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ICO projects have entered our lives with an incredible pace last year. People who follow the market very closely through these projects have very serious boilers and users who do not follow the market too could only hear information about projects. This investment sector, which saw a significant increase in the last year, managed to earn significant investments in the first quarter of this year, but unfortunately such investments cannot offer as much guarantee as before and cannot provide as much profit as before. Everyone can clearly see the end of the era of being rich by investing in ICO. And what risks does this investment vehicle have? Why is it not so favorable or favored by many investors today? Have you ever wondered the answer to these questions? In this article, I will tell you the answers and the reasons for all these questions.


Virtual Product

Virtual products are the first to be trusted or unreliable in ICO projects. The point to be mentioned with the virtual product word here is the expectation of profit margin return with the sale of a real and non-existent product. A token (product), which is not yet in the market, is sold to investors with a certain value. The investor thinks that when he buys these tokens, he will sell them with certain values and in some projects, he cannot go beyond imagination from some projects. In short, we are paid for a product that does not have any value yet and we think that we will sell it more profitably in the future. In this case, successful projects do not take place in some projects or completely explode in the hands of the investor.

Fancy Dreams

It is another risk factor related to the topic mentioned in a higher title. Once the project team has set a price for its product, it also tells its investors the price to sell. It is wrong to make such a clear value estimate for a product that is not yet completed or a product that has not yet been completed. As a result, each project will be successful and reach the target price and it can pass the price is not a rule. For example, let's say we get 10,000 X-Tokens for 1 ETH. The project team is going to sell this imaginary by stating that the value of these 10,000 X-Tokens will be 3 ETH. Then, we start to dream with this money. The big day is coming, and without any mishap the project is achieving success. In this case, the dreams sold to us become reality and we are doubling our money (who knows, maybe more?). But in case the project is not successful, our money is either decreasing or completely disappearing. In this case, the dreams sold to us are frustrated and have no value. This is why ICO projects sell us a dream when they actually offer investment opportunities.


Discenterless Management

The fact that many ICO projects have decentralized management is another risk factor. Since there is no center, the product to be produced or the imagination sold to us is open to many speculations. For this reason, our investments can be seriously valued with severe changes and serious losses may be experienced. It is important to note that this risk factor is present in many types of cryptocurrencies.

Law

Undoubtedly, I think many people know or predict this risk factor. In the crypto money market, unfortunately, there is no formal rule-of-law or formal legal framework (although not a few states try to take measures). Because this is not a legal framework or a rule framework, the investments in such imaginary products can be very risky for this reason. Of course, high risk means high earnings, but you are not able to do any legal action when you are defrauded in your investments. It is for this reason that many litter projects have recently made ICO and have made serious gains by making big picks.

Risk

Another risk factor that can be linked with an upper substance is trust. Since there is no legal regulation in this market, we can face many trust shortages when investing. Therefore, doing a detailed research on the members of the project team before making an investment will help us achieve a very useful result. With this research, the problem of trust will be solved and at least one risk factor will be reduced.

What is the biggest risk factor that makes you feel uneasy when investing in ICO? I am waiting for your answers with your explanations short or long.

Among the factors discussed, I pick law to be very important  and relating to the topic . Law comes first above the last factor which is risk. Risk is talking about trust and trusting the team or project but I don't even need to trust when I can legally make the team pay for their omission/act, conspiracy, embezzlement and fraud. I just sue them  :o

I have not get good luck in investing into icos and the few one that I have invested is not doing very well in the market.  Icos investments is very risky and many investors have lose significant amounts of money.  I don't think we can really succeed the ways people and investors are losing money through icos scam projects.

The virtual product angle scare me. The fact that we can not feel or touch the products we are paying for and we can not trace most of the offices of the developers offering the ICO. Last year was great for ICO until people started scamming with it. People will continue to loose money until laws are put up to monitor ICOs. I have not been lucky with ICO because all my investment in it has be listed below the price of purchase.

ICO last year is no different from ICO this year. It's just that bitcoin price went to a crazy pump last year therefore all ICO's are dragged with it's hype.

That "virtual" product are present since ICO industry began. Honestly at most of the cases people are not really into the product or technology why they participate in an ICO but instead they joined because of pure hype that a decent return will come to them in the near future.


That's why ICO regulations become more of strictier now compare back then. Correct me if Im wrong but in U.S it's now mandatory that ICOs based there should registered in SEC? If that's the case, Im seeing that it can give comfort to the investors that they can have a legal action against the ICO once it became sh*t although Im seeing a lots of regulations that's not meant for crypto.

It's actually not that risky if you do lots of research.  Its risky for the idiots that throw money at anything that is hyped up with lots of advertising.

The virtual product scares you and yet you are in bitcointalk.  ;D

Last year was a blast. No doubt about that but that is also because of the hype that happened with major crypto currencies. Bitcoin, Ethereum, BCH and more. When I say major though, it is the most supported by people. I do not say they are all that great than bitcoin.

Now with that hype includes the price of every token that is under ERC20 of Ethereum which is also being boosted in price.
You can but like small amount of tokens for 1 Ethereum because of it. They even put "0.1" Ethereum as the minimum to buy the token.
Now, that is just $21-22 which I dont think can be a minimum for buying their tokens.  ;D

Another key is their roadmap. Most of the early ICO have been for a year so they are almost halfway their roadmap and success could be seen already.

But now, you wont see much patience with a lot of investors. They want their money back just after the ICO! That is ridiculous. You will see who are not reading the whitepaper before investing.

If only it went smoothly for the market last year maybe we have a better one today. Only the hype of BTC dragged most of the alts, it was a good opportunity to engage in ICOS until then. The day comes and boom most ICOS are being said as scam or ponzi projects and there it goes-tainted the name and some other few coins that is worth the trust. The market today is at where it supposed to be, if another big fall donw of prices then I can't imagine anymore what could happen to crypto currencies.

Yes, the US now offers certain conditions for these projects and does not allow US citizens to participate in projects that have not met these requirements. I wanted to give information in general because I did not write a article for a single country. For that reason, I wanted to express the difficulties that all the world's investors can face today in the field of law. Of course, what you write is not wrong, but if you need to comment on the United States quite accurate and important information.

Good topic. I am alarming and make myself feel uncomfortable with all the factors you listed. Today, unfortunately, most of the ICO projects are fraudulent, and I am obviously prepared to lose money when investing in projects that interest me.

Because of the great time and hype that happened last year people who has the mind set that they can earn a quick buck in investing in ICOs are swarming all over the crypto space and because of that the value of deserving ICOs is dropping and with that we cannot see the project full potential. Also just so remember that the dip in prices of ICOs after the token sale is not the bounty hunters fault as they only get the smallest allocation of the token sale at their hands and it is their right if they want to sell it right away or not, so with that said it is safe to say that people who sees ICOs as a quick way to earn money is the one to blame.

A long article, but I want to summarize them with a phrase, should not invest now. Simply because the market goes down, things will not go as planned by the ICO project owners. I have participated in 3 recent ICO projects, all projects are delayed and that made my portfolio worse.

I have and will always prefer to invest in cryptocurrency itself rather than an project where they start an ICO, not every ICO turn out profitably but I am sure that an investment into Bitcoin will then out some profits no matter long long it takes.

because now there are so many ICOs that experience scam and fraud tokens, so the ICO is now a big risk if for an investment place and you also have to be careful to look for ICOs that will succeed later

I can see it very risky too because there are money involved and since it was an ICO the team might run together with the money you put with them. Also in the end the ICO might failed and in return your investment is lower than what you put in.

Well explained but, the question is why is it still there people who are investing in an ICO project when they know that it is too risky? Better tell an ICO investors and ask this question because in this investment the law does not work and cryptocurrency has its own system which could function even without the interference of the other organizations like the government. This is the question that should be put to another thread and we will be more than happy to know more about it. 

I think ico investment risky for them who don't know how to choose a strong project,good project or real project.some people don't study about project beforr he/she invest in the project.So they don't get profit from ico investment even they will fall in loss.but some people do study about the project before he/she invest in a project,so maximum time thet earn profit from ico investment.So before invest in a project analysis is the most important to earn profit.

there are so many SCAM ICO now that is why most people prefer to have a token that is in the market.
they prefer trading than investing.
there are so many investors who dont want to get involve in any ICO because of SCAMS.
this gives bad effect with some ICO. there are so many legit not who dont reach the softcap.

Without any knowledge invest in ico is too risky, if you have thorough knowledge about ico it is not risky. Before invest just check the ico investment details such as white paper, road map, project details, team members and team manager. Just checkout how long they exist in the market. Get through the reputation they have gained. Those firm with good reputation will not mostly cheat the customers /investors. We can not avoid scam ICOs, its just we need to be so pro-active in choosing the legit ICOs.

Exactly mate, before investing into a project do your time spent on research if that profitable project. Having a deep depth research is your own risk to decide into your investment so much better you know everything that they have.
For me, I usually take a risk if that project managed by the manager who is reputable because I think they know everything they are afraid and careless to lose their reputation because of the scam project.

ICO's and traditional IPO's are basically the same, Investors can either loss or gain profit but whats important is you should know what your investing its individuals responsibility, most investors don't care about the future of companies but they are only after the hype. I believe this crypto space has a lot good people and projects and hopefully one day it can compete with stock market by volume.

I think SCAM is the number one that Investors should be aware of, where many developers aim to scamming their investors, by offering an unreasonable and too grandiose whitepaper as the project is considered too perfect without the slightest flaw, or a payback time very short, and also contributes to tokens that are too large. The absence of regulations that are truly guaranteed by the government causes the risk to be very high, the ICO project should provide Escrow facilities where there is a trusted third party guarantee as a place to store investor funds.

Most typical investors actually don't read the whitepaper, even though it contains all the important information about the upcoming project and ICO.

Don't hesitate to read it, or at least look at most. Pay attention to strong and negative aspects and add some of your own research. In the end, whitepaper is a silver plate for potential investors. After reading it, you must be able to answer a simple question - what is the value that this project brings to our world? You will also learn what you invest.

I think investors are aware of scams because it involve large some of their money for the trust on the project. Investment is risky because many fraud living along the internet which become the utility of other people to gain huge many in easiest way they think. Unsuccessful project is other one why it is risky to invest because sometimes even it has good paper, it has some problem. You have to invest on real potential coin than choosing new profit.

yes, of course, experienced investors do not carelessly place their money on an ICO project that is not yet clear or successful.
In fact there are currently a number of ICO projects that have managed to raise funds from investors, and after the funds have been collected, then they run away to bring investors' money. Nothing can guarantee the security of investors' money in the ICO project. Is it possible to involve a trusted third party as an escrow agent for depositing investors' funds in an ICO project? So, if the project fails, the investors' money remains safe and can return to investors.

ICO investments are become risky because of the irresponsible team owners and developers the government must issue a strict guides to allowed ICO in one country to protect investors from loosing money team owners must provide real documents, license, proven advisors, qualified team members and not just select from different sectors with no expertise and of course funds must be properly escrowed or using a smart contract like the DAICO system. 

That is why before investing and participating to a certain ICO, you must know the legitness of the project and most of all the team developers and the owner. I've noticed that there are more ICO than the recent years and i jumped to the conclusion that scams are everywhere, 90% of the ICO's might be a scam. If you got scammed, be sure to be wiser next time.

