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ABOUT THE PROJECT

RIALTO.AI is a team of data scientists, trading economists and signal processing experts, designing proprietary algorithms for arbitrage and market making. By providing liquidity and matching orders, we are increasing market efficiency and connecting crypto markets.

XRL total token supply: 100 mio
of which to the team: 15mio (180 day lock-up period)

No additional XRL tokens can ever be created.

XRL Unofficial Token Listing: EtherDelta
XRL Official Token listing: coming in August 2017 (follow our medium.com for official press releases)

Mainstream investment would be additionally included if we get expected Exchange Traded Funds for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Depending on the size, but this could cause interesting price movements - volumes at this level does not yet sustain a couple of billions flowing into ETH...

Absence of efficient derived instruments (lend and short, options, futures) is still the biggest drag on efficiency of crypto markets. But I guess the industry is still so young that it will take some time and also regulatory support..

So the total market cap reached and passed important mark of $100 Billion! 
and Bill Gates' net worth . But how much is that?

Share your comparisons and thoughts on how big the total market will be in 5 years.
Can it surpass 1 Trillion?


https://medium.com/@RialtoAI/einstein-and-100-billion-crypto-milestone-ea10bb8249c

You need to be sure about two things: sufficient liquidity and sufficient volatility. As the associated trading costs are comparatively higher then in "traditional" financial instruments.

I would bet on Switzerland on the most favourable legislation for the whole blockchain industry, not only ICOs or ways of raising capital. The investors, project founders, and communities are working very closely with the government that recognizes the opportunity and not only the risk associated with it. Even some companies from Singapore are considering relocating to Switzerland, which gives me a sense that their ecosystem will really grow. + it's the nicest country on the list

Bitcoin wird so viel Wert haben wie seine Community es bestimmt. Momentan ist BTC Community noch immer weit voraus, doch Ethereum Enthusiasten und andere sind sehr nah dran. Eigentlich glaube ich nicht, dass Bitcoin in 3-5 Jahren noch Kryptowährung nummer1 sein wird. Einfach aus dem Grund, dass kein erster Durchbruch geschafft hat, durch die Konkurrenz und Weiterentwicklung als Gewinner zu erschienen. (erster Browser, e-mail, sozial Netzwerk usw..)

Gulden seems to be strong on development but very locally focused. I wonder whether they already have any viable internationalization strategies prepared? 

www.icorating.com and www.icoalert.com are preparing investment reports, where you can get extra insights for some projects. Although not so many of them.

There aren't any efficient short instruments yet, you need to go to the bank to create you one 

// Update //

We have received frequent question about non-European applications.

Unfortunately this time we have to give advantage to the European applicants.
The reason behind is, that the team is international and works remotely, but we have regular monthly WorkWeeks when we meet somewhere in Europe and it makes it much easier, faster and cost effective if a member is located closer to Europe.

Thank you for understanding.
Best

Total market capitalization of cryptoworld is still only a peanut compared to the even smallest sectors in finance. Even though the hype makes supporters to outrun themselves in the valuation of single projects, the general market will grow over time.

Finally some fear will put a bit of sense into crypto markets. Steady long term growth would be the best for the whole blockchain industry, but no, people have to ride the roller coaster...

Gulden IMO has a very good development team and idea behind the project. They will need some partners to scale it up, but they are doing great job so far. Really like the upside potential on this one.

Correction will surely happen, but I don't think we will ever see a drop bellow 1.000. Unless crypto 3.0 will make the BTC obsolete...

There is indeed need for a transparent exchange that would enable efficient shorting or maybe futures/options for cryptocurrencies. It would also solve the problem of lock-up period for the new projects.   

It is a full time position, meaning that the average is 40h/week. In practice of course it varies from week to week based on our sprints.. Please PM me for more information.

There are rumours that we will see ETH etf before we get Bitcoin's. 

IMO Dash has interesting upside potential. It is trading behind the market in the past few weeks, but has great base development and roadmap. What do you guys think?