Introduction

Investing in the crypto market brings good dividends. We have heard how those who invested in Bitcoin became millionaires overnight. But for a normal people like me (with zero investment experience) it is difficult to invest in a new ICO; even investors with years of experience hesitate when they're going to invest in a new ICO. More so because in this market you can lose your money in seconds, due to many reasons that generally do not have a real explanation. In addition, it lends itself to scams and false inventions in order to rob others. That is why today I come to present Vertex, a platform that comes to facilitate investments in cryptocurrencies in a safe and reliable way.

Current Plight

Investments in cryptocurrencies both last year (2017) and so far this year have increased considerably, obtaining exponential growth of up to 1322%. There are innumerable projects that are constantly created with blockchain technology. These ICOs offer great opportunities to invest and yield great profits. However, it is also a very volatile market due to lack of liquidity, among other things. Along with this threats, there are also those who take advantage of creating scams or false projects under this brand new blockchain technology, damaging the crypto market. Many times the advisors are hired to only indicate that a project is profitable, without investigating it thoroughly. In the same way, many rating agencies are contracted to promote ICOs without verifying the authenticity of those projects; thus converting the ICO industry into a popular center for bad behavior.

Investing in crypto is not easy for a person with little investment experience. In addition to the corruption problems in the ICOs that make large investments hesitate; also one as an investor must carry out a tedious process of registering a profile and completing the KYC process for each token in which we wish to invest before being listed in an exchange. Another obstacle that investors normally face is that the best ICOs are generally not sold publicly.

Fortunately, in the face of this situation, Vertex comes to offer a market of quality ICOs and availability of tokens for all types of investors, including those with little or no experience.

Vertex

Vertex is an ecosystem based on blockchain technology that will allow the acquisition of ICOs in after sales. Thereby, Vertex creates a platform for all those who seek to invest in ICOs in a secure manner, creating a market of tokens carefully selected by the Vertex team of researchers and who will ensure a high percentage of investment success.

Vertex has a team of expert investors, who will choose a list of carefully examined tokens, so that participants with little or non experience can invest in ICOs with high probability of success, low risk and at a preferential price.

Benefits

The platform designed by Vertex will not only benefit the members of its ecosystem (investors), but also their selected ICOs and the crypto community.

Investors. Vertex will provide a market where investors can have access to numerous ICOs that have been examined and approved by the Vertex team of experts. Investors may even invest in ICOs that have been closed and buy them in better conditions than in those that were sold. Reducing the risks of investments in this way.
ICOs. ICOs that meet the Vertex requirements will benefit from being exposed to a number of investors who have already complied with the KYC process and are willing to invest. Likewise, the ICOs will receive the Vertex Approval Seal, in addition to free publicity.
Crypto Community. Vertex will improve the cryptocurrency community since the ICOs will be validated through exhaustive research, which will promote these projects even more, ensuring the return of investments. This will result in more investors and institutions acquiring interest in the cryptocurrency markets, thus increasing their liquidity. A win-win relationship for all involved parties.

How the Vertex Platform works

As I mentioned earlier, the Vertex platform will allow its participants to purchase project tokens that have been validated meticulously at a fixed price. Vertex will ensure that all users have the opportunity to buy the tokens without any discrimination.

Users will only be able to acquire the available tokens in the list of Vertex ICOs using Vertex tokens (VTEX), the native token of the platform, ERC20 compliant. The purchased tokens will be deposited directly into the user's wallet. Therefore, the user has control and is responsible for their own tokens.

The list of Vertex ICOs will have a rating of ICOs along with explanatory comments (and evaluations) from the team of analysts of the platform.

Users can not only see the list of available Vertex ICOs, but also see the next ICOs to be release (which have already been purchased by Vertex)

Vertex will invest in advance in carefully selected ICOs (see selection process). When the public offering of an ICO is finished, Vertex will offer the tokens on the platform at prices with different discounts, in this way it will allow fair participation among the customers. The first 50% of the tokens will be offered at 10% off, then the next 25% at no additional cost and the final 25% will have a 10% fee. However, this last price is still below the original price in the public sale.

From the operational point of view, users must register their profile and perform the KYC process only once. The platform is based on blockchain technology, so it has a decentralized, encrypted, transparent, secured and distributed nature. In addition, all tokens will be kept in cold storage and multi-signatures wallets, i.e., they require more than one key to authorize a transaction.

Vertex Workflow

Source: White paper

Vertex will always ensure the liquidity of the platform through continuous injections of funds. This is achieved through Vertex Capital, a private company focused on blockchain investments, formed by investors with high net worth ($ 100 million or more). Its function is to convert fiat money into cryptocurrencies and invest in ICOs. 50% of these investments will be part of the Vertex Market ecosystem, which provides (as initially mentioned) a continuous liquidity in the platform. Vertex tokens (VTEX) will work as the ICO investment currency.

In few words, Vertex Capital powers Vertex Market.

ICO selection process

It is clear that the main benefit of the Vertex platform is the process of selecting the ICOs. The team of experts will decide which ICOs are acceptable and which ones will be rejected, through their own selection method based on their experiences as investors. However, there will be two general types of ICOs that will be taken into account, those that require small investments and those that require large investments. The latter will be the most acceptable.

This selection process will not only require gathering data about the projects (ICOs): the identities of the teams that comprise it, advisors, technologies, corporate structure, legal status of the token, terms of sale, purpose and distribution of the token, intellectual property and use of funds, capability to deliver and business plans. But also, they will hold face-to-face meetings with the people in charge of the projects, to understand which investments are more worthwhile. Finally, they will hold meetings with the project representatives to define the terms of the token discounts and define the commitment to acquire Vertex tokens (VTEX) as part of the payment.

Types of Tokens offered by Vertex

As it has been said, Vertex will select exhaustively all the token that it offers in its platform, ensuring utility, security and high return on investment. However, Vertex will avoid offering tokens that are involved with alcohol, tobacco or gambling.

Vertex Wallet

Vertex will develop its own wallet, compatible for desktop and mobile media. Thereby, users can have their cryptocurrencies secure in this wallet. The wallet will have constant updates, both for user safety and for the new ERC23 standards. The wallet will also be able to hold other cryptocurrencies.

Vertex.Market Airdrop

It is necessary to indicate that Vertex will issue a promotional token called VTEXP for airdrops, bounties and other tasks. This token could be exchanged by VTEX token (1 VTEXP = 1 VTEX).

Airdrop here

Conclusion

Undoubtedly, Vertex will guarantee a profitable and secure market for investments through its platform. Its system of careful selection of ICOs will allow to obtain better yields and to attract more investors to the world of the cryptocurrencies when raising the level of the crypto market. Vertex will become a standard for investors interested in blockchain projects.