The simple reason why is majority of ico dumped at the first day in the market and majority of it also encountered hard recovery. I believe also that there are only a few ico that can be resilient.

because there are a lot of ICO scams. It makes people lose their hope about ICO investment. To what i know, ICO investment is very profitable, that is the reason why people create more fake ICOs to earn money

if you talk about risk, I think that all areas of investment will definitely have risks, and perhaps the risks that will be faced in ICO investment activities is that when the project developed does not experience success, there are also many successful ICO programs that receive responses from investors in the Program The ICO and some of the factors that led to the ICO succeeding were among others from a development team that was experienced in running projects with several interesting programs, so I thought that in starting an ICO investment we had to examine the team that ran the ICO program.

Well every investment take risk not only ICO and we have to take chance in order to get success. We have to take step and manage the risk. Anything is possible in business.

Ico investments is too risky ,this is because the Ico platform is still developing and promoting the Ico , and then you are buying or putting your investments in Icos , what if the project does not success then your investment might be gone so that is the risk in the Ico investments.

If you choose the project correctly, it can only be in the price of the token ! But if the project is a good product, team, partners, technology that is in demand by society it will bring a good profit !

Yes, even the project is legit and fame in the crypto if they don't have development or lack of it the project will be not successful to the eye of investors and users.

First of all I do not think many people who have invested in any ICO would consider law before they go into it. ICO's could have problem with law enforcement but certainly the investors wouldn't because they are just sending ethereum and there are no other connection to them unless someone really digs deep which I doubt anyone would.

On the other hand anyone who buys into any ICO already knows that its a hail mary, it is either do or die, noone really trust any ICO to be an alright thing, they invest knowing the risks and say either this money will go to zero or it will be hero.

because the ICO is now often a scam coin and a lot of fraud too, so this year investing in many ICOs do not like it because of these factors and investors are also lazy to invest too

not only in the ICO in any investment, I think the risk will always emerge, it returns to us how far we can use it, but in my modest years investing in an ICO is indeed quite risky because the price tends to be low when it is first launched, far behind the price at the time we buy, but if you are patient and keep waiting it is not impossible you will get a big profit

Not only ICO investments but also bitcoin investments have become risky since people got engaged in ICOs.
While analysing reports, the majority of investors have moved from bitcoin to ICOs and thus we see bitcoin decreasing market cap but soon things will again change and there will be equal interest among people for bitcoin and ICOs. Supporting bitcoin will  also be effective to ICO prices

Not sure they ever offered any guarantees, just that people expected the returns without any tangible evidence to support it. The market conditions in the second half of last year provided the ideal opportunity for companies to jump on board and cash in on new (greedy?) investor's naivety. They were very clever in covering possible negative outcome with an all encompassing terms and conditions. ICOs have always been risky, that's the game. Just now, investors are much more cautious, as any sensible/experienced investors have always been. So I agree with your general statement that astronomic instant returns are not generally expected anymore, although I'm sure many investors are still hoping that they will strike crypto gold.

I don't have interest with ICO nor i invest with them but i just want to give my opinion that We have to take risk because you can't get success if you don't take risk.

One has to do a lot of research before investing in ICO's, its true that there are scammers out there who are pretending to be the real deal, only for investors to lose their money after investing in the project. IMO, there have been successful ones which has deepened the pockets of investors and more upcoming ones which look promising. But if you are tired of ICO's there are still other ways to invest in blockchain, for example, consider Hooch, not your typical ICO but the concept is wowing, they are tokenizing the rewards ecosystem by giving their users Tapcoin and discounts off their drink purchases, hotel bookings and access to reservations at top restaurants. And because Hooch is already an existing platform which is embracing blockchain, it is something worth investing in.

sometimes a trusted ICO can also be a scam. well, it's natural that the investment in the ICO is really risky, because when you're just an investment, then chances are you will be disappointed when the price doesn't match what was promised. So, when you invest, make sure you are really interested in the project that has been developed. because when the price isn't high, you can still use the services they offer with the coins you buy.

Yeah so many scam ICO, that the number one problem buterin faces so before we first invest do research for no regrets in the end.Expect more scam ico to better be avoided as early as possible

Having an investment is not easy to do and have risk, risk is everywhere especially in cryptocurrency because there's no regulation to it. While in ICOs the reason why they have risk to it because most of them nowadays are not trustworthy there's only a few of them have worth. So we should be very careful of choosing ICO and invest wisely so that we can lessen to encounter a scam ICO.

Well what i think is ICO markets are mostly going scammy and thats why they are going much riskier. Investing into the cryotos world is not getting that trustworthy and is lending towards risky investments.

Investments in ICO projects are always risky because they do not indicate guarantees, and therefore people can lose all their money.

This is all understandable, but even in a project with a good idea, analyze the price of the sale of a token during the ICO and at the time of going exchange. We will see that in a falling market it is more profitable to buy a token in a couple of weeks on the exchange. For this reason, now the fees from the companies are small.

One of the main reasons why investing in an ICO is very risky is that there is no guarantee from the developer of the coin price that is an ICO investment when the coin has been released in various crypto markets for trading.

Totally agree with your point law enforcement with any kind of frauds , product not correctly delivered etc. have no firm solution

secondly what i believe is Discenterless Management is also a great factor that is very important , no promises of product , deliveries ,quality reassurance ,event market value can bell totally null. no one can report ,do any thing just bear with loss if conditions don't go your way.

ICOs very risky because there is no guarantee will landed on exchange and guarantee making a profits. We dont see the project work and good product, but we believe mostly because the developers team. Many ICOs become scam because the developers team are greedy and i think its bad for crypto community

Yeah one of the biggest scourges for ico investors is a scam. not infrequently a project becomes a scam because of the lack of interest or even developers who have the intention to cheat. so this investment is quite risky especially if you don't have the knowledge how to find a trusted and potential project

ICO investment is very risky because most of ICO are scam, you should prepare enough knowledge to avoid suffering a loss and protect your self

It is one of the factors that greatly affect the success or failure of the ICO. But the most important thing is market condition. If the market shows signs of downtrend and everything is out of control of many investors, it will make them unwilling to invest in ICO projects.

Due to virtual nature of crypto investment in this sector is risky and it is difficult for those who are not yet entered into crypto market. while investors who have experience in the crypto they do investment with out any fear.

this is what I fear when an investment is not regulated, meaning that there is freedom for the developer to be able to leave investors at any time after he earns money
This risk makes us always careful and cannot take big risks by investing in unclear places, therefore trading is the last resort for those of you who don't want to take big risks,

i think maybe why nowadays, ICO investment is more risky today than last year is because of investors who are afraid to jump in easily on investing in ICO, because the history for the last 18 months has a very frustrating picture, most investors are keen and very suspicious about an ICO, awareness is i think the main factors why it is hard for ICO to succeed, somehow ICO are regulated in a way how it is projected from the beginning.

Well, this is because now ico is getting more and more cheats because more and more people are not preparing to do ico and ultimately prices and investors who feel disadvantaged. be careful when we want to invest

The happenings in icos market is not encouraging at all as most of the investors are loosing their investments capitals because of fake and scam projects.  We really need law and regulations in this market to stop scammers from stealing investors hard earned money.

Well maybe you are not investing huge money for the risk will not matter because you are not geytting involve. But, try to get some empathy on the investors even if they do had a lot of resrarch the project they will be joining may still failed and those who brought up the project could run away frerly for.they are not revealing themselves.in the ICO and are just using someone's identity.

People actively invested in ICO when it was possible to make money even in public sales. When the chances of earning became equal to 0, then the interest died. As soon as the bull market begins, interest in ICO will wake up again, you'll see.

Actually, here in the world of crypto currency community everything is risk due to the fact that each and everyone of us want an instant money as we want a huge amount of profit when we invest.  Investing on such money here in the crypto currency world have no assurance but as we try our luck here, believing that soon in the future we can earn as much as we didn't expect that great amount.

It really make sense to participate ICO that shows market interest by the community. It sad that some existing ICO are now got fails their softcap due to market condition and investors doesn't makes interest into a certain ICO. With that,  they might discontinue the selling and some project owners just disappear without refunding early investors. It could be the loss for everyone who are participating with them.

Investment is always risky not only in cryptocurrencies but also in other stocks because we can't make sure everything goes according to plan. But in terms of investment scam, there is a lot of involved in crypto space and that's why  it's not good to risk everything in it. Better to always invest for what we think we can only afford to lose.

In situation like this it's very risk to invest in ICO project because we can see now more ICO project
always failed to reach the softcap target so make failed that projects, even currently many projects just a scam.

Well, the guarantee has a lot to do with the team and as long as the team is fake, have no idea of what they are doing and have no mindset of working on a product, things like this will always happen.

Practically, with all I have said above, it is now left for every individual investor to try as much as possible to read a whole lot about the team and try to verify their authenticity and it is a good thing we have the likes of ICObench where KYC is done for the team, and knowing that this is a team that can deliver based on their profile, you will somewhat be rest assured that you can at least trust them not to scam you.

Secondly, product is one very important thing to look out for, its availability, the prospect in the long term and your belief in it. These two things can save you a whole lot of pain losing your money in the end.

Today there are so few intelligent and honest ICO, and a lot of scammers and deception.
People no longer trust their ICO funds.
My opinion is that it is much better to watch the project longer, and wait until the project is released on the exchange, and then buy tokens.

The biggest risk associated with ICOs are - they mostly use the word "Blockchain" and add a tagline where they say that they are going to disrupt a $XXX worth of industry with the use of Blockchain and X token. It's all shown as a big dream yet to be fulfilled, and data and research shows that most of these projects have failed to achieve their desired results just because most of them were interested either in scamming people by taking away their money or others did it just for trial basis to see if they could get the level of investments they're looking for.

by looking at reality, many ico's results were unsatisfactory. maybe that is the impact of decreased trust from investors. other than that, the roadmap's trip process is so long, so it is possible to choose to wait for listing in the exchange

There will still be some ICOs that give big massive returns. but a lot will also fail.  Thats the aspect of the risk vs reward, the risky invesments usually have the highest chance of big returns.

Some time ico investment is risk because when ico success you can take profit with your investment, but when your ico or you investment asset after listing at exchange market, price more drop and you have lost your money.

I don't think all ICOs offer virtual products, i've found some ICOs which offer physical products, such as smart watch, payment card, etc

My opinion why ICO investment is risky because we don't know if the project is very good or not, people can accept something benefits of the project or not. We still don't know if in the future, the project can reach their goals and get success and it needs time before they can prove it all. So it is risky for me, and if I want to invest with the ICO, I will use only small amount to see how good the project and if I think it is good, then perhaps, I will add more money to support the project.

yeah its true, by acquiring full details before start to  investing  from ICO ,it the most important thing.due to is also main foundation element of successful investing. No matter what type of investment you’re making, research should always play a role,and it can be tricky to figure things out in the new regulatory environment.

I think it is not the investment to ICO's that are risky but the finding of the good ones that makes it risky. I mean if you are investing into a coin that has a future than getting in early at the ICO levels is as much profitable as it gets however finding those little gems between all the shitcoins is the true risk.

Are you investing into something that could one day become x100 of the ico price because it is a marvelous new coin or are you investing into something that creators just wanted to create a sham so they can get your money and leave with you with couple coins that worths nothing? Who knows.

There are always going to be scams every now and then and for an environment that is not even regulated and investors who are not very well learned, tend to make silly mistakes by not doing due diligence, it even gets worst. The thing here is that, there is no way you won't be a victim when you do not take into account the things you should know before investing in an ICO.

