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Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson thinks crowdfunding may provide a solution to the controversial proposal of building a wall on the Mexican border. And, perhaps more notably, he suggested using a cryptocurrency to do so. During an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, the U.S. lawmaker explained that he has already proposed letting the American public pay for the wall, which is opposed by Democrats but mades up a key aspect of President Donald Trump’s list of 2016 campaign promises. In particular, Davidson told Inskeep, he has suggested a private funding program wherein “the American people, or whomever should choose to donate,”...

Steven Seagal--actor, Zen master, musician, director, martial arts instructor and now crypto ambassador—has reportedly walked away from the Bitcoiin project, along with its anonymous founders, after closing out an ICO that may or may not have raised its targeted $75 million. No one knows, really, and that seems to be a recurring problem with ICOs, highlighting the danger of celebrity-sponsored coins that seem exciting but offer no protection from potential fraud. Seagal may have been the face of the alt coin, but the founders remain masked.

Potentiam is a decentralized & incentivized music platform that aims to bring music creatives into direct contact with their target market. Through the Potentiam platform, creatives can fund and promote themselves without the need to rely on middlemen. Through Potentiam tokens (PTM), there becomes an economic incentive for new users to stay and use the platform. This translates into a much stronger community that artists can then leverage in-order to promote and fund themselves. Creators can also crowdfund on the Potentiam platform through what are known as “Decryption tokens”. These tokens are exchanged for raising project funds which are then...

Have you ever wished there was a social media platform purely focused on your musical needs; where you could connect with everyone in the music industry, from engineers to singer-songwriters? Well, we’re here to tell you that your wishes have been fulfilled in the form of new music social network called Potentiam. All members are offered monetary rewards for engagement within the community. So, the more time you spend communicating with other music lovers, the better off you will become.

REcoin was initially touted as a coin offered with backing in real estate assets purchased with proceeds from the ICO. Zaslavskiy told investors that the company had a ‘team of lawyers, professionals, brokers and accountants’ that would complete the purchases, when in fact, no one had been hired. He also indicated to investors that he had raised between $2 and $4 mln, when the actual figure was closer to $300,000.