SweetNews: Community Newsletter #6 November 2018A regular newsletter with the aim of keeping Sweetbridge members up to date with Crowdsale developments, news and events.With a lot of great things happening, and many still yet to come, it’s been a busy month. Thank you all for your part in building a better way together with Sweetbridge. To this end, we are now ready for business!The individual portion of our Crowdsale closes 15 November!On 15th November 2018, as a member of the Sweetbridge community, it will be your last chance as an individual to buy Sweetcoin (SWC) through the crowdsale process.To find out more about this, read our blog post where we go into more detail here.Please click here to make your Sweetcoin purchase.We won the world’s first blockchain aviation challenge, hosted by SAP and LufthansaWe’re proud to announce that we’ve WON the Aviation Blockchain Challenge in our category of ‘Travellers Choice’. Sweetbridge was one of three finalists, chosen out of 300+ entrants out of 56 countries. On the 23rd of October, we travelled to Frankfurt to compete along with 9 finalists in the first-ever ‘Aviation Blockchain Challenge’ during the ‘Lufthansa Innovation Forum’ at Lufthansa’s Aviation Centre. Sweetbridge is set to gain from a prospective pilot project with the Lufthansa Group.Here’s some more information about the Aviation Blockchain Challenge.We’ve become the first lending platform for tokenizing titled assets to be approved in the United StatesThis month Sweetbridge has been accepted to take part in Arizona FinTech Sandbox. We are among the first three participants to be accepted. Sweetbridge entered the Sandbox with a very particular use case for our protocols: token-based asset lending on vehicles. We plan to model tokenizing vehicle assets to a maximum of 10,000 Arizona residents over the next two years.As far as we can tell, this pilot project will be the first tokenization of real-world assets that has ever occurred. Read more about our work with the Arizona FinTech Sandbox here.What’s next?Below is a brief summary of next steps you can expect once we close the individual portion access to the crowdsale:We are raising $5m through fundsWe are releasing wallet and accounting protocols in parallelWe are engaging in POCs on rewards programmes with enterpriseWhen funding is complete we will facilitate a medium of exchange for SWCWe are also setting up a Joint Venture with enterprises and corporations (more information below)Our Joint Venture ApproachAs mentioned previously in our recent AMA with Sweetbridge CEO, Scott Nelson, we’ve changed the way that we’re doing things. The now current go-to-market strategy for the Sweetbridge is built on the foundation of the Sweetbridge Joint venture (JV): a JV with multiple corporations from non-competing industries. These medium-to-large enterprises will convert a portion of their existing discounts or rewards programs to assets in order to jump-start the network. To find out more about what the JV is and our new strategy, read our blog post where we go into more detail about this here.EventsBritish Business Show 14 & 15 NovemberOn the 14th and 15th of November, Sweetbridge will be at London’s British Business Show at Excel London. The British Business Show showcases the best of business with speakers from all industries talking about an array of subjects. Sweetbridge will be running a booth on both days so make sure you come and find out more about Sweetbridge from our team.Get your ticket now and join us at the show!News CoverageBloomberg Law | Arizona Attorney General Adds Two FinTech Lenders to SandboxArizona Attorney General, Mark Brnovich, announced the addition of Sweetbridge and Grain Technology to the Arizona Sandbox. This Sandbox is the first one of its kind to be set up in the United States. Read the full article here.TechAcute | Lufthansa and SAP Announce Winners of the Aviation Blockchain ChallengeLufthansa and SAP announce three winners out of nine finalists of the world’s first ever Aviation Blockchain Challenge. Sweetbridge announced as the winner of the Traveller Challenge. Christian Langer, Vice President Digital Strategy Lufthansa Group and Jury Chairman of the challenge: “The first Aviation Blockchain Challenge was a great success for all participants, so the Lufthansa Innovation Hub will definitely continue the format in the future”.To read more about the Aviation Blockchain Challenge and the winners, click here.Freight Waves | Food supply chains need an economic incentive to adopt blockchain.Scott spoke to Vishnu at Freight Waves about how blockchain can improve the food supply chain, especially as transparency has become even more important. Scott spoke about the real-life application of Sweetbridge’s system in the food supply chain. ‘It is time that companies understand the actual value behind blockchain, rather than marvel at the possibilities that it could entail.’ Click here to see what Scott said.HODLIT BRO | Sweetbridge and the Institute of Decentralized Economics Launch New “Stablecoin Protocols” Working PaperOn the 16th of October, Sweetbridge and the Institute of Decentralized Economics (IDE), released a ‘Stablecoin Protocols’, Working Paper. This explores the theories underpinning a number of prominent stablecoin protocols, divides stablecoin providers into three distinct groups, and outlines their offering differentiators. Read the full press release here.—Talk to Us!The clever aspect of the Sweetbridge economy is that as the network grows, so do the benefits for members. The bigger the network, the greater the discounts so share and engage with us on social media. This is your platform to share!Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Telegram | FAQ | Reddit | InstagramIf you wish to subscribe to our regular news and updates please register as a member here.Community Newsletter Nov ‘18 was originally published in Sweetbridge on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.