The team, the product, the business solutions and some other technical things are not just there for nothing, and even if you have to investigate all these things, you have to do it in details and not rush over them, as far as I am concerned.

the main reason why ico investment has big risk was about team developers idendity, some of ico project using anonym indentity.so we could not know about them.and they could bring out our money.

It is risky at all, its not because they are "idiots" or so what but because its the ICO to decide when they are going to scam. Money shines to those who are not true to their doings. ICO investments are really risky since it is just an offering, meaning there are no assurance but a plan to do a project. Even old trader and investor got scammed too.

It's common for many Crypto investments from ICO to be scam and dangerous, I personally think the average of all 90% ICOs is a scam and only 10% are truly honest and proven to be real projects,

This is an issue that must take priority since many people trust these ICO, which happens when they do not meet the expected expectations? Do you run out of funds for having trusted an indecent team?

Because many irresponsible people want to take benefits from crypto growth and they dont have real project. Some ICOs very slow when want to land on exchanger and it make investor waiting too long.

One more thing that has a lot of impact on ICO projects is that they offer a faint idea and the market is bottoming out. there are too many negative impacts for ICO projects. But risk will come with great profit. If you are good enough to know what you should do, invest in really potential ICO projects.

I hereby agree that this is really true. ICO are risky because of the projects that did not succeed. In short the plans and projects are just waste. That is why probably it creates more risk. In addition are those scammers who fooled investors for them to generate money.

Regulation of course would really be of help with things like this. For instance, when the Centra token team was arrested based on the fact that they deceived their investors somehow when they do not have a specific product and then claimed they had it, and that really made things go awry for them at the end and then we saw the project dead.

Investors need to know how to always dig deep on the market they want to invest in first which is highly important at this stage. At least until when we start seeing some laws in place.

for now, most ICOs don't have prices that match their whitepapers, or their targets. whereas, if you think back, the softcap they target can make the price normal, but for now I think many ICOs don't care about softcap, and always extend the ICO they make themselves. well, because that's the ICO at risk.

Well, that's the disadvantage of ico project in this business, But I agreed that in every investors they must prepared most of the time to lose money in terms of investment. That's the meaning of us as being Risk taker. This is business, we need to put in our mind that before you get involve yourself in the project you must accept earlier that you are already lose even it is not yet happen. Especially now, most of the ico bounty campaign run in a short time but the ico will run for a long time were most of the time they extend it.

Risky because you didnt know if this project still continuing there road map plan . I see some success ico that has a good plan. So before we join in the ICO first is thinking or researching about the project and always updated in the project. 

It's too risky due to it is just the start-ups of a coin which gives no guarantee that it would be successful or it will grow it's initial price when it goes to exchange. But as we all know that taking bigger risk will give a bigger reward in return.

ICO investment is too risky because many scam projects are existing today. These projects are result of the greediness of the people to fool people who really wants to support their ideas. Unfortunately, ICO that are genuine are affected because of this crime. And because other investors keeping safe their capital, they often invest for an ICO. Therefore, wether it is a scam or not, there is 80% chance of failure.

What you mean by having a good plan? Even though they were having complete documents like white paper or roadmap but one thing is having a fake team, all I can say is that scam project. But yes you can follow them their progress if they are legit one and don't rely only on their platform sometimes they have fake documents and probably fake teams or devs. Further researching on the project that you planning to invest in a good start to lower your risk.

yeah  ICO  is  very  risky  because  there  are  lots  of  scammers  and  we don t recognize  them  and  one  more  thing  there  is that for  ico  we  have to  make lots  of  research  first  and  then  to  invest  otherwise  you can fail  directly.

It will not be a risk taking investment when you have done a complete study on the ICO you are about to invest. The study will completely make you clear if the ICO is a scam or a legit one. This is a basic attitude we should have as we deal with money. Profit is very important but thorough study on the ICO background you wish to invest is as important as seeing profits. Its bit hard at the beginning to sit and have a research on the ICOs, but when you make it as a habit then, it will become your routine practice. You really indeed need it to practice and why i am saying it here is, now a days even the legit ICOs who come get listed on exchanges, do not meet up their ICO price.

Irresponsible indeed and I must say it is just something we will have to get accustomed to until the space becomes regulated.
As it is usually said, in a lawless country, there is no sin, and this space is more like a lawless space, and no one considering where such activities would land them if they ever try it in the real world.

I still so much believe that with regulation a whole lot of things would change. ICO investments will always be risky at this point for those who are actually not doing proper research before they end up in a project. That idea in the mind of scammers that there are still gullible investors is what has been keeping them going and until we start having that out of the way, it would be hard not to keep seeing them until we see the space being regulated.

ICO Investments is a risk, since it is not known at the start how the market will behave and whether buyers will be interested in this asset.

indeed most difficult is to choose ico who is truly qualified. because there are a lot of ico fraud, which makes investors disappointed. therefore we still have to learn to investigate ico who is healthy

Market it down and this is the reason why ICOs are risky. If a team has decided to raise a specific amount of ETH with a certain fiat price and then ETH is valued lower that means that they are not able to cover their expenses and they are out of plan.

I have been following ICO projects since the beginning of their appearance and the selection of 100% successful projects is very small. For example, almost every coin after the end of ICO can be bought on the exchange cheaper than during crowdsale.

I think there is always luck with the risk. Therefore, when investing in a project we should carefully study the idea of the project, the level of application of the project.

of course choosing a legitimate ico or fraud is not easy, sometimes what we consider promising and good can end in fraud. indeed when we join ico it all depends on our luck.

because there is no binding responsibility, investors are still looking for any collateral and this is still subjective like buying a cat in a sack. If the ICO promotion is clearly regulated and not all of them can qualify, it won't be too chaotic now. The emergence of a too messy ICO can make many fraudsters infiltrate because there are no specific standards and it seems that it is still too easy to make.

The main reason why ICO has not been very favorable for a lot of people is because they are not always with the mindset of at least trying as much as possible to understand what they are getting into, doing some research and some proper digging before investing in anything and all they are just looking at is the idea and then they hop in expecting some huge benefit from that in the long run.

To get something in this life and make it worth it, you have to be diligent in what you are doing. There is no easy way to anything, and the repercussion of not doing due diligence is what has resulted to a lot of people being victim of scams.

Yes you are right about that. The business is profitable only if you have the great project in the market. People here are very rational and they can easily pick a good ICO so they will of course invest. There are many coins in the market as well which do not have a good market but majority of the investors stay away and do not invest.

They rather go for the coins with good ratings. The image of ICO has been ruined by many fake impotent ICOs and this is why people prefer not to invest in this business as it leads to nowhere but loss.

Well, that is what most of the potential investors are always too skeptical about as well and it takes someone with some balls to really want to be taking a huge risk in an unregulated environment, and not just balls for risks, but at least having some knowledge to guide you through somehow but it is still always a big risk irrespective.

Being an unregulated environment, no law, no policy, which gives room for every single person to practically do as they please and this, is the reason why we end up seeing scammers in this space almost every day without any fear or remorse.

In the previous year i.e in the early stage of crypto currency till the early 2017 ICOs was one the most means to gain huge profit of out ones investment but it all changed ever since the crypto currency market hit high traffic in the year 2017 cause a lot of online scammers seize the opportunity of ICOs to scammed investors.
Nevertheless, the biggest risk factor that make people feel uneasy in terms of ICO investment are the flooded part of the ICOs system and there's no company or body which ensure only genuine ICOs are available on the cryptocurrency market or community.

Actually, investment in Ico is not too risky and can even provide decent benefits, provided you have knowledge and conduct research in choosing a solid Ico project, which is a risk when investing without having an understanding of the Ico project itself.

I think we are still able to find good ICO projects, we must do so much research enough for it. Unfortunately, good projects are badly affected by scam projects.

Yes i have to admit that they are indeed carrying a level of risk in investing in them. But you can definitely decrease the risk by reading into the ICO and tracking their progress before you even put your money into them. Knowledge on this business really goes a long way and could even make and break your investments.

Yeah, fancy dreams, I liked that point a lot. They are really nothing but bunch of the ideas which looks like great and out of the box. But when it comes to the reality then they are very very hard to develop easily. I guess with the current system of ICO's most of them are just pretending to show off and attract the customers. Mostly new customers will always fall for this trap and they will think they are investing into the crypto future and will make tons of money out of it.

The only ICO's that can survive now are the one's with real world product and services which are already happening and they just want to scale it up! Or else ICO's should at least be giving out MVP that is Minimal Viable Product to have more trust over them.

I guess the next topic should be how can we improve the world of ICO's where so many scams are occurring all the time. I mean you have explained the straight points which are really troubling for the ICO investments these days and making them very much risky all the time.

The risk is all because of its decentralised nature, they are unregulated market and thus there is no where to complain about something if anything is going wrong. Believe me, ICO are just great at deceiving people and stealing their money. I have seen ICO's who has raised more than billion and still going scam. I dont know what makes them run, whether it is the money that they get or what.

I did investment with some ICO and gain nothing. I found few of them profitable but i am not well satisfy with them.For me ICO investment are fully risky and a lots of investors lose there money with ICO.

Actually I have get few good ICO for successful my investment planning,but definitely right my investment lot of lossing to many ICO .but why,I don't know but I have lossing huge my money.

True, there are lots of scammers these days and sometimes you can hardly tell the ones that are real is scam. It’s good to take your time in choosing ICO these days, don’t rush into anything cause if you do it might be scam. Not after working hard for a very long time and at the end of all that you lose your money, makes no sense. So always take out some time to check ICO before investing.

Then who will provide regulation for ICO while everything is decentralized on the internet? who is the institution that can be a role
model for this? but that is a good idea. so there are no tens of shit projects that will only do scamming on investors like today

If you want to get astronomical gains you have to get into a project at ground level.  Think of how much money the early investors of Facebook and Amazon made.  But for every Amazon there will be hundreds of companies that will fail miserably.  The risk vs reward potential is enormous when investing in start ups.  This is why I never recommend going all in on one project.

    It is very important for the investors to learn and be aware of the project which are going to be funded with their ICO investment.
     This involves careful study and analysis of the ico whitepaper which is created and published by business entities intending to raise funds through icos.
      The accessibility, transparency, authenticity and credibility of the ICO whitepaper in question and the information contained initial are of paramount importance.This knowledge and awareness could prove to be immersely helpful for the investors to remains vigil and guard themselves against falling pray to scams.

Yes we all know it is very risky to join ICOs given that it is more lika a gamble. We will never know if the business will really live to our expectations or just die like any of the failed ICOs. It is beyond our control not even the team's, it is about how well the ICO is accepted among its users or clients. So for me the last part that talks about trust is really important given that not all can be trusted and anybody can just do scam without being noticeable immediately. So research should be done before joining it. 

there is no license for the success of ico and not yet strong ico community so from that ico is very high risk.
honestly I have never participated in ico, I only saw the development of ico and currently ico is really not good due to the bitcoin market still in bear

I believed that investing in the ico was very dangerous to do it, because the only things we can decide for it to invest is our trust. Therefore, if we have that trust in every ico the feelings of doubt and fear in the form of investment  for sure risk is no longer be there. But, if we have those fear and doubt the risk will get involve or apply in it.

agree with you. sometimes the results that appear do not become what you expected. Well, it's like an investment that can make you lose money, or it can make you rich. In essence, when you participate and invest, you must understand the risks that can occur.

