Opportunities:
There is a solid team with relevant experience in place. They were able to build YouNow to a large platform, so it shows their execution capability.
The project is able to leverage off YouNow’s existing community, which can drive adoption of the ecosystem right off the bat.
Props ecosystem allows third party apps to integrate with it. It could have new/different use cases as more apps are added to the platform.
The Whitepaper is pretty detailed and reviewed by a number of veterans in the crypto space. This shows the effort that was put into it and that the project is well-thought-out.
Concerns:
There is a high inflation of circulating tokens which would dilute the proportion owned by ICO participants. By year 4, there will be more tokens minted from partner rewards and grants than from the ICO.
Rize is going to face stiff competition as video streaming is a competitive space with many established and deep-pocket companies including Youtube, Facebook, Snapchat, as well as other many-to-many video streaming companies such as Blue Jeans.
All the team members also work for YouNow and have to allocate time between YouNow and PROPS/Rize.
Conclusion:
Overall, we like the short-term potential for this ICO but are neutral about its long-term potential. Our thoughts of the tokens for short term and long term are as follows:
For short-term holding
Good. The project is backed by strong advisors and investors and has a strong market awareness. It should have no problem reaching the $25 million hard cap with unmet demand.
For long-term holding
Neutral. There will be a lot of tokens entering into circulation each year, meaning that the market cap of the project needs to keep growing for token price to just break even.
