nOS: A Decentralized Browser Powered By Blockchain!

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/nos
Type: NEP-5 Token
Price: $0.066 (at time of writing)
Market Cap: $3,770,314 USD 
Circulating Supply: 57,125,982 million
Total supply: 375 million
-Decentralized internet client with Dapp integration.
-Virtual OS for the smart economy.
-Features built-in NEO/NEP-5 wallet.
-Will also feature a built-in DeX (Decentralized exchange.)
-Is not yet listed on the most popular exchanges.
-Working product already released before even being launched on exchanges.

nOS (or NOS) is a project built on the NEO blockchain with decentralization at it's core. Created by many developers from The City of Zion, based on the idea that people that people should be able to freely browse the web, without worrying about what data is being scraped from them along the way. The nOS client achieves this by allowing you to access Dapps as if they were web pages, using the .Neo extension. The nOS Browser functions as a web browser, with the added benefit that it integrates with the nOS Protocol, a blockchain-powered web protocol that facilitates secure and open accessibility of nOS Dapps. The client also features a user-friendly Dapp discovery platform (or "App Store") where rankings are decided in a decentralized manner. On top of this, the nOS client has a built in NEO wallet, and will soon feature it's own fully fledged Decentralized Exchange built right in. These features are all possible due to the nOS utility token. The nOS Utility Token employs various staking and reward utilities which are intended for developers who wish to deploy and maintain Dapps on nOS, as well as for end users who wish to practice decentralized governance.

**If you are interested in $NOS I recommend using Switcheo exchange to purchase it. It is a DeX, which means there is no need to create an account. Also as of the time of writing, NOS is trading at about 30% cheaper than on Hotbit, the other exchange it is currently listed on. I will post a quick step-by-step at the bottom of this page on how to make a purchase on a DeX if you never have before.**

"Here are some reasons why I think nOS might be huge in the future:

• It's a platform that offers a one stop shop for all things decentralized and crypto.
• Individual developers are free to develop Dapps for the OS, as it is open source and encouraged. More Dapps in a single place means more adoption.
• NOS recently struck a partnership with DataAcess Worldwide, which has developed simplified framework applications for companies like Cerner Corp, Datatech, and Coca Cola Denmark. This partnership will allow the facilitation of the creation of a Dapp library to bring more users in.
• The inclusion of a DeX and a wallet into the platform makes it easier and less of a hassle for users to adopt.
• It's being developed on the NEO block chain, which has made many improvements to their protocol, allowing projects like these to be able to work efficiently.
• It is only on a few small exchanges, and thus has not gotten proper liquidity and exposure. Once it's listed on a larger exchange, more traders will surely take notice to the tech being demonstrated here.
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Dean Van Dugteren: Founder and CEO. Founder VDT.Network. Developer at City of Zion.

Matt Huggins: Lead Developer. Also Maintains Neon Wallet. Developer at City of Zion.

Jeroen Peeters: Developer/Project Manager. Front End Consultant at Evance. Creator of Neoblog.

Maurice Dalderup: Full Stack Developer. Blockchain consultant at Trase. Creator of Neoblog.

Fabricio Rosa Marques: Design contributor. Lead designer at Pitch. Designer at fournova.

Nikolaj Kuntner: Research Contributor. Developer at City of Zion. Software Enginerr at DAQRI.

https://nos.io/#team

Overall, nOS seems to have something really good to offer users, a good team to back it up, and has yet to gain proper exposure in the market. I believe that NOS is at a cheap price at current levels, and as they continue to develop the platform the price will reflect that work.

