Bitcoinred was the first ICO I participated in, I participated in more than $ 100 in this project and then sold it when it was listed at Etherdelta, I had more than 2 times profit in just a few days. It was the first successful investment I made in this market
I think you are very lucky because you can enjoy the profits from the ICO results because lately to be able to get profit from ICO has been very difficult to happen and many ICOs have led to scams and made many investors disappointed. 
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None, after the success of ICO in 2017 I knew I've lost my opportunity, after February 2018 every altcoins start dumping, I knew right then that this is the beginning of a big bear market and ICO turning into history starts in 2018, I'm now IEO investor through binance and kucoin only
Bitcoinred was the first ICO I participated in, I participated in more than $ 100 in this project and then sold it when it was listed at Etherdelta, I had more than 2 times profit in just a few days. It was the first successful investment I made in this market
2017 was the year that I have started my cryptocurrency journey. During that year alone, I invested in some few ICOs on top of participating in airdrops and bounty programs.
Blackmoon Crypto Token (BMC) was the first ever ICO that I’ve invested. I think I shelled out $10.00+ for that since I’m just a micro-investor. I remember the time that Blackmoon Crypto Token is almost sold out, so I had to catch up and good thing that I did.
Unfortunately, Blackmoon Token didn’t profit more than $1.00 when it was listed in exchanges. My $10.00 worth of BMC is now $0.42 only. The reason I hold it until now is because I want to keep this as a remembrance of the first-ever ICO that I’ve invested.
The other ICOs that I have invested next to Blackmoon last 2017 are Paragon Coin, Electroneum, Universa, Crypterium and LoyalCoin. Unfortunately all of these ICOs I’ve invested are at a loss, but I didn’t sell them until now.
On top of that, I also invested some TRXs as well during that year and until now I haven’t sold them. XRP is another coin I have invested when it was still around $0.77, but successfully sold them when it almost reached $4.00. I also bought DOGE when it was still $0.006 and sold it when that coin is on it’s way to an all-time high for a quick profit.
What about you guys? Could you share the very first ICO that you’ve invested? Thanks!
That's a lot of history from you. Unfortunately, I can't remember my first ICO where I invested. Your whole story tells us to sell altcoins, hold is unprofitable. Time has changed, now I don't want to sell any of my tokens. Why didn't you participate in any ICO before 2017? Your profile says that you are a very old member. Blackmoon Crypto Token (BMC) was the first ever ICO that I’ve invested. I think I shelled out $10.00+ for that since I’m just a micro-investor. I remember the time that Blackmoon Crypto Token is almost sold out, so I had to catch up and good thing that I did.
Unfortunately, Blackmoon Token didn’t profit more than $1.00 when it was listed in exchanges. My $10.00 worth of BMC is now $0.42 only. The reason I hold it until now is because I want to keep this as a remembrance of the first-ever ICO that I’ve invested.
The other ICOs that I have invested next to Blackmoon last 2017 are Paragon Coin, Electroneum, Universa, Crypterium and LoyalCoin. Unfortunately all of these ICOs I’ve invested are at a loss, but I didn’t sell them until now.
On top of that, I also invested some TRXs as well during that year and until now I haven’t sold them. XRP is another coin I have invested when it was still around $0.77, but successfully sold them when it almost reached $4.00. I also bought DOGE when it was still $0.006 and sold it when that coin is on it’s way to an all-time high for a quick profit.
What about you guys? Could you share the very first ICO that you’ve invested? Thanks!
I think electroneum was the first ICO that I’ve invested, and i already have little knowledge about ICO, so when the price increase, i think i sold about 80% from my investment and i got so much profits. This is make me happy, but slowly ICO era is over. All coin i hold dump, also many become scam. That's why i stop to join in ICO
Lucky for you, most of the people probably will still hold it because of greed, and wouldn't probably make a profit from it, but you invested in ico again and im guessing your profit from venturing in ico is probably negative. 
Cybermiles was the first ICO I participated in, I had 3 times the profit of participating in this ICO and it made me greedy and continued to invest in many other ICOs, and then I met many projects scam and make my investments constantly lose
I invested in TheKey ICO, respectively I bought token after the first listing on Kucoin exchange because it was impossible to buy tokens right in ICO token sale. The website was down in few seconds. This was the last hype around the token, now look at the price, it is 98% down since ATH price.
