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Happy New Year from ICON!

Happy New Year from ICON!

December 31, 2017

Greetings from the ICON Team,

2017 has been an amazing year for ICON! The ICON team would especially like to thank all ICONists for your support. In order to kickstart the new year, let’s review last year’s major events.

  1. ICON Foundation website launched.
  2. ICON Foundation founded in Zug, Switzerland.
  3. Don Tapscott, one of the most influential persons in the blockchain industry, joined as an Advisor.
  4. theloop announced partnership with Woori Bank, one of the largest banks in Korea.
  5. The ICON Token Sale raised over $42M in 6 hours!
  6. DAYLI Intelligence announced partnership with SBI Ripple Asia
  7. The first blockchain verification certificate product “CHAIN ID” was implemented in 11 securities firms.
  8. ICON launched ICONnect Meetup bringing global blockchain experts to Korea including Aion, LaLaWorld, BitClave, and Wanchain.
  9. Blockchain Interoperability Alliance was announced with ICON, Aion, and Wanchain at Consensus Invest conference in New York.
  10. ICON’s ICX began trading on OKEx and Binance on December 19th. ICON hits $1 billion market cap in the first day of opening.

Thank you for all your support. Looking forward to how much ICON will grow in 2018!

Hyperconnect the New Year!
ICON Team