NH Investment & Securities managing director Park Sun-moo and DAYLI Intelligence CEO KJ Eee signed an MOU at a blockchain consortium launching ceremony on December 7.

Link: Blockchain Consortium Launched in South Korea

Daishin Securities signed a business agreement with Woori Bank, Lotte Card, Shinhan Card, KICC, Coin One, and Korea Pin Tech Industry Association.

Link: South Korean Woori Bank to develop own digital coins

Woori Bank has teamed up with fintech units Dayli Intelligence and The Loop under Seoul-based Dayli Financial Group to develop its own digital coin “WeBee”.

Link: South Korean Woori Bank to develop own digital coins

SBI Ripple Asia partners with DAYLI Financial Group to bring Ripple to South Korea

Link: SBI Ripple Asia partners with DAYLI Financial Group

Don Tapscott, named one of the most influential persons in the blockchain industry, joins ICON Foundation Board of Advisors

Link: Don Tapscott Joins ICON Foundation Board of Advisors

DAVinCI selected as AI Solution Partner for Carnegie Mellon University x Emirate Hackathon

Link: DAVinCI selected as AI Solution Partner

Investment Grade: 95%

ICON is the second project I’ve rated this highly on my Investment Grade score thus far – they have almost all the pieces in place to create an incredible project, and the stars look to be aligning for ICON. Expect initial hype to create a large demand for preciously rare ICX tokens, and as the platform matures to further gain value as they add more and more projects and blockchains to their arsenal of hyperconnected ledgers.

Link: GlobalHalo - ICON ICO Review

ICON ICO is divided into 3 rounds of pre-sale with no bonuses for early contribution, 1st round 30ETH cap per individual. Total hardcap is 150,000ETH (75,000ETH general public, 75,000ETH strategic partners). 

Result: 150,000ETH fulfilled in 6.5 hours, ICO is concluded. 

ICO Token Price: 1 ICX = $0.1128 USD (0.004 ETH)

Hype Rate: High

Risk Rate: Low

ROI Rate: Very High

ICO Drops Score: Very High Interest

Link: ICO Drops - ICON Rating

We believe ICON can be a strong competitor to other blockchains like QTUM and NEO, which currently have a market cap between $500 million to $1 billion. Therefore, ICX has strong upside potential.

Link: Crush Crypto - ICON Analysis

KYC(Know Your Customer) + AML(Anti-Money-Laundering process begin, ICON aims to stay compliant to all regulations worldwide, resulting in one of the most comprehensive, secure, and thorough KYC process, including an AML process post-KYC.

The Korea Financial Investment Association has laid claim to the world’s first commercial blockchain used by financial firms for customer security. 

Link: Korea’s Banking & Financial Sector Gain Blockchain Security Upgrade

ICON x AION x LaLaWorld x BitClave

Link: Event photos

ICON, WanChain, AION forms blockchain interoperability alliance

Link: Blockchain Interoperability Alliance: ICON x Aion x Wanchain

ICON x WanChain

Link: Event Photos

ICX ERC20 will be unlocked and traded with ICON's first exchange partner, OKEx.

Link: Token Unlock and Exchange Listing Schedule

Binance lists $ICX, reached 1B market cap within 6 hours. ICON ICO at the time of presale was at 40m market cap.

Link: Binance ICX-ETH

Build MVP > Get user feedback > Iterate. Keep it going @helloiconworld team! #universities #vendingmachine #cryptotorealworld

Link: U-coin vending machine prototype

Another prototype testing/feedback for insurance policy claim automation @helloiconworld #theloop #blockchain #insuranceconsortium #goodstuff

Link: Insurance Claim Automation

On Dec 15, 2017, the team behind ICON, theloop, has joined partnership with ChainToB, a business services platform that aims to link blockchain core technology and business services.

Link: ICON: theloop and ChainToB Partnership

Today, we are excited to inform our community members on ICON’s 1st Annual Summit, Mainnet launch, and Release Candidate (RC) deployment.

Link: ICON Annual Summit + Mainnet Launch + Release Candidate

ICON(ICX) will be launched on Huobi Pro on December 28, 2017 (GMT+8). Deposits will be available from 16:00, December 28, 2017 (GMT+8). ICX/BTC and ICX/ETH trading will be available at New Zone from 14:00, December 29, 2017 (GMT+8). Withdrawals will be available from 16:00, December 29, 2017 (GMT+8).

Link: Huobi Lists $ICX

 ICON has signed a strategic partnership with KyberNetwork, a decentralized and trustless exchange that facilitates instant conversion of crypto-assets with guaranteed liquidity. 

Link: ICON Partners With KyberNetwork

- Listing of ICX* 

- Financial investment consortium: Blockchain ID service open 

- U-coin pilot service open: 3 Universites 

- Insurance: blockchain based auto-claim pilot service open

*coinone, one of the biggest crytocurrency exchange in South Korea, is expected to be the first exchange to list ICX, as it is owned by ICON's mother company Dayli Financial Group.

- Nexus Mainnet launch 

- Reserve channel open 

- IISS implementation 

- DEX(Ethereum/ICX) launch 

- Wallet Web/iOS/Android