I think this bear market is like natural selection...the strongest projects will survive the weakest will die...
The same with ICO's, strongest ones will survive and make a good long-term projects with huge price increase, most otheres will die...
There is another big problem for ICOs, especially for the ones formed in late 2018 or early 2019... it is financial problem, as most of them were funded with ethereum at or above 1000$, therefore if they haven't converted ETH into fiat, their budget decreased by 90% just because ETH dropped in price. In case of prolonged bear market they are facing bankruptcy.
Statistically number 2 reason why most startups don't succeed is lack of funds, which is exactly what those ICOs are facing...
Given the fact that most of them don't have exceptional business plan, that I believe we will have another year of bear market, that I believe we have way too many cryptocurrencies atm, that I believe alot of ICOs just used opportunity to finance them through blockchain but really are not up to the task, ... unfortunately I don't see bright future for most ICO's
Topic: The Fate of ICOs. (Read 594 times)
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
Well I think some ICO is believe that there a good chance that crypto market will be better than to situation now. I think ICO still have ability to make a funds next year and I believe that ICO project will have great year for 2019.
the truth is that most ICOs will get bankrupt and it will be a new internet bubble but for ICOs
It looks like it will happen mostly to ICOs. Continuing sales in exchange but in expense of making their value lower because of traders. It happens most of the time.
A sudden listing is a chance for others to sell all out and then waiting for the price dump and that is the time for another buy. But as we see there is no going back afterwards. The price stays at a lower value and never goes back to the ICO price.
So why buy at ICO presales?
A sudden listing is a chance for others to sell all out and then waiting for the price dump and that is the time for another buy. But as we see there is no going back afterwards. The price stays at a lower value and never goes back to the ICO price.
So why buy at ICO presales?
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I am looking forward to another fundraising method in 2019. ICO has lost too much of investors and bounty hunters. successive fraud cases and it is bad if it is still active in 2019. we need another fundraising method next year to ensure investors and investors who cooperates with the project.Two things that could possibly happen, either they will intervene and ICO rules will be more strict or fake ICO will continue to exist but we can minimize the risk if we before investing will try to do some research, it's what you called due diligence in investing.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I am looking forward to another fundraising method in 2019. ICO has lost too much of investors and bounty hunters. successive fraud cases and it is bad if it is still active in 2019. we need another fundraising method next year to ensure investors and investors who cooperates with the project.As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I am looking forward to another fundraising method in 2019. ICO has lost too much of investors and bounty hunters. successive fraud cases and it is bad if it is still active in 2019. we need another fundraising method next year to ensure investors and investors who cooperates with the project. 
yeah, that's right. lately ICO really made many people, or investors became disappointed. however, I think, there are still many ICOs that are developing at this time. we know that the price of bitcoin and other altcoins just fell. so I think it takes time until they develop their own project.
Yes, the crypto market was totally mess this year and alot of new project which seems to be promising are now sell below there ICOs price which is why some of the new project implement the token sales on exchange as a strategy to convince crypto investors about the utilities, community support and legality of their project. However, there are another means/strategy which new project use to raise fund and I believe crypto challenge was one of them.
what do you think are these means for raising money for new projects. it is certain that new projects will keep coming out.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I personally i am very disappointing from the ICO seance in general and i know that many people have lost faith in them due to many of them just turning out to be a major scam and developers just trying to get quick money out of them and then just stop developing it, so the trust in cryptocurrency this year has really gone done, and i honestly doubt that we will see the same support for it as in 2017. 
ico ico is currently mostly failing to achieve his goals so that it ends in fraud, but it is not all like that and there are still those who succeed. yes, the failed ico ico may be caused by weak market conditions or the absence of investors.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
Most ICOs can not reach soft cap anyway and those who reach they see more bottom. There should be a solution for Bounties. I also join Bounty, but I don't understand why some friends sell tokens for 10-20$, which they spent weeks for it. In my opininon it is most appropriate to make payment with ETH.
As you've stated, ICOs this year was a total mess. I think for ICOs to survive come 2019, a new approach is needed; ICO regulation. This will have a positive impact on the ICO market. Approaching institutions, organizations and big investors with convincing product will be a good way for ICOs to raise funds next year.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I think there is always a possibility for that to happen, especially considering the market trends that do not seem to be favorable for the ICO market. However, since ICOs still get a big chunk of the ventures people make in the market, I would say that if there would be changes to help it improve then it would have a fighting chance since it already has the support.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I think there is always a possibility for that to happen, especially considering the market trends that do not seem to be favorable for the ICO market. However, since ICOs still get a big chunk of the ventures people make in the market, I would say that if there would be changes to help it improve then it would have a fighting chance since it already has the support.
