The Invictus project at Saxion University in the Netherlands has started a project to prove that investment clubs can use the BitShares blockchain as a backbone for their financial products and services. Saxion University has approx 25000 (international) students and 1500 teachers – growing by 4000 students each year.
Invictus is an educational experimental investment club for students. There are approximately 300 investment clubs in the Netherlands sponsored by educational institutions and local citizens and businessman.
Invictus aims to prove that investment clubs can use the BitShares blockchain for managing their investment portfolios. This includes shareholder administration, issuing shares (the Invictus token) and debt (the Saxion Euro), and investing in various global blockchain initiatives.
The project also demonstrates the benefit of transparency provided by the BitShares blockchain. Investors can be more comfortable with where their money is going since it can be traced on the public blockchain. They also enjoy the cost and labor savings that come with traditional auditing.
For the rollout they will use their own Saxion wallet in cooperation with BlockPay, a Munich based blockchain based payment system. The rollout will be marketed by issuing sponsored consumption coupons. The intention is that students can pay with those coupons and also use their own created tokens for special events or at the local caterer.
If the objectives are met, the other 300 investment clubs will be informed and through research proposals and internships by students.
Invictus also serves as an example for student start ups and entrepreneurs of how to fund your own business through crowd sale and issuing tokens (shares/lending).
In the meantime, other Universities and local communities that are looking at building their own financial ecosystems have also expressed interest.
Ronald Kramer, [email protected], in cooperation with Cryptonomex International, is providing management and technical guidance to the project. Contact Ronald Kramer on LinkedIn.
“I’m excited about the potential of all these graduating students entering the global financial industry with a full appreciation of blockchains in general and the BitShares Decentralized Exchange in particular,” smiled Kramer.
BitShares has begun training its next generation of power users.
Image credit - Saxion University
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Very exciting! Resteemed and Promoted!
Very good job! Looking to see even more traffic on BitShares!
We are very excited to help Ronald and his team with the Invictus project! It is our goal to give students a hands-on experience with digital currencies and to provide them the right tools (Mobile wallets + POS) to exchange tokens on campus.
We are also looking for students for Bachelor and Master Thesis! Contact me at [email protected] for inquiries.
What an exciting and revolutionary way of promoting and empowering one and everyone. Thank you so very much, upvote and resteemed! All for one and one for all! Namaste :)
Great news!
It will be good to see young investors grow up with Bitshares!
wish I were 20 years younger, born in the Netherlands ... but, well, at least I am here. :) resteemed.
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They should have a look at www.bittwenty.com, they could find ideas or inspiration ;)
The points is they use BitShares to play with fake money. Bit20 presumable cost real money.
The fact that both are on the same platform ... mind blowing :D
I was suggesting my website only as an inspirational read ... and maybe also to have a excuse to stick my banner in the comment section .. I confess !
Almost like it was planned. My question is how do I get a program like that locally. I wish some capital would flow into STEM type projects like this in the US. I mean what could be more STEM than crypto's? Maybe put one of these groups in Venezuela.
All really great stuff. I'm sorry I didn't see this post in the 24 hour period it was live, but thanks for posting it. Similarily, I wrote a post about reddit tonight that you probably won't see in time either. So fair is fair.
I do own BTS, want more BTS... you can never have enough BTS.. :)
A truly wise man!
Great news! :)
I think it is a very good idea that students use bitshares. They also should subscribe to the grantcoin basic income to test a basic income.
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I don't understand why you need crown owners, and why they should be the richer among us, I don't understand why you need such a complex system to distribute a basic income, I do prefer the grantcoin system.
We are all free to choose! That's the magic!
Looks like an interesting project!
@kus-knee (The Old Dog)
That's a lot of really cool BitShares publicity !!!
that are great news!
@stan
This sounds awesome. I can't wait to learn more.