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"In search of a new investment opportunity that is fast-growing and continuously-developing? Look no further than security token offerings (STOs) as they are a valuable alternative to raising capital on a global basis and are becoming more common in today’s market of crypto fundraising.

The initial boom in the STO realm began in the latter half of 2018 and in the near future, they will be unanimously considered superior to ICO's due to increased security for investors leading to a decreased possibility for fraud. It was initially expected for 2018 to be the year of security tokens, but it was just the beginning. During this year

U.S. The Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up pressure on the ICO market, forcing it to falter thus scared away many investors. However, this was only a necessary step in the transformation of this fundraising mechanism from a still new, incomprehensible and unsafe for investors into a truly mature, serious financial market. In the near future, we can expect that the Security Tokens industry will begin attracting back investors from both classic financial and ICO markets.

With significant progress made over the last 10 months, 2019 will be the true year for security tokens as they will replace utility tokens as the leading investment opportunity. Investing has never been so affordable. It is the combination of modern blockchain technologies and basic government control to ensure security that will make the sale of assets transparent as never before."
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It seems to me that STOs will be the next big hype,but they will eventually crash like the ICOs.
I don't believe that they are more secure than the initial coin offerings.

Who wouldn't like to see ICOs without fraud? Right? But it remains to be seen whether or not these STOs are the solution.

Regardless of fraud, these STOs will likely suffer from the same fundamental flaws as the ICOs. They will raise money and promise things they cannot deliver. Or the problem they strive to solve cannot be tackled effectively by blockchain solutions. So, in the end, investors will lose their money, or in the best case scenario these STOs will serve just as a speculation instrument.

https://cryptonews.com/news/security-tokens-era-begins-in-2019-3001.htm

The ICO market is now in a very difficult state. Many projects freeze their ICOs in the hope that they will be able to resume it in the future. Even really good projects can not raise the necessary funds to work on the project. All these circumstances have a bad effect on the ICO market, but there is a chance that after this crisis, the scope of ICO projects will undergo a recovery, protection mechanisms for scam and security for investors will be built, and then we will get giant growth in the ICO market. And it will be cool.

   the big problem is beyonce in the ico project, too many are scam projects, its good for the time will be promoted but after the project will be gone.if that happened in 2019 maybe it can add a sanction or a liability to the creator of the project if can refuse to pay there obligation on that project "

I agree, it is not easy to work without the assurance that you can have your profit, I hope we can have our desirable profit as soon as the 2019 year comes. People here become dormant and it lessen the possibility of an ICO project to reach its goal if tgere would be no instance that bounty worker can have a simple assurance that we can actually gain, since scam projects were very visible.

There will be no difference between ICO AND STO except there will be a formidable body that will diligently supervise and follow up all STO's to the stage of execution of every thing that was written down in their whitepaper and roadmap. This type of body will only be effective through Government which is not part of the dream of any member of the cryptospace. In other words, STO will not stand the taste of time.

Security tokens is the next solution to crypto investment as the year runs out the security tokens market is getting stroniand I strongly believe that in this coming year the security token market is going to replace the initial coin offering market, because this security tokens have to under go some regulations which will eventually give them the necessary government backing and that will boost investors confidence on the token. So let hope for the better.

When I first read the title like "security" tokens first I thought about monero type of anon and privacy coins but apparently not even close. Securities tokens would be much better if it can be really applied properly. Think about it, you are not going to invest into some unknown ICO but instead you will be investing into something that is already registered as a business and accepted as a securities by the government. There is literally a billion legal troubles for someone who would do such a thing and run away with your money. From now on the only thing you would have to worry about is the failures of the management, there are still companies that go bankrupt in the real world as well but they can't even go bankrupt for fake, they really need to prove the courts that they did all they can and still failed. It would be amazing if this could happen right away.

Any fraud not depend anyhow from technology, it depend only from human quality, so ICO or STO is only new type of game and new type of players.

Undoubtedly, the field of crypto investment will be improved and the introduction of the STO will be the next stage in the development of the crypto industry. As I know, Ethereum team members are already developing a platform that will be able to return funds to investors at their request. The sooner such a platform is developed, the faster the SEC will enable crypto trading.

This is good news, if ETH successfully develops this platform, then ETH will soon grow back, I'm really looking forward to the ETH return.

I can see and say that there is an initial boom in STO this 2018. But I would somehow agree and choose securities than utility token. Utility-token projects have become the excuse of scam-minded people not to register there project.

I agree with you, a year ago I said that ICO should be transformed into a more legal form, obviously it will be STO. At least, there will be much less willing to create low-quality projects if they are forced to obtain licenses and pass the identification.

