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STX Ranking on Coinmarketcap (Community Guideline)

Overview

First of all, thank you for being an avid community member in our ecosystem! Just a bit of background, since one of our goals for 2020 is to operate as an open-source project. We want our community to be part of all the initiative that we do. In line with this, we want you to help us increase our crypto ranking in CMC. Currently, STX is ranked at 256 (as of 1/10/2020) and have a CMC-verified market capitalization, we need to full the requirements outlined in the crypto asset ranking factors to be eligible for a top 200 ranking.

To increase our crypto-asset ranking, we will leverage on you (our community) to supply updates for our project details, market data and strengthen important areas that will be reviewed in coinmarketcap’s evaluation framework. See “Templates” section below

The plan is to increase our project’s credibility by supplying information with supporting evidence from credible and verifiable sources such as WSJ, Bloomberg, Coindesk, etc. All of which can be found in this paper doc that I shared to you.

Form for community members (Click this***)

You will help in strengthening areas that will be reviewed in coinmarketcap evaluation framework such as Updating Blockstack Progress, Adding New Market Pairs, Updating of Team/Investors, Project Longevity and Activity, etc.

Template (Feel fee to copy this template***)

Your email address: your.email@here

Subject: Blockstack - STX - Update STX

Project CMC Link: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/blockstack/

Describe what you would like us to update/address:

Sample Copy:

Update Blockstack STX Ranking within the Top 200 cryptocurrencies. Currently, Blockstack surpasses all the factors mentioned in CMC’s Section C Evaluation Framework.

Community Interest and Engagement

In terms of project adoption, Blockstack has currently almost 2 million identities registered in their ecosytem. https://explorer.blockstack.org/

In 2019 Quarter 4 alone, Blockstack community participated in 70+ events worldwide, which included meetups, hackathons, conferences, webinars and AMA’s. Highlights included: Internet Identity Workshop XXVIX, DevCon in Osaka, SF Blockchain Week, Web Summit, HackPrinceton, and DevRelCon in London among many others.

For 2019, Blockstack participated in over 200+ events worldwide, which included meetups, hackathons, conferences, webinars and AMA’s.

Traction/Progress

Muneeb Ali was one of Coindesk’s 2019 Most Influential as he was able to convince regulators to let @blockstack run the first Reg A+ token offering.

After launching the platform in late 2018, Blockstack has more than 360+ live apps in their ecosystem that was built by independent teams.

Proof/Supporting evidence/documents:

If you pick certain resources please include the supporting link here.

Community Resources

This section describes the notable highlights of Blockstack such as the SEC qualification, shipping full software stack, to developing more than 300 applications and various partnerships that were formed.

2019 Biggest news

Muneeb Ali in Coindesk Most Influential

Link here: https://www.coindesk.com/most-influential/2019/muneeb-ali

Sample copy:

Coindesk named Muneeb Ali as 2019 Most Influential alongside Jack Dorsey, Andrew Yang, Caitlin Long, and many more.

Muneeb Ali was one of Coindesk’s 2019 Most Influential as he was able to convince regulators to let @blockstack run the first Reg A+ token offering.

WSJ article for Blockstack’s 1st regulated token offering

Link here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-clears-blockstack-to-hold-first-regulated-token-offering-11562794848

Sample copy:

Blockstack Token Sale Becomes the First SEC-Qualified Offering in U.S. History

Blockstack PBC’s recently held token offering has been qualified by the SEC under Regulation A+. This is the first time in U.S. history that a crypto token offering has received SEC qualification.

Blockstack raises 23 million in token offering

Link here: https://www.coindesk.com/blockstacks-regulated-token-offerings-raise-23-million

Sample copy:

Blockstack has raised more than $20 million in a token sale approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Blockstack’s Reg A + compliant token offering raised a total of $23 million. Investors include Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Recruit Holdings, Arrington XRP Capital, Hashkey Group, Fenbushi Capital, Frontier Ventures, Spartan Group, and other funds.

Harvard’s Endowment Fund Invests with Blockstack

Link here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-11/harvard-takes-plunge-into-crypto-with-a-token-sale-investment

Sample copy:

According to Bloomberg’s article, Harvard Management and two other investors have purchased about 95.8 million of the company’s tokens valued at about $11.5 million.

Partnerships

Blockstack’s partnership with Blockchain.com

Link here: https://blog.blockstack.org/blockchain-com-partner-blockstack-apps/

Sample copy:

Blockstack partnered with Blockchain.com, the creator of the world’s most popular crypto wallet to bring Blockstack apps to over 40 million Blockchain Wallets.