Yes, but the doubt comes in us, when we invest in the ico without researching well. So we must verify the projects before investing in any ico. Then fear and doubt in us will not work.

I think the ICO investments is very risky because if you investment in ICO you don't know if that ICO will be success or not, and another thing is many ICOs nowadays are scam and failed to reach there softcap so I think it is risky.

Losing a lot of money is the risk in ICO, and mainly that's the reasons why more people are now becoming more hesitant in dealing with most of the projects related to crypto nowadays. However, it doesn't mean all ICO projects will likely to fail but if you've become part of those scam ones I guess your funds will not be refunded. A legit ICO will refund your invested funds once the project will fail, but for those fraudulent raised you won't get back what you've invested.

I really like the legal points. I think the absence of a strong law on the ico project that makes ico very risky. No one knows or no one is responsible if there is a scam on the ico project. I think it makes perfect sense if people are afraid to invest in IO because there is no law. So maybe that makes ico too risky.

Investors have to do their due deligence before participating in an ICO. Some may have a great business model but instead of doing a more traditional fund raising or an IPO, are opting for a token sale. In most cases, those tokens don't serve a purpose after the ICO beside being used for speculation or if they do, lack the liquitidies to be used properly.

Here's an article we did about 10 characteristics a utility token should have:

https://medium.com/@marc.couzic/make-utility-tokens-great-again-f236b64ee31b

There is always a risk in ICO investing, You should only know what are the right ICO to invest in, Most specifically understand an ICO first before leaving your money there, searching is the best tool for the users and participants and investors to have a good investment program and to classify what ICO is right and have a brighter future.

Basically, the crypto space is becoming way bit saturated and alot of money is coming in and going. So many people want to leverage in that by running ICO and taking up people money without any viable product. To be safe, it's advisable to invest in a project that have a product or at least a prototype.

For me, the biggest is that if the ICO will not just run with my money, next is will it survive it's initial ICO lastly id if could flourish as a coin after the ICO and lastly will it have projects so my coin will not just collect dust in my wallet. There are tons of ICO today and too much blockchains behind them. What i suggest is to read up on these projects before investing.

Projects presenting a working beta platform or an any available product during the ICO phase are at least offering something tangible to the investors.

Nope dangerous means that only a small number of ICOs actually run their projects, and most of them become scams? but it's not true that there are still many good and potential ICO projects, there are many projects that have successfully listed to the exchange, even though some of them are scams, but that's a risk in ico investment..

I think that's the reason why ICO are banned on social media networks like Facebook and google.Plus the biggest point is many ico come with fake projects they're full scammed ICO who want people's money.

if we talking about  fake ico, it just from people who have not responsibility to other people.they tried to take advantages from investor, and it could make trusted developers generalize with their action.

much people take advantages from cryptocurrency booming.they want to earn money without any work.just make fake ico or maybe steal other people asset from wallet.so today many people afraid investing in crypto market.

Well said, I know OP that you have take part also in the ICO investment that is why you probably know all of this because of your experience in joining ICO investments.

Experience is the best teacher this implies that OP has gone through all of this. This is a good help especially to the new comers I even find myself new here and had gone failure already in cryptocurrency specifically in trading crypto. The market price for the crypto are unpredictable and it is so hard to identify when market price to pump up and pump down. Checking coinmarketcap.com will not be able to solve also on the market price movement of the cryptocurrency. Thus, it will take a smart wise decision making for this matter.

Of course, and that is one thing should always look at when it comes to investing in a project. A team that could not take the pain to at least come up with a product first even if it is in the beta stage, shows a team that is not even ready to sacrifice much and all they are just looking for are some gullible investors that will come around to just start dishing them money and funds for nothing.

ICO investment will always be risky as long as people tend to discard some things they should always look at before investing in a project and this includes the product, the team and the business solution.

No one is actually saying there are no potential projects, but if we really want to start counting the potential projects with real life product compared to those with none, we both know that is something that would be pretty hard to even come by at all. You should not be taking unnecessary risks when you know it does not formulate with your principles and every investor should always have one.

No product and legit team, means no investment and I wonder why people still tend to invest in project ideas alone, like that is something that would bring revenue for them in the long run. It is the product that would count the possibility of getting demand which would proportionally bring about increase in value. Projects with no products are as good as dead to me and why would I want to take a risk on something dead.

Being prepared to loose money is like its a gamble, taking well calculated risk is the best. The smartest thing to do is to research project usability and team behind the project before investing. I have come across great projects such as Mfchain, which you can invest with peace of mind though, these type of projects are not many out there. Ico investment should not be a gamble such that, in a worst case scenario investors should recover their money.

Investing on such a ICO is very risky, not all ICO is a legit project and not all ICO will going to succeed. Trust me. I've been investing in a long period of time and just lose up all my money, i guess the problem is with the ICO when it comes to investor matters. There should be a private communication between the legal team of the ICO and the investors in order to get the profit they expecting because they funded the ICO. I am aware of bounty hunters dumping the allocated the tokens of the campaign which causes a sudden price drop in just week after the coin is introduced to the market.

100% agree. We can say that it is still risky but we can lessen the risk wit proper research. It may not be easy to do an effort in doing it but it will be paid off if the ICO you have joined in is not a scam and can really generate a profit. The risk in ICO are those who do scams.

I'd agree. ICO investing is 100% profitable if you're going with insider information, are a partner or know somebody close to the group. Usually if you're pooling money (minimums don't have to be that high, only around 1-2BTC per person and a group buy can be $100K-2M) to get a sweet deal.

2 main ways of profiting: If you're pooling or have enough capital to get a discounted rate during seed investment rounds / private rounds, you can dump on the public investors with a 20-40% margin if it's a reputable ICO. If it's a scam ICO, you can get 50-100% probably but it's so much riskier.

Or the ethical route is avoiding dumping and hopefully the ICO gets pumped so that you're able to get 10x+ returns when it's long-term offloading.

Collusion isn't illegal in the ICO world yet, and of course it's all around us. So you're either in on the action or you invest just enough that won't make you shed any tears were you to lose it all.

Most of the ICOs after listing on exchange loses initial value, especially if they have low trading volume, so it is usually better to buy coin on exchange plus when you are buying on exchange you probably do not have to pass KYC process.
Although there always will be gems and pearls of ICOs that are great investments.

but today , although we've already do some research and observation on ico project, we still faced fake ico or atleast unserious team developers.so its make project developtment could not run as their plan.

Yes, what you like right now is that many investors are starting to lose interest in investing by joining the ICO because they end up getting inappropriate rewards for low sales token and fraud prices so they don't get any rewards to do research and pay attention to the project's vision and mission

Yeah you are right scammers are everywhere in the world and they want to collect money in illegal means and for that they announce scam project and loot innocent investors. No doubt there are still many good and authentic projects in which we can invest our money without fear of losing but for that we will have to check the credibility of project manager.

Among the many factors that can prevent me from investing in a particular ICO project is the lack of a relative stability or high volatility of the crypto market lately. The number of scam projects in recent times have affected the rate at which people invest in projects. Last year was really amazing for the world of crypto as many ICO projects were really successful in terms of achieving their targets.This year has been stressful for the world of crypto.

although today many fake ico appear in market, there are still many good projects too.but now being difficult to find it.and we need to be patience and make some  research

the success of the blockchain project is measured by the amount of investor funds and the number of distribution of tokens in circulation. investment risk is always there, both in the form of declining value tokens, and team developers who commit fraud for personal gain.

Yeah, we know that is a common thing and it happens even in the real world in which you can get scammed and then the person running away with your funds. A lot of people do not get to do due diligence before even making any attempt to invest in an ICO or anything at all. They hear people making shit loads of money in the long run, and they just assumed and imagined that is something they should pretty much just go for without even getting to know some little details that would help them in making their decisions. ICO investment is risky, but what you do to minimize the risk on your part is what is important.

Yeah, experience one way or the other will always teach us some lessons, but you necessarily do not need to have a bad experience on something if you can at least dig up some information on how to thrive in that environment. A lot of people have made investment mistakes in the past, and it is a good thing to always learn from people like this and then inculcate that learning into your own decision making. Learning is one process a lot of people skip nowadays because they are always too lazy to research and read; which is something that has affected a lot even in this space.

ICO investment is risky because it is not guaranteed that it will give you any profit or take your money. I never invest in new ICO because many of them are scams and if not listed in exchange, it will take all your money and the problem is that you cannot claim your money. There are many good coins in the market you can invest any one of them.

buying coins or tokens on ico stages become very risky today.since much beginner investor become dumper, now ico stages become not profitable again.personally i am prefer to avoid ico.

ICO investment is so risky because of the fact that there are factors that can hamper, derailed, or even make an ICO fail. Most of the investors including me have already experienced that the token price gets so low than its original ICO price the moment it is listed on the market.

I would venture to add to the above in a post a couple more comments. 2017 was held under the auspices of the bull market and ICO gave investors the maximum profit when investing in cryptocurrency. Even frankly weak projects raised the necessary funds. The market was growing rapidly, and no one noticed the problems in the ICO sector. In 2018, the market began to fall and the fees of ICO projects became much smaller and more scam. Now only frankly strong projects collect the necessary funds and make a profit to investors. Another problem for ICO projects is that there are significantly more new projects than in 2017, and there are fewer investments in ICO.

too many dumpers in market today.although its coins has good future they dont care about this.holding fiat more secure in their opinion if compared with holding cryptocurrency in current condition.

The previous ico investment income is very high, so many scammers are eyeing the ico project!
They use the blockchain to disguise their own projects, so now ico's investment risk is great!
Be careful to invest in ico!

Most ICO are either scams, or easier coins to buy after the IPO. Therefore, while such investments are not relevant for me

It is very noticeable for now and I think we all aware for these scenarios but it sadly some individuals falls into scam project again.
It looks like scammers are doing good and strategies well so they can't recognize easily, and they can still catch people.

Risk is also in big coins like bitcoin and Ethereum, but it doesn’t mean that we should quit cryptocurrency investment. if you search for good and quality projects you will find it there, but you must prepare yourself for any situation. If you find good project, you can earn lot of money in very short time but should analyze the project thoroughly to avoid scams.

There are many scam projects nowadays it is getting more day by day  .  People lost their money with scam projects  and when they lost their money with scam projects they can not  do anything because law is not helping to investors about it because of icos  are risky.

I think also it is a great threat for crypto lovers that day by day scam project are increasing. People are losing their money for investing on such kind of scam project. All the ico are not equal and all are not potential, profitable. For avoiding risk, we should choose best ico.

all investments with cryptocurrencies are certainly risky because we know that it requires confidence and patience in investing with cryptocurrencies, how to expose the eyes of these risks is our own strategy

Wow! You have designed a great article. I hope that the BTT will have similar articles. I agree with your position on ICO. I myself invest more than 1.5 years in ICO.

Without researching about the ICO, it is very bad idea to invest in ICO because we don't know after raising money whether they will develop the project what they mentioned in the roadmap.

Ico investments now is very risky, this is becausr of the many ICO projects that are scams , introducing their good platform , but as the time goes by it is a scam projects and the investments might all have gone out , butcwe still invests in ICO , but see to it as much possible that it is not a scam projects ,make some very strict information about the projects, if it can be trusted before going in.

Scam is a major setback for ICOs. So many people lost money to ICO scams because identifying a very good ICO became difficult and it reached a level where potential investors became fed up. Nowadays, you discover that many ICOs extend their sales due to failure to hit the target.