I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think anyone would be able to stop these fraud that has been happening. But let watch and see how it’s going to be, hope they don’t mess everything up just like they are doing right now, cause all they are good at doing is promising what can never be done. So one foot in and the other out, in case things start to spoil, I’m out.

Guys, the problem of security tokens is that the governments have not legalized them. Huo Xuewen, chief of Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Finance, has said that security token offerings  are illegal nowadays.

I agree with you. With the rate of increasing start-ups on security tokens, it will definitely increase more in STOs I am looking forward to it and to see the differences it will make in the crypto world

Good write up buddy but let’s come to think of it, STOs and ICOs are still alike in the sense that they both have the developing team and every section of their team is related no doubt. They both will receive fund from investors and promise heaven and earth. The STO industry might be doing well for the fact that it’s not rampant as ICO industry for now but trust me same thing would end the STO industry.

I actually make a post on this sometimes back,STO will eventually take over come 2019 because of the regulations that will help to reduce the level of scam going on in the crypto sphere.Investors will have more confidence in STO ICO.

I think STO will be big in 2019 because of the low risk especially for investors. Many investors will surely want to invest in STO because they will feel save.

It doesnt matter if you call it utility token, security token, ICO , STO or whatever. As long as you are raising money above a specific threshold there are regulatory rules.

Ethereum put all this upside down when someone invented ICOs which is basically an IPO but with no guarantee, no regulation and no backup in real assets. it created the classical tulip mania.

If you want to sell something to a small group of people (max 99) and raise less than 1 million EURO, you dont need any prospectus and not to have any license (in EU). It doesnt matter if its shares in a corporation, a bitcoin fund, or a ICO or security token offering (STO). As soon as you go above the threshold you need to create a prospectus and a lot of rules comes into place.

For many reasona STOs will go the same way ICOs did, and probably there will be another three letter combination hype in 2019. (SCO)

/KX

The 2019 cryptocurrency market must outperform the 2018 cryptocurrency market. The cryptocurrency market is the time to pierce the bubble in 2018, the price of bitcoin will continue to fall, and many altcoins will face death threats. But in 2019, the cryptocurrency market will improve.

I do not think that they are the only coins whose era are going to begin in 2019, i think the coins like privacy coins are going to do even better next year, people want anonymity and the privacy coins are the coins that are going to give those to them. Although the year has not even come yet so there is a lot of possibility there for the coins

I've seen many STO projects and some of them are legit considering they are SEC compliant. STO projects are on the rise and it's a great timing considering the market is in bad shape. As an investor I should be careful investing in some STO projects as they will have the same fate with other utility tokens if they can't deliver their roadmap.

Yes, I agree with you. After regulations security tokens will be very popular between traditional investors. In 2019 SEC will accept crypto and securite tokens too. It would be perfet for new money.

if crypto security is better than before, it looks like I will agree, please add the news link,
Crypto investment opportunities make many investors afraid of investment, but if it is fast growing and developing, maybe I am a little hesitant, because all of it requires a process, there is no investment that makes rich instantly.

It is still very early and security token regulation is still evolving. The SEC has used the Howie Test to define just about every token issued as a security. When you say Security Token are you actually saying one that complied with Securities Regulation? Because that only means they spent money on a lawyer. It does not really give investors a better deal. What I am interested in is if the tokens give people the same rights as people who buy shares in a company. That really would be a game changer.

I don't think that 2019 is a good year for cryptocurrencies. At present, cryptocurrency has entered a continuous decline. The cryptocurrency in 2019 will continue to decline. This is bad news. Now the entire cryptocurrency market has appeared. Certainty, the future of the cryptocurrency market will change a lot.

If there will be more proof to this news, then it is a great news especially to those investors. But I really hope that STO's faith will not be the same like the ICO's. Because from the start it is good. But on the bottom, worst comes to worst.

I would like to feel as safe as possible on the market, but this is not happening now. And I am sure that when 2019 comes, we can not expect any changes. The new number in the calendar means nothing

Yes regulations on ICOs will be only a positive thing on the long term. STO will bring the next bullish market season according to many pundits. This will add a negative effect in ICOs at short term but regulated ICOs will attract serious buyers with the time. This won't happen in 6 months and it will take time.

We can think and assume absolutely anything we want. But no one gives any guarantee that in the end the market will behave that way. And tokens are the most complex system

I really think Security tokens will be big in 2019 just like ICO was big last year and early this year. The Sco era will begin 2019 and there will be low quality projects and scam project will be reduced compared to ico era and I believe SCO's will contribute to the next bull run.

It seems to me that the pressure created by the Securities Commission most likely puts it in the framework of the ICO, but in no way helps to get rid of the fraud!

I have read something similar before and i believe it to be the more option come 2019. The coins i invested in the latter part of 2018 are all of companies with existing successful businesses. STO might truly be the future.