The Token Metrics Story
The Token Metrics Story
M E T R I C S STO RY
“THIS CUTTING-EDGE CRYPTO ANALYTICS PLATFORM COST US $2 MILLION
AND TWO YEARS OF OUR LIFE TO CREATE…
TODAY YOU CAN ACCESS IT FOR FREE..”
(So long as you’re among the first 1,000 people to respond)
– Ian Balina, creator of the original millionaire-making “ICO spreadsheet” and founder
of Token Metrics
Token Metrics Media LLC is a regular publication of
information, analysis, and commentary focused
primarily on blockchain technology and business,
cryptocurrency, blockchain-based tokens, market
trends, and trading strategies.
That’s why we’re opening up Token Metrics, our multi- So to go back to the story.
million dollar cutting-edge crypto investing platform
to the first 1,000 subscribers. Thanks to the ICO spreadsheet, we were able to find
hidden gems like WaBi, ICON, Dragonchain, Power
But we’ll get to that in just a minute. Ledger, Loom Network, PundiX, and more.
We suspect if you’re here, you’re also a believer in The world’s monetary system is entirely unpredictable.
cryptocurrency.
China wants to take over blockchain and challenge the
We know there are two types of people in the world, US dollar as a reserve currency.
people who want to invest now, and people who want
to invest later. Fiscal debt has doubled since 2008, while wages have
not increased since 2008.
Today people are working multiple jobs because, since
2008, the current financial system is failing everyone but There’s $250 trillion in worldwide debt, $15 trillion
the top 1%. of which is negative yield debt compared to the
$200 billion in 2014.
From the American Federal Reserve bank cutting Our friend and one of the first people involved in
interest rates twice to Hong Kong entering its first crypto, Charlie Shrem, says all you need is five bitcoin,
recession in over a decade due to protests, the world’s and you will never have to work again.
economies are signaling a possible global recession.
We believe Charlie is right; bitcoin is poised to come
Ray Dalio of Bridgewater, the world’s biggest hedge out on top after climbing the ladder of chaos happen-
fund, expresses his concerns that since 2008, the US ing in the global markets.
has printed $15 trillion to buy stocks propping up the
equities markets; this made the rich even richer as It is incredibly important that you diversify your port-
the top 1% have as much money as the bottom 90% folio and hold some cryptocurrency so in case this
combined. scenario plays out you will not lose your wealth.
The legacy financial systems are facing long term In the late 1990s, everyone started investing in inter-
challenges that will be hard to fix. net stocks, and in 2001, the dotcom bubble popped.
A lot of those systems will crumble, and chaos will People were irrationally exuberant back in that time
ensue. exactly how they were in 2017 with cryptocurrencies.
And lots of money is made by those who are early in We believe the same will happen with crypto.
seeing the opportunity.
Compare that to the non disruptive technology in-
We believe that crypto is the future. vestments if you just invested in the Nasdaq com-
posite after the bubble popped in 2002 it went from
We believe crypto will save people by giving them a $1,100 to $8,500 a mere 7x return and that includes
free market again. the internet juggernauts.
At Token Metrics, we see an incredible opportunity to We have built on top of our previous spreadsheet by
use our knowledge in the field to create something adding many different data points that will help value
that will help our users to invest in these companies cryptocurrencies.
that are going to change the future.
Robo-advisers used by Wealthfront and Betterment
Token Metrics allows you to take advantage of the and our competition will not be capable of compet-
crypto revolution that is in progress and the AI ing with us.
revolution that is coming.
They are not going to be able to accurately price
The best of both worlds. different cryptocurrencies because they do not know
what drives the value of crypto as it is an entirely dif-
When bitcoin started going from $3K to $14K in 2019, ferent asset class.
did you have a fear of missing out (FOMO)?
It derives its value differently.
Did you FOMO into investments at the top of the
crypto market in 2017. Our vision is to also develop a Token Metrics licensed
investment adviser platform eventually.
With the Token Metrics platform, you will not have to
worry about your emotions dictating how you invest. That’s why our CEO, Ian Balina, took and passed the
Series 65 Investment Adviser exam in 2019.
We are here to help you navigate through investing in
crypto! We’re actively working on this and will keep you
updated when we finish the registration process
What we offer is both unique and complete. with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to
become a registered investment adviser.
Monetary and fiscal policy is going to force people
into all these assets. We want to build a platform where you can put your
crypto or your money, and our machine learning
We provide a new type and style of investing that robo-adviser will invest for you based on hundreds of
mirrors what big Wall Street firms like Vanguard and metrics.