If so many scam ICOs in the system it’s becoming harder and harder to know which ones are legitimate because they are seem to appear to be genuine and in the end they end up defrauding their investors. Better to buy bitcoins than invest in any ICO.

I agree.Today's ICO investments are having more risks compared before.There are already a lot of scam that are happening every now and then.So be more careful in choosing the right project you want to invest and invest only what you can afford to lose so that if that investment turns out a scam,you will not really lose too much.

"No to ICO!" Well, it is upon the decision of every investors. We got a lot of things to put our savings, we can trade, buy mining facility and invest in ICO. But for me, I want to use it as my capital in investing ICO or Trading coins. Unfortunately, nowadays scam projects are plenty. They just get our money easily. That's why I stay away from ICO because it does not help me a lot. Maybe, I will come back when i saw a good project.

To some how you are right but I want to tell that if an ICO project manager offers more than expectations you should understand that this may be fake and they will disappear from the market after collecting huge funds. When a manger is credible and he offers fewer benefits to its investors, you can trust him and his project and can put your money in that ICO.

we should take away from ico projects now.except if we see good future from this project , such as eos or other blockchain technology based.if only just about token i am prefer to avoid it.

invest on ico project that developt blockchain technology maybe could be better choice.although its still contain high risk too.but usuall blockchain project has bigger support than other background on ico projects.

Because of the many bad experienced of the investors and the scam ICOs , so ICO investments now are so risky if it will not be properly choosen and pick, this is because there are so many ICOs  now that are being launched in the cryptoworld  and truly it is hard to find a very true ICO.

investors was being trauma with past condition in cryptocurrency market.much of them lost their many by fake ico, otherwise token dumped when listed in market.so they think this is no profitable any more.

I think we can still find a good ICO project, as long as we want to take the time to do research first, do detailed research to make sure that the ico project that you are going to follow is really solid.

my experience in the ICO is certainly very risky, if we don't know what kind of ICO we are following, it will lead to a scam, and of course I will suffer a loss from a lot of ico that I follow most of my losses.

Do you also consider the trends that are happening?

I even saw almost all good ICOs. I analyze many projects that are still above average, ICO scams will definitely always be seen and we can analyze them carefully, but this year the biggest risk is their inability to succeed in sales because there are too many confusing choices, more people choose to buy Coins directly on the market compared to ICO coins that do not have clarity after distribution, they even postpone the road map for up to 6 months, the effect is that the value they determine eventually goes down in markets like etherdelta and so on, the real risk comes after sales are finished, I don't like investments that delay too long with invalid clarity.

Yes I agree, many ICOs are good but become worse because they turned out to be scams. Crime spreads faster than good things where there is a good ICO but investors can’t really trust it, the investors might be read too much about ICO scams are very common, so investors are afraid to invest in good ICOs. (http://renovasi-rumah.net)

The biggest factor to avoid when investing on ICOs is market drop. Beside that, many ICOs are scam and thats the main factor why investor afraid to join in some ICOs.

You topic should stick because there's hug knowledge in your posts. Many newbies are not well aware about ICO. Ever know why some social media networks like Facebook and google banned it?, and why media is against ICO projects ?.

Through Experiences, we may learn many new things about the ICO investment because through analysis it is very good to invest in the ICO's. After investing into ICO's whether you make any profit or loss during this time.

Well the reason that many of the people do not believe in investment in ICO and have been feeling ill at ease is just because they have lost money to such ICO that promise initially to give back a certain amount of profit. This is not acceptable to any rational individual because market does not work this way. I suggest the best way to make money is to invest in some good coins that could be any coin in the top list.

Actually the crypto market is not so much saturated and there is still option for people to invest in any of the coins that are available in the market. However those who have limited information about such thing often fall prey to the ICO thing and majority of the ICO are not much instrumental in imparting the growth to investment which is the reason the why investment in ICO is risky.

It is not easy to find a great ICO with an advanced project unless you have the very core information about what to invest in and why keeping the market graphs in the mind.

Due to the anonymity in cryptocurrency, criminals can use ICO as a means of raising huge amount of money within a short time. ICO tokens cannot be traced to a person just like cryptocurrency, so there are risks involved and everyone that has been long on crypto is already aware of that. That’s why you should check what you’re investing and be sure that it is legit, although they are pretty much good in covering up, there will still be some ways to find out.

All of the risks you listed do exist but there is no escape from them.I’m not afraid to take risks when investing. The only embarrassing moment when investing is fraudulent projects. Recently, fraudsters have learned to disguise themselves well. I’m sure that as soon as algorithms are created that exclude completely fraudsters the investment climate will improve.

the biggest risk factor in ICO investment is determining decisions based on emotions and greed. because when we are greedy with ideas and the dreams they sell are irrational we will keep investing and eventually become a loss

investing in ICOs is quite a high risk, because it is not impossible to close the possibility after the funds have been collected, ICO organizers run away with the funds we have already planted, but in my opinion this risk can be minimized if an ICO uses escrow facilities, where the funds collected will stored on escrow, so that your funds are guaranteed to be safe, this will benefit both the organizer and the investor, there will be no suspicion between the two parties

I would never invest in a project if:
- after reading the white paper, I still do not understand what this project is about;
- if the team does not have specialized experience;
- if not at least one large investor.

I can say from my experience that really worth ICO has now become extremely small, so it's better to just temporarily skip this area

the value of the exchange can fall dramatically after launching the token to the exchanger. whereas at the beginning of the period, tokens usually have a pretty good exchange rate and after achieving a soft stamp and even a hard cap, the token can actually lose its exchange value. according to my personal experience, that's the risk of ico investment.

I have been through the similar situation wherein the value of tokens drops down to almost zero within couple of weeks from the date it hits the exchange but those ICO's which launch the token during the bull run gains more profit but not on a longer run.

The fear of how much the investment is going to profit back. Scam icos do occasionally threaten the investors. Lots to talk about. Risk comes in when we fall under a scam ICOs. I do have an experience no it. I joined in a campaign called “c” project in December 2017. We contributed and waited for days, weeks and months for payment. The team just escaped. So we cannot avoid such scam teams. What we can do then is be pro-active to every ICOs we choose. Have a complete study on the ICOs. Basic study is more than enough like, details of white papers, projects, roadmaps, team member’s details, its existance in market and its reputation. These details would make you clear of an legal ICO.

A whole lot is now being put in place just as highlighted in ensuring genuineness and security of Investor's funds. Before now, some ICOs have been maliciously setup with the intent of carting away people's money. The checks and balances we have now, the loss of funds has been reasonably reduced.

Nowadays many scam project was running an ICO, I felt pity to the legit ICO that can't get investor because of they invest i scam ICO and they doesn't want to invest again into some ICO even if the ICO was legit they didn't bother to invest, they are just investing into some hype ICO so that they can have short time profit.

Every investment has it risk. It is left for investors to scrutinize it by accessing the risk to know if it would be profitable as portrayed. ICO investments are not left out

Indeed trust is something that many ICO`s lack and is a very serious issue to be taken into consideration before investing as there have been many reports that people use the others as advisors and team members even though they are not.

Yes.If you want to make good profits from your investment,then you should take some risks.With ICO investment today,you should be more careful in choosing the right project because a lot of scam projects are coming out today.Although it's now becoming inevitable,atleast we should try to be more cautious about this.But i guess there are still some good ICOs left today that pays well its participants and investors.

The fact is that too many ICO scams are there to fool people/investors. That's the worst thing that's going to happen if you fall in one of these scam ICOs. Moreover, not all legit ICOs will also become successful ICOs because some will also fail halfway through the ICO.

ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.

At this moment ICO projects are too risky because lots of this are scam, the investors who had not enough knowledge for this project without knowing the porfolio or the whitepaper listed of a whole team must might getting into trouble like those people who had bad idea to get easy money unto you or maybe to an investors thats why its too risky to invest for this time...

of course when we choose a profitable and promising ico it is not easy especially when there are so many that end scam. To reduce the risk of our loss it would be a good idea not to invest everything in ICO.

Yes i agree on you.So investors right now should be more careful in choosing a legit project that will end up a successful and profitable one,and not a scam one.This may bring a big risks but if you won't take risks,you will not also gain huge profits.

For me, it is risky to invest ICO because you don't know the big impact after ICO ends. One reason also is the people behind the project (but not all project) making fake data just encourage investors.

I don't think that to invest in ICO will bring a good profit in the future as we know that today, many ICO has getting scam. And if you want to invest ICO, make sure that you know the details of the project so you will not worry about being a scam. The investment becomes risky because you don't know if the project can reach the success or not and you don't know how much profit you will get. So you need to be careful to choose the project and only use the money you can afford.

Yes it's true, in an ICO project we don't know the success of a project in selling their tokens. So before you actually buy tokens during the ICO, you should research everything in an ICO project so that something bad doesn't happen at the end.

I agree with you. If you want to invest then you should look for a way that the risky of investment is rare. Investment is really good to do but you should have a knowledge to do it because if you do not you will lose your money. I know nowadays its really hard to know or to identify if the ICO project is worth it and you will trust it. You should do a deeply research for it before you decide what project is worth it to your money.

It will only be risky if they dont give you feedback or the support is too hard to follow with. Whenever I do invedt before i make sure tgat the team responds easily

They are certainly very risky during this period. I didn't see an ico trying to hold on to the price of ico when they actually went out on the stock market except for a few projects. The investment you have made, unfortunately, has lost almost 5 to 10 times when it comes to life. You have to wait a long time.

This is the rule of the capital world. The project without risk must have no profit. It is very dangerous. Your idea is very dangerous. I don't think it can subvert this truth.

There is no business that is no risky .
But we still venture into them anyway.
Ico investments are highly profitable and at the same time risky.
Risky in the sense, that one could loose his if thel ico token price gets listed below ico price.
2. If the project is scam.
Etc

yes, every what you doing is always have risk, though is small portion.
if you can tricked that risk, i think you cant fall. just take the profit, get off from loss, when you smell you must go far away. you must have much experience and knowledge about what you do. and if you still dont want to take risk, never invest in crypto

Before stepping up for investment, So, ICO investment can be more careful investing in investment, not the profits earned, but the losses that will come.

Well, there really is a risk, at least we have to pay attention to the possibility of a SCAM or fraud committed by the developer.

In addition to soaring prices that can occur quickly, ICOs that are finished, and produce new coins, coins can instantly drop in price, and this of course can cause losses to investors, therefore we are more vigilant and smart in choosing ICOs.

Before it is good to invest in ICOs , because the ICOs before are good and true to their customers , but now ICOs are very risky especially if you really have no knowledge in those ICOs , because today there are many ICO project that are surfacing , which are scam projects , sp it is risky now to invest in ICOs.

indeed, in conditions and circumstances like today we are very difficult to get ico that can make us benefit we have done work that must be done but the gifts and rewards we do not get more thorough and clever in analyzing the projects that we will follow

Ico's investment is very risky because many ico projects are scam, need to be careful in choosing a quality ico project, you need to know the core team and also the ideas of the project.

Better to stick with the many existing cryptos. They have proven records, a real team, and so on. While a lot of cryptos are useless there are some good ones.

I guess its the same situation mate because in the existing cryptos  still have a scam coin which had a bad market and it mostly list in yobit exchange. In ICO  project you can choose a better project as long it has full detailed in whitepaper and already meet the softcap.