I think some ICO is believe that there a good chance that crypto market will be better than to situation now. I think ICO still have ability to make a funds next year and I believe that ICO project will have great year for 2019.
I don't think that there will be a good chances for ICOs to boom again. If anything miraculously happens like more number of new investors will be joining to this forum then only there will be some decent chances for ICOs to grow again. Because, there were a lot of scams had happened in the name of ICOs and everyone from this forum have learned some very big lesson from that. I don't think they will risk again with ICOs. Only if a project is good, I believe its ICO may find success. I am expecting very less number of ICOs in coming days.the only option is to wait till 2019 for a better market (bullish) before they can make a head way else they will still continue to struggle.
Probably 2019 will be a different year for ICOs. Because as far as I have observed many people are not any more interested into ICO contributions. This is just due to the bitter experience they have had from previous ICOs. So, I don't think any differences will be possible for ICOs even the crypto marker is turning into bullish.
A lot of ICO has failed their investors this year. In recent time, a lot of projects can't reach their soft cap again because investors have stopped investing in ICO. Some ICO that manage to reach their hard cap this year, frustrate their investors by listing the token or coin on exchanges below the ICO price and before you know it the token or coin will fall below what the investors can manager. It is more profitable to invest in an old project than a new project now. I hope this will get better so that investors can recover their investment.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
The fate of most ICOs hangs on a balance as the present market conditions had not been favourable to them hardly could they reach Soft Cap while Hard Cap isn't achievable the only option is to wait till 2019 for a better market (bullish) before they can make a head way else they will still continue to struggle. 
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
Well I think some ICO is believe that there a good chance that crypto market will be better than to situation now. I think ICO still have ability to make a funds next year and I believe that ICO project will have great year for 2019.
Somehow it looks impossible but it did happen.
Yeah some of them are not shitcoin and yet they are being dragged to all the nonsense fall.
I still have hopes for my owned coins which is mostly from ERC20 ICO. The good thing is I dont really have a choice or it is just a damned loss if I give it up or sell it.
Yeah some of them are not shitcoin and yet they are being dragged to all the nonsense fall.
I still have hopes for my owned coins which is mostly from ERC20 ICO. The good thing is I dont really have a choice or it is just a damned loss if I give it up or sell it.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
The ICO will even grow more if we will continue to support it but it seems that the ICO investment are now losing support from cryptocurrency community because most of the ICO is always dumping after its token listed on a exchanges.
I'm not seeing any possibilities for ICOs to bounce back at any time soon because nobody is taking any initiative for that.
Even bitcoin prices will be rising, I'm afraid that ICO industry may remain how it is right now.
There should be some changes to be implemented in conducting ICOs for the sake of innocent investors. Otherwise this industry will continue its decline in coming year too.
Even bitcoin prices will be rising, I'm afraid that ICO industry may remain how it is right now.
There should be some changes to be implemented in conducting ICOs for the sake of innocent investors. Otherwise this industry will continue its decline in coming year too.
Now it is hard for everyone, not only ICO, so the most optimal solution is to wait, and let the opponents of the expectations shout that this is stupid, but for those who have invested large sums in 2018 projects, the only way out of losing their investments is waiting. It seems that they themselves become much cleaner and more truthful, fake projects disappear, losing their meaning and customers, it becomes unprofitable for poor projects to charge because the costs of project promotion are greater than they can raise funds in a falling market. Nevertheless, there are a lot of very good projects that deserve attention.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
But, what actually happened to the ICO industry is not just due to bitcoin price fall down. But, ICOs are suffering severely due to its own scammers. Yes, due to the unregulated environment, many scammy people have started to misuse the platform in the name of ICOs to steal innocent people's money. I don't think in 2019 this ICO industry will be surviving or may not, by considering how depth it has fallen down on its own reasons.We must need some regulations for these ICOs. That regulations could be possible in decentralized manner like from this community itself we can regulate them so that it will not suffer any more. I have seen many people have started discussions on this but none of them found reasonable to this community. It seems people are not interested to regulate the ICO industry and this must be the core reason why it is into its current state.
