Santiment raised 12,000 ETH in a 2017 presale when ETH was $10
Maxim Balashevich · 811: Crypto: After $2m ICO, He's Building the Bloomberg Terminal for Crypto · Oct 13, 2017 · at 6:44
Santiment founder Maxim Balashevich discusses their earlier token presale and how they initially funded development before their primary crowdsale.
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“At that time it was 12,000 Ethereum. ... Back then it was difficult to believe at the time Ethereum was 10 dollar per ETA. So we were aiming like between 120 and 50,000 is what we collected.”
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