Well every move in crypto currency is a risk, You have to be a risk taker in entering this environment, ICO nowadyas are mostly not profitable or a long way around before having a specific value in the market, Risks are always been there you should get used by it and learn lessons from every failure you encounter, your success will built in it.

investing in ICO It's far more risky than investing in coins that already have value, it's true that the absence of a legal foundation makes all possibilities happen very wild without control, just relying on that trust sounds funny because today it feels very difficult. buying ICO products like us buying that cat in a sack of luck is the only thing that can determine the outcome, a little advice as a good investor we must examine as much as possible from the start of the product, the goal and even the management team, it is imperative that we at least minimize losses (although for now it no longer guarantees) . Do not be easily tempted by the lure of bonuses or promotions, we may dream as high as possible but still feet must rest on the ground, the point is still to use your mind and mind

It actually between us on how we commence into selecting ICO to participate with. I know not all ICO today looks promising as we know that some of them are just a ghost project. We think it is so risky cause we can't be sure if their is profit in the end or not, as the market decide what well happen next either a certain project you have participated with will succeed or not.

There are a lot of scams with some projects TBH. ICOs can make or break your bank so better research about the project and the team before jumping in the bandwagon.

Basically ICOs are always been at risk when it comes to investment because of its low chances of valuable profits, The best you can do about it is to observe and research about the ICO you are going to invest to, because of its risk to avoid it, Always look for its legalize and potential profit display.

Let me clear that ICO are scammed and its hard to deiced to which ICO project we should choice. In my experience lost a lot of money on ICO projects they need our money.

Better not to work with ICO projects. Since bitcoin is falling and the market is in negative mood. I've join some ICO projects and they're closed now due to the red signal from markets. I think ICOs are depends on your luck.

Yes of course it is risky to invest with our money but still there are still a legit ICo's that will make your investments grow. I think you just need to be more careful because of some people that making a scam ICO's and I think it is responsibility of the investor to know the the background of the ICO that he/she wanted to invest to prevent from losing any amount in their investments.

Ico investment risky because not good price as the ico team and owner promised after getting and listing at exchange market, many ico after success at ico sale list with drop and lower price at exchange market.

This is because many ICO are coming with fake projects and people are slowly giving up from ICOs and there tokens. I've been work with some ICO projects but they all closed their projects and ran away.

..i haven't tried ICO investment..although i am aware that ICO investments will give you more benefits when the coins that you buy will become famous and become successful..the truth is I am afraid to suffer from a big loss for the reason that ICO investments are really risky,,some ICO are scam,,although we are aware that scammers are scattered everywhere..I am once deceived by those scammers,,but soon if am become professional in trading and investing,,i will try ICO investments,,just for now,,i am still gaining knowledge on what is happening in crypto market..

actually in terms of investing all have their advantages and disadvantages, both in property, gold, or digital currency, and another in terms of ICO investment, what can be said is gambling where we gamble so that the ICO price can be very good. but at ICO there are many risks from starting fraud and the legality of a country depending on where we are silent. However, behind these risks, there are several advantages of ICO investment, the price is very cheap and if the project of a company is very successful, the ICO price will be greatly increased and we will get several times the profit.

Anything related to ICO somehow carries certain risks, so you need to be careful, but nevertheless no one is insured!

It is very risky to invest in an ICO because you do not know if it is a prestigious project or not. I believe that there are very few good projects now that are open to selling tokens and most are phishing projects or bad ideas. This is a harsh market and you should be careful in investing in projects.

It risky because not all ICO has successfully reach their target, some do not continue on their  project, that is why you have to really know which ICO you would like to invest to and make sure it is legit. for those who invest in ICO will make all their effort to make it successful.

All have their own risks, many people are successful after investing in ICO and vice versa, many have suffered losses after dealing with ICO, I think there must be one lawful management to overshadow ICO so that it doesn't lead to a scam.

Every ICO contain risk there's nothing in world that provide you money without taking any risk. Its just a part of our life we have to step in in order to make money.

ICO investment is really risky because no black and white agreement between both parties but all people those who are a member of this team or involvement of ICO projects are aware because they know already since  the beginning that this is a virtual business no black and white evidence loyalty is the fundamental alliance before both parties are engage in business in crypto currency.

The scamming activities is very high and most of the successful one always get dumped after listed in exchange and thus make you to loss money heavily.  Majority of this year ico are already down over 80%.

Scam activities, unfilling promises or untrusty ico project those makes it risky.

very risky because we cannot confirm directly whether the project really exists or not, we can only see the information through the website provided

What kind of black and white document would you like to see? The one that guarantee your profit in the future? When will people learn that there is no
guarantees in this world, especially when it come to investing money. Icos are risky simply cause they are in the beginning of something, where they will be in few years. When ever we talk about the future we need to know that is just trying to predict it, nobody can be 100% sure about anything. When you cant be sure in something you are guessing, when you are guessing with your money you are risking it.

If this happen continuously people will not only leave ICO projects but bitcoins and cryptocurrency too. Should be stopped I must say.

Yes of course ICO still risky to invest with our money because lot's of ICO's that are being launched this year is so many scam project that you will really regret of investing to them. But still there are some ICO that will make your investments grow, I think you just need to be more researcher in looking in those ICO's to prevent from losing any of your investments.

There are types of investors that are the risk lovers, the risk averse and the risk neutrals. Among the three, the risk lovers would go to invest in ICO if there is more return n future at the cost of less risk. The risk averse and risk neutrals will not invest because they prefer returns and not risk.

So these are the guys that think investment in ICO is risky and this is very logical as well because generally investment is determined by the history of returns and since many people have lost to ICO lately, they now prefer to refrain investing again.

The ICO now is become too risky because I see all project is not giving a good result in this year and many of them delay the project. I think many investor worries about this situation because they cannot make a profit in this year and they still asked the team when they can refund or start to sell the token so they can take their money back.

in conditions like now it is very difficult to find ico who can bring benefits we must be good at analyzing and of course for now the luck factor is greatly affected by the many scams and frauds that often occur in the future it will be better

Thank you for your sharing, this is useful information for investors. I have participated in several ICO projects but not luck in those investments. On the other hand, ICO this year is very different from 2017.ICO does not have any legal framework, so when fraud occurs, investors will not be protected by law, but must be responsible for their work. This is also what many investors are most concerned about when investing in ICOs.

In fact we do not know about the project either it is going to become successful or not, in fact we need to study the project, its white paper, its roadmap and its staff and after that we can decide that either the project is going to become successful or not.

Yes, as for me there is much risk in ICO investment since we can't hold any control over what we have invest and worst scenario this time a lot of scam ICO scattering in the market and sometimes if we can choose a legit one but won't success, the best thing to do us to examine thoroughly before investment to reduce risk.

ICO investment is considered to be more risky compared to crypto investment that are already listed in crypto assets exchange. If you are really good enough on determining whether an ICO has a promising future then you can really invest in ICO without fear at all.

I believe that the most important risk factor is the lack of knowledge about cryptocurrencies and the lack of desire to learn it. The fact is that if a person has knowledge, he is aware of all the existing risks and knows how to minimize them. There are risks in any field, so it's not so scary.

I agree. But then it has still risk but with enough knowledge that can be gained through research and such, the risk will be lessened. Not really eliminate but only lessened. Proper research is the key for you to avoid scams. You are just in risk if you are not smart enough and wise in making decision.

our decision must based on our research and observation.do not decided it based our feeling.if we dont, we could decided wrong thing.

Risk is a norm for all form of investment, in order to play save ensure you take calculated  risk, that is ensure you research well in details, do no invest base  on social media hype or ICO rating site, invest in on  project with an existing product.

You're right, but this is only half of the reasons. The other half is due to the fact that the market is down for almost a year since January. How could investors try their luck on ICOs when major coins such as bitcoin and especially ethereum are not doing well in the market. Let's wait until the market goes green and see the effects on ICOs.

The biggest factor in my opinion might be law. Because the absence of a law for cryptocurrency makes this very risky. Because if we get hit by an ico scam, our money will immediately disappear. So the law is very important in my opinion. It's only the strongest in my opinion, actually because virtual and so on also become a risk. So this depends on your perception of seeing this. So if you want to invest in ico. Then you need to think carefully. That is all.

when an ICO goes according to the roadmap they make, of course it will be a very good advantage for those who invest, and this has been a big advantage since the ICO was there. however, some ICOs are indeed very risky, because sometimes they are not in accordance with their roadmap, and can be a scam.

Well, that maybe true but keep in mind that all the crypto currency top tiers today started out as an ICO. I still believe in ICOs in my humble opinion. It is just a matter of managing your risk simply by reading about the ICO you are entering in to. Most of the ICOs turn out to be crap coins but once in a while, we see ICOs with huge potential

ICO investment is not risky as some people have tagged it. It becomes risky when an investor join blindly without any adequate information about the project and its ICO. The principle applies to every investment. It is therefore very necessary to study about the project before join their ICO.

High risk and high profit, that's what some ICO project investors always say. Seeing the ICO project in the past year which is always promising for investors who invest in it, even though in that year the ICO project is still like the current year, there is no legal protection specifically to handle ICO projects.

However, each investor's income exceeds the income of investors at other investment places at that time. Then I just doubt, why is the project different from last year even though there is still no legal protection? might condition the market cryptocurrency that causes this to occur.

We should definitely stay away from ico investments. Almost 90 percent of the projects are entering the market under the price of ico. This is actually an indication of how bad the market is.

ICO Investments and ICO themselves were good last year as this concept was new and many good projects started from the ICO stage. But then evil tapped in and many people tried to collect money with scam projects and ICO. This is the main reason these days investments in ICO are very risky.

if there are fewer and fewer who invest in ico, of course there are also fewer and fewer who need bitcoin, this happens because to invest they have to exchange it to btc. and indeed the price after listing is mostly dropped, so investors lose money, so they have to wait for more time to hold it back

If you notice very well, many of the ICOs currently running have extended their sales period. This is because they are yet to meet their targeted amount. People are now exercising great caution in ICO investment so that they don't get scammed by some fake ICOs.

Now a days we have seen tons of ICOs coming without any product support so if you invested in those than you would get nothing out it. so before taking consideration of any ico you will have to do research of particular ico otherwise you will be in trap of risk.

There is no business that has no risk, neither does the ICO business. This needs to be considered before you enter the world of ICO, which is the financial risk that you invest. Besides being able to provide very high profits, ICO also gave big money. As an example of the most fatal loss, ICO coin developers do not run the project in accordance with the initial plan or funds that have been collected by the developer. There is also no loss too much at the ICO price. This is due to a lack of interest in coins, prices cannot increase. Therefore ICO is at risk, not all ICOs will succeed or fail.

The proliferation of scam ICOs is the reason why skme governments did not their citizens to take part in such kind of investment. Other governments that been allowing ICOs are now planning to regulate any initial coin offering in their countries to screen them and reduce the risk in investing on them. Investing on ICO is more risky than on IPO of stock market so you need to make a full research first.

ipo has been regulated by government with legality and laws, in contrast to ico, many ico only collect money from investors and eventually they run away. and now there are many like that

ICO is risky because they are discouraging bounty hunters from prolonged ICO, delayed exchanged listing, and delayed token ddistribution. That is why a lot of people are now quitting in ICO because of this kind of situation.

It's a risk only for those who are new to investing in ICOs as they most likely to still doubt and be afraid, while some were just lack of researches about the project they're trying to invest hence ending up being scammed.

And it would never a risk if you would really do look and seek further researches with the project and team's legitimacy, before investing in it.

