initial coin offering
An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a means of crowdfunding the release of a new cryptocurrency. Generally, tokens for the new cryptocurrency are sold to raise money for technical development before the cryptocurrency is released. Unlike an initial public offering (IPO), acquisition of the tokens does not grant ownership in the company developing the new cryptocurrency. And unlike an IPO, there is little or no government regulation of an ICO.
FinHub will act as a central medium for the securities agency to interact with developers and entrepreneurs from the fintech space.
South-Korean blockchain startup Temco plans to launch $19 million ICO fundraising on the Bitcoin blockchain by leveraging the RSK’s technology of sidechains.
Although Ethereum has been in a bearish trend this year, most of the largest ICO projects have managed to sell as much ETH as they raised, remaining unaffected by its price decline.
Here’s a look into how the dynamics of the ICO market is changing with an increasing failure rate among the ICO projects.
The French authorities have accepted the legal ICO framework drafted in early 2018. The framework is an important part of a push to turn the country into an ICO hub.
Blogger and crypto enthusiast Evie Harrison shares her vision of the hype around security tokens explaining their nature, basic features and current trends.
While approximately one half of all the ICOs that took place failed, nearly 40% of them managed to raise over $1 million each.
Since its inception in May 2018, Operation Cryptosweep investigates violations relating to securities fraud and investors misleading.
Despite the rapid growth of ICOs since the beginning of the year, more than half of all the crowdfunding projects failed, says new ICO market research.
Nick Evdokimov, specialist in reducing risk in the blockchain market, has revealed how blockchain investment funds mitigate risks during running Initial Coin Offerings.