Goldman Sachs created in the 1970s and 1980s. We
like to call this Wall Street 3.0, but for the people. We’ve started with the first step, a crypto analytics
platform.
If you want to profit from crypto and AI, this is the
one-stop-shop.
INVESTORS MILLIONAIRES ”
Now coming back to our spreadsheet, the reason He even got featured in the Wall Street Journal’s
it became so popular was because of our unique private newsletter, for using IBM Watson Analytics to
approach. predict his March Madness college basketball bracket.
Unlike many big-name crypto investors, we didn’t Ian was one of IBM’s best experts around the world
start as financial advisers or fund managers. in IBM Watson Analytics, it was the evolution of IBM’s
Deep Blue supercomputer that famously beat Garry
Ian Balina’s background isn’t in finance at all. It’s in Kasparov in chess in 1997.
computer engineering and software development.
Something that up until then was considered impos-
For four years, he worked at IBM as a Technical Sales sible by many.
Engineer and Sales Executive under the IBM Analyt-
ics brand. Watson gained much publicity for beating the two
best Jeopardy players of all time and winning the
His specific expertise was in IBM Watson Analytics, show’s $1 million jackpot in 2011.
a machine learning analytics platform for business
users.
After that, “big data” was firmly on the map. And that’s what Ian worked on while at IBM.
Watson became Watson Analytics. A cloud-based This knowledge is what we brought to crypto
supercomputer that harnessed machine learning to investing.
discover patterns and insights in data.
But not everyone was happy about what we did. And we think it’s about time we told you all about it.
INTRODUCING TOKEN METRICS:
THE ONLY PLATFORM YOU’LL EVER
NEED TO MAKE MONEY IN CRYPTO
Ian has channeled everything he learned about machine learning, big data, and pattern recognition while working
on IBM’s Watson Analytics, and three years investing in cryptocurrencies, and funneled it all into Token Metrics.
We’ve also learned from all our mistakes and failed investments.
In-depth ratings, analysis, and code reviews for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap so you
know which ones are scams and which ones are undervalued.
Real-time technical analysis indicators and signals for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap,
telling you which cryptos we’re bullish and bearish on, based on movements in the token price.
Back tested 30-day price predictions for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, powered by
deep machine learning. We also tell you how accurate our models have been for the last twelve months,
for full transparency.
Industry-leading IEO reviews, so you know what the best upcoming cryptocurrencies are before they
start trading on exchanges.
Bi-weekly private investor webinars with the Token Metrics team, so you know exactly what we’re
thinking trading and investment wise.
Early access to investment ratings before they are made public, so you can get a head start over the
rest of the crypto market.
Join our exclusive private global investor network and make global connections with professional
investors from all over the world.
Complete portfolio tracking with risk metrics, so you know how balanced your portfolio is and if it’s
the most optimum portfolio.
With more features in the pipeline—including a DAICO, which is a milestone-based investment platform and
a US-Compliant robo-adviser (fully automated trading and active portfolio management and rebalancing).
And all of our data and analysis is continuously im- And if you’re among the first 1,000 people to sub-
proving every day, as the machine learning evolves. scribe to the Token Metric’s HODLer, Investor, or
Professional plans today, you can get a full year’s
Using Token Metrics, you can build and manage a subscription for 50% off.
custom portfolio that leverages machine learning
without the need for any programming knowledge of We’ll let you know how to do that—and the different
your own. levels of membership we offer—in just a minute.
But of course, you’ll have access to the data for yourself First, we want to show you why a data-driven approach
and contact with our team. You’ll be the one in control. is so important when it comes to crypto investing.
WITH TOKEN METRICS, YOU CAN
HARNESS THE POWER OF MACHINE
LEARNING TO MAKE MONEY IN ALL
MARKET CONDITIONS
Quant trading has ruled the traditional investment
markets for some time. But it’s only recently made
waves in crypto trading.
However, the crypto market has shifted dramatically As we said, we’ve been working on this for more than
according to PwC! The only crypto funds that made two years, and put millions of dollars of our own
money in 2018 were quant funds. money into the research, development, and
experimentation of everything in our crypto investing
How are retail investors supposed to compete with career that’s led to the creation of Token Metrics.
quant funds? Especially if they’re not machine
learning developers? But we think the cost and the effort were well worth it.
