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  • You are the company you keep

    I always tell people how important it is to surround yourself with like-minded individuals whenever you are trying to achieve a specific goal in life or to just work on your personal development overall. Someone once told me… “You are the company you keep.” At the time I didn’t believe it was true since I am the type of person that has always surrounded myself with all types of different people with all types of different goals and sometimes even no goals at all. Ultimately, I think what I have learned over the past few months is that the more you surround and align yourself with people that have similar goals and similar mindsets the more you will grow and move farther along on your path and get closer to reaching whatever goals you have set for yourself. When I started dabbling in affiliate marketing I got some mentors and learned so much from them. I even made friends in the bootcamp I was a part of and we continue to meet every other week or so just to check in and see how we are all doing on our online business journeys. I get excited to see their successes and hear about their failures because this journey is all about learning, doing, teaching and most importantly supporting others and helping each other along the way. I had some successes with my affiliate marketing business on my own but it wasn’t until I became a part of a group that I really started noticing a huge difference in myself and in my business. Especially with how many more commissions started coming in each day. This journey is an individual journey for sure, but when several people are all working towards the same thing in a team-like atmosphere you are bound to succeed. I made a video about this club that I am in and wanted to share it with you.  

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  • Top ten Crypto Coins to watch

      Top ten coins to watch or own report by Crypto Club.   As with anything I share, this is purely for educational purposes and the decision to invest is entirely yours.     *The price and market cap numbers are not dynamic so they may be out of date. Please check the current market data before placing any trades.  

    Bitcoin (BTC)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $4,236.73 $70,345,076,146 $1,098,310,000 16,603,625 BTC 21,000,000 BTC
      What is it Bitcoin is the grandaddy of them all.  The first decentralized ledger currency built on blockchain.  It is the most popular cryptocurrency with the highest market capitalization.   What we like
    • Most adopted coin.  Most well known.
    • 21,000,000 is the max supply.  Simple supply and demand will continue to drive up price.
      Concerns
    • Discord in community, developers, traders, miners all have different views on the path forward.  Leading to hard forks
    • Regulation could be the one thing to kill the coin
      Further Analysis Almost everyone has heard of Bitcoin it’s the big dog and driving the entire cryptocurrency market right now.  As noted above with a cap of 21,000,000 simple supply and demand will drive price higher over time.  Regulation and hard forks are the only thing that could kill this coin short and long term.  There are better coins from a technical standpoint out there see Litecoin and Vertcoin, but Bitcoin has a huge head start in terms of adoption.   Assuming Bitcoin continues to be the dominant cryptocurrency some pundits are putting a price target out there of $100,000, $500,000, or even $1,000,000 per coin.  Doing the math if the price hits $100,000 per coin the market cap would be $2,100,000,000,000 which is two trillion, 100 billion.     It is possible, see this infographic from 2015 http://money.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-and-markets-in-one-visualization/?link=mktw   We’re educators sharing our journey in crypto, we like to share what we’re doing in the space and not tell you how to invest your money. That said, we believe putting a very small percentage of your net worth into bitcoin is not a bad idea.  Make sure you are comfortable with losing the amount.  You can also set up auto buys to buy x amount each or each month.   Here is some more detailed notes on becoming a millionaire with bitcoin https://qz.com/990088/how-to-become-a-bitcoin-millionaire-according-to-wences-casares-of-xapo/

    Ethereum (ETH)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $294.23 $27,948,042,604 $262,840,000 94,950,271 ETH
      What is it A decentralized ledger that supports smart contracts. This allows for custom applications and tokens to be built on top of it.   What we like
    • More of a protocol than a currency, it’s a platform.  Utility + Currency = Value
    • First mainstream chain to support Smart Contracts
    • Very strong team (Vitalik Buterin’s Leadership)
    • Second only to Bitcoin in terms of public awareness
      Concerns
    • Could another platform come along
    • Are ICOs hurting the platform?
    • Smart Contracts are an immature concept and come with risks ( The DAO Hack ) that unfortunately affect Ethereum as a whole
    • Transitioning to Proof Of Stake in the next year or so which comes with it’s own challenges
      Further Analysis We’re long ethereum.  As noted above it’s more than a coin,  it’s a platform.  Think of Itunes but instead of media, coins, currencies, blockchain applications,  the potential is huge.  Yes another competing protocol could come along, (and they are coming for example NEO) and steal marketshare from ETH, but it is entrenched and the market is huge.  Ethereum has the team and foundation to withstand challenges and that said there is plenty of space in crypto/blockchain for multiple platforms.  

