Topic: ICO Investments Why Risky? - page 12. (Read 2888 times)
the success of the blockchain project is measured by the amount of investor funds and the number of distribution of tokens in circulation. investment risk is always there, both in the form of declining value tokens, and team developers who commit fraud for personal gain.
I think we are still able to find good ICO projects, we must do so much research enough for it. Unfortunately, good projects are badly affected by scam projects.
Yeah you are right scammers are everywhere in the world and they want to collect money in illegal means and for that they announce scam project and loot innocent investors. No doubt there are still many good and authentic projects in which we can invest our money without fear of losing but for that we will have to check the credibility of project manager.
Among the many factors that can prevent me from investing in a particular ICO project is the lack of a relative stability or high volatility of the crypto market lately. The number of scam projects in recent times have affected the rate at which people invest in projects. Last year was really amazing for the world of crypto as many ICO projects were really successful in terms of achieving their targets.This year has been stressful for the world of crypto.
I think we are still able to find good ICO projects, we must do so much research enough for it. Unfortunately, good projects are badly affected by scam projects.
Yeah you are right scammers are everywhere in the world and they want to collect money in illegal means and for that they announce scam project and loot innocent investors. No doubt there are still many good and authentic projects in which we can invest our money without fear of losing but for that we will have to check the credibility of project manager. 
I have not get good luck in investing into icos and the few one that I have invested is not doing very well in the market. Icos investments is very risky and many investors have lose significant amounts of money. I don't think we can really succeed the ways people and investors are losing money through icos scam projects.
Yes, what you like right now is that many investors are starting to lose interest in investing by joining the ICO because they end up getting inappropriate rewards for low sales token and fraud prices so they don't get any rewards to do research and pay attention to the project's vision and mission 
It's actually not that risky if you do lots of research. Its risky for the idiots that throw money at anything that is hyped up with lots of advertising.
100% agree. We can say that it is still risky but we can lessen the risk wit proper research. It may not be easy to do an effort in doing it but it will be paid off if the ICO you have joined in is not a scam and can really generate a profit. The risk in ICO are those who do scams.
Most of the ICOs after listing on exchange loses initial value, especially if they have low trading volume, so it is usually better to buy coin on exchange plus when you are buying on exchange you probably do not have to pass KYC process.
Although there always will be gems and pearls of ICOs that are great investments.
Although there always will be gems and pearls of ICOs that are great investments.
It's actually not that risky if you do lots of research. Its risky for the idiots that throw money at anything that is hyped up with lots of advertising.
I'd agree. ICO investing is 100% profitable if you're going with insider information, are a partner or know somebody close to the group. Usually if you're pooling money (minimums don't have to be that high, only around 1-2BTC per person and a group buy can be $100K-2M) to get a sweet deal.
2 main ways of profiting: If you're pooling or have enough capital to get a discounted rate during seed investment rounds / private rounds, you can dump on the public investors with a 20-40% margin if it's a reputable ICO. If it's a scam ICO, you can get 50-100% probably but it's so much riskier.
Or the ethical route is avoiding dumping and hopefully the ICO gets pumped so that you're able to get 10x+ returns when it's long-term offloading.
Collusion isn't illegal in the ICO world yet, and of course it's all around us. So you're either in on the action or you invest just enough that won't make you shed any tears were you to lose it all.
It's actually not that risky if you do lots of research. Its risky for the idiots that throw money at anything that is hyped up with lots of advertising.
100% agree. We can say that it is still risky but we can lessen the risk wit proper research. It may not be easy to do an effort in doing it but it will be paid off if the ICO you have joined in is not a scam and can really generate a profit. The risk in ICO are those who do scams.
I believed that investing in the ico was very dangerous to do it, because the only things we can decide for it to invest is our trust. Therefore, if we have that trust in every ico the feelings of doubt and fear in the form of investment for sure risk is no longer be there. But, if we have those fear and doubt the risk will get involve or apply in it.
Yes, but the doubt comes in us, when we invest in the ico without researching well. So we must verify the projects before investing in any ico. Then fear and doubt in us will not work.Good topic. I am alarming and make myself feel uncomfortable with all the factors you listed. Today, unfortunately, most of the ICO projects are fraudulent, and I am obviously prepared to lose money when investing in projects that interest me.
Being prepared to loose money is like its a gamble, taking well calculated risk is the best. The smartest thing to do is to research project usability and team behind the project before investing. I have come across great projects such as Mfchain, which you can invest with peace of mind though, these type of projects are not many out there. Ico investment should not be a gamble such that, in a worst case scenario investors should recover their money. 