That’s one of the problems we’re planning to solve. We’re confident Token Metrics is going to help make
many of its early subscribers enough money to retire on.
Token Metrics puts the full power of quant trading at
your fingertips. We realize that’s a big claim. But we have data on our side.
Developing the algorithms used in Token Metrics’ And more than that, we have the power of machine
quant systems was not easy or cheap. learning.
That is the real power of machine learning. And it is They produce offspring which inherit the
only now beginning to be realized. characteristics of the parents and become part of the
next generation.
The Token Metrics platform uses deep learning neural
networks to continually improve our underlying cryp- If the parents had the best fitness in the last
tocurrency rating algorithms the same way Google generation, their offspring will have better fitness
did with AlphaGo. than the parents and have a better chance of
surviving.
The more valuable data we feed it the smarter it
gets and we here at Token Metrics have worked out This process keeps on iterating, and in the end, we
incredibly valuable data points throughout the years settle upon a generation with the fittest individuals.
to feed it!
In addition to applying genetic algorithms to crypto,
We’re currently leveraging genetic algorithms in our we’re exploring using particle-swarm optimization
machine learning models. algorithms to crypto as well.
Now stay with us here, it’s going to get a bit technical! Particle Swarm Optimization belongs to the field of
Swarm Intelligence and Collective Intelligence.
A genetic algorithm is an algorithmic search process
that is inspired by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural Particle Swarm Optimization comes from the social
evolution. foraging behavior of some animals, such as the
flocking behavior of birds and the schooling behavior
This algorithm reflects the process of natural selection, of fish.
WE’VE BROUGHT ON MACHINE We test the accuracy of those 100 algorithms and
declare winners.
LEARNING EXPERTS TO The winners being the models that had the highest
accuracy in predictions that led to better investment
TRANSFORM CRYPTO INVESTING. performance.
The way that our algorithms work is that we start with We do the same thing for technical analysis, technology
our experience of investing in hundreds of cryptocur- and code reviews, as well as our final grades.
rencies in the last three years.
That amounts to 200,000 total models a day across
We score our performance as a benchmark. those four segments.
We then create an initial random population of 100 That’s a ton of data, and that’s just for one single
algorithms. Think of this as having 100 brothers and cryptocurrency.
sisters.
We replicate this for ALL other cryptocurrencies on is why AI is the future.
our platform!
Humans have no way to learn from that many mistakes.
That means we run 20 million models a day
combined for the 100 cryptocurrencies we have in our Humans make 5,000 trades over the course of 5 years
system at the moment, and those numbers are and adjust and learn based on these.
growing with each new cryptocurrency we add.
If your phone can recognize your face and understand
We don’t think anyone in crypto has done anything who you are, why can’t machines recognize the price
like this, at this scale, and made it available to the public! movement in charts or the data points that matter in
selecting a cryptocurrency?
Our platform never stops trying to optimize towards a
better performing model. AI is inevitably a better problem solver than us.
The very next day, we continue the process, with the Our job is going to be to define the problem at Token
best performing model from yesterday. Metrics then our machine learning models will solve it.
Imagine how smart these models will get after every day. So with Token Metrics, you get the benefits of quant
trading and the constant improvement of machine
We do not believe in a one-size-fits-all machine learning, all in one platform. Without having to be a
learning model. developer!
That’s why we create unique machine learning models That’s why Token Metrics is the only platform you’ll
for every cryptocurrency because we examine every ever need to make profits in crypto.
individualized data point, no stone left unturned.
It will always be working hard 24/7 for you, every
This is similar to Charles Darwin’s natural selection. second of every minute of every day.
Over several generations mother nature selects the But it’s not just about trading.
strongest traits in a species.
As we’re sure you know, over the long term, asset
This leads to drastic physical changes and gives species selection also plays a significant role.
things like quills on a porcupine or thumbs on humans.
Buy and hold for the right time frame can produce
This could take hundreds of years, our algorithms allow truly momentous returns.
us to recognize and achieve these drastic changes to
our models overnight. With Token Metrics, you get the fast profits of trading
with the slow, oversized profits of buy and hold.
Humans cannot compete with this firepower and this
In the future, we want to build functionality into Token Overall token grade
Our back-testing algorithm uses 74 data points and is It’s the third largest property and casualty insurer in
continually improving, thanks to machine learning. the United States.
We’ll tell you when a particular crypto has changed Even if you haven’t heard of Sam Monac before,
from bullish to bearish, and you can choose whether you’ve likely seen his results.
to trade in or out of it for yourself.