I also know TheKey and this project helped me earn more than 400% of profits in a short time. Actually, TheKey is one of the projects using the NEO platform and was very successful during that time. Now things are different and the development team is almost gone, so if you choose to hold it in the long run, this coin will only cost you money and wait time.
I invested in TheKey ICO, respectively I bought token after the first listing on Kucoin exchange because it was impossible to buy tokens right in ICO token sale. The website was down in few seconds. This was the last hype around the token, now look at the price, it is 98% down since ATH price.
The first ICO that I joined at that time was the Cybermiles project, you could say this was my most successful investment in joining ICO. But the more I come here, I am less interested in participating in ICO, and if I want to participate in the sale of tokens, I choose to participate in IEO and even if it is held in a large market. For example when I participated in IEO BTT which was held at Binance.
I still remember 2 ICO's that I've invested.
The first one is the Streamex ICO which is an exchange. I invested a small amount on it (around 0.003 BTC only IIRC) and hold it but I don't expect too much on it. Now their website can't be found already and their telegram has been in a mute mode where we can't type anymore meaning it turned out to be a scam. When I last visited it months ago, there is not that much volume on their site so I see that it will be a scam coin already.
The 2nd one is the Bethash ICO and I've invested small amount here too. Luckily, the site is still up and many are gambling on the site already. I'm just staking on their site, doing some gambling sometimes but just for a small amount.
Sadly, I'm not still into crypto when the tokens which are in the top 100 right now are still on their ICO/tokensale.
The first one is the Streamex ICO which is an exchange. I invested a small amount on it (around 0.003 BTC only IIRC) and hold it but I don't expect too much on it. Now their website can't be found already and their telegram has been in a mute mode where we can't type anymore meaning it turned out to be a scam. When I last visited it months ago, there is not that much volume on their site so I see that it will be a scam coin already.
The 2nd one is the Bethash ICO and I've invested small amount here too. Luckily, the site is still up and many are gambling on the site already. I'm just staking on their site, doing some gambling sometimes but just for a small amount.
Sadly, I'm not still into crypto when the tokens which are in the top 100 right now are still on their ICO/tokensale.
In 2018 my friend who is a successful cryptocurrency investor talked me into investing in Electronum ICO, i was a little bit skeptical because that was my first time investing in a project that is not Bitcoin.
I read through it's whitepaper and followed them on all their social media handles, i must confess their team did a great job when it comes to customer service.
I can't really remember what they were selling but I was fascinated by the concept of mining with my mobile phone. I bought so many tokens that I thought I would be a millionaire in no time lols, when I look back now I just laugh at how naive I was.
Almost all of us had similar stories and we can only regret the past. Although i did not invest big amount in any ICO but i bought a lot of Holo when its price was 19 sat. one of my friend told me that i can buy a lamborghini because this coin will be the next bitcoin. I believe him and bought a lot of Holo with almost 1 bitcoin. Now the price of Holo is around 6 sat and i think i have lot my investment.
I clearly remember my first ICO. It was in October 2017. Hash Rush, a project that aimed to merge blockchain with gaming. At that time, no other project thought seriously about this concept. At the end of ICO they raised around $1M, but then in May, like many ICO projects they became victims of massive bear market swipe. They survived somehow and are now finally able to release their Beta game this month!! After so many years, they are finally fulfilling their promise and I'm excited for that! You can check them out on www.hashrush.com .
Not a good experience for me. When I delved into the crypto world, I wasn't really into ICOs. Then at a time in the end of 2018 or so, a project got my attention. The project is ARR. It is about augmented reality. I kind of saw the potential of the project. So, I invested. Down the line, it hasn’t gone well. I still have this silly belief they will be back with a boom. Just a silly feeling.
It was waves which was my first investment in ICO, however, I was not able to make good money when I sell it, I sold early, I didn't wait for the bull run period to sell my coin but then ,even if I have sold it that time, I would not make much as Waves does not rise as crazy as some coins in the market.
