To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
It was ordinarily supposed to be a way of sharing their stocks not necessarily shares to investors. But now, it is plagued by huge scam everywhere. 
Topic: Is ICO new way for companies to sell Shares to investors or a new way of Scam? (Read 216 times)
February 08, 2019, 06:11:21 PM
February 08, 2019, 06:03:40 PM
Most of these ICO projects were created to grab money from unsuspecting users. They created a good front to cover their greed for money. People should watch out for these deceitful projects and learn how to identify one.
February 08, 2019, 05:21:42 PM
That is why now it is even more difficult for an investor to choose the right ICO with good returns. Ineffective legal regulation, lack of due checks of the commanding staff of developers attracts fraudsters and annoys investors
January 01, 2019, 01:17:16 PM
I've yet to see an ICO where tokens actually represent shares. It's difficult legally, although we're seeing progress.
Not representing shares does not mean that ICO-s are scams though. There's plenty of other legitimate uses of tokens.
I bet you've never read a ToS on an ICO.
Not representing shares does not mean that ICO-s are scams though. There's plenty of other legitimate uses of tokens.
I bet you've never read a ToS on an ICO.
January 01, 2019, 01:15:39 PM
It seems that most ICO companies are very close to scam. Although they may have some legal qualifications, those qualifications only prove that they are a legitimate company. In fact, whether it is legal or not, it can be financed through ICO and they can still post fake icos.
January 01, 2019, 01:10:16 PM
No, ICO is just a new, more effective way of raising startups' capital. They do not sell their shares. That's only true for STOs, that will be popular this year.
January 01, 2019, 01:07:31 PM
To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But many most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
A bit of both. First you need to understand not all companies succeed, so just because one company makes an ICO and than starts to go bankrupt and not give you what you were promised doesn't mean they are scammers, I have seen many coins and been part of a lot of them from inside to know that some of these coins just go bankrupt because they fail to do what they think they would do. However, of course there are scammers too which is why securities tokens will be a bigger thing in the future and instead of ICO we will have STO soon.Without the failing part though, ICO is also a part of new way for companies to sell shares not to resemble the IPO in nasdaq or nyse style but more like to angel investors, instead of giving away 10% to some silicon valley angel investor, they give it to the customer and start the company up, IPO is more like a currently established company to get even bigger, ICO is a company that doesn't exists but will with enough funds.
I Really understand your explanation we all know starting up a company is very challenging and sometime team manager go to exchange to dump some tokens .. ICO is the best way for investor and company too because with ICO u can invest as little as $100 in a project but the Scammer are tarnishing the image of ICO ..
January 01, 2019, 09:58:29 AM
To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But many most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
A bit of both. First you need to understand not all companies succeed, so just because one company makes an ICO and than starts to go bankrupt and not give you what you were promised doesn't mean they are scammers, I have seen many coins and been part of a lot of them from inside to know that some of these coins just go bankrupt because they fail to do what they think they would do. However, of course there are scammers too which is why securities tokens will be a bigger thing in the future and instead of ICO we will have STO soon.Without the failing part though, ICO is also a part of new way for companies to sell shares not to resemble the IPO in nasdaq or nyse style but more like to angel investors, instead of giving away 10% to some silicon valley angel investor, they give it to the customer and start the company up, IPO is more like a currently established company to get even bigger, ICO is a company that doesn't exists but will with enough funds.
January 01, 2019, 09:20:45 AM
To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But many most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
Thats true and most cased that still happen til today! ICO's today has 2 faces the one is from the real and working start ups and the other one is just a front for scams, and way to take advantage and robbed the investors money that no one can predict when! thats why stay vigilant when investing in any ICO specially when it was shady and hiding in the dark ICO's and other crowdfunding activities! ICO regulation is needed to make it more secure for everyone specially investors. 
January 01, 2019, 08:34:24 AM
It is a way for companies to sell shares to investors which also is being used as a new way of scam.
Companies have a wide range of reason for choosing ICO than other options, one of the being low regulation and low accountability.
Companies have a wide range of reason for choosing ICO than other options, one of the being low regulation and low accountability.
January 01, 2019, 08:29:10 AM
To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But many most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
well you could say 90% of all ico's last scammed investors.. I recall I ran into more scam ico's them the legit ones that actually has something to offer January 01, 2019, 07:46:20 AM
To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But many most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
it is because they dont want to continue the project after they collect funds from the investors, that is the reason why many ICO team cant be reach after the success, they will just sell their ideas and after people believe in them thru investing they will abandon their project and also the investors. Government should be the middleman thru the laws they must create to protect investors.
January 01, 2019, 07:31:40 AM
To my understanding company do ICo to raise funds to start up their project !! But many most project listed their token on exchange after the ICO and forget about the mean project and got away with investors money . Why all this is happen ?
The next step of ICO development is rising of STOs (secure token offering). They should be regulated and I'd like to think that it will help to get rid of such amount of shitcoins and crappy projects on the market.
January 01, 2019, 07:01:35 AM
In the realm of crypto and real, we are not separated from discovery, in various ways it will be done to be able to eat prey.
It is indeed difficult to avoid but we will be vigilant and learn a lot in order to be spared.
It is indeed difficult to avoid but we will be vigilant and learn a lot in order to be spared.
January 01, 2019, 06:26:01 AM
Of course it's easy the answer is to earn easily. That's the new method of scamming (It's not clnsidered a scam) but it's like that they will going to create a project that sounds very promising and after that they will list it on an exchange with a low volume and that's it... you'll not gonna hear any improvement from the project again.
For me a good project is that:
• They're ransparent they give every detailed information and solution about that project and how they're going to implement it.
• They give complete infos about the companies location hotline, etc.
• Soft copy of the legal papers
• Compelete name and other infos of each members
• They will use the ICO funds to continue the project to make it successful
• Before they list the coins to exchange, they make sure that the project is complete or atleast working so many new investors will going to buy the project.
For me a good project is that:
• They're ransparent they give every detailed information and solution about that project and how they're going to implement it.
• They give complete infos about the companies location hotline, etc.
• Soft copy of the legal papers
• Compelete name and other infos of each members
• They will use the ICO funds to continue the project to make it successful
• Before they list the coins to exchange, they make sure that the project is complete or atleast working so many new investors will going to buy the project.
January 01, 2019, 06:20:03 AM
It is because their main intention is to scam people. They are just making a project to gain a profit for their own then run away from the project. That is why ICO investments are very risky and require a careful effort to research and analysis to be able to make a profitable investment.
January 01, 2019, 06:14:25 AM
Because these are scam projects, their purpose is not to develop a product but to get money from investors. Sadly, most projects are like that.
January 01, 2019, 06:08:50 AM
it is more like the old way of scamming people since there is nothing new about it. not just because it has been around for a while now but also because the method is pretty similar and over used method of creating an illusion and advertising something fake to fool people into buying it and then profiting from their gullibility.
it is just now in form of cryptocurrencies and has certain anonymity that helps the scammers to get away with stuff.
it is just now in form of cryptocurrencies and has certain anonymity that helps the scammers to get away with stuff.
January 01, 2019, 05:57:48 AM
This is the reason why ICOs have been banned in some countries while others are enforcing regulation and KYC. However, the KYC and other checks needs to be done on the team running the ICO rather than the investor to ensure that the project is legit.
January 01, 2019, 05:55:29 AM
This is another type of scam. Most people think about the scam is someone run away after raising funds. But it's not, because most ICO project listing their coin or token in small volume exchanges. This is not a good thing for investors. Because they are not getting a good return on investment. With those problems, choosing an ICO project is a hard thing. Then do your own research before investing in ICO projects.
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