**I have no affiliation with NOS, and have not been compensated by anyone to create this post. All opinions and views are that of my own. I am an investor in this cryptocurrency.**

How to Purchase NOS on Switcheo Decentralized Exchange

1. download NEO desktop wallet. https://neonwallet.com/ 2. once you open the program and create the wallet, go to settings>backup wallet and save the wallet backup. 3. go to https://switcheo.exchange/markets/NOS_NEO 4. Register (only needs an email address). 5. Go to connect wallet, and then import the .json file that you exported. This will autoconnect your wallet to the exchange. 6. Buy NEO, then send it to your desktop wallet (The transfer took me less than 2 minutes NEO is fast). 7. In switcheo, go to the wallet you connected and deposit NEO into the exchange. 8. Purchase NOS. 9. In Switcheo, go back to 'your wallet' and withdraw NOS back to your desktop wallet (Or keep it on the exchange if you have 2fa enabled, though this is Not recommended).

$DOCK Dock.io: The Crypto LinkedIn killer?

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dock/
Type: ERC20 Token
Price: $0.11 (at time of writing)
Market Cap: Estimated $33,000,000 USD
Circulating Supply: Undetermined currently
Total supply: 1 Billion
-Encourages data exchange between platforms.
-Allows for synchronized user information across user platforms, while incentivizing platforms to keep this information synchronized. 
-Users have full ownership of where and how their data is used.
-Linkedln "Disruptor"
-Coin Burn implemented through use of the token by platforms.
-Currently only on Kucoin, meaning it's fairly undiscovered

The dock.io protocol is a special purpose decentralized data exchange protocol. This protocol is intended to incentivize the exchange of work experience, reviews and professional connections, and can be expanded to include any type of shareable data. In addition, the tokens serve as the proposal and voting utility to guide the evolution of development and changes to the dock.io protocol. All token holders can contribute proposals and vote on changes and updates they’d like to see implemented. Applications receive tokens for data exchange. Users will have absolute control over their data through the use of a hosted third party service.


The dock.io protocol is an open network revolutionizing how apps access user data and communicate with one another. Basically think of it as a giant "sync" button for all of your professional and personal profiles. This is excellent for those who have multiple professional profiles, but the uses can extend to those that have several social media profiles and want to make sure information is accurate across the board. 

The biggest get for this is for big corporations. They will be able to have up to date employee records, vendor records, etc, all hosted on a secure blockchain. This information can then be synced with other corporations without the use of databases. Everything stays up to date, secure, and is cheaper for the companies too!

Platforms that implement this protocol are incentivized with Dock tokens anytime a user creates new data to share via the protocol. These platforms then use tokens when users want to access data via the protocol.

Now where LinkedIn is focused primarily on professional profiles, Dock has the advantage of being an open protocol. This great increases it's use case, while also bring value to platforms that adopt this protocol.

The Dev team does not seem to be AAA list, but we do see many characters who were previously from Shortlist, Branded, Outsource, The Muse, and more. This definitely seems like a competent group of developers, and seem more than capable to handle this type of project.

Dock already has a large base of users, several valid use cases, a good system to bring aboard more partners, and a competent team to bring it all together. I won't say that this will be a multi dollar token someday, but it does have more to offer than other projects at this low of a market cap. I personally believe that DOCK is currently undervalued. 

**REFERRAL LINK**
Sign up and try out Dock to see for yourself what it is all about!
https://dock.io?r=andrewtorchine:aaaaK4k0

Non-Ref Link
https://dock.io/

**I have no affiliation with DOCK, and have not been compensated by anyone to create this post. All opinions and views are that of my own. I am an investor in this cryptocurrency.**

$DRGN DragonChain: Crypto's next sleeping giant?

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/dragonchain/#charts
Type: ERC20 Token
Price: $4.77 (at time of writing)
Market Cap: $1,137,723,271 USD 
Circulating Supply: 238.4 million
Total supply: 433.5 million
-Scalable serverless platform 
-Built with every major coding language in mind.
-Access to "incubated" projects and smart contracts.
-Built by Disney.
-Is not yet listed on the most popular exchanges.
-The majority of it's infrastructure is ready to roll out and be utilized this year after 3 years of development. 