We believe that our team’s research has been used by
Or down the line, in future versions, you could have the world biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance
our algorithms do all the rebalancing for you on a and several other exchanges to pick many of their
weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. own IEOs.
And of course, you’ll have access to all the reports and Imagine if you had an opportunity to invest in all of
analysis for yourself, too. those projects before they had their IEOs on Binance?
Token Metrics is far more than a “black box” trading And as a Token Metrics subscriber, you can get exclu-
system. sive access to our IEO ratings, rankings, and reviews—
long before we release them to the public.
We know how important it is to be able to see all the
data for yourself—that’s half the fun of crypto invest- We’ll rank IEOs on a fundamental and a technical
ing. level, giving both scores from zero to a hundred.
We built our reputation on transparency, and Token Our fundamental analysis has many metrics, including:
Metrics is no different. The network’s consensus mechanism
Token supply
All our machine learning model back-tests are avail-
able for users to view, keeping all of us honest and Decentralization
continuously in search of better returns.
Team members
And speaking of data… How long the company has been operational
You’ll get access to our IEO ratings, rankings, and The strength of the project’s whitepaper
reviews long before we release them to the public. Existing customers and users
ICOs were what got many of us into crypto investing Reputable early investors
in the first place.
And competition
Just like with the evolution of the spreadsheet, the The technology and Github source code reviews go
way we rank ICOs and IEOs has evolved, too. even deeper into the workings of the project.
We brought Sam Monac Paresh Masani, our CTO and former IT Executive at
on as Token Metrics’ Head Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, leads our technology
of Research. research.
He graduated from the All our results are made consumable as exclusive written
University of Vermont with reports and videos that only our subscribers can access.
a degree in Finance and a
minor in Economics. It’s no secret that getting this kind of crucial informa-
tion early-on can give you a huge advantage when it
He used to work at Liberty comes to investing in an IEO.
Mutual which is an
American diversified Sam Monac, That’s why you’re investing in an IEO in the first place—
global insurer. Head of Research
getting in early before the price possibly shoots up.
Our CEO’s personal YouTube channel, Diary of a Made Man, went from being an unknown channel to having
over 100,000 subscribers in less than a year.
This viral growth was due to the in-depth analysis Ian provided to the general public.
However, an issue the community shared with us was how difficult it became to access the best projects. His 100,000
subscribers were competing for the same trades and investment opportunities.
We have solved this issue by creating a private platform that will host exclusive content just for Token Metrics subscribers.
Subscribers will receive early exclusive access to regular technical analysis, from
William (Bill) Noble, our Chief Investment Officer.
Bill has worked for all-star companies like Goldman Sachs, Charles Schwab, and
Morning Star.
Subscribers will receive early exclusive access to our in-depth written technology
and code review reports from Paresh Masani, our Chief Technology Officer.
He also led the development of JP Morgan and Chase and Barclay’s mobile pay-
ment platforms and is now also helping build Token Metrics.
When we recorded that first ICO video and gave away Some people pay thousands of dollars a month for
our spreadsheet, we never thought we would end up those kinds of services alone.
here.
But with us you get the benefit of quant trading and
The fact that so many people used our videos and our you benefit from ever-more powerful trading and
spreadsheet to become wealthy fills us with happiness. investing strategy that’s driven by deep machine
learning and genetic algorithms.
That was the entire reason we made them available,
that anybody can become financially successful even When we eventually launch our robo-adviser, you will
if they don’t have much in the first place, they just have everything at a low price, due to the life-time
need the right metrics at the right time! discount you get for subscribing now and being an
early supporter.
Now with Token Metrics, we hope we can help even
more people become millionaires, and maybe even And that’s before you even consider how valuable
one day, we can create a billionaire! early, in-depth analysis of upcoming IEOs is.
As you’ve learned today, this is a one-of-a-kind platform. So how much does all of this cost?
The platform, data analysis, and machine learning That depends on when you subscribe.
that Token Metrics is building is the key for future
success in investing! This launch is limited and will initially be made availa-
ble for the first 1,000 people to subscribe.
And don’t forget, with Token Metrics, you’re also getting
access to our private group where some of the best Since we’re still building out the Token Metrics
crypto analysts on the planet share their opinions platform, these 1,000 early supporters will receive
on different cryptocurrencies, based on substantive life-time discounts as appreciation for being our early
analysis. customers!