Blockstack partnered with Blockchain.com to bring Blockstack apps to over 40 million Blockchain Wallets.

Blockstack + Lambda School partnership

Link here: https://cointelegraph.com/news/blockstack-joins-lambda-school-for-new-platform-to-teach-app-coding

Sample copy:

Last year, Blockstack announced their partnership with Lambda School to teach students how to build applications on its blockchain network.

Recruit’s Strategic Investment

Link here: https://blog.blockstack.org/blockstack-and-recruit-holdings-partner-to-boost-privacy-focused-apps-in-japan/

Sample copy:

Recruit, one of the biggest Japanese internet companies with more than a $50 billion market cap made a strategic investment with Blockstack.

World class crypto events

Blockstack’s worldwide event series is top-notch due to its impressive list of speakers and it is always well-received by all the attendees.

Blockstack Summit 2018

Link: https://blockstack.org/berlin2018

Sample copy:

A top-class event with a great speaker line up that included Edward Snowden — Former US Intelligence Officer, who leaked top-secret NSA documents proving that the US conducted surveillance over the general public’s internet and phone communications. Other popular speakers included Nick Szabo, Elizabeth Stark, Ari Paul and more.

Blockstack Summit 2019

Link: http://summit.blockstack.org/

Sample copy:

A sold-out event with special guests like the New York Times Bestselling Author Neal Stephenson, Angel investor Naval Ravikant, Andreas Antonopoulos, Meltem Demirors, Balaji Srinivasan and more.

Upcoming :

Link : https://www.token2049.com/

Sample copy :

TOKEN2049 organizes the premier crypto event in Asia annually in Hong Kong, where founders and C-level executives of the leading crypto companies share their view on the market.

Optionals

Show some Blockstack love in the following coinmarketcap channels

Coinmarketcap Twitter Handle

Coinmarketcap Telegram

Coinmarketcap Discord

Coinmarketcap Forum

Coinmarketcap Cryptoasset Ranking Factors

A project’s eligibility for a Top 200 Cryptoasset Rank will now be determined by market capitalization (8) and the following factors:

Our ability to verify the project’s supply information with no incongruities

Strengths in a number of areas of Listings Review Criteria's Section C (Evaluation Framework) below

Significant liquidity/trading activity with normal bid-ask spreads across sufficient sources of market data

Absence of significant price discrepancies across CMC-supported exchanges

The asset is traded on at least three non-decentralized exchanges that possess a number of the following attributes:

Publishes granular API endpoints

Active product development and communication from the team

Active/engaged community

Accredited/Audited by a credible 3rd party

DATA Partner

Regulated/Licensed

CMC House Rules

Taken from: https://support.coinmarketcap.com/hc/en-us/articles/360034124351-Listings-Criteria

(Section D) House Rules

The online submission form is the ONLY way to request for listings/updates to CoinMarketCap.

DO NOT reach out through other channels, such as email or social media, because you will always be directed to this form.

DO NOT submit duplicate requests or repeatedly ask for status updates as it will add to the queue and delay the process.

DO NOT contact our team members on any other channel, as this will not help in getting your request expedited.

DO NOT ‘spam’ the request form (or incite other entities into doing so on your behalf) as this may result in the blacklisting of your project.

DO NOT send “angry comments” to our official email channels or social media as this does not reflect well on your organization and may result in the blacklisting of your project.

If your project is not listed right away, you may send us additional information about your progress (consolidated with all the information from previous submissions as a new request on the online submission form) to keep us updated, especially if the project has made significant progress.

CoinMarketCap listings are always free. Please beware of spoofed emails, fake social accounts, or individuals requesting listing fees. Anyone asking you to pay a fee or tip for getting your project listed on CoinMarketCap is definitely not sanctioned to do so. We also do not sanction any listing service to assist in the listing application of any cryptoasset project or exchange. While we gladly accept donations, attempting to bribe us in the hopes of influencing the outcome of your request will not work.

CoinMarketCap DOES NOT accept payment of any form to bypass listing requirements or to intentionally publish inaccurate information. We evaluate every request with the same level of scrutiny.

Offering to pay large sums for advertising, contingent upon the outcome of your listing, will also not improve your chances of getting listed.

Focus on organic growth and use of your project. Inflating your project’s trading volume, traffic, or social media metrics will not increase your chances of getting listed.