Personally I have stopped contributing into ICOs and honestly I'm not having any idea to resume it. I will be watching how some ICOs will be performing and based on that I will decide further.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
The ICOs are now declining in this current stage because there are now many investors who stop patronizing it. There are only few ICOs that are becoming successful, the trust between investors and ICO is continuing to go down. 
yes it's true now there are so many ico projects that cost far less than the price of ico sale. I think that because the crypto situation is now bad, the price of bitcoin and etherum is down which is the cause of the ico token far below the price of ico sale
This is not a fate of all the ICOs because too many projects are never reach the softcap itself. So we could not say clearly in ICOs lifestyle but we can choose best project in ICOs. My suggestion is IAN balina suggested projects make big success so who are all looking for right project it will be useful in future participation. Nowadays many scam projects are enter into the market so be aware ourself is the perfect fate.But, this must be the right time to learn how old investors are doing. New investors should not get panic on seeing prices of bitcoin falling down, but they should make use of falling prices by buying at dips. When they keep doing it regularly then they will easily overcome the falling down market.
This will really be a great pressure for blockchain technology startups in 2019. This is evident in 2018 the number of ICOs that have to sell ETH to maintain their business is inevitable when the price Current ETH is only $ 130. I hope that in 2019 there may be new policies that bring breath to the cryptocurrency market. In order to call for capital for current startups, only funds are available.
now many ico have registered for the sale of tokens on the exchange, so if ico is successful it will be listed on the exchange, a new strategy has been used, maybe 2019 ico will get a big roi because the price for cryptocurrency is currently very cheap
Its a bad condition for all crypto and ICO were terrible this year, all the price fall down sharply and some even not worth anymore after a while hit the exchanges, the developers need to think a better strategy to prevent huge dropping when it hit the market, because when it hit too low the investors won't take a glance at that coin anymore, and we already got too many ICO and the investors are not increasing, if ICO keep popping out, we will be flooded with unused coin
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
Every token in the market is down and I’m not surprised about that because we are currently in bear market, so you shouldn’t be expecting them to be high in price. This is really going to take a long time before another bull run occurs. There are people who are even believing that the market won’t recover from this fall. Maybe the best thing you can do now is to trade those tokens.I would not advise now to invest their money in any projects because the price on the market today is much lower than the projects collect themselves to work.
Yes, staying away from ICO must be the right advice as of now. Still, I will not agree with the statement of market is down and that is the reason why projects are not performing well. I had seen some projects have performed well even in the negative work. So, blaming the trend of crypto currency is not a right approach for the failures of ICOs.
I'm just glad that 99% of all ICOS are blown away and crash, because it's not normal when hundreds of projects are launched within a month that will not betray anything.
99% of ICO and projects that have not entered the market may be closed and investors will lose their money. I would not advise now to invest their money in any projects because the price on the market today is much lower than the projects collect themselves to work.
99% of ICO and projects that have not entered the market may be closed and investors will lose their money. I would not advise now to invest their money in any projects because the price on the market today is much lower than the projects collect themselves to work.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
It is just consequences of last years ICO hype, I mean we have invested over a billion dollars total into ICO's in 2017 and probably kept that up early 2018 as well, that made ICO space so big that the expectations grew bigger and bigger as well, people literally made 1000%+ of what they invested and anything like 50% increase was unacceptable and honestly if the prices went down even a bit people were calling the ICO's "scam" even tough market is horrible and there was nothing they could do about it.So, right now the 2018 of horrible ICO and non funded new coins are all because we got into a hype last year and now considering new coins as toxic and not expecting anything new to grew while all these big coins are not growing. We want to first fix the things we have in our hands before we move to things that could improve the things we have.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
This is totally normal and I am not surprised that it happened. If Ethereum is down 80-90% how is it possible that ICOs that are built on it, hold their value and be competitive in the market? Totally impossible.
2018 was a corrective year that helped us to be more cautious and choose carefully where to invest next as we don't get excited by the bull markets and the general crypto hype.
I think that's because maybe their sales target is not reached or just reach the softcap. 2018 is really bad for ICO investing, many projects fail and scam, many investors don't trust ICO anymore because of that
No one can say this is the best in this field because each and everything changes every minute in this field that's why this field will going on popularly in all the minds of people so we cannot say this is the best one at anytime.
You know what is main reason behind bounty/ico fail?? The main reason is the bull run. Before that everyone was happy with small amount of earnings in the form of BTC/ETH or any other token, at that time it was really easy to list a token on any exchange. There was limited number of exchanges. After bull run, people and exchanges become more greedier and they want more and more.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I think there should be other ways to raise money, but people should start to become more creative. I have been thinking about a small project myself. It does not require a huge amount to raise. But I was more thinking about GIVING the tokens as a reward.
