Those are some very good questions, and ones that I hadn't thought of before.
At this point, anyone who gets involved with a cryptocurrency is an early adopter, and as such, will have early adopter advantage. I think that once cryptocurrencies truly go mainstream, it will be more difficult for people to put in small amounts of money and see their investments grow 100 times or more. However, I think that the next stage will be that people can use cryptocurrencies to buy stocks and things, and there will always be new ventures that people could invest in. I actually believe that some of the US regulations do make it more difficult for ordinary people who aren't wealthy to have access to some good investments. For example, recently there have been a number of ICOs launched in the US which will only allow accredited investors to participate. In that case, people like me are excluded and if they turned out to be good products, then I miss out on the financial opportunities. For this reason I am super excited about the micro-IPO provision that Dyna and the DNotes team discovered. That is seriously an amazing find!
When a coin starts getting adopted by a much wider group, the price will go up, but it will hit a point where people won't pay any more for it and then it will come down and eventually reach an equilibrium until another mass adoption event happens to push the price up. The secret here is to always have a good reason for someone to buy DNotes. If they didn't get in on the very first price hike, if it's a good project (which it is) then there will always be another price hike when it picks up a new market, and in between the price should be pretty stable I would think.
As for the current wealthy (hedge fund managers and the like) getting involved, I'm not too worried about them. Sure, it's great if you happen to be holding the coin that they're suddenly interested in. But if they're really buying your coin for their clients, that's a good time to take some profits, because I think they can pump the price a lot because they have plenty of money, and that pump is less sustainable than the kind of pump you get when your coin gets into a genuine new market, i.e., a new group of genuine adopters.
I obviously don't have a crystal ball, so no guarantee that any of this will actually happen. But that's how I see it. Ultimately, a coin will rise or fall on its fundamentals, and DNotes has some great ones. I tell people that DNotes currently is one of the most undervalued coins in existence. But honestly, all the coins that are good are very much undervalued because so few people (relatively speaking) even know about them.
Thanks, wiser. Let me share your quote:
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I actually believe that some of the US regulations do make it more difficult for ordinary people who aren't wealthy to have access to some good investments. For example, recently there have been a number of ICOs launched in the US which will only allow accredited investors to participate. In that case, people like me are excluded and if they turned out to be good products, then I miss out on the financial opportunities. For this reason I am super excited about the micro-IPO provision that Dyna and the DNotes team discovered. That is seriously an amazing find!"
Yes, "some of the US regulations do make it more difficult for ordinary people who aren't wealthy to have access to some good investments." We did consider taking that route using Reg D Rule 506 (c). It will allow us to raise unlimited amount from verified accredited investors. But the small investors (unaccredited investors) are left out. Unfortunately, this is becoming very popular on the heels of ICOs conundrum.
Most people are not aware that the tokens purchased in ICO sales have no ownership or voting rights to the company that received all the money. Again, He who holds the gold makes the rules. And they are seldom in the best interest of small investors.
I have been following the Jobs Act of 2012 closely and as a strategic positioning, we incorporated DNotes Global, Inc. on April 1, 2016. After significant research and serious considerations, we have been quite conclusive that our best funding program is one that is accessible to all interested investors worldwide, without excluding the non-accredited investors; and possibly without involving registered intermediaries. It can be done, but quite challenging and with a lot of demanding work.
Regulation A+ Mini IPO Title IV Tier 2 allows growth stage company like DNotes Global, Inc. to raise up to $50 selling it securities within a 12-month period subject to eligibility, disclosure, and reporting requirements including audited financial statements. It allows general solicitation and marketing worldwide to both accredited and non-accredited investors with a limit of 10% of annual income or net worth, whichever is greater.
Additionally, when qualified the companys shares can be listed on OTCQX thereby creating a secondary market. That is a great option for those investors who need an early exit strategy.
I certainly hope that more of DNotes stakeholders are beginning to connect the dots as to why our path is so different and strategic. We believe that for DNotes to be truly successful over the long-term and gain mass acceptance it must have an entity or group of individuals with sufficient self-interest to promote and protect the best interest of DNotes.
DNotes Global, Inc. is that entity. We are all those individuals by extension of owning DNotes. I trust that many of our stakeholders will support our efforts once they connected the dots.
