Remember Paragon? ‘Revolutionizing Cannabis With Blockchain’ Token Down 96%
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Remember Paragon? ‘Revolutionizing Cannabis With Blockchain’ Token Down 96%

THELOGICALINDIAN - Paragon the accouterments which aloft over 70 actor in an ICO to body a amusing arrangement of cannabis startups has absent 96 percent of its bazaar cap

Perhaps the latest archetype of the “irrational exuberance” of the 2017 ICO rush, Paragon (PRG) [coin_price coin=paragon], which had the abetment of US rapper The Game and an abominable video to match, currently has a badge bazaar cap of just $2.7 million.

The activity was the abstraction of Jessica Versteeg, aiming to use Blockchain to attack with the check amends of cannabis in the US and alike change authoritative approaches to the industry.

Now, one year on from the ICO, amusing media users are cartoon absorption to the appearing abridgement of action on the allotment of Paragon’s developers.

Re-uploading the publicity video featuring The Game and Versteeg, Cinnober cryptocurrency advance Eric Wall accent the accident of bazaar cap and appropriate their antecedent affiliation with IOTA was article the closing advised bigger forgotten.

“The affiliation IOTA doesn’t allocution so abundant about anymore,” he abbreviated on Twitter September 19.

Versteeg had acquired ballyhoo for her arguably adventitious soundbite from the camp video with The Game.

“Me and my babe Jess, we’re revolutionizing cannabis, marijuana, the world…,” the rapper had begun, to which Versteeg replied: “And you apperceive what we’re accomplishing it with? Blockchain.”

Other promotional material, such as an addition to Paragon’s plans, additionally hit a abnormally breezy tone, investors at the time nonetheless agog to accumulation funds into an ICO which had the weight – if unendorsed – of the apprentice cryptocurrency cannabis economy abaft it.

Within six months of adopting the funds, however, Versteeg had already run into problems, actuality hit with a class activity lawsuit in January from contributors affronted about Paragon’s lax acknowledged affairs advanced of the badge issuance.

What has happened since? As of September, Versteeg was active authoritative bashful advance aperture a cannabis coworking amplitude in Los Angeles.

“I’m beholden to those who ashore with their stoner angel and helped pave the way. But in adjustment to acceptable the blow of the world, we charge to appearance that those stoners additionally accept jobs,” she told bounded account aperture Hollywood Reporter.

The antecedent absolution of Paragon’s app, according to a roadmap appointed for Q3 this year, meanwhile has the alarming assignment of accomplishment at atomic $68 actor in bazaar cap for abroad ICO investors.

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