We are pleased to announce that the sale period for Blockstack’s SEC-qualified token offering ended yesterday, and we announced our Asia strategic round earlier. We want to thank the thousands of you that have participated. For the first time, retail investors in the United States were able to participate in a token offering qualified by the SEC. More than 4,500 individuals and entities participated in the 2019 token offerings. Blockstack PBC has entered into agreements for more than $23M in these offerings (including both our SEC-qualified token offering and our offering to investors outside the United States made under Regulation S). Investors include Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Recruit Holdings, Arrington XRP Capital, Hashkey Group, Fenbushi Capital, Frontier Ventures, Spartan Group, and other funds.
In addition to retail investors, attracting strategic investors from Asia was a key goal of our token offerings. We announced earlier that Hashkey and SNZ led our Asia strategic round. Recruit, one of the largest internet companies in Japan, partnered for the Japanese market. And we are in discussions with international investors for an additional $5M+ which may be distributed in a separate private placement or in a follow-on SEC-qualified offering, as we have previously disclosed in our SEC filings. The goal of this additional distribution is to continue growing our community and network in Asia.
One of our goals for working with regulators in the United States was to open up our network to a broader audience. We wanted to reach more retail investors who can be users of the Blockstack network. These users have a financial stake in the success of our ecosystem. We’re proud to deliver on our commitment to permit early community members who tried participating in 2017 but did not reach the wealth or income requirements for “Accredited Investor” status. These early community members were able to participate now at the same price as the 2017 Regulation D offering to Accredited Investors.
Building and testing privacy-centric technology should be a process that is open to everyone. We have now welcomed thousands of new contributors to our ecosystem as Stacks owners.
Finally, our SEC-qualified offering opened the door to expand our App Mining program. Through this program, we can start distributing Stacks (STX) tokens to developers who are building high-quality applications on the Blockstack network. Blockstack now has more than 250 apps on the network, most of them built in the last six months. The App Mining program plans to pay developers up to $1M STX per month by May 2020 and can potentially accelerate the growth of the Blockstack network.
What’s next?
Following the distribution of the tokens, which is expected to occur in 30 days, Blockstack PBC plans to use funds from the 2019 token offerings to fuel further growth of the Blockstack decentralized computing network. This includes supporting user acquisition efforts, creating educational and marketing materials, supporting community events, expanding into potential new territories, and more. We’re hiring!
When do I get my tokens?
We anticipate the hard fork distribution of tokens to take place approximately 30 days from now. We may extend the hard fork distribution by an additional 30 days if needed.
When will Stacks be on exchanges?
We announced earlier that we’re currently in discussions with international (non-US) exchanges for potential listings of Stacks (STX) tokens in Oct or later. If these listing were to occur, US persons would not be able to trade on such initial international exchanges.
I have other questions
If you have specific questions about your tokens, you may contact [email protected]. In the meantime, here are some highlighted FAQ’s you may find helpful (please see the complete list here).
- When do I receive my Stacks tokens?
- Where will the Stacks token trade?
- Is there an exchange where I can buy and sell Stacks tokens?
- Can I sell or transfer Stacks tokens directly to someone else?
- What types of transfer or time locks apply to the current and future sales of Stacks tokens?
- How do I check the status of my previously purchased Stacks tokens?
- I have a tax question about my Stacks tokens. Whom should I talk to?
- How can I edit my stacks wallet address?
I want to thank the Blockstack PBC team for their hard work and diligence in executing this first-ever SEC-qualified offering. This was a historic offering and can shape the path that the crypto industry takes not only in the US but abroad as well.
Important Disclaimer
The above announcement of the follow-on offering may be deemed to be “testing the waters” material under Rule 255 of the Securities Act. No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent in response, will not be accepted, with respect to any such potential follow-on offering. No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the amendment to the Offering Statement or new offering statement filed by the company with the SEC has been qualified by the SEC. Any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time before notice of acceptance given after the date of such qualification. A person’s indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind. If such a follow-on offering does occur, you should read the amendment to the Offering Statement or new offering statement related to such follow-on offering before investing. The information provided in that offering statement or amendment will be more complete than the information we are providing now, and could differ in important ways.
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