Given the recent drama regarding SEC subpoenas (80 companies got hit, and yes, there might be some FUD involved), there's a lot of concern about ICOs. I took a break from investing in any of them because most of them did not allow for U.S. Citizen participation. I found a couple recently that include full KYC and do allow U.S. citizens to get involved. **This is not financial advice!** I'm just doing this for entertainment purposes and telling my personal story on my blog. Please don't make financial decisions based on what you hear from me!

Academy Token

After Jason King's presentation at Anarchapulco, I decided Academy Token is something worth supporting. You can find out more here: https://www.academytoken.com/ It's one of the few ICO's that will allow US Citizens. It's half price if you get in before March 15th ($1 USD per token), but you have to already be on the whitelist for the "public pre-sale." Here's the ICO site: https://ico.academytoken.com and here's my referral link, but at this time neither of us get any benefits as they aren't doing a token referral program (yet?). That said, please use that link in case they change this in the future. They do full KYC (you'll have to upload government ID documents) via icosid.com which looks interesting. The basic idea behind this one is the world needs a metric crap ton more blockchain developers and someone needs to train them all. That's what Academy is going to do. It's a real need, and they are going to fill it. As a developer, I may end up using these tokens myself to pay for additional blockchain development training. If you're following me on Twitter, you already saw me mention it here:

Jason King is the guy behind Sean's Outpost and Unsung.org which tells me he actually cares about real problems and helping real people. I enjoyed talking with him when I met him in Mexico. This one might not be one of those 10X'ers but more of a long-term "We should invest in this to help the entire ecosystem" insurance buys. I noticed this Facebook post from Jason this morning:

When I logged in to the ICO site, I saw this:

I think that means they've raised $24M in the private pre-sale. If I was an enterprise company looking to get into the blockchain space, I might seriously consider investing in this token in order to get first dibs at the graduates. You can read the whitepaper in multiple languages here: https://www.academytoken.com/whitepaper. In the whitepaper, it lists these token details:

Aw, shoot. This post is already getting long, and I have to run some errands. I'll follow up with parts 2 and 3 digging into CryptoHunt and RavenCoin in future posts. Let me know what you think about Academy Token in the comments. If you have questions, check the FAQ here. Seriously, again, this is not financial advice. It's just for entertainment and informational purposes only. I don't know if this is a good investment or a terrible one. Make your own decisions and don't blame anyone but yourself for how they come out. Edit: part 2 talking about Crypto Hunt is live! -----

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