Example: I create coin xxx that has a utility for gambling. Then I would first create a gambling site where BTC and other currencies can be used and give my coin xxx as reward as deposit bonus, bonus on wagering, jackpots, etc. As soon as enough tokens distributed this way I would introduce this as a payment method on the site and list it on exchanges. In this way my coin xxx would already have utility prior listing on exchanges.
I think this would be a good solution. I also think that 90% of the ICOs do not require such huge amounts to develop their product. Myself I have a small team of developers and we build things from the ground up for a fraction of what ICOs sometimes claim needing for their development.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
ICOs are a just a way for money hungry people to get rich .They work hard on creating the best ICO ( as far as the crowdsale is going ) then completely abandoning their project once the Funds stops pouring . As you said 90% to 95% of them fail , so that's a huge red flag for anyone to not participate on any of these hyped up ICOs and if you decide to participate , you should have full knowledge about the background of the people behinde the project.I guess the best way to raise funds for these projects ,is to open crowdsale only after having a running product as a proof . Yes It's gonna need an an investment from them , but if they believe in their project they are going to spend their money on it before you spend yours.
I think that's because maybe their sales target is not reached or just reach the softcap. 2018 is really bad for ICO investing, many projects fail and scam, many investors don't trust ICO anymore because of that
yes it's true now there are so many ico projects that cost far less than the price of ico sale. I think that because the crypto situation is now bad, the price of bitcoin and etherum is down which is the cause of the ico token far below the price of ico sale
This is not a fate of all the ICOs because too many projects are never reach the softcap itself. So we could not say clearly in ICOs lifestyle but we can choose best project in ICOs. My suggestion is IAN balina suggested projects make big success so who are all looking for right project it will be useful in future participation. Nowadays many scam projects are enter into the market so be aware ourself is the perfect fate. 
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
The best ways to still rise money for projects still remains through icos and any other way might not work for now. I believe that bank will not want to fund any projects base on what is happening in the market. Traders are even avoiding buying and selling some of the coins. Moreso, governments or financial institutions will never want to put money in cryptocurrencies market and icos for now.
yes it's true now there are so many ico projects that cost far less than the price of ico sale. I think that because the crypto situation is now bad, the price of bitcoin and etherum is down which is the cause of the ico token far below the price of ico sale
I see ico focusing on tangible and useful products. it looks like the team doesn't care about prices and focuses on their platform in the long run.
hopefully in 2019 ico will get better.
hopefully in 2019 ico will get better.
LOL. Are you sure about that? Most ICO has no real life usage that's why they failed miserably. I don't think it will change in 2019, more scammy projects will come into picture and no matter how we tell and give warnings to (newbie) investors, they will still continue to pour their hard earn cash, sad to say.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
Why would they change their method if it is effective? So I don't think that there will be changes on how they raised funds, as long as it is profitable to them, those scammers will continue what they're doing.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
those who set up ICO projects did not expect that the market went down strongly. But for good ICO projects, they had to transfer BTC and ETH through a stablecoin to keep the money that investors sent. otherwise, we will definitely lose. This is also the best way to make the investment fund the safest. I think all these wannabe ICOs dying will be very useful in long term. Behind most of them were useless products with 0 real life use cases, the sooner they are gone, the sooner companies will realize they need to build real products, the sooner prices will start to moon again. Without real world adoption, all this is useless.
I agree that those without real life usage will die a natural death. But then again, there are gullible traders who just blindly trust and invest on a certain project without proper research and then bitch around when they have been scammed. So I think it will continue, unless something like regulations to stop scam project popping up like mushrooms.The reason where the scam ICO keeps popping up is that it's still profitable for scammers to gain, and how easily the user tricked to invest in their project. I don't think regulation would be the solution since the nature of cryptocurrencies is an open source project, everyone can do anything about it, and its the community who decide about it.
I have seen a few ICOs stopped selling until the market recovers and it looks better solution for now. Even there are those who have reached the hardcap are traded 50 times cheaper than the ICO price and bounty is still not distributed. If you work for the future of the project not for money it is better to wait.
I wish everyone who invested are matured enough to think that way. I still believe that majority of the ICO investors are feeling the old trend where they will witness a price increase once traded.
Nowadays, it's hard to achieve that, if the team decide to get listed, they'll pay for the trading free, plus the price would sink during the first day of trading.
That's a double whammy, they'll be dead before they start attracting traders and new investors.
I think all these wannabe ICOs dying will be very useful in long term. Behind most of them were useless products with 0 real life use cases, the sooner they are gone, the sooner companies will realize they need to build real products, the sooner prices will start to moon again. Without real world adoption, all this is useless.
