Why do you invest in ICOs? - page 14.

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Quote from: hirokazu on July 31, 2017, 09:54:27 PM

Invest on ICO can give you profit easily, because at the time of ICO, most projects give percentage bonus to investor from 40% to 10%. After ICOs end, you can sell your coin/token and gain profit. Yes, always do your own research before doing invest due so much ICO ended up being a scam.

That's right about ico and I could not argue about this matters regarding profit, because the token from the ico generated from funds being raised with the campaign gives you a sustainable amount to fulfill your will from the investments you have. Trading your tokens is the options to reach your goals of holding or direct selling of the tokens you had, since this is one way of getting profit as well with traders who also invested their funds directly buying and selling at the trusted trading sites.

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Quote from: stoogiemeister on July 31, 2017, 10:28:51 PM

What kind of question is that? Cheesy

Maybe because they pay off nicely? Huh

The ICO stage is merely the best time to get in

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What kind of question is that? Cheesy

Maybe because they pay off nicely? Huh

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Investing in ICO is akin to investing in an IPO for a public listed company in my opinion.
however, the main caveat is the lack of regulatory oversight in an ICO versus an IPO which listed companies have to jump thru hoops and pay investment bankers tons of $$$ to get onto the stock exchanges.
then again, even with all that "big brother" oversight, there are still shell companies out there that basically makes money via raising fund from the capital market and benefiting the founders.

ICO allows us to gain access to startups with a great business idea and hopefully, the founding team carries the project to fruition, who knows you could be funding the next google/facebook of the blockchain world.

however, if you are investing your own money, it is only right your research on the ICO before committing your money. alternatively, you could just spread bet and hope one of your bets hit the jackpot!

the medium for investment is different (coins vs fiat), however, the investment approach should be the same. Research and Diversification.

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Invest on ICO can give you profit easily, because at the time of ICO, most projects give percentage bonus to investor from 40% to 10%. After ICOs end, you can sell your coin/token and gain profit. Yes, always do your own research before doing invest due so much ICO ended up being a scam.

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Quote from: coolsai on July 28, 2017, 06:10:21 PM

The reason anyone invests in ICO is in hopes of getting in early on the next big coin. You are right though that there is currently a massive amount of shit projects that get funded way more than they should realistically need or than they could ever be worth in the real world.

This is why when I see a project has raised a lot of money in the ico I prefer to not invest since there is not going be anyone to buy the coin once it hits the exchanges, you need to look at coins that did not raise as much money or that have a cap in the amount they want to raise.

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Quote from: Hallmader on July 30, 2017, 01:49:38 PM

I don't see anything wrong investing on ICOs. Many people earned money and multiplied their investments on good ICOs. The most important thing there is learn their product by reading or at least scan their whitepaper and take a look at their team if reliable enough.

Yes all those white-papers are written by freelance writers who work for 0.001 btc per whitepaper.Does it hold any value to you ? For me it doesn't.What a project would be if they can't write their own white paper ?

Quote from: charlescoin on July 30, 2017, 06:11:57 PM

And now the result is a million useless ICOs have sprung up for every stupid useless idea imaginable.

The idea never reaches the actual market.Once the ICO is over,the project is done,founder's pockets are full and investors can buy themselves a bucket for the tears.

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Quote from: Hallmader on July 30, 2017, 01:49:38 PM

I don't see anything wrong investing on ICOs. Many people earned money and multiplied their investments on good ICOs. The most important thing there is learn their product by reading or at least scan their whitepaper and take a look at their team if reliable enough.

Problem is that most people just FOMO into whatever ICO is popular without doing any research or even reading the projects whitepaper.

And now the result is a million useless ICOs have sprung up for every stupid useless idea imaginable.

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Quote from: Hallmader on July 30, 2017, 01:49:38 PM

I don't see anything wrong investing on ICOs. Many people earned money and multiplied their investments on good ICOs. The most important thing there is learn their product by reading or at least scan their whitepaper and take a look at their team if reliable enough.

