The ICO market is not doing well despite, in all of the measures that were adopted like the KYC on the project team members, third party audit, etc. Because the investors are already doubting on ICO thats why it is going to the limbo For me, the damage is done already many people were already scammed and losing money with those fraudulent ICO's before including myself base on my assessment ICO won't prosper any more in 2020 Although IEO will be more attractive to invest especially if it was done on the popular and big crypto exchange platform like Binance, Okex, etc.

That was the common opinion in this forum about those ICO listing sites and I think it is true, Because base on my experience, not all ICO ranking site is truthful about the information and data that they were provided to the public and because it was a paid listing what can we expect? I think thats the reason why too many ICO was turned into an exit scam.

Your OP has two questions that need to be answered, first question "Is IEO not becoming to be worst than ICO" I think it's not! because IEO is more secure compare to an ICO since the transaction was done inside the crypto-exchange that acts like escrow service. While in ICO the funding transaction was directly sent to the founder's position and without any third party Audit, it is prone to corruption that later on becomes an exit scam. The second question "Any future for bounty hunters?" I think bounty campaigns are here to stay because it is the cheapest form of marketing and advertising strategy. where on earth you can find any advertising agency that accepts a native token without value as a form of payment? all of it was only exists in the forums and other bounty and marketing platforms etc. But we must admit that the budget or allocation in the most bounties nowadays are sinking and also we must face the new normal in our payments scheme because bounty tokens are locked in different periods but depend on the project. ranging from 2-,6 months up to a year.

The point is not all bounty campaigns are honest and paid you on time as they promise during the start of the promotion. remember that they can change the rules anytime as they want to. But I agree at some point doing your own research before you join is the best thing to do to minimize the risk and narrow your choices while picking some quality bounty projects to promote.   

Thats true mate! Most of the bounty campaigns nowadays are