Messari Says Initial Dex Offerings Are ICO 2.0, Urges Investors to Resist Ini...

Messari Says Initial Dex Offerings Are ICO 2.0, Urges Investors to Resist Ini...

Crypto research firm, Messari says new Defi token offerings or initial dex offerings (IDO) are a reincarnation of initial coin offerings (ICO) and warns average investors to steer clear these. The firm notes that several early participants of IDOs are the ones that typically make off with outsized returns, while others are left deeply in the red. For the rest of the participants, Messari suggests it is better to wait for the market to settle on a price before buying. In a Twitter thread on September 28, the research firm explains that IDOs, which are “conducted on automated market....


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