DRGN seems to be a competently built project with the idea of allowing independent projects to get exposure. It allows for said projects to grow in an ecosystem that supports the developers and allows them to unlock the full potential of their ideas. Plus the fact that there is a name like Disney behind it is sure to get people's attention. Luckily not many people are aware of this token. I believe we can still see exponential growth in this token over the course of 2018; especially if it gets listed on more popular exchanges. Buy DragonChain (DRGN) on Kucoin!
**If you are interested in $DRGN I recommend using Kucoin exchange to purchase it (Link above). Sign up takes 2 minutes, does not require ID verification, and its a very nice up and coming exchange. They have been listing a lot of cool projects on their exchange, so it is an excellent tool to have in your arsenal!**

"Here are some reasons why Dragon Chain might be huge in the future:

• It’s a hybrid system that lets a business (enterprise or startup) have its own chain and achieve enterprise consensus in stages all the way to one or more public blockchains (eg BTC or ETH).
• Developers may code smart contracts in Java, Python, Node, or C#. Platforms projects always do extremely well in the long run, look at STRATIS, LISK, NEO, NEM, XLM, etc.
• The architecture allows a project to control exposure of sensitive business data and smart contract logic.
• It doesn’t require the use of a currency (full trust at first layer).
• It can support multiple currencies on one chain.
• A project can start without full knowledge of its economy and monetize activity or assets late in the process.
• The commercial platform utlizes serverless architecture to enable simple and powerful scaling.
• There will be an incubator and marketplace for new projects.
• Entire team based in Settle USA. Fortune 500 companies are more willing to invest in blockchain projects where they know it can't be shutdown on a whim by foreign government, e.g. NEO (China), etc and ability to get localized support if required since the team is USA based.
• Team members and advisers receive their token disbursements over a two-year period. That signals a long-term commitment to the project and prevents insiders from dumping their supply and disappearing soon after the token sale.
• The platform was built from scratch in Python at Disney."(1)

Joe Roets: Founder and CEO. Worked in the crypto space since 2010 and helped develop projects at Overstock, Coinbase, Symbiont, and Walt Disney company.

Eileen Quenin: Founder and president of the Dragonchain Foundation. Worked for Disney for 7 years prior. Also worked at Amazon and GE.

Paul Sonier: CTO. Lead Engineer from Disney.

Maria Smith: VP Payments Starbucks

Ed Fries: Co-Founder Xbox

Tom Bush: Fmr Assistant Director, FBI

https://dragonchain.com/team/

**I have no affiliation with BTCZ, and have not been compensated by anyone to create this post. All opinions and views are that of my own. I am an investor in this cryptocurrency.**

(1):https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7ibkl3/dragonchain_drgn_hidden_gem_that_will_5x/

Held an impromptu live crypto chat on Youtube where I talked various cryptos i've been looking at.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgavkcr-2xw

Always fun to get to just talk about crypto currencies and the communities behind them. This was spontaneous, and it was a first for me actually talking about cryptos live, so don't judge too harshly :P

Coins talked about: $POWR $OTN $MOD $REQ $VTC $BTCZ

Interesting Startup Cryptocurrency: BitcoinZ

Coin Website

https://bitcoinz.global/en/

I found this Crypto today, and began to do some DD as well as began mining it (Just in case it ever blows up :P )

So far has been a pleasant experience to set up the wallet and miner.

Nicely developed mining pool sites. It seems like there are some brains behind this from the Dev community.

Stats

Price= $0.0088 (124 Satoshis)

This particular coin has outright banned Asic miners.

Block size= 2mb every 2.5 mins. Similar to Bitcoin cash (8Mb every 10 minutes). This should allow for fast transactions.

Algorithm= Equihash

zk-SNARKs privacy

Decentralized development / All contributors are volunteers

21 billion coins total cap

Circulating Supply (at time of post)= 418,312,553 BTCZ

I think this Cryptocurrency may be an interesting one in the future if development occurs at the rate it has been since it's release. Considering its cheap price tag, it may be worth picking some up and storing it away. You never know where some of these startup projects end up!

