First Global Credit, a premier cryptocurrency capital markets company, has entered into partnership with a team of developers using Artificial Intelligence Trading algorithms form AICOIN (aicoin.io), an unique ICO that will formally launch on July 17th and currently in community review mode. The whitepaper can be reviewed at aicoin.io/whitepaper.

Designed to benefit both token holders and the public blockchain business community, AICOIN is a fully functioning investment service (not an idea in development) that leverages off blockchain technology to deliver revenue from two different but complementary profit streams. The coin, which has been profitably trading a live account since the beginning of 2017, uses the pinpoint accuracy of artificial intelligence to generate ongoing profit. These profits are then used to finance investment in early stage companies focused on public blockchain or AI technology. The quarterly selection of start-up companies will leverage off the collective knowledge and experience of all token holders who vote on which companies will receive investment. Since AICOIN is built on the ethereum blockchain, the functionality of the smart contract is used to provide complete transparency and supervising control of the voting process.

This structure differs from most current legitimate ICO offerings, that have largely been used as a way to crowdfund a single blockchain focused business idea and/or user community. In the short term, the value of AICOIN will increase based on profits generated from the Artificial Intelligence trading models. The algorithms have been trained to look for inefficiencies in the top seven cryptocurrency markets that it can profit from trading. The live trading history of the models can be reviewed on the ouraibot.org blog.

“The profit you can see being generated on the blog, in itself is not that exciting as cryptocurrency is in a bull run right now,” states First Global Credit CEO Gavin Smith, who has driven development of the AICOIN partnership. “But it does form the basis of what might just be a real game changer in the field of early stage venture capital investing and why we have created AICOIN.

Normally when an investor takes positions in early stage companies, where the payoff is potentially the greatest, there is an extended period from when the investor commits their funds until the exit which can be years later, when they see if they have invested in any truly disruptive and therefore valuable companies. Within that waiting period there can be huge leaps in opportunity and innovation that are entirely missed because the investor’s capital is being utilized elsewhere. The AICOIN model flips this on its head by creating a continuous profit stream that is committed both to increasing the size of the trading pool and investing in an ongoing string of public blockchain and AI start-ups.

“The inefficiencies of the cryptocurrency markets and relatively small numbers of participants have created a rare and truly unique opportunity for AICOIN’s technology to really benefit token holders,” states Smith. “AICOIN’s AI coupled with First Global Credit’s hedging engine allows us to take cryptocurrency market positions in a very efficient way that will maximize the profit potential of each and every trade. Then we will recommit some of those profits to scaling up trading, some of the profits go back into AI research and the rest of the profits will be committed to find the best and the brightest talent in the two most disruptive technologies the world has seen since the advent of the Internet.

Marcie Terman, the other founding director of First Global Credit, continues the story. “The efficiency and transparency that ethereum affords us has never existed before. This has made it possible for us to benefit from the collective experience and knowledge of our token holders, what has been called “The Wisdom of the Crowd.” AICOIN will generate a better result than an angel investor whose decisions are limited by scope of knowledge and personal bias,” says Terman. “Every few months we will take a position in a new and exciting venture. Then, when we start looking at exit strategies for the first ventures in a year or two down the road, AICOIN’s value will reflect the fact that we may well be sitting on future market leaders like the world’s next Uber or Amazon.”

AICOIN purpose is to bridge the divide between a conventional trading / investment company and a DAO without formal structure. AICOIN recognise that to hold investments in other companies and hold assets with value this should be done within a framework that recognises and respects the rights of the owners of that company. The long term goal of AICOIN is to become one of the most successful seed investors in the AI and Public Blockchain space.

AICOIN ROADMAP

AICOIN TEAM

GAVIN SMITH : CEO / Risk Management / Product Specialist
Gavin has a 25-year history in finance starting as a market maker at London’s LIFFE Exchange. He has worked for a variety of banks and financial companies. Most recently before starting First Global Credit he was the global derivatives and hedging project owner for Trafigura, one of the world’s largest metal traders. Responsible for developing a strategic roadmap for implementing hedging and derivative solutions within Trafigura globally, his responsibilities include a broad range of products including Metals, Oils, and Coal as well as FX and Interest Rate exposures across Trafigura globally
MARCIE TERMAN : FOUNDING DIRECTOR / COO
Marcie spent 15 years as a news editor at PBS’s NewsHour before moving to London to work at a financial service company. At Allegiance Global Investments Marcie became a licensed Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and headed the communications arm of the company. She has run businesses since she started her first company in 1990
LEE COOPER : Senior Developer
Lee has a 17-year history in development at the highest level. He also comes a background at Trafigura. Lee has a highly analytical and innovative mind. He is an enormously productive and competent developer who has the ability to scope out a software solution from problem definition through to client GUI interface
ANDY TYNAN : Senior Developer
Self-taught and extremely competent, Andy is a developer with a 25-year history of working at banks and companies like Openlink financial
JON MATONIS : Board Advisor
Founding director of the Bitcoin Foundation, writer and speaker at many international blockchain events. Jon is a seminal force in the blockchain community and works hard to drive the adoption of public blockchain to mainstream industries.
JOE BELMONTE : Marketing Director
Joe has a history building internationally acclaimed brands while holding positions like Executive Vice President/Senior Group Account Director at Saatchi and Saatchi and Executive Vice President / Director of Client Services at DDB Needham Worldwide
ALEX NELSON : Hardware / Security
Alex holds a master’s degree in computer science from Chernovtsy University. He has 25 years experience managing hardware and supporting systems. Committed to his work, he has worked with both Marcie and Gavin for the last 6 years
FRAN FELDMAN : Customer Service