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Industry-leading IEO reviews, so you know Fundamental analysis for the top 20 cryp-
what the best upcoming cryptocurrencies tocurrencies by market cap so you know
before they start trading on exchanges. which ones are scams and which ones are
undervalued.
Real-time technical analysis indicators and
signals for the top 20 cryptocurrencies by Technology and Github source code reviews
market cap, telling you which cryptos we’re for the top 20 cryptocurrencies by market
bullish and bearish on, based on movements cap, so you know which cryptos have solid
in the token price. technology and which ones are scams.
If you’re among the first 300 people to subscribe today to this plan for a full year, you can get the
HODLer plan for just $19.99 per month.
That’s a 50% life-time savings off the regular price for the rest of your life.
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THE INVESTOR PLAN
Our Investor plan costs $99.99 per month.
(But you can get 50% off if you subscribe for a full year today.)
Real-time technical analysis indicators and Back tested 30-day price predictions for
signals for the top 100 cryptocurrencies by the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market
market cap, telling you which cryptos we’re cap, powered by deep machine learning. We
bullish and bearish on, based on movements will also tell you how accurate our models
in the token price. have been for the last twelve months, for full
transparency.
Fundamental analysis for the top 100
cryptocurrencies by market cap so you Premium reports and videos, created by
know which ones are scams and which ones our all-star team of traders and developers
are undervalued. from Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.
And you can get a 50% lifetime discount on this plan if you’re among the first 600 people to
subscribe to this plan for a full year today.
That brings the monthly price down from $99.99 to $49.99 for the rest of your life.
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And you can get this plan for half price, for the rest of your life, if you’re among the first 100 people
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To recap, for this limited launch, we will have four levels of membership.
We have the Basic plan, which will be free to The Investor plan will initially only be made
the first 1,000 people that sign up for one year. available to the first 600 people to sign up.
The HODLer plan will initially only be made The Professional plan will initially only be made
available to the first 300 people to sign up. available to the first 100 people to sign up.
The life-time discounts will only be for those that order the full year, annual package.
Locking in the life-time discounted price now means you will never have to pay more than
that, even if Bitcoin goes to $100,000, and even if it’s past $1 million.
We know this is, hands down, the best crypto Still not convinced? That’s okay, and here’s why.
analytics platform out there. But we want
you to come to that conclusion for yourself. We realize this was a lot to take in.
And the only way you can do that is to give
it a try. And we realize you may want some time to think it
over.
However, you can only take advantage of the signifi-
cant lifetime discounts we’re offering today if you are That’s perfectly understandable.
among the first 1,000 people to subscribe for a full year.
And we understand the reason you probably got into
You’ll still get your 14-day free trial and 30-day money- crypto investing in the first place was to make money.
back guarantee. If you decide to stay on after the trial,
you’ll be doing so at a substantial lifetime discount. Most of us did.
But you can only take advantage of that lifetime So it may seem counterintuitive to invest in a platform
discount if you subscribe now. like Token Metrics.
The adage goes, “you have to spend money to Pay off your bills and credit cards?
make money.”
Pay off your loans?
But that’s easier said than done.
Quit your job?
And parting with cash is never easy.
Start that new business you’ve been thinking about?
We don’t want anyone to subscribe to Token Metrics,
who didn’t feel 100% happy about coming on board. Go on a vacation or travel the world?
That’s why we’re offering the 14-day free trial and Buy your family a beautiful house or pay off your
30-day money-back guarantee. mortgage?
The way we see it, you have nothing to lose and As people that have done most of those things due
everything to gain if you take out a trial today. to the investing success of our ICO Analytics spread-
sheet, we’re looking to help others do the same with
Especially if you’re fast enough to claim the lifetime TokenMetrics.com.
discount.
We would like you to be among them.
We’ve seen what Token Metrics can do. Success comes to those who are early, especially
when it comes to crypto investing.
And we’re convinced it’s going to make a lot of its
subscribers enough profits to retire on. It takes a massive leap of faith to be early.
We firmly believe Token Metrics has the potential to It also takes a massive leap of faith to go to the moon.
help all of us make life-changing wealth investing
in crypto. We’ll end with the catchy slogan that helped make
several investors and us millionaires when we first
What would you do if you had life-changing profits? joined crypto.
Take out your trial now and see what Token Metrics can do for you.
Token Metrics Media LLC is a regular publication of
information, analysis, and commentary focused
primarily on blockchain technology and business,
cryptocurrency, blockchain-based tokens, market
trends, and trading strategies.