Coinvest  will be a single destination for users to learn, invest, and spend cryptocurrencies. The Coinvest ecosystem (built by Coinvest LLC, the parent company of Coinvest Labs LLC's, together "Coinvest"), will consist of a wallet and investment trading platform to handle all of your cryptocurrency investment needs.  The Coinvest trading platform will enable anyone to easily invest in hundreds of different cryptonized assets and indexes using only one wallet and one coin.

The Coinvest Labs investment process will be managed by smart contracts which will be the custodian of the network. User invested funds will be held by the smart contract until withdrawn by the user.  Third-parties, including Coinvest, NEVER have access to invested funds, including the reserve pool that collateralize and back all investments traded in the network. Once an asset is sold from a user’s portfolio, COIN will be returned to a user's wallet and can be spent directly using our built-in debit card account.

Since the invention of blockchain technology, a new asset class has emerged in cryptocurrencies. Built on the blockchain technology, these digital currencies offer the promise of reinventing the real economy, as their decentralized nature, better security, and faster processing are vast improvements over traditional financial systems.

Unfortunately, these investment opportunities are largely limited to high net worth individuals and sophisticated investors. Ironically, this is contrary to the ideals of blockchain as a force for decentralization and democratization. For ordinary investors who want to invest in cryptocurrencies, they face issues such as complexity, fragmentation, lack of quality market intelligence, and security risks.

• Investing in cryptocurrencies is too complicated
• The market is highly fragmented
• High fees
• Lack of liquidity
• Lack of quality market and investment data

Coinvest Labs will be an open-source for-profit technology company dedicated to: 

“Democratizing cryptocurrencies and bringing it to the masses by creating decentralized tools for the world to seamlessly invest and spend cryptonized assets.”

Frustrated with the complexity, fragmentation, and quality of cryptocurrency investment options available on the market, Coinvest Labs is determined to democratize cryptocurrencies by creating tools that will: 

1. Provide mechanisms for consumers to seamlessly, securely, and safely invest and use cryptocurrencies 
2. Empower anyone to invest in hundreds of different cryptonized assets and indexes using one wallet and one coin 

1. Create a virtual portfolio with your favorite cryptocurrencies
2. Trade and Withdraw Investments (+ Profit) Directly with our Smart Contract
3. Easily spend cryptocurrencies using your debit card account

Sample real-world use-case:  Mary wants to invest in cryptocurrencies and purchase Bitcoin, NEO, and Raiblocks. With today’s solutions, Marty would have to:

1. Search and find all of the exchanges that support these assets
2. Execute KYC checks for each exchange
3. Place a total of three individual trades and incur % fees for each trade
4. Manage three wallets to support each protocol
5. Manage three sets of private keys
6. Sell and convert her assets to fiat currency before being able to spend them

With Coinvest Labs, Mary will be able to execute all of the above in one trade, for one fee ($4.99) and manage only one wallet. From there, spend COIN directly from their wallet without having to convert it back to fiat currencies (using our built-in debit card support).

The Coinvest Labs ecosystem of products and services will interact and complement each other to provide a comprehensive end-to-end investment experience for our consumers. 

Details on our offerings are below:

COIN Protocol

At the core of its product portfolio is the Coinvest Labs protocol; A blockchain protocol defining investment transactions between users and the Coinvest Labs smart contracts. User invested funds will be held in smart contracts while investment data is written to the blockchain, removing all third-parties from the investment process. The COIN protocol will enable developers to build their own DAPP and become their own broker to help increase the adoption of COIN.

Coinvest Trade 

Coinvest Trade is a wallet and decentralized software application (DAPP), or front-end interface to the COIN protocol. The Coinvest DAPP will empower anyone to invest in individual or a curated index of cryptonized assets using only one wallet and one COIN. Users will create virtual portfolios and trade their favorite cryptocurrencies using market buy, limit buy, sell, and short orders. 

CoinDNA

Investing starts when an investor begins their research. Not once a trade is placed. At Coinvest Labs, we aim to be a single destination for investing in cryptocurrencies. CoinDNA is a place for blockchain enthusiasts to consume a combination of Data, News, and Analytics on a daily basis. Using content and insight, CoinDNA builds trust and confidence with investors which aids in conversion to the Coinvest Trade platform.

Cryptocurrencies and the blockchain industry are scratching the surface in global adoption and usage. Yet:

• Global trade volume (24 hour period) in cryptocurrency markets recently surpassed $50B+
• Cryptocurrency market capitalization is approximately $500B
• Global adoption of cryptocurrency market is estimated at > 0.5%
• Coinbase exceeded $1B in trading revenue in 2017
• Binance achieved $850M in trading revenue in 2017

• Developed the COIN protocol and smart contracts
• Developed and released a MVP prototype
• Upgraded to V2 of the COIN protocol and smart contracts 
• Filed as a MSB with the US FinCEN and provided notice to the US SEC on its offerings.

Prior to starting Coinvest Labs, Damon Nam was a sixteen year IT services professional at Microsoft. During his tenure, he assumed three different management roles within the Microsoft Services organization. In his last role as a US Services Partner Program Director, he was responsible for driving and managing the Preferred Services Partner program for the US; a program with approximately seventy-five partner organizations and a total book of business of over $90 million in revenue. Damon is responsible for architecting and executing the strategy to drive the overall mission for Coinvest Labs.

Kevin Huynh has built a career in data analytics, most recently graduating from Carnegie Mellon University with a Masters in Business Intelligence and Data Analytics and managing digital marketing for Hotels.com. Prior to that he consulted as a Senior Data Modeler for many top Fortune 500 companies, including McKesson, Kimberly-Clark and Rubbermaid. Kevin is responsible for Coinvest Labs analytics and operations strategy.

Byron Levels has 23 years of experience as an IT services professional with a wide range of expertise in developing solutions to help businesses succeed. Byron has worked for many Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, AT&T, and American Airlines. Byron is an architect and application developer with a strong focus on e-commerce and business application integration. Byron is responsible for driving the architecture, implementation, and support for all technology needs for Coinvest Labs.

Tony Scott and Pete Cashmore are respected leaders within their industries and offer significant value beyond marketing purposes. Coinvest Labs is here for the long-term. Our team has worked very hard to carefully engage advisors that can help us grow and scale our business versus offer only promotional value.

Tony Scott was the third U.S. Federal Chief Information Officer, serving from 2015–2017. Scott’s 40 year career in information technology includes roles as Chief Information Officer of VMware, Microsoft and The Walt Disney Company. Scott also serves as a research director at the Blockchain Research Institute, a global knowledge network. Coinvest Labs will be able to leverage Scott’s vision and expertise to help the company with IT management, operations, and security. Scott also advises for other companies within the blockchain industry such as Cobinhood and Continuum, and his network is a resource for Coinvest Labs as well. 

Pete Cashmore is the founder of the leading tech publication, Mashable. Cashmore has grown Mashable from a blog project to a global tech-focused media company boasting 42 million monthly unique visitors and 21 million social media followers. Cashmore was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in 2012, featured on Forbes 30 under 30 list, and was named a Young Global Leader by The World Economic Forum in 2011. Under Cashmore’s leadership, Mashable has been on the forefront of this transition and a pioneer in the digital content creation and advertising space. Coinvest Labs will be able to leverage Cashmore’s vision and expertise to help the company build a platform focused on community with insights to growth scaling and media. We are honored to have his insight, experience, and vision in the areas of media and emerging technology to aid our company.

In the video below we had a chance to sit down with Pete to learn his thoughts on the current and future state of the blockchain industry.