I agree that those without real life usage will die a natural death. But then again, there are gullible traders who just blindly trust and invest on a certain project without proper research and then bitch around when they have been scammed. So I think it will continue, unless something like regulations to stop scam project popping up like mushrooms.
I think all these wannabe ICOs dying will be very useful in long term. Behind most of them were useless products with 0 real life use cases, the sooner they are gone, the sooner companies will realize they need to build real products, the sooner prices will start to moon again. Without real world adoption, all this is useless.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss.
many ICOs have no meaning to exist and are created by scammers
most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price.
this is because it does not have a great practical use in real life or because it does not have great partnerships with companies of the real world, many people are saying that the fault is of the bear market, but if each ICO and altcoin had a great use in the world real then we would not be in this situation
Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
who knows, people always invent something
I have seen a few ICOs stopped selling until the market recovers and it looks better solution for now. Even there are those who have reached the hardcap are traded 50 times cheaper than the ICO price and bounty is still not distributed. If you work for the future of the project not for money it is better to wait.
I think it's important that ICOs aren't only about getting profit as soon as possible, it's supporting the company by funding them with your investment and hold on for a while. If nobody invests anymore, there will be no token. You can always buy more after it hits the exchanges for lower.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I would say that even it had a very good year there are more ICOs came about last year than this year as many have been seen with the same idea. So I think like the general rule or notion of many financial experts, only about 10% of startup or new business thrive the market well. So whether that project had a blast in the sale period, it could also plummet in the exchange like most this year.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
I don't think ICOs will disappear or be replaced but I also feel they're not the best form of raising capital. Over time we might see a lot more scaled ICOs were clearly defined pre-ICOs and ICOs. Investors should be demanding more before the invest such huge amounts of money given how poorly most have performed.
..as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
With the dominance of bearish market throughout the year, it's not that easy nowadays to convince a certain investor to put some funds on ICO because of an obvious reason that it might not become profitable in the long run. Last year, we all witnessed how hype and trending crypto market is that's why even those without any knowledge about crypto put some money on bitcoin, including on ICO's. Those people who put some money on ICO's disregards roadmaps, future developments and plan of that certain project because they only want to achieved is profit within a short period of time.
And the result? Disappointment and regret.
Time will tell if ICO industry will become bloom again.
I see ico focusing on tangible and useful products. it looks like the team doesn't care about prices and focuses on their platform in the long run.
hopefully in 2019 ico will get better.
hopefully in 2019 ico will get better.
Its seems that this coming 2019 there will be a new ICO's that the all people who have cryptocurrencies will get benefit. Even we see many failing ICO in this year it is not the end of ICO's so I hope this coming 2019 there will be new and many succeed ICO.
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Yes, the crypto market was totally mess this year and alot of new project which seems to be promising are now sell below there ICOs price which is why some of the new project implement the token sales on exchange as a strategy to convince crypto investors about the utilities, community support and legality of their project. However, there are another means/strategy which new project use to raise fund and I believe crypto challenge was one of them.
We, old crypto habitants, know that and simply stop investing in ICOs. Thats why its so hard for them to get softcup. Todays Icos arent worst than 2017 ICOs, there is simply no money avaible for them because amount of invesotrs willing to invest in ICO is shrinking every day. Today even good ICO cant get enought money and hype to exist. Yep, crypto ICOs very often need hype. Like Steem. Without hype it wont have users posting new posts/videos. Without good content it wont have users willing to spend there free time. With small amount of users noone will invest in it. If noone will invest in it creators won't be able to sell their revenue earned in steem. Without good revenue for creators there wont be good content. Circle closed. Thats why if steem was starting its ICO today it won't survive that long.
Will that change?
We need new investors with new money willing to take huge risk. That will be avaible only during next bull run ended with bigger bubble. When bitcoin will get to new ATH, ICOs will become profitable again.
Will that change?
We need new investors with new money willing to take huge risk. That will be avaible only during next bull run ended with bigger bubble. When bitcoin will get to new ATH, ICOs will become profitable again.
it looks like the strategy is changing. New projects are moving to exchanges to know if they can convince investors that they are real. lots of project has come and gone. fear of the Unknown. we are hoping a brighter future in the crypto world. we don't Know where we are heading to.
As you all know that 90% of ICOs this year was a totally loss. most of all the tokens that hit the market are trading below price. some of catastrophic. some are trading below 90% to 95% of their list price. Majority of ICOs this days have has decided to run token sales on Exchanges. as the year comes to an End, Could there be another means of raising fund for tokens come 2019.?
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