means of payment” targeting the global “pink economy,” which is estimated to amount to trillions of dollars.One might question Maricoin’s ethics though, as its name is a portmanteau that plays on a....
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The MariCoin project was among 10 projects chosen for the Algorand Foundation accelerator program in November 2021. Spanish LGBT-related token MariCoin (MCOIN) has responded to the community following skepticism around the project’s concept and goals.Some had even criticized the project for its name, which played on a homophobic slur in Spanish. But according to key people in the project, they have simply misunderstood. MariCoin CEO Francisco Alvarez told Cointelegraph that the project’s name is about “turning an insult into a fortress,” referring to peculiarities of tackling homophobic....
Manta Network, an on-chain privacy solution built for the Polkadot ecosystem, has welcomed $5.5 million in funding from a slew of private equity firms and angel investors. The Network, which aims to bolster privacy for defi users, won investment from some of the biggest names in the blockchain space in a round led by Coinfund […]
With both types of tokens forming the bulk of crypto-asset purchases, both utility and equity tokens serve different purposes. Read here! Utility tokens vs. equity tokensInvestors familiar with the concept of equity investing will find equity tokens to be an extension of the same thought process as initial public offerings while those with a riskier appetite can venture into plonking their capital on the utility tokens in which they believe.One glaring difference between utility and equity tokens is the fact that the former is not regulated as they provide access to a service rather than a....
The parent company of the famous beauty brand Il Makiage and Spoiled Child, Oddity, unveils its digital security token on the Ethereum blockchain. The company has named it Oddity Token. It is the first-ever non-crypto firm that linked cryptocurrency as a way for investors to purchase equity ownership of the firm. This move aims to […]
The Ethereum community has voiced its concerns about the legitimacy and functionality of ride sharing app Arcade City in an AMA with its founder, Christopher David. The AMA follows a medium post from one of his previous associates accusing David of being a fraudster that has since been taken down, and the AMA seems to be doing little to address concerns surrounding the fraud accusations, and raises more questions as to the future and legitimacy of Arcade City. Arcade City CEO Fails to Address Community Backlash. The Medium post, an archived version of which can be found here, details....