Rate3

Tough competition with similar blockchain projects Lack of significant competitive edge Lack of detailed competition analysis. Developments cannot be traced via Github Demo version demonstrates poor range of functions. Payments is the one of the most relevant industries for blockchain projects so in case of Rate3 blockchain and ICO are relevant and have rational grounds. Stellar is applied for higher transaction speed. Token is used in payments but the price in fiat is also indicated. Smart contracts are used for fair cashback. Transaction history is stored on blockchain for further credit scoring. Hardcap is 25K ETH and softcap is 20K ETH. For current stage of development these needs are overestimated. Having 40% of tokens for tokensale it results in 60K ETH of token pool capitalization. Current stage is presale with the cap of 5K ETH. First-come-first-serve principle is applied and the bonus is 20%. It must be noted that there are no investors with less than 20% bonus, so it means that the bonus must be ignored here. Maximum bonus has been given to strategic partners that has already purchased 60% of tokens. Half of the bonus is vested for 6 months. The team is based in Singapore and includes 18 members. The company has been operating for 2 years and RateX (including mobile version – RateS) is its core product. CEO does not have significant experience and was in management team in PlayDate (raised 500K USD on Indiegogo). CTO has 3 years’ development experience and 1 year as a mobile app developer. Other developers have less experience before entering RateX. Marketing director has 3 years of relevant experience.

13-May. Sergey: They transfered money from their wallet, around 1000 ETH, which is suspicious. It increases risk. Project looks like Medium Interest. When there is such situation in Medium project I think it is better not to participate. Link
30-May. Sergey: I partcipate in it because of funds. It is Medium Interest with red flags.

Advantages.
1. The project that makes stellar's overseas payment easier in reality
2. By adding a blockchain to the payment system that was already commercialized and operated by a company called RateX, it enables worldwide payment. Almost all development has been completed.
3. Hard cap is not big and much investment is made in private stage. A strong team based in Singapore National University.
A complementary point
1. Ico The fundraising period has been slowed down. There were complaints from people in this regard.
2. They are still only supporting Singapore dollars. More substantive verification is needed.
3. They have partnered with a somewhat unidentified company called Brahma OS. Brahma OS is a group that spreads false facts that they are partnering with JP morgan, HSBC and Citi GROUP.