In this article I present you XResearch, Crypto Online Media which has been established to be a platform for news, market information, and research about cryptocurrency markets. I will give information regarding the problems it would solve, the business model of the platform, token sale details, team and advisors and road map. I will conclude this article with my evaluation of the project.
There is a couple of independent companies which generate and provide research for traditional markets. On the contrary, there is no company who generates and provides research on cryptocurrency or blockchain. There are also many online cryptocurrency and blockchain media platforms and websites which produce content. Unfortunately, none of them have an institutional level research team.
The platform will provide free content as well as paid independent, proprietary research for cryptocurrency markets, initial coin offerings (ICOs), and blockchain investments. The paid content will be composed of the information gathered from the public data, sentiment analysis and the judgement of the platform advisors on these data. The platform will also provide opportunity to independent analysts to publish their research and monetize them.
Problem
- There is no reliable source of accurate information for crypto markets that adequately addresses the needs of professional or retail investors by aggregating critical information into one portal. Since the interest of the institutional investors started to increase the importance of such a reliable source elevated.
- The cost of research on markets will be charged directly to investors which would deprive them of research which they can’t afford. This will increase the market for independent investment research firms.
- Most cryptocurrencies have speculated prices, markets are highly volatile and there is high level of opportunities for fraud in the existing space. Investors around the world have been hurt by market manipulation and exit schemes.
Solution
Xresearch aims to solve all these problems by providing a decentralized platform to investors from all over the world doesn’t matter if they are regular, professional or institutional investors. The platform will provide research content on cryptocurrency markets, Initial Coin Offerings and other blockchain startups prepared by blockchain specialists, seasoned investment professionals and media and marketing professionals who has a history in securities analysis, portfolio management and content generation, publication and management.
Business Model
There will be 4 levels of service provided; namely, free service, Level 1 service, Level 2 service and Level 3 service of which details could be found at https://xres.io/
Free Service
In this basic service model mainly leading news, videos, event calendar, selected articles etc. will be provided. Main revenue streams for this service would be advertising, banner ads, traffic placement fees for events and conferences.
Level 1 Service
This level of service is accessible via subscription and offers real time crypto market research feeds, ICO research and algorithmic ratings and interactive charting tools. Revenue streams generated from this level of service would be the subscription fees, targeted advertising etc.
Level 2 Service
Second level of service is available through subscription. On this level of service, proprietary and independent research, access to publish own research for compensation in XRES tokens, news & price alerts and links to trading activity across distinct exchanges. The revenue streams for this level, subscription fees and targeted advertising.
Level 3 Service
In this level services are paid per item pricing. Services provided are bespoke research, consulting services, training tools, portfolio management tools and ICO rating services. Revenue stream for this level would be the payments for the ordered services.
Roadmap
The roadmap established extends till 2020 while delivering important milestones each quarter. The roadmap is focused on token sale for the year 2018 and most of the activities will start after the token sale.
Team
The team is composed of seasoned senior professionals who has expertise on the fields of research and investment management, risk management, blockchain, financial services sales and trading, senior management in finance firms and financial advisory which are obtained in companies like, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, PIMCO, McKinsey & Company, SIG, Goldman Sachs, Bankex, Jefferies, XTRD, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and many others. Each member of the team and their resumes could be found at https://xres.io/.
Advisors
Advisors of the project have bags of experience gained through software development, business analytics, coding, banking and investment banking, technology, private equity and investment management. Each member of the advisory board and their resumes could be found at https://xres.io/.
Token Metrics
Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 XRES
ICO Details
Xresearch ICO is open for those who are not non-USA, non-China and non-India citizens or residents.
Pre-Sale Hard Cap: 5,000,000 USD
Pre-Sale Bonuses:** 20%-30%**
Pre-Sale Price: $0.07 - $0.08
ICO Hard Cap: 45,000,000 USD
ICO Bonuses: 0-15%
ICO Price: $0.085 – $0.1
Details of the pre-sale and ICO could be viewed at https://xres.io/
Conclusion
Considering the growing interest of institutional investors to cryptocurrency markets the services offered by the project would meet the demand of those investors as well as the regular traders. We have to admit that there is no service provided or at the project stage who promises to provide such service at the moment which, at this moment makes Xresearch a pioneer in its field. The platform will definitely benefit from this advantage when it comes to looking for customers.
The platform as a whole offers beneficial and profitable services for cryptocurrency investors which also supports the adoption of cryptocurrencies. This is another aspect of the project which I like most.
Revenue streams are established well in order to make sure there would be enough capital to run the business and make profits. There are discounts for the services offered when XRES is used as a means of payment. This will encourage XRES usage which will eventually increase the value of the token.
The team is composed of literally superstars of the industry. All of them are senior professionals held, executive positions in the top tier financial institutions. Most of them have served as an advisor for a couple of ICO projects which makes the project even stronger. I have no doubt that these gentlemen are capable to deliver what they promise.
The only negative about the project is that there is no activity on the development side. Hiring the development team is scheduled for the first and second quarter of 2019 which would result in the final product to be delivered at the determined dates. This on the other side reflects the risk management expertise of the founder team.
Website: https://xres.io/
Whitepaper: https://xres.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/xresearch_whitepaper_Final.pdf
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