BANKEX

BANKEX

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BANKEX is building a new blockchain technology that enables the creation of Smart Assets, which is the beginning of developing a new generation of decentralized capital markets.. The company devises the Internet of Assets (IoA) — the online platform that allow tokenizing real assets. It works on the principles of Bank-as-a-Service (BaaS) by implementing Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to monitor conditions of the assets and keep track of the asset evaluation proces .
General
Website: Visit
White paper: Read
ICO Time: 28 Nov 2017 - 28 Dec 2017
Country: USA
Token info
Ticker: BKX
Platform: Ethereum
Total supply: 400,000,000 BKX
Financial
Raised $ 70,600,000
ICO Price: ≈ 1.48 USD
Accepting: BTC, ETH, WAVES, TIME, Lightcoin, SALT
Soft cap: 20,000 ETH
Hard cap: 420,000 ETH
Screenshots taken on 5 Feb 2018
2009
Igor Khmel understands the world of finances is about to go through global changes. In order to be able to make his contribution to them, he enters the Stanford University to study finances.
2010
Internship at Citadel Investment Group, one of the most profitable funds, where almost 100% of all employees know programming languages.
2012
A turning point in the vision of perspectives and opportunities for financial market development - meeting Tim Draper, future advisor of Bancor.Network.
2014
Igor Khmel convinces the head of the most profitable bank in Europe, Herman Gref to create the Sberbank Innovation lab, which Igor masterminds the lead of. Today it is the European leader in banking innovation.
2015
Igor Khmel meets Ilham Hatypov and Dmitry Dolgov, founding the BANKEX company as an extension of the fintech innovation lab.
June • 2016
BANKEX Fintech Lab begins to operate on a daily basis, founders of the company come to work in it full-time.
August • 2016
BANKEX creates the department of blockchain development, making friends with Sasha Ivanov - the creator of WAVES Platform.
September • 2016
The BANKEX team wins the blockchain hachathon organized by the Life.SREDA financial group, creating a solution for p2p trading deals based on the Telegram messenger, capable of conducting transactions on the Ethereum blockchain.
October • 2016
BANKEX begins interaction in technical fields with the ChronoBank project team, that holds one of the first successful ICOs at the beginning of 2017, releasing the TIME token.
December • 2016
Through 2016 BANKEX Lab succeeds in signing contracts with 3 banks and deployment of 3 fintech products on the market: KYC, deposit exchange, crowdfunding marketplace.
2016
Throughout the year BANKEX becomes the winner of more than 10 prestigious prizes and conferences in the fintech sector.
February • 2017
BANKEX and Microsoft sign a blockchain technological development partnership, receiving Microsoft Azure Sponsorship of $120000.
March • 2017
BANKEX Lab achieves operational profit for the first Product Owner of the BANKEX Proof-of-Asset Protocol ecosystem - the fintech subsidiary FinDelivery with a KYC Smart Asset.
March • 2017
BANKEX receives status of Securities Emission Advisor and becomes a Bank-as-a-Service platform. The BANKEX ecosystem is joined by six more banks. Additionally a strategic partnership is formed with the M-Deposit Stock Exchange.
April • 2017
Start of development of BANKEX asset tokenization business, the Proof-of-Asset Protocol is presented publicly and the first version of the BANKEX WhitePaper is created.
May • 2017
Rapid growth of the cryptocurrency market coincides with growth of BANKEX's team. BANKEX now counts over 50 employees worldwide.
May • 2017
Public acknowledgement of BANKEX — the company becomes one of the TOP-50 fintech companies worldwide.
June • 2017
BANKEX organizes the first proper fintech hackathon, where development teams invite banks to program together. Winners were awarded with preBKX WAVES tokens.
July • 2017
First achievements of the Proof-of-Asset Protocol: the product architecture is created, some of BANKEX's innovations are developed and tested, such as Blockchain Service Architecture, Smart Asset Tokenization, Smart Deal. The market reacts very positively. The Proof-of-Asset Protocol scheme is validated with global clients.
July • 2017
BANKEX releases PBKX tokens based on the Ethereum blockchain.<br /> <br /> Pre Token Sale is concluded within two weeks with a result of over $1 500 000.
August • 2017
The BANKEX team receives an award from Vitalik Buterin as winners of the blockchain hackathon.
August • 2017
Igor Khmel's presentation at FinTech Week in London strengthens interest towards BANKEX solutions from business.
September • 2017
During the BANKEX Asia RoadShow: Shenzhen, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore the company holds meetings with financial elites.
September • 2017
BANKEX business opened in New York, a partnership is established with American legal companies. BANKEX is joined by fintech titan and Bank-as-a-Service guru Chris Skinner.
September • 2017
Initial Smart Asset Offering beta version based on the Ethereum blockchain is launched.
October • 2017
We have released a Demo-version of our product, the Proof-of-Asset Protocol, which provides new sources of capital for real assets on a crypto-centric FinTech platform. We have created a MVP product, and it signifies a solution for business.
October • 2017
BKX TOKEN SALE - Fully compliant with US regulations, both private persons and institutions are eligible.
1Q-2Q 2018
ASSET-BACKED EXCHANGE BANKEX
2020
FINANCIAL BRIDGE FOR TWO WORLDS: CRYPTO & FIAT
Igor Khmel
CEO
Participates in a number of projects
Denis Khoruzhiy
CTO
Participates in a number of projects
Dmitry Dolgov
TEAM LEAD
Participates in a number of projects
Stan Sushko
LEGAL & COMPLIANCE
Participates in a number of projects
Nauris Dauksta
GLOBAL COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
Participates in a number of projects
Maria Mikhaylenko
Director of Risks & Analytics
Participates in a number of projects
Petr Korolev
BANKEX Foundation CEO
Participates in a number of projects
Vitaly Dubinin
BANKEX Lab CEO
Participates in a number of projects
Constantine Kurbatoff
Chief Strategy Officer
Participates in a number of projects

Advisors (6)

Nehemia Kramer
ETHEREUM, EARLY-STAGE INVESTOR
No participating data
Gabriele Columbro
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT SYMPHONY SOFTWARE FOUNDATION
No participating data
David Wachsman
FOUNDER AT WACHSMAN PR
No participating data
Chris Skinner
CHAIRMAN, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES CLUB
No participating data
Sergey Sergienko
Founder at Chronobank
No participating data
Peter Cramton
Professor of Economics at University of Maryland
No participating data
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