can't wait to see the crowdsale out of the way hoping it will be the last. it's affected the market too long.
then amps can finally fly free
I don't know why people view the upcoming crowdsale as bearish for the price. All the new crowdsale does is put more peoples' skin into the game and set a new price floor where they buy in at. They won't want to sell any lower than their entry price, because it would be for a loss, and they will expect a similar ROI as the original crowdsale participants achieved.
It dilutes the market with more coins.
Think of it like Satoshi's coins coming into the BTC market...It will cause a huge dump.
Also when MAID devs announced they gonna sell their stash, price went down 100%
Same might happen to AMP....it might fall back to around 7-8k imho..
Lets see..
MaidSafe announced they'd start selling their own coins on the open markets to sustain themselves.
Synereo is beginning a new phase in the project's life and is allowing people to purchase sizable amounts of AMPs directly. There is a great demand for AMPs now, which we believe will only increase, and with the open markets offering very few AMPs at the current price. This is an opportunity for new buyers to get in the game, all at the same level.
Events of this type happen often in the real world, albeit with equity in the company only. It is an entirely common for a company to sell more of its shares at a higher valuation at certain milestones and/or when wanting to scale up their operation.
Browse
https://www.crunchbase.com/ a little and you will see.
Personally, I don't see how projects that have not done this are going to sustain themselves.
The Ethereum foundation has sold nearly all of its coins (more than 90%, if I'm not mistaken). MaidSafe - you mentioned them yourself. Ripple raised funds based on equity multiple times. Very, very few projects with cryptotokens in the space have a) any sort of business model, and b) a chance to survive long enough on their existing funds until the time their technology and networks are useful to anyone and actually scale up to provide them with revenue.
There are many great endeavors in the space, but you must remember that the vast majority of the projects you see around are just short-term plays offering little in terms of technology, vision, or applicability. Don't let that cloud your judgment when evaluating Synereo.