I'm just happy that waves until now is still stable, unlike other coins that have already lost its volume and its value in an exchange.
Actually, I even made more money from the bounty that time than investing in altcoins, that was the luckiest moments of my life.
I'm just happy that waves until now is still stable, unlike other coins that have already lost its volume and its value in an exchange.
Actually, I even made more money from the bounty that time than investing in altcoins, that was the luckiest moments of my life.
It was polybius. I was a newbie and i attracted by the shilling. I wasn't aware there was something as shilling and bought it. After so many years i guess i still have that tokens but project seems like a dead end. Still it was a good experience for me.
I remember that I have invested into at least 10 ICO projects by 2016 and 2017 and then I decided to stop completely after most of the projects never hit exchanges to get me any returns. When your coin getting listed but you are unable to sell in profits is different than your coin is not getting listed on any exchanges. In first case you, you may get chances to recover your losses at some percentage; I guess getting back some 50% also will be somehow consoling whereas no exchange is available to encash your coins/tokens then will be 100% losses; Yes, I got zero returns for most of the ICO I contributed.
I'm confident about my due diligence skills but I still do not know where and what went wrong with my ICO experience to get me absolute bitter things.
I believe, over the time ICO operators were becoming too smart to make themselves look like perfect legit in order to convince investors. Because, I have not invested into any ICO on my own opinion alone but after few experts suggestions as well. Still, I made losses. After such a bitter experience with ICOs, I have missed the many good opportunities in IEO as well.
I'm confident about my due diligence skills but I still do not know where and what went wrong with my ICO experience to get me absolute bitter things.
I believe, over the time ICO operators were becoming too smart to make themselves look like perfect legit in order to convince investors. Because, I have not invested into any ICO on my own opinion alone but after few experts suggestions as well. Still, I made losses. After such a bitter experience with ICOs, I have missed the many good opportunities in IEO as well.
In 2018 my friend who is a successful cryptocurrency investor talked me into investing in Electronum ICO, i was a little bit skeptical because that was my first time investing in a project that is not Bitcoin.
I read through it's whitepaper and followed them on all their social media handles, i must confess their team did a great job when it comes to customer service.
I can't really remember what they were selling but I was fascinated by the concept of mining with my mobile phone. I bought so many tokens that I thought I would be a millionaire in no time lols, when I look back now I just laugh at how naive I was.
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I forgot which one I first invested but there are lots of ICOs that I invested during the golden time and lose a lot too. I think mostly us lose but this time I think the defi ico have encouraging results. Check out the ico of orion, it gave investor 7x of profits. I wish I had some like this too on my ICO investments before.
I believe you should not post here at all if you forgot the ICO you invested first. This is not a mandatory thread to answer at all. There are a lot of ICO before that gave profit more than x7 and above profit. ONT and ZIL pump price more than that percentage during there peak price compared to there ICO. Its not too late to find potential project that will give mega profit. You can start on choosing DeFi project which is the hot crypto investment right now.
Answering OP. I made my first ICO purchase on HVN(hive terminal). I was hyped because they win first price on some famous crypto awarding event that time. I made tons of profit too that time. I really missed the golden age of crypto where having 100% is easy and normal because fresh fiat money keep entering in crypto space. Right now most of the people are onboard that's why crypto market are stagnant compared before.
I forgot which one I first invested but there are lots of ICOs that I invested during the golden time and lose a lot too. I think mostly us lose but this time I think the defi ico have encouraging results. Check out the ico of orion, it gave investor 7x of profits. I wish I had some like this too on my ICO investments before.
Well the first ICO I have ever invested was a Ponzi coin - Hextracoin, back then 2017 when ICO hyped and many projects that promised their token will 10x or maybe 100x after ICO. I lost around $100, but it'll my an unforgettable lesson for me when come to this market.
I have known this project in the past and actually Hextracoin is one of the projects that I have made the most profit since joining. Of course, only the first person can make a lot of profit and I'm also lucky to have made more than 400% of the profits from this project. However, after a few months of operation, this project showed signs of scam and that was when I realized that this project was not good and was fortunate to withdraw all assets from it. Jump to: