No doubt it is 100% scam, they made fake pre-alpha release and pumped the pump from 10k to 30-40k, and used this hype to have second ico, the ico price was ridiculously high and more higher than in exchanges, they raise 4.7M usd... why 50-50 scam? IMO it is 100% scam
Actually, the precise opposite is true (so much misinformation and misunderstanding on this forum lol...)
AMPs were skyrocketing past 40k, then Synereo shot itself in the foot by pricing their ICO far far lower.
Check the AMPs chart on poloniex - Aug 29th.
Now check Synereo blog post - Aug 29th.
AMPs reached 43k satoshi with no signs of stopping - I still wonder what it might have gotten to.
Then the blog post cut the pump short by pricing at 33k satoshi - but effective price after bonuses was ~ 27-30k depending on the size of investment.
What do you imagine the price went to immediately following the blog post? 27-30k range. Interesting.
They capped themselves and then allowed for an awkward situation with essentially 2 separate markets, one had an advantage for whales to buy large amounts without moving the price, the other had an advantage of being able to sell before the other coins were added, resulting in a dump.
So your claim that "the ico price was ridiculously high and more higher than in exchanges" is just downright false.
In fact, look at the chart how fast it was surging up - it would have at LEAST gotten to 50k on its own and if it broke that, potentially much higher.
It would NOT have coincidentally also stopped at 43k had synereo not released the blog post alerting everyone they can get for nearly half the price.
In my opinion they should have let trading volume die down before setting an ICO price.