**I have no affiliation with BTCZ, and have not been compensated by anyone to create this post. All opinions and views are that of my own.**

Is Vertcoin the next Litecoin?

Vertcoin (VTC) has been gain steam in the past month
Has the nicest chart in crypto land. Most charts when compared to BTC (Etherium, Litecoin, etc) over the year have gone down due to Bitcoin's meteoric rise. Vertcoin has actually been GOING UP when paired against Bitcoin (see screenshot below)

Vertcoin touts itself as a decentralized currency owned by its users.

Its mining algorhythm is ASIC-resistant, which is good news for GPU miners. 

Vertcoin is Segwit activated (not many coins are)

In Litecoin’s roadmap it is explicitly states that they are going to be working on cross chain atomic swaps with Vertcoin.

Transactions are super quick.

Has a large community that is growing daily.

Vertcoin seems to be showing that it is around for the long haul. I think this could be the next big coin on the market.

**Disclaimer: At the time of this writing I am holding VTC long. These are just my opinions and should not be considered trading advice. All Star Trading Team and myself do not endorse buying or selling of any of the tickers discussed. All Star Trading Team and myself may have positions in some of the tickers mentioned. All Star Trading Team and myself are not compensated by any company, investment firm, or individual to express specific opinions of any tickers we analyze. Trading securities inherits risk, All Star Trading Team and myself assume no responsibility for capital lost based on the opinions expressed in this blog.

Gotta Love Overstock $OSTK Right Now for Starting an ICO exchange

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/traders-bet-on-overstock-over-bitcoins-blockchain-technology.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-10/short-seller-cohodes-unveils-overstock-long-in-u-turn-on-old-foe

• Overstock.com shares surged to four-year highs as investors bet on the company's investment in blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin.
• Attention on the viability of blockchain has grown as IBM and JPMorgan Chase separately announced this week they are working on a blockchain-based platform to improve the efficiency of global payments.
• Long-time short seller Marc Cohodes also cited the potential of blockchain when he recommended Overstock.com in a presentation last week.

Opening up a market for ICOs is a huge deal. It's an even bigger deal that an established company like Overstock is the one starting it. This marks a historical occasion as it brings big attention to block chain technology as a whole to the traditional investor. It also marks a huge milestone in the adoption of cryptocurrencies as legitimate financial vehicles. 

This can be a huge money maker for Overstock once it launches, and will bring more volume to the cryptocurrency market as a whole, bringing it the attention it deserves. 

*I have no position in Overstock ($OSTK), but may be going long in this stock in the next 72 hours. Looking for an entry in the $33-$35 range with a PT of $48 and a stop loss of $29.*

**Disclaimer: These are just my opinions and should not be considered trading advice. All Star Trading Team and myself do not endorse buying or selling of any of the tickers discussed. All Star Trading Team and myself may have positions in some of the tickers mentioned. All Star Trading Team and myself are not compensated by any company, investment firm, or individual to express specific opinions of any tickers we analyze. Trading securities inherits risk, All Star Trading Team and myself assume no responsibility for capital lost based on the opinions expressed in this blog.

Dividend Challenge Results!!!

Dividend Challenge Results

Monday 10/24
Bought (F) 82 shares at $12.10= $992.20.