Trust is the important factor while investing and the team behind the project is more important than any other aspects,i have made some decent amount of money with some of the investments i have made in the past and then there are a few others which did not live up to the expectation and gave some losses.

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I don't see anything wrong investing on ICOs. Many people earned money and multiplied their investments on good ICOs. The most important thing there is learn their product by reading or at least scan their whitepaper and take a look at their team if reliable enough.

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Quote from: ibuddy122505 on July 30, 2017, 11:07:17 AM

Quote from: Gastotade on July 30, 2017, 01:11:11 AM

Quote from: meriver on July 29, 2017, 11:20:55 PM

I've invested in a few, but just like startups I expect 99%+ not to live up to expectations.
I'm a bit picky about fundamentals.

1) Potential for huge gains just like BTC/ETH on the 1% chance it does work out.
2) Easy access and less regulatory hurdle for smaller investors

Other reasons people might:
1) There seems to be a premium to even get in the hot ICOs so you can flip it for a profit on an exchange
2) As long as there is a market where people are buying ICOs at a premium at an exchange it makes sense.
3) A lot of wealthy BTC/ETH holders are hooked on the ICO idea (ETH was the original big ICO). They're using house money and are less fearful of loss, diversifying holdings and also wanting to support their ecosystem

Indeed ICO can be a great source of income,and investing on the most potential ICO can sure our earnings, many get successful on doing it. Investing and being part of a project helps us to have tokens that can be beneficial in the future.

I have no argue with that. I like this idea, during the crowdsale events invest there and get paid in the specific ICO token. A single success of any ICO returns us decent profit. But, ICOs are full of risks, even some of them can get failed, some of them can turn to scam. These are the worst part of ICO project, must accept all these risk.

ICO can be very beneficial if we choose the right one. There are many new coins which people try to develop nowadays and we have to be very selective if we wanted to invest on some of them. One of the benchmarks I use in determining where I'm going to invest is who's behind the development of the coin. If the person has a good and reliable track record, I will follow it.

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Quote from: Gastotade on July 30, 2017, 01:11:11 AM

Quote from: meriver on July 29, 2017, 11:20:55 PM

I've invested in a few, but just like startups I expect 99%+ not to live up to expectations.
I'm a bit picky about fundamentals.

1) Potential for huge gains just like BTC/ETH on the 1% chance it does work out.
2) Easy access and less regulatory hurdle for smaller investors

Other reasons people might:
1) There seems to be a premium to even get in the hot ICOs so you can flip it for a profit on an exchange
2) As long as there is a market where people are buying ICOs at a premium at an exchange it makes sense.
3) A lot of wealthy BTC/ETH holders are hooked on the ICO idea (ETH was the original big ICO). They're using house money and are less fearful of loss, diversifying holdings and also wanting to support their ecosystem

Indeed ICO can be a great source of income,and investing on the most potential ICO can sure our earnings, many get successful on doing it. Investing and being part of a project helps us to have tokens that can be beneficial in the future.

I have no argue with that. I like this idea, during the crowdsale events invest there and get paid in the specific ICO token. A single success of any ICO returns us decent profit. But, ICOs are full of risks, even some of them can get failed, some of them can turn to scam. These are the worst part of ICO project, must accept all these risk.

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Quote from: meriver on July 29, 2017, 11:20:55 PM

I've invested in a few, but just like startups I expect 99%+ not to live up to expectations.
I'm a bit picky about fundamentals.

1) Potential for huge gains just like BTC/ETH on the 1% chance it does work out.
2) Easy access and less regulatory hurdle for smaller investors

Other reasons people might:
1) There seems to be a premium to even get in the hot ICOs so you can flip it for a profit on an exchange
2) As long as there is a market where people are buying ICOs at a premium at an exchange it makes sense.
3) A lot of wealthy BTC/ETH holders are hooked on the ICO idea (ETH was the original big ICO). They're using house money and are less fearful of loss, diversifying holdings and also wanting to support their ecosystem

Indeed ICO can be a great source of income,and investing on the most potential ICO can sure our earnings, many get successful on doing it. Investing and being part of a project helps us to have tokens that can be beneficial in the future.

