Topic: Is ICO investment still worth it? - page 32. (Read 112648 times)

It is better to avoid ICO for now because it is hard to identify which ICO are legitimate or not. Better buy a known coin because it is already stable and establish community support.

Now of course all investors are now very confused about the ICO now. There are good ICOs and some are not good. Or we can call it not potential. In my opinion, investing in ICO is still very feasible, and you also have to really know what the project is. So you can determine the potential or not.

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It's well known that approximately 80% of ICOs are scams and over 50% fail within first four months of operations. The return on investment in ICOs is in steady decline because of the incredibly high business, regulatory, and legal risks inherent to this nascent space. Aggressive market manipulation and widespread pump-and-dump schemes increase chances of losing investors’ money.

Despite all these negative factors, retail investors still participate in token sales with no certainty how ICO project will perform and what will the value of its token be. We can observe not a high risk/return ratio here but actually a very high risk/uncertain return correlation. On the risk side of the equation, all ICO investments are exposed to extremely high idiosyncratic risk as investment is made in a single ICO project with no historical performance and track record.

Investors’ demand is driven primarily by expectations of high return on investments. Investing in liquid digital assets that have well established teams and business models could be an alternative to ICO investments. However, even in this scenario, retail investors can’t efficiently manage their capital as they are not qualified enough to perform token price valuation, fundamental analysis of the blockchain project, technical analysis of the token price movements, and legal and regulatory due diligence. 

Another type of investors are crypto hedge funds that are managed by investment professionals. Generally, top-tier crypto hedge funds with hundreds of millions of US dollars under management have excellent historical performance and track record. Crypto hedge funds that use active portfolio management approach have the ability to deliver impressive returns even during bear market conditions. For example, Pantera Bitcoin Fund's lifetime return was over 10,000% as of the end of July, 2018, net of fees and expenses.

Crypto hedge funds can earn substantial returns leveraging their deep knowledge of market trends, strong investment expertise, and rigorous due diligence. When investing in ICOs, crypto hedge funds have access to exclusive private deals with deepest discounts and can invest in the most promising blockchain projects that are not opened to public. Hedge funds provide their investors with monthly investor reports and perform annual audit to confirm the transparency of hedge fund operations and actual holdings.

Unfortunately, regular investors are not able to invest in crypto hedge funds, at least in the United States. Crypto hedge funds typically require multi-million dollar minimums and are designed for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional investors.  Under the US securities laws, in the context of a natural person, an accredited investor is an individual who have a net worth of at least $1,000,000, excluding the value of one’s primary residence, or have income at least $200,000 each year for the last two years (or $300,000 combined income if married) and have the expectation to make the same amount this year.

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Interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain is quite high, so these investment tools are certainly in demand.

Yes some ICO are we should say worth it because there are have a good benefits when you join on their projects or you should invest to their projects. But some of the ICO or bounty campaigns right now is quite not good like for the scam ICO it is very disappointing when you joined in some projects that didn't get successful. But for us? we need to avoid those scam ICO by consulting some sites that criticize all running and upcoming ICO projects to eliminate chances of getting lost

I would rather wait for a couple of months to see if the market improves in terms of ICO projects, there are simply too many projects without a base or innovative idea.

I think there are many ICOs that can still give you good results for your investment, so far I am with a project called redcap, which will revolutionize the transport industry, so if you are interested you can invest in them, so far they have complied with the roadmap and will have a very good price when they get the listing.

Market conditions are in a bad condition because of this, investing in ico projects is very risky. So you actually chose the wrong project, because only a few percent of the ico project was successful. Investing in ico's project requires a very good and right analysis, mistakes in doing analysis so it will only make us stay away from success.

I can say its very worth it, as prices are high nowadays you can have a double profit in the end. Investing ICO is too risky, as we know that many scam ICO lurking nowadays. But when you buy tokens in ICO its more profitable because you can have a discount although make sure you invest a good project or have potential to be success in the future.

Promising ICOs are worthy to invest but maybe, this is just not the best time to do such thing. Many ICOs are resulting to profit loss. the reason behind this, is the downtrend this year. The market price are falling below ICO price. Most of the investors are losing profit and we are all hoping that things will be back soon. For now, let's be patient.

The market is showing signs of recovery after a series of events. So investing in ICO at the present time should be considered because if the market rebounds in exchange rates, investment in ICO will make a huge profit. I recommend investing in ICO at this time, there are many potential ICOs and you should consider investing in Buddy ICO project.

Yes if you choose good one but it will be for long term for sure i'm talking about a year or more because they take time to run their project

Yes they are worth it despite the fact that there profitability has been relatively poor lately,the space is still growing and there are a lot of good projects that will change the way we do things,also bullish market will restore things

When you look at the market now, the prices aren't encouraging but it's still worth it because you holding it for it to rise will generate more profits later in the future.

I think that now the market has fallen, which is why it is happening. I don't understand why invest in an ICO if you don't have enough patience, wait out the drop. In most cases, the bounty participants understate the price, in an attempt to get rid of the coin as soon as possible.

You look at most of the new coins that are traded now on the exchanges. Their prices are much lower than those prices that were on the ICO. That'll tell you everything.

I think it's not that simple because when a token is listed on the exchange, it will always be dumped. But if you are patient, it will soon return to Pre-ico's price. Invest in the ICO to get a profit in the future

Yes it's still worth to investment in ico. Only make it sure that is promising and  have a good future  or partnership with some popular projects. If you have little doubt in a particular ico do not invest. Choose the right for you that you know you will gain and benefit.

Nobody can predict the ico project will be successful after being listed on the exchange. If you want your investment to be safe, you better choose a coin that has a good ranking and volume on the exchange.