Result
Total Dividend- 82 shares x $0.15= $12.30
Total Liquid Cash-                           $7.80
Total Stock-                                     $992.20
Unrealized gains/loss-                   +$7.38
Total Account-                                $1019.68 (+1.9%)

Tuesday 10/25
Sold (F) 82 shares at $12.10= $992.20.
Liquid Cash= $1000.00
Bought (MSB) 104 shares @ $9.60= $998.40

Result
Total Dividend- (F) 82 shares x $0.15= $12.30
                  (MSB) 104 shares x $0.10= $10.40
Total Liquid Cash-                           $1.60
Total Stock-                                     $998.40
Unrealized gains/loss-                   +$10.40
Total Account-                                $1033.10 (+3.3%)

Wednesday 10/26
Sold (MSB) 104 shares @ $9.55= $993.20
Liquid Cash= $994.80
Buy (DNP) 97 shares @ $10.21= $990.37

Result
Total Dividend- (F) 82 shares x $0.15= $12.30
                  (MSB) 104 shares x $0.10= $10.40
                  (DNP) 97 shares x $0.065= $6.30
Total Liquid Cash-                           $2.83
Total Stock-                                     $990.37
Unrealized gains/loss-                   +$3.88
Total Account-                                $1026.08 (+2.6%)

Thursday 10/27
Sold (DNP) 97 shares @ $10.20= $989.40
Liquid Cash= $992.23
Buy (WSR) 75 shares @ $13.10= $982.50

Result
Total Dividend- (F) 82 shares x $0.15= $12.30
                  (MSB) 104 shares x $0.10= $10.40
                  (DNP) 97 shares x $0.065= $6.30
                 (WSR) 75 shares x $0.095= $7.12
Total Liquid Cash-                           $9.73
Total Stock-                                     $982.50
Unrealized gains/loss-                   -$0.75
Total Account-                                $1027.60 (+2.7%)

Friday 10/27
Sold (WSR) 75 shares @ $13.10= $982.50
Liquid Cash= $992.23
Buy (TRGP) 21 shares @ $45.50= $955.50

Result
Total Dividend- (F) 82 shares x $0.15= $12.30
                  (MSB) 104 shares x $0.10= $10.40
                  (DNP) 97 shares x $0.065= $6.30
                 (WSR) 75 shares x $0.095= $7.12
                 (TRGP) 21 shares x $0.91= $19.11
                  TOTAL DIVIDENDS= $55.23
Total Liquid Cash-                           $36.73
Total Stock-                                     $955.50
Unrealized gains/loss-                   +$4.20
Total Account-                                $1051.66 (+5.1%)

Results pending sale of (TRGP) on Monday.

So my estimation of 5.71% for the week fell just a bit short, but we did overall see a 5.166% gain for the week just by playing dividends daily. Note that the dividends won't be liquid until next month, and currently we show a loss of $7.77 to total liquid cash. But the ends justify the means. Under a tight discipline, carefully planned limit sells, some intuition, and lots of DD; this method is a feasible means to make gains.

The Dividend Game: How to Play Dividend Stocks Without Going Long

So I'm developing a theory on how to best play dividend stocks on a short term scale. It may prove to be a lucrative way to safely invest for short periods of time if done correctly. But before we dive into this theory, lets go over a few things first.

What Is A Dividend?
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of a company's earnings to a class of its shareholders. Dividends can be in the form of cash, stock, and less commonly, property. Most stable companies offer dividends to shareholders. 3

When is the cutoff to get in for a Dividend?
The trickiest part of dividends is to best understand when the latest possible time to enter the security is. There are several dates that are provided when looking at a stocks dividend: The Declaration Date, The Ex/Effective Date, The Record Date, and The Payment Date.

Declaration Date: The date that the company announced their upcoming dividend.
Ex/Effective Date: The deadline date to own shares to register for the dividend.
Record Date: The date the company uses to determine it's shareholders or "holders on record".
Payment Date: The date a declared dividend is scheduled to be paid. 2

Now what is important to note is that stocks take 3 days to settle. That means you need to buy a stock three days before the record date in order to qualify for the dividend. Further complicating matters, the ex-date falls two trading days before the date by which you need to be a shareholder of record. We've established that the must-own date falls three days before the record date, so simple subtraction means that you must buy a stock one day before it goes ex-dividend. 1

With that in mind, an investor can technically buy a stock at 3:59 p.m. EST on the day before the Ex-div date and sell it at 9:31 a.m. EST the next morning and still receive the dividend in their account. 1

Why Doesn't Everyone Do This?
Now with the way the process was just laid out, you may be asking why everyone doesn't just use this to their advantage. There is a catch. Stocks typically auto-depreciate on the ex-div date by the amount of the dividend. This is done to deter people from abusing this system.

But with careful planning it may be possible to play this system after all.

For this theory, I have gone through the list of every stock that is paying dividends on the week of 10/24-10/28 (The week this was written) and looked into its price action, dividend yield (percentage) past performance during dividend payments, and catalysts such as Earnings Reports that could affect the price of the security. The premise of this theory is to buy 1 stock every day of this week for an overnight hold, hold through the day of the ex-div date (unless a break even opportunity arises), and find a point to sell the next day in order to break even or make profit. (EX: Buy stock Monday, Ex-div is Tuesday, sell the stock on Wednesday) If all goes well, we should be able to profit from 5 different dividend payments on the same $1000 of capital.

The Stocks I'm Choosing For This Experiment

The first stock listed for each day is my main choice, whilst the rest are alternates in case of price action working against me. The stocks are shown on each that would be the last day for entry to be registered for the dividend. Theoretically, if I can play each first choice without taking a loss on any of the positions, it should work out to (based on $1000 invested) $57.11, or 5.71%. Due to the fact that with this experiment I will only be using $1000 and commissions alone would put me in net negative, I will be using Robinhood to execute all trades.

Bonus Objectives:
1. Sell each stock ON the ex-div date so as to reduce the holding time.
2. Sell each stock for a profit to maximize returns

I will be posting the results at the end of the week.

1:https://www.thestreet.com/story/11785758/1/when-must-i-buy-a-stock-to-get-the-dividend.html
2:http://www.investopedia.com/university/introduction-to-dividends/important-terms-to-know-and-other-basics.asp
3:http://www.investopedia.com/university/introduction-to-dividends/

ENH Quick Valuation

Just some basic valuation models and examples, some may not be completely correlative to be precise. Just wanted to get you all an idea of why a valuation could be $6.5bln.
Price points from the results are in bold.

O/S 67.74m
Assets: $14.8bln
 -goodwill:$0.511bln
 = $14.289bln
 -Liabilities: $9.72bln
$4.56bln shareholder equity
X 27% average buyout premium = $5.8bln ($85.62 PPS Baseline, brand not considered)

 If Goodwill considered: $0.511bln +27%= $0.648bln
+$5.8bln= $6.44897bln ($95.20 PPS)

 Income: 310m +27%
 = $393m or .393bln
 $73.44 Book/sh
+$16.14 cash/sh
=$89.58
+ Div yield 2.34%
=$91.67
 X67.74m O/s
= $6.209bln ($91.67 PPS)
+.393bln Income
=$6.602bln ($97.46 PPS)

Key approximate levels until we have confirmation of buyout price:
$5.8bln ($85.62 PPS Baseline, brand not considered)
$6.209bln ($91.67 PPS)
$6.44897bln ($95.20 PPS)
$6.602bln ($97.46 PPS)
mean of 4 valuation figures above= $6.265bln ($92.48 PPS)

COSI- What's the situation and how much is it worth?

With the news of COSI's bankruptcy filing, and the influx of traders moving in to snag shares on the cheap for a quick play, many who decided to hold for a longer period than just a few hours are mezmorized by the fact that the stock price didnt just tank again. This has left many traders in a position of holding this stock longer than they normally would have, and feel optimism of a spike and/or recovery that could yield huge returns. Yet, most traders do not know the real story of whats going on behind the scenes, or what the valuation of this stock really is. This post will give you every piece of information you need to fully understand the situation, and to plan your strategy in this trade ahead of time. 

NOTE: If you just want the numbers, please scroll down to the section where the text is highlighted green.