How to Evaluate Blockchain ICOs
Initial cryptocurrency offerings, or initial coin offerings, (ICOs) are the flavor du jour in the sprawling crypto-tech market. As I've described in previous writings, ICOs represent a fundamental shift in how companies get funded, at least when compared to the traditional venture capital driven methods. What I inferred from that post is that the way forward is a clever combination of both worlds, the old and the new, a point that Zenel Batagelj from ICONOMI picked-up in "ICO 2.0 – what is the ideal ICO?" – a good post that I strongly recommend. For background, I’ve already....
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Cointelegraph has conducted a review of the ongoing ICO campaign of Adel, and we are now making it available for our readers. ICOs are a new paradigm of fundraising, in use with many young Blockchain-based startups. During one, the company in question releases a cryptocurrency token and sells a part of the total supply to its intended audience. ICOs do not have any specific legal regulations associated with them, and as such can be a risky thing to participate in for the investors. In order to not fall prey to a fraudulent campaign, one should conduct due diligence and stay on the lookout....
You may have missed it in 2016, but initial coin offerings, or ICOs, have become the dominant way to fund new cryptocurrency projects. In an ICO, a project sells part of the total token supply to early adopters in exchange for money with which to progress. ICOs have two primary benefits: they provide funding to the team to see the project through, and incentivize a community to contribute (who gain if the project succeeds and the tokens are worth more than they bought them for). Although 2016 witnessed a high number of ICOs, they are not a new phenomenon and some ICOs from earlier than....
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) and appcoins are a hot topic in the blockchain community these days. Forward-thinking investors have thrown their support behind the movement, thought leaders have proclaimed that ICOs are turning the traditional venture capital model on its head, and bitcoin industry veterans have launched hedge funds to invest in blockchain tokens. I expect this discussion and activity to gain momentum in 2017, but I remain skeptical. As the most active investor in blockchain startups, we at Digital Currency Group are uniquely positioned to capitalize on the growth of ICOs.....
At CoinAgenda, OpenLedger CEO Ronny Boesing said his company is “taking ICOs mainstream” by opening pre-investment to 3 new funding projects, all of which are unrelated to the cryptocurrency market. Three Companies to Draw Attention to Blockchain Through OpenLedger ICOs. Boesing said that the three incoming ICOs will be fore Apptrade, Centz and Beyond the Void, all of which will reportedly attract institutional investors to the ICO funding method. “Apptrade, Centz, and Beyond the Void all show applications of blockchain technology to mainstream audiences,” Boesing said. “By accelerating....
First came bitcoin, then blockchains arrived. Cryptocurrencies and decentralized protocols followed. Now, the ICOs are coming. And the ICO funds are also arriving. And a crash will be forthcoming. To paraphrase Clay Shirky’s famous book title, Here Comes Everybody, a moniker describing how crowds form online as quickly as wildfire. New tokens are being listed every week. Dozens of startups are planning their ICOs, and funds that specialize in these tokens are feeding the investment and speculation frenzy. Even websites offer out-the-box services with which to create, promote, run and list....