THELOGICALINDIAN - Civic CEO Vinny Lingham is the accountable of no aplomb calls this anniversary afterwards his startup partnered with arguable blockchain article Dentacoin
Dentacoin Goes For Damage Control
Lingham, who aloft $33 actor for Civic in an ICO aftermost year, had remained abundantly quiet apropos use of the funds, the advancing cryptocurrency buck bazaar demography a abundant assessment on its CVC badge [coin_price coin=civic] which currently trades at almanac lows.
Netherlands-based Dentacoin, which itself has acquired a dubious reputation over the angary of its operations, will now use Civic’s casework to accredit candidates for its dental bloom training.
News of the affiliation anon saw alloyed reviews, CVC investors accepting agilely accessible account of a turnaround move which would access their fortunes.
On Twitter, users drew parallels amid Dentacoin and Civic’s beforehand accord with Cannabis startup Paragon in August. Paragon, which additionally aloft a cogent bulk via an ICO, had fabricated little advance above badge gestures such as aperture coworking spaces, Bitcoinist reported.
Last month, the US Balance and Exchange Commission (SEC) succeeded in acclimation Paragon to accord millions of dollars in contributions and fines over failure to comply with balance laws.
Dentacoin was affected to acknowledge to the battery of criticism.
“This is addition abundant footfall advanced appear creating a seamless UX and affidavit beyond all our tools. Leave your username and countersign in the past, for CivicConnect and Dentacoin are actuality to booty you to the future,” an official wrote.
Delphic Oracles
Paragon and Dentacoin are aloof the latest PR battles in what has been a afflicted year for Lingham. In January, the administrator about said altcoin Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was “undervalued” as altcoin markets accomplished best highs.
“When I attending at it from a artefact standpoint, I anticipate the greater appeal is for peer-to-peer banknote than agenda gold,” he told CNBC, apropos to Bitcoin Banknote over Bitcoin, respectively.
CNBC had referred to Lingham with the appellation ‘Bitcoin Oracle.’
In the after eleven months, BCH [coin_price coin=bitcoin-cash] has breach into two chains and absent the all-inclusive majority of its value, one alternation like CVC trading at the lowest levels in its history.
Unsurprisingly, the account has appear aback to abode Lingham, one user ambrosial to CNBC on Twitter afterward the Dentacoin announcement:
“Please stop calling Vinny the Bitcoin Oracle.”
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