Well i do agree at some point and i do think in wider look into a product the virtual one is indeed a product its just like a market stock even though its different and its more into trust but the blockchain just make it transparant and trustable. I do believe we are still in early stages and crypto are keep developing and its true im one of the person that dream to be rich from the money that i invest in cryptocurrency and im trying to invest in the right startup and support it for a long term.

Many scam projects run ico, and therefore investing in ico has a high risk. But not all ico projects are scams, and therefore do research first on the ico project that you will choose for investment.

   With one thing I agree with you, there is no business without risks, neither investment. Before investing in ICO`s people needs to be aware in one thing
we all invest in start-ups! What is start-up? Something that is on very beginning! What can happen in month or 10 years we don`t know. We invest in
team that can carry their idea and develop project until it reaches full power, or not.
   Many ideas fail cause of many factors. Not all of them can be good, not all of them can be successful. When you invest think about what you invest in
and give it a time to develop.

The part of doing your own due diligence of a background check on the ICO is very important. A good check study should be conducted to check on the history of the team, advisors of the project and know the level of credibility that can be awarded to them. The future prospects of the project should also be considered. All these and much should be adequately checked to reduce the risk in ICOs.

I am always on my guard when a project, for example, cannot show a prototype for a long time. Or, for example, when there are no large investors. Among small investors, this practice has developed to follow larger investors.

ICO investments are risky because we already know that there are many scam ICO that already stole millions of dollars from investors. Additionally, it's not only ICO scams that make ICO very risky investment, it's the fact that it can fail anytime if it can't reach its target capital.

correct suggestions and opinions that you convey we must do research that is deep enough if you want to get the right ico because there are many ico that end in fraud and if the exact loss of time we use in following the ico

I guess because some ICO investment are scam because there's a lot of ICO project right now is not trustworthy. So I think it better to invest in crypto than ICO because the outcome is surely give you more profit. But even its risky yo invest in ICOs there are still some of them are worth it, just make a research and choose the ICO which you know have potential, then after that invest wisely.

If you don't believe in the ico project but you've heard to some of your friends here that you could possibly get a profit on this methods and you want to try to invest, risk will come up to you. Why? because you are deciding to invest your money in it. However, if you believe that one of the ico project has a potential things to become a successful in the near future, you will definitely invest on it without hesitation, due to the trust you have in the project which is the reason why you decided. I guess you get my point.

this condition that make investors affraid to put their money into ico projects.so we often to see many ico did not reach their target and finally project failed.

people trying to get benefit from cryptocurrency market by doing wrong thing and harming other people.actually this market really give us opportunity to earn money without spend any money.if we want we could join on bounty campaign, so didnt need to make fake ico or hack wallet.

because there have been a lot of people who have been harmed because now there are many ICOs who have experienced the logging or the coins have always been destroyed after the ICO has finished, so now investors are lazy to invest again

I agree with you . Many investors simply having heard the promise of getting rich believe him and not learning anything are in a hurry to invest, but there are ICOs that, at first glance and after much study, seem promising and promising, but ultimately turn out to be a scam. There are many examples

There is a risk in investing ICO. The most important thing is that there are many fraudulent ratings that promote fraudulent ICO, and good projects underestimate the rating! That's because of such rating sites people lose money and there is fear!

but sometimes many people want to get a lot of money in an instant. so that it only collects funds and is taken away. therefore investors must study it in detail before investing

they didnt make an effort to get money.they want just sleeping and wake up they get much money.so no doubt now many people have high prestige but have no money.

Making an investments in some ICO really risky for me because we don't know if that ICO will make a big growth to our investments that we made and if the ICO we invested are legit one's. That's why some people say's that investing to ICO's are too risky and we don't even know if they can get the success at the end of the campaign.

Do people tend to lose hope because now there are many scams ICO. The scammers always seize the opportunity of the ICO to cheat the righteous investors. I think that's why investing in ICOs is risky.

the most risky factor in ICO investment is when we get an ICO project that is scam and for now the investment in ICO is very unprofitable because every time they are listed on the exchange the price is very low even some are not worthy and that is very detrimental to investors.

actually if investor and other token holder want to set their selling price above ico price , the projects still could be profitable for them.their mental didnt strong to do that.

I think investimg in ico is risky because just like investing in a banks and if that bank  goes bankrupt your money will lost and in ico if you invest in ico if that ico failed your money will also lost so its a risk taking to invest in icos.

ICO investments are risky simply because of the anonymity factor in this. you never know who are you transacting with. You just have an email confirmation on this and you really can never track if something came up. On the other hand, you can really never tell if the market is good or not, especially now, the market had been very unstable, so your investments will be. If I am allowed to give an advise, I would suggest to just invest a fair amount that you can afford to lose. and do research first before investing.

ICOs are good means to make profit in crypto. Like any other investment portfolio, it is very risky when you invest blindly without any adequate knowledge in that investment. This is what most investors do - they jump into ICOs without first ascertaining whether it is capable of succeeding or not. Knowledge in crypto is very essential.

Yes of course ICO's still more risky in investing because what we are talking about here is money and we can't sure our investments if it will grow in the coming months after the ICO's finishes their target success. And I think it is the best way to deal with the risk is to be really careful in choosing in investing our money in a currency we like to invest to make sure it won't lose.

I think most of the risk is to invest in fraudulent ICOs. The rest can not be traded because it is not exchanged. But I find that there are still a lot of good ICO. It is important to have the knowledge to choose a good ICO.

Its true, and most of the project now are doing the same thing but the saddest part is that many investors are still falling on this and losing lots of money because of a scam ICO's. Its getting riskier now to invest on the ICO for so many reason, even if you read a lot everything about that project the probability to earn money is very low.

Risk is normal in every investment, but since greedy people mostly with the ICO's they make this market more riskier. The best way to earn money without losing money is through bounties and signature campaign but of course there still a risk of wasting your time if its a scam ICO.

We don't know which ICO could reach their target in the future and since the market still on the progress to increase, we need to wait for the right time to see when the ICO get listed on the exchange. It is too risky to invest in the ICO because right now, many ICO delays their project and many investors become afraid to invest in the project. I heard from my friends that they are not getting paid from the ICO because the team decided to delay the payment time and the dev only said we need to wait for a while because of the situation in the market.

because there are currently too many ICOs and some of the ICOs are scams. then there is no guarantee that ICO tokens can last long or not. most ICO tokens cannot last long. and also the value drops very fast. so in my opinion it is better to invest in altcoins that already have a market capitalization and have survived long enough in the crypto market. but there are also a few successful ICO tokens that aren't all scam.

This post should be introduce to beginners and help. I believe that this will help newbie whom starting to look for an ICO to invest. As we all that investing without experience will definitely lead to getting scam or waste of money invested in a wrong project. This should be directed to all newbies in that section OP. This post is really helpful.

The biggest risk factor for me to get into ICO is the reputation of the team and the founder. If they are not reputable people, they can not make a great deal of money in this market. Next to that is the lack of experience in financial management. Missing one of those 2 things, my portfolio will break.

Unfortunately, due to bad market conditions, ICO projects are no longer successful. If we think that even the highest quality projects are far below the ICO price, it would not be logical to make an ICO investment today. Especially when it opened to the many projects we can accept the transaction to think that far below the rates needed to invest in the ICON ICON process is not a very smart move. One the other hand, I think it necessary to add ICON market conditions of the time and we lost as a result of the extension period should not be done today in the account of ICOM investments. For example, in my most recent ICO project, I had 13 NEO balances, which amounted to about $ 650. I paid off my investment after months and now it has a value of 13 NEO 90 USD. In short, investing in ICO today will not cause anything other than regret and harm.

There is risk attached to every investment. ICO investment only becomes risky when an investor enter the project or buy a particular coin without any further knowledge about the project or the capabilities of the coin bought. Not all coins on the market become successful at the end if the day, hence it is necessary to study the project before joining its ICO.

there are huge risk when investing in crypto it is because first, when you invest there are risk that you wont be able to get what is for you it is because maybe the team wont pay back your investment. Second the risk that the coin that youve gain from investing might have no good value at all.

ICO is very risky due to the impersonating of developers to the people. They just copied some good look person so that they can be a trusted person in cryptocurrency. It harms us because we cannot see the real person who develop a certain project unless if there is a video that the developers can be seen by public. Well, that is just in my opinion and a reason why I do not easily invest in ICO projects.

in my opinion at this time investment in ico is very high risk, this year ICO is not interesting for me because this year I lost a lot of money because of following ico, I prefer to trade and buy good coins in exchange to hold and wait for high prices sell it. in my opinion it's more profitable.

Now investors become clever and invest just in project which has experienced team, MVP, real apply for blockchain and
influential mentors. Yes, last year was good for people who want easely gather money for their unreal product, but it is ok for innovation sphere.

That's right what you say, there are so many factors that make investment in ICO risky. but there are also ico that are truly safe and very profitable. it all depends on the team from the ico program itself, if it is trusted, ico will not be at risk even though the price does not match the price later.

but it is not easy to find a good and promising ico although we already analyze and conduct research into the ico. indeed when we are choosing ico it depends on our luck each in my opinion.

maybe what you experience is the same as most investors currently taking part in the ICO because at the moment it is very difficult to find ICO which is really profitable in following the ICO

The number one aspect why we should be careful in investing ICO is that there are many projects now which is good at first but in the long run it is useless due to scam platforms. So we should be careful in investing crypto because the risk is very high due to fake and scams projects that some frauders intoduced it.

and usually its price dumped at market.actually they have good goal and developtment , but unfortunately their investors too demanding the development of projects that are too fast.

ICO investment is so risky because there are so many scams recently. It is risky if we don't search clearly about each ICO project.

ICO investment too risky because after listing at the exchange market many ICO project investment have lower price than they first sell at ICO investment, we have looking for good ICO investment project and have higher price after listing at the exchange market.

for now, investment in ICO is quite risky. we know that this year, the level of scam on the ICO has increased, this also affects the emotions of investors who go away from ICO investment. well, however, before investing, make sure that the project you are following is really a profit.

better avoid investing in ico project.as smart investors we could investing on project that already listed in market and its price down more 90%.beside it has less risk and profit potency was bigger.

i dont know if you can be able to earn a huge amount when you invest to a coin after listing in an exchange because most of those new coin in exchange will took time or there was no chance to have a good value in the market, meaning the money that you will put there will sleep or will be gone over the time.

The Top 6-10 ICOs of 2017: Where Are They Now?
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investing in ICO is indeed risky, but I think that risk can be minimized by a simple way such as looking at the ready to be involved in the project, how their track record is, how the project roadmap is, and finally looking at the ICO rating on the web ICO products but in choosing ICO web rating it also requires high accuracy because it is not impossible if the web is playing with the ICO team to make an engineering review of them

Now every investor understands that investing in ICO is a huge risk, because now the market is constantly falling and it is not known what could happen with your money that you will invest, just now half of the companies are creating a fake project in order to collect money and deceive all investors and disappear forever, unfortunately now this happens every day, and you should not forget that the price of a token at ICO is always much higher than on the exchange where u will be able to buy this same token more cheaper, this is also considered a huge risk.

What a nice information you provide i really like it.
What i found in ICOs is that team is actually does not look after the liquidity of token what shows the project is actually not concerned about its stakeholders.
One more risk is product of particular project as we know product is backbone of any project but sometimes team does concentrate on product.