    Vertcoin (VTC)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $1.14 $45,796,946 $2,152,400 40,002,150 VTC 84,000,000 VTC
      What is it Another Bitcoin-like blockchain currency.  Some refer to it as the bronze currency to Bitcoin’s gold and Litecoin’s silver.   Differences between Bitcoin includes
    • Stealth Address technology and
    • ASIC resistant Proof-of-Work (PoW) function .
    What we like
    • Reasonable market cap
    • Innovative technology
    • Strong community
    Concerns
    • Low adoption/lack of market awareness
    • Team is 100% volunteer
      Further Analysis Vertcoin continues to be one of our favorite coins. For a good third-party analysis please read: https://medium.com/@jshocrypto/vertcoin-investment-analysis-64bfb2ca89c9. The technology is solid. And more importantly, we’re comfortable with the market cap at slightly under $40M (at the time of this writing,  it’s not a crazy high number like other coins.   Our concerns remain to be the marketing and adoption of the coin. The team behind Vertcoin is anti-hype and they care more about strong technology and ethics than wealth. This coin needs more hype because it flies under the radar. The good news is the team has started to acknowledge some of the issues and has said marketing will be a focus over the next year, so we’ll see what they can do. Keep in mind they didn’t ICO so there isn’t a pile of cash there for the team and marketing initiatives. They rely on donations and volunteer efforts. In fact, their lead developer is a full-time graduate student at MIT with a 50-hour class load. So Vertcoin is not going to be able to have the same marketing or development push as other coins that have ICO’d. What’s encouraging is they’ve done so much with so little. If they can drive greater adoption and hype I would look for Vert to follow Litecoin. They both will cap out at 84 million coins so the math behind them are similar. We’d be extremely happy if Vert goes to $10 and I will be ecstatic to see it go to $50+ like Litecoin.  

    OmiseGO (OMG)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $8.67 $852,522,547 $22,946,500 98,312,024 OMG 140,245,398 OMG
      What is it OmiseGO, the token is looking to be a wallet and payment platform that works across currencies. They will make the exchanging of currencies easier with a  liquid on-chain decentralized exchange giving their wallet holders the ability to utilize any currency for services. Their vision is to remove the need for a bank account and just use their wallet.   What we like
    • Backed by a large, already successful company that is based in Asia (a huge market)
    • Omise (the company) has proved they are capable of building technology and a business.
      Concerns
    • There is no product. For a coin that has reached over $1 Billion market cap it will be very important that they stick to their roadmap and show some developments on the technical end.
      Further Analysis   OmiseGO has been one of the fastest growing Altcoins that the market has seen to date. This is due to a few factors. The first being the success of the parent company Omise. Omise is an Asian white label payment processing company, that was founded in 2013 and currently has over 100 employees. They have received at least $20 Million in combined funding and an undisclosed amount from Golden Gate Ventures.  Their annual transaction volume is unknown, but the total sales volume for Omise merchants has been estimated at 30 Billion. This list includes McDonald’s Thailand, Burger King, Siam Cement Group ( largest cement and building material company in Thailand) to name a few. This market reach has the potential of making the adoption of their OmiseGO network much easier.     The next big factor is that the Omise Team has been very involved with Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum team for a long while now. Vitalik is an advisor to their team on OmiseGO and has talked about them being one of the first adopters of the Ethereum upgrade called Plasma. Plasma is an off-chain scaling solution for smart contracts.  

    Civic (CVC)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $0.365162 $124,291,730 $1,130,640 340,200,000 CVC 1,000,000,000 CVC
      What is it Civic uses blockchain for Identification verification and management.  The token will be used as the utility token in these verifications.   What we like
    • Lots of resources after a $33M ICO
    • Huge market that needs to be disrupted.  Look at recent equifax hack.
    • Solid team
      Concerns
    • Surprised this didn’t shoot up after Equifax hack, but it’s still early and Civic is not very mainstream
      Further Analysis   We like Civic, but there are lots of questions to be answered.  This is certainly a startup investment.  They have to get market share for the token to be worth anything and that will be a long haul.  We’re long on this and own it – the current problems related to identity are too real and too big to ignore. Civic got its first price jump when the token 0x required the civic app to register for the ICO, which was a nice look into the real world application of it. We expect this to be norm moving forward, but those relationships will take time to build.   On the team side, we feel they have a solid team to attack this market which is being led by Founder Vinny Lingham. He’s  had a significant amount of startup success which we feel is an x-factor and can help with adoption.  

    Ripple (XRP)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $0.215081 $8,247,031,856 $79,575,000 38,343,841,883 XRP 99,994,523,265 XRP
     

    Tezos (XTZ/TEZ) (Pre-Launch)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $2.12 $ – $545,999 – XTZ/TEZ – XTZ/TEZ
     

    NEO (NEO)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $32.25 $1,612,625,000 $54,874,600 50,000,000 NEO 100,000,000 NEO
     

    Golem (GNT)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $0.248725 $207,195,884 $1,291,930 833,032,000 GNT 1,000,000,000 GNT
     

    Litecoin (LTC)

      As of 10/4/17 in $USD  
    Price Market Cap Volume Circulating Supply Max Supply
    $51.87 $2,760,843,389 $69,605,500 53,228,157 LTC 84,000,000 LTC
     

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  • Dirt On Social Media

    My timeline is boring….this is why. I’m in the military and I’m an business owner. My personal views once shared on social media represents the uniform I wear everyday, so even thou I protect the right of free speech it’s not free for me. As a business person my views represent my brand both good and bad so what I put out on social media has to be positive. What does this mean?Means I’m not allowed to have a bad day. Get angry , feel pain, make mistakes and never fail. A friend of mine told me that they want to be like me when they get older. I said “don’t be like me, you don’t know all the mistakes I made , how many times I’ve fallen , and how hard it is to get back up.” I still fail, still have more bad days than good ones, but I keep pushing. Yes my timeline is boring, but I’m not fake if you worked around me for the last 4yrs I’m constantly filling my brain with audio books about finance, motivation , and personal development. I share that stuff with you but unless you plan on grabbing a shovel and help ; no need for me to put my dirt on social media. People no longer judge you by the content of your character but the content of your social media.  So think about what you share on social media. Think about who you are, think about who your friends are  because that will be the perception people get from your social media.   Thank you for your time 😃

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