I believed that investing in the ico was very dangerous to do it, because the only things we can decide for it to invest is our trust. Therefore, if we have that trust in every ico the feelings of doubt and fear in the form of investment for sure risk is no longer be there. But, if we have those fear and doubt the risk will get involve or apply in it.
Yes, but the doubt comes in us, when we invest in the ico without researching well. So we must verify the projects before investing in any ico. Then fear and doubt in us will not work.No product and legit team, means no investment and I wonder why people still tend to invest in project ideas alone, like that is something that would bring revenue for them in the long run. It is the product that would count the possibility of getting demand which would proportionally bring about increase in value. Projects with no products are as good as dead to me and why would I want to take a risk on something dead.
For me, the biggest is that if the ICO will not just run with my money, next is will it survive it's initial ICO lastly id if could flourish as a coin after the ICO and lastly will it have projects so my coin will not just collect dust in my wallet. There are tons of ICO today and too much blockchains behind them. What i suggest is to read up on these projects before investing.
Projects presenting a working beta platform or an any available product during the ICO phase are at least offering something tangible to the investors.
ICO investment will always be risky as long as people tend to discard some things they should always look at before investing in a project and this includes the product, the team and the business solution.
Well said, I know OP that you have take part also in the ICO investment that is why you probably know all of this because of your experience in joining ICO investments.
Experience is the best teacher this implies that OP has gone through all of this. This is a good help especially to the new comers I even find myself new here and had gone failure already in cryptocurrency specifically in trading crypto. The market price for the crypto are unpredictable and it is so hard to identify when market price to pump up and pump down. Checking coinmarketcap.com will not be able to solve also on the market price movement of the cryptocurrency. Thus, it will take a smart wise decision making for this matter.
Experience is the best teacher this implies that OP has gone through all of this. This is a good help especially to the new comers I even find myself new here and had gone failure already in cryptocurrency specifically in trading crypto. The market price for the crypto are unpredictable and it is so hard to identify when market price to pump up and pump down. Checking coinmarketcap.com will not be able to solve also on the market price movement of the cryptocurrency. Thus, it will take a smart wise decision making for this matter.
because there is no binding responsibility, investors are still looking for any collateral and this is still subjective like buying a cat in a sack. If the ICO promotion is clearly regulated and not all of them can qualify, it won't be too chaotic now. The emergence of a too messy ICO can make many fraudsters infiltrate because there are no specific standards and it seems that it is still too easy to make.
I think that's the reason why ICO are banned on social media networks like Facebook and google.Plus the biggest point is many ico come with fake projects they're full scammed ICO who want people's money.because there is no binding responsibility, investors are still looking for any collateral and this is still subjective like buying a cat in a sack. If the ICO promotion is clearly regulated and not all of them can qualify, it won't be too chaotic now. The emergence of a too messy ICO can make many fraudsters infiltrate because there are no specific standards and it seems that it is still too easy to make.
I think that's the reason why ICO are banned on social media networks like Facebook and google.Plus the biggest point is many ico come with fake projects they're full scammed ICO who want people's money.because there is no binding responsibility, investors are still looking for any collateral and this is still subjective like buying a cat in a sack. If the ICO promotion is clearly regulated and not all of them can qualify, it won't be too chaotic now. The emergence of a too messy ICO can make many fraudsters infiltrate because there are no specific standards and it seems that it is still too easy to make.
I think that's the reason why ICO are banned on social media networks like Facebook and google.Plus the biggest point is many ico come with fake projects they're full scammed ICO who want people's money. 
I believed that investing in the ico was very dangerous to do it, because the only things we can decide for it to invest is our trust. Therefore, if we have that trust in every ico the feelings of doubt and fear in the form of investment for sure risk is no longer be there. But, if we have those fear and doubt the risk will get involve or apply in it.
Yes, but the doubt comes in us, when we invest in the ico without researching well. So we must verify the projects before investing in any ico. Then fear and doubt in us will not work.For me, the biggest is that if the ICO will not just run with my money, next is will it survive it's initial ICO lastly id if could flourish as a coin after the ICO and lastly will it have projects so my coin will not just collect dust in my wallet. There are tons of ICO today and too much blockchains behind them. What i suggest is to read up on these projects before investing.
Projects presenting a working beta platform or an any available product during the ICO phase are at least offering something tangible to the investors.
For me, the biggest is that if the ICO will not just run with my money, next is will it survive it's initial ICO lastly id if could flourish as a coin after the ICO and lastly will it have projects so my coin will not just collect dust in my wallet. There are tons of ICO today and too much blockchains behind them. What i suggest is to read up on these projects before investing.
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