Media Startup Civil to Issue Refunds as $8 Million Token Sale Fails

in cryptocurrency •  6 years ago 

  • Civil has failed to raise the minimum $8m it targeted with its token issue of CVL tokens, and so has announced it will refund all contributions by October 29th, reports Coinbase.

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  • This is an interesting outcome, albeit one that had been well flagged in recent weeks.

  • Firstly, this was a use case blockchain for trusted journalism, which many in the blockchain world were once excited about, and which resonated with wider concerns regarding fake news, biased media etc.

  • Secondly, Civil had already secured $5m of funding from ConsenSys, the blockchain developer run by Joe Lubin, one of the early founders of Ethereum. Basically, Lubin is considered blockchain royalty, and it’s surprising that a venture with such high profile backing failed to achieve its relatively modest capital raise aims.

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