Jentzsch: Brave raised $35M in 30 seconds for the BAT token
Christoph Jentzsch · 781: Crypto: What AirBnB Looks Like In Digital Currency World · Sep 13, 2017 · at 6:55
Christoph Jentzsch describes the speed and capital scale of the 2017 Brave browser Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
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“So one very, one example would be the BAT token for the Brave browser. They raised, I think it was thirty-five million in a couple of seconds, like 30 seconds or so.”
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