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BlockPay digital currencies platform is funded by Bitshares community with help of Bitshares Munich, headed up by CEO Christoph Hering, CMO Rodrigo Crespo and Ken Code, the Development Team Lead.
According to BlockPay, its first ICO (pre-ICO) is scheduled to start on 23rd August before a larger ICO, which is expected to happen in 2017.

Link to article "German Blockchain Startup BlockPay 'Bootstrapped' With Crypto ICO Investment":
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogeraitken/2016/08/20/german-blockchain-startup-blockpay-bootstrapped-with-crypto-ico-investment/#26c235e077c1

Bitcointalk ANN:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1587349.0
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