http://www.MapableUSA.com: You’ve probably heard the term "ICO" which stands for “Initial Coin Offering”. ICOs raised $3.8 billion in 2017. But already so far this year, companies have raised in excess of $12.4 billion. The problem is the unregistered nature of the product with respect to the Securities Exchange Commission that have left a number of ICO investors victims of fraud. There’s a better way, and they’re called “Security Token Offerings”which are gaining popularity as a means to crowdfunding deals. In this podcast, we spoke with Ben Wilkening of Token IQ, a company which provides software as a service for those companies seeking to create their own STO’s as a capital raising vehicle. When you listen to this podcast, you’ll learn with the future of “tokenization” really is and how the potential of STO investing is enormous (as well as some interesting applications of what blockchain technology and smart contracts can bring to just about any industry!