ICO investments are very risky as they don't follow business trends at all, instead they can follow market manipulation from VC's, investment funds, and dodgy cartels! Large pools of tokens are held back by the team and never burned (XRP) which creates scammy token structures

Yes ICO is risky, but you also have to know that risk is everywhere, even in other kinds of investment like stocks and the rest of them, they are all risk. That’s why you need to take time in knowing what to choose. Some people have the problem of not having patience and at last they will be the ones to fall for the scammers. ICO is good and at the same time there are also risks involved.

well, if you talk about investment issues, of course ICO will be a big risk. I think investing in ICO is the same as investing elsewhere. well, almost all investments have risks, only ICO does have a greater risk at this time.

Lets simplify the reason without a long story

And thats simple as SCAMMERS ,because this is the main reason and objectives why ICO participating becomes very risky,and this only happens recently when these damn greed human being learn about how huge money they can get if the investors bites their baits and become a victims.

So if i were you guys,better stay away from this ,and find another way of investing

In the beginning, it is impossible to guess whether the ICO will start developing the project or not. They will start developing the real after the crowdsale, so it means even some companies after raising they will scam and this makes many people not investing in the ICO's.

This is related to the entire cryptocurrency market. If the risk of investing in ICO during the cryptocurrency market is very high, this time is risky. But investing in ICO in the market in 2017 will make you rich overnight. It depends on the trend of the cryptocurrency market.

Ico these days sucks, none of icos in this late 2018 quarter as powerful.
Only goeureka is the ico which is atleast ok from my point of view.

Reading aside, the risk for me when investing in ICOs is that the bounty hunters who participated in this ICO would eventually flip the token once they receive it. Real talk, it happens all the time that's why the ICO price plummets down rendering investors helplessly cry over their investment.

Investing in ICO's is risky because most of them create just to get money from others. Beside some ICO are scam that's why some people are doubting to invest to it even because they avoid to get loss money. So I think it is still better to invest in crypto than ICO project, but there re still some ICO is trustworthy and worth it just invest wisely.

Compared to last year, there are much fewer fraudulent projects, but on the other hand, investment in projects is much smaller, and now there is a much greater risk that tokens after entering the stock exchange fall in price very much

Because the days when you can invest in any ico and double triple or quadruple your money are long gone now...

There are many companies offering virtual products and they have been in existence for years. Besides this, these companies have earned trust of several people owing to the reputation they have built over the years. People used to have utmost trust for ICOs until many turned scam.

Thank you very much for this post and I hope that every newbie will go over this topic, because I am sick of people that want to achieve 10000 percent profit for each project, without a deep investigation of each ICO.

That maybe a part of the crash of certain ICO but isn't it a time to fill in your bag more at a cheaper price?  If the project is really good and there is a lot of potential in it, you will hold your token or coins until such time the product is delivered.  So I guess having hunters to sell their earned reward is a good thing for those who wanted it cheap.  Besides, bounty hunters is one of the responsible in making an ICO a success.

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I do believe that every investment have risk. we just need to do our  assignment regarding investing in a venture to lessen that said risk.

Many began to believe that the ico market is dead and it is no longer worth investing in ico, I don’t think so when a new wave of investment in crypto market comes around, ico will come to life again

Yes, that's because a lot of bad news about the ICO scams are spreading rapidly in the media. Meanwhile the news about the good ICOs are buried by the ICO scams news.
Many investors are hesitant to invest in the ICO so they are being careful to not lose their hopes and money. So now the ICO’s image has been damaged by ICO scams which have caused ma (http://hafana.com)ny victims to lose.

Due to the certain issues that's why it's too risky in ICO which it can often encountered scams and leads us to regrets, but I believe it will having a changes as market goes higher and remain by a profitable one.

In my opinion if you are not a big investor then better invest on current down market in any ICO after startup will successfully end their ICO and token will be listed on exchanges.

This is so because of the volatile nature which many are aware but always try to push all to the digital world. With just a blink you could lose all your principal likewise could you get over 100% returns should it go the other way round.

I see too much ICO at the present time as before. It is difficult to say which ICO is the real project and develops exactly as the roadmap has already taken. Risks are very high when the ico scam everywhere. And its value depends heavily on the crypto market.

Investing in ICO will have a far greater risk than investing in crypto coins. ICO is still in the process of development, where it has not yet reached the level of success in raising funds. In addition, the prospects for the future also cannot be believed to have a long life, because he does not have experience in crypto. The results obtained will tend to be small.
It would be better if the investment in altcoin or bitcoin has a lot of experience in various crypto conditions, they will be easier to adapt and increase prices faster.

All this is not regulated at all; therefore, it is extremely risky to invest your money in new projects in such a young market.

You are right, we are now in crypto crisis and very risky to put capital in newly made project. Much to invest in existing project through buying tokens or do trading because they are more safier to invest rather than project wirh new stracture.

ICO is very risky because it never guarantees profit, let alone the number of ICOs so that the competition becomes very tight and of course the chance to become a scam, now my crypto assets drop more than 80% compared to the beginning of the year.

New thing always risky but deep study need to be done accordingly prior to the issuance... Uncertainty on what can happen after ICO is always the bigger challenge to understand... Confidence in the item or coins sustainability is also another hurdle to go through... Need to work hard to develop the community... Anyway, all things in life are risky

There is risk attached to every investment. Just like any other investment, ICO investments become riskier when an investor enter it without any or adequate knowledge in the project of interest. There are many projects and coins coming up and not all of these coins can survive the test of time, hence it is required that investors perform thorough research into the project before joining.

ICO investments are risky because when you are carelessly making investments without knowing it first may put your investment to a bad way. Your investment will may become zero if that is the case. And the ico price is still not fixed when it is put on the exchange.

Massive price decline. Price movements that are difficult to control make me reluctant to join Ico again. Especially if the developer team does not have the right strategy to overcome market saturation.

We must be prepared to accept the risks that might occur, as we know that investing in an ICO Project is very risky. Selecting the right project will make us achieve different results. It is necessary to have the right analysis because in my opinion determining the investment choices that we have prospects is a must. Without analysis, we will not do anything, do our best and we will also get the best results.

It is very risky for the investment of the ICO project at that time because of the lousy circumstance of the economy. As the stat last month, the ICO project has sold more than 150.000 ETH because they have lost belief about this market, specially ETH.

You really made a good point and I also add that that there is a shift from traditional trading to ICO investment trading, what do i mean by that? In the past many people engage in trading, if you remember when exchanges were closing registration for new users, those people were trading and those trading drivers the market price up, suddenly, ICO investing came, people trading started giving away trading money to these ICO's in - exchange for tokens which will still enter the market while they cash out the ICO money, Now the question is this, who is going to buy these token? and with which money again?

I think trust is mostly the main issue when it comes to crypto i think investors can deal with the fact that token price falls down here and there but been scammed is usually hurting and it closes the door to other upcoming legitimate icos

A very sense there, mush reason many like me are very not buy into ICO of a thing as there is no law that bind the contract and they do as if there is one by imposing what favour them on investors even when they are the one helping out their project like asking for kyc when there is no regulation body and this is why we need a serious regulations to bid the ICO so we can sue them when ever it is necessary.

Virutal product makes really no sense to fund about. Like online technology or software development. They just put the fund to the developers and creators of the app. But what makes sense is a real technology which can be used by many.

ICO investment is not risky. There is a certain level of risk attached to every investment made aside ICO investment. Before an investor decide to join a particular investment platform, it is required that the investor performs thorough research on the platform before joining. Scam is everywhere and not in crypto alone, hence investing blindly without studying about the ICO may end up joining a scam ICO.

Investment in ICO has a far greater risk than investing in altcoins. The reason is that:
1. Most ICOs that are still running have no clear prospects and are not yet in the market
2. The majority of prices from the ICO will decrease when it has been distributed to the participants
3. To increase the price, it takes a long time
4. ICO is not necessarily able to survive in crypto for a long period of time.

I agree, friend ...
indeed it's a risk that is not kidding. But also we shouldn't be too scared.
I still have a positive and good view of the ICO because of course there are still many ICOs that have very good contributions to everyday life.
So, investors are still worth investing their money in ICO, especially ICO, whose products are truly beneficial for everyday life. We and all investors must support such an ICO.
we only need deep analysis, so we don't suffer losses.


wow good news in the realm of law. I myself feel very hesitant to invest because of this problem.
the presence of ICO garbage can be reduced by the existence of regulations that began to be formed and pioneered by the US. Hopefully other countries will follow soon.

i think you are right, all things are at risk. not only has a large enough risk but ico also has considerable advantages if we are on a good ico.

to get very big results it must have quite a big challenge too, and that i think is quite in accordance with what we will get.. it's just that, we can't just choose ico.

Of course, there are risks, especially if we are already in crypto, of course we are ready with any risk, by facing the current market conditions, it is already a risk too, but still think wisely in facing crypto conditions for now and remain confident the future will run normal too for ico, hopefully in the future there will be a lot of ico who have good potential

no official agency really regulates the existence of ICO as an investment business model. This deficiency makes me more alert, because developers can run away at any time without our knowledge
sometimes I also doubt the products written in the whitepaper, even though they have been explained in detail

There is 100% risk with the ICO investment because we don't whether they have the ability to develop what they mentioned in the roadmap. During crowdsale it is impossible to predict about the company if we compare the percentage of success then we need to think twice before investing into any ICO.

the biggest risk is certainly a scam and useless coins in the market. certainly, these results can be anticipated with a good analysis in the selection of ICO. It's just that the science in analyzing or deepen ICO is still much less so many are stuck in confusion in the election and finally fell ICO.

that's what happens a lot now. The most dangerous risk when investing in ICO. Therefore, if we invest to be careful and analyze beforehand so that we don't experience the ICO scam anymore. There is also something that often happens is that ICO is really very good but the end is a scam too. The point is to really think before investing.

Outstanding post. I hope every investor will go over this post and finally understand that you should not invest in every ICO that is live on the market. Be patient guys and when the market recovers, the situation will change.

Simply because the ICO's now is so risky and ICO's platform now are always the same that's why the investors are so afraid of investing now in ICO's. But there are some great ICO's now, try to research you will see that great ICO for investing.

ICO is very risky because they are not licensed by the governement, most of the Idea are too good to be true or too ambitious.  Aside from that in cryptocurrency space, most ICO developers are just present in the picture, there is no actual personal interaction between the investors and the project developer.  Sources like ICO ratings site are just some pay to publish sites in order for the project to be advertised.  In short, we are investing blindly in most ICO.

ICO investment is risky in ways but the main risk is the forces of demand and supply that affects the price positively or negatively. I bought 100000 pundi x when the price was 1cent but now the price is below 1 cent you can see the forces of the market. Few buyers and many seller makes the price to drop more and more. The entire market is bad we hope for the best

I think we can still find a good ICO project, as long as we want to take the time to do research first, do detailed research to make sure that the ico project that you are going to follow is really solid..

investments in ico are very risky because they are not protected by sec and do not have clear permission, I see a lot of intentional fraud cases

Randomly ico investment is risky because if we can analysis with various projects definitely we can find a lot of promising project for investment. Today i invest in Nanohealthcares ico, this one going to big success, In medical ecosystem health care NHCT will be provide service. Releasing Apps
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nanohealth/id1289061376

You try to make bullshit feedback in all projects. Bro there many good projects now good worth in coinmarketcap but they haven't government licences. Most of the team pictures are fake this is absolutely true objection i think. But anything fake find out is our own responsibility before put your money in ico project. Yes, ico positive trust feedback almost paid.