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trade.io: a new Initial Coin Offering is causing waves<\/strong> in not only the crypto world, but in finance and entertainment also.<\/span> \u00a0It has made the news in recent days with the appointment of Chien Lee – entrepreneur and billionaire – who officially announced his involvement with upcoming trade.io despite the ICO ban in China. \u00a0Lee is a majority shareholder in French football club OGC Nice, and has over 30 years of global entrepreneurial and venture capital experience. \u00a0Mr. Lee joins a board rather unique in the crypto world, which consists of experienced business men, financial and otherwise. They bring top-tier knowledge of their industries acquired at the highest possible levels, and are all invested in making a long term success of trade.io. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Despite the large number of ICOs <\/strong>pervading the crypto scene, trade.io is not a drop in the water \u2013 its board members intend that the company is here to stay. As part of the long term strategy, the trade.io team have already acquired a range of companies from different industries who intend to utilize the company\u2019s technologies post-ICO. \u00a0These are companies who have made a public commitment to trade.io even before the PRE-ICO is launched. \u00a0THB Holdings for instance is launching an innovative Super Sport Race Franchise called The Human Baton, and has aligned with partners who have worked alongside superstars such as Justin Timberlake and Beyonc\u00e9. CEO & Founder of THB Holdings, Stev Stephens who has also worked on The Amazing Race & American Ninja Warrior, said of its affiliation with\u00a0<\/span>trade.io<\/span><\/a>, \u201c<\/span>Like any private company who has a great business or concept and are in need of exposure, a corporate exercise like an ICO or IPO is paramount to getting to the next level. \u00a0A listing on\u00a0<\/span><\/i>trade.io<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u2019s exchange provides an easy, hands off way of participating, and we look forward to working with them well into the future<\/span><\/i>.\u201d \u00a0Other first adopters include UK-regulated financial firm Primus Capital Markets as well as food and beverage firm Tail & Fin in the states, amongst others.<\/span><\/p>\n The technologies being introduced by trade.io are unique<\/strong>.<\/strong> The company is introducing a pioneering peer-to-peer trading platform, where participants can share in the profits of the exchange. \u00a0<\/span>trade.io<\/span><\/a> P2P participants will be able to purchase TradeTokens or \u201cTIO\u201d through their e-wallet or in upcoming utility token ICO to participate in the forthcoming liquidity pool and potentially receive pro-rata daily disbursements of up to 50% of the pool\u2019s profits based on performance. \u00a0Jim Preissler, CEO of <\/span>trade.io<\/span><\/a> said of the liquidity pool: \u201c<\/span>this is not just about decentralized technology… it\u2019s about distributed wealth<\/span><\/i>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n