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I've invested in a few, but just like startups I expect 99%+ not to live up to expectations.
I'm a bit picky about fundamentals.

1) Potential for huge gains just like BTC/ETH on the 1% chance it does work out.
2) Easy access and less regulatory hurdle for smaller investors

Other reasons people might:
1) There seems to be a premium to even get in the hot ICOs so you can flip it for a profit on an exchange
2) As long as there is a market where people are buying ICOs at a premium at an exchange it makes sense.
3) A lot of wealthy BTC/ETH holders are hooked on the ICO idea (ETH was the original big ICO). They're using house money and are less fearful of loss, diversifying holdings and also wanting to support their ecosystem

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Quote from: pey on July 27, 2017, 12:22:18 AM

Most people invest in ICOs to sell tokens for higher prices after the ico or to be able to get tokens at the lowest price. Ultimate goal of both is profit.

I also invest for ico to get profit. They always advertsise their tokens with many features but we know many of them are copycats of another coin. We are not still sure what are the real use of these ICOs but as long as it brings money then I'm in.

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Quote from: boris singer on July 29, 2017, 08:51:50 PM

Quote from: uray on July 29, 2017, 06:23:43 PM

Quote from: SMSabuj on July 29, 2017, 01:54:24 PM

ICO = Initial Coin Offering is the best way to earn a lot. Because in ICO times the price of Token has so low. If you buy some token on ICO times. So easily you can make a good profit on it. But, some of the ICO is a scam. So you have to find out good ICO and then you can invest on it. Otherwise, you will make a huge loss. So, ICO has advantages and disadvantage too.

Since you said that during initial coin offer the price of token is very low,that wont be the case with all the projects,i have seen many projects in the past well going past their ICO price and tanking at the bottom,so what you have to understand is that only the best projects will have those luxuries ,take for example the recently concluded SONM.

Depending on whether the business offered from ICO has long-term prospects or not, if the ICO we choose already exists that are similar in the market or only visible for short-term interests then we will get bad luck. Presale bonus offerings make us a shareholder in the market, very profitable because with the initial offerings then our profits will double.

Indeed, the average investment of short term is less profitable than the long term. But there are also profitable short term investments while maintaining market activity and also depending on the specifications of the project good or not.

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Quote from: Mister305 on July 29, 2017, 11:14:44 AM

Mostly pump and dump , few ICO actually being used for real world

It is completely true statement. I have observed too that most of the ICO will end up as way of getting quick profits on the exchangers with the help of presale tokens or later in the market when they are listed. There are only rare ICO who develops their own product to finish line and release it in the market. Now that's the real deal behind any ICO, "raising funds for project development". However people mistakenly use it for quick rich profits.

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Because I'll do whatever the hell I want with my money. Because of no faith in stock markets. Because I can get in for the price of a single trade in a stock market. Because it's interesting and new. Because it shows support for all these interesting.

Why DON'T you?

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Obviously I invest because I want to make money and the best time is always at the earliest possible.

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Quote from: uray on July 29, 2017, 06:23:43 PM

Quote from: SMSabuj on July 29, 2017, 01:54:24 PM

ICO = Initial Coin Offering is the best way to earn a lot. Because in ICO times the price of Token has so low. If you buy some token on ICO times. So easily you can make a good profit on it. But, some of the ICO is a scam. So you have to find out good ICO and then you can invest on it. Otherwise, you will make a huge loss. So, ICO has advantages and disadvantage too.

Since you said that during initial coin offer the price of token is very low,that wont be the case with all the projects,i have seen many projects in the past well going past their ICO price and tanking at the bottom,so what you have to understand is that only the best projects will have those luxuries ,take for example the recently concluded SONM.

Depending on whether the business offered from ICO has long-term prospects or not, if the ICO we choose already exists that are similar in the market or only visible for short-term interests then we will get bad luck. Presale bonus offerings make us a shareholder in the market, very profitable because with the initial offerings then our profits will double.

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