Do you have any links to those sources that explain why Genesis Vision is to be avoided? I checked them myself and really don't see any reasons to avoid them. In fact I think they're legit and one of best ICO's this month. One of few worth participating. I don't blindly trust other sources I always check ICO's myself. And that check takes a few hours. But maybe some of your sources points out some important red flag I might have missed.

And I agree on the Stratis part. They have nothing to offer Ethereum can't. Oh well, besides C#. But I don't think C# really is a huge advantage because any developer can learn Ethereum Solidity in a few days. They were pumped when they appeared on the market because of great marketing on how C# is great, how Microsoft will like them because of that and how they're better than Ethereum because they'll have sidechains. Microsoft is member of EEA that supports Ethereum, so they're not only supporting Stratis. And Ethereum can and will do sidechains too. And if someone thinks C# is really thah big advantage there's also NEO which is better technology than Stratis, has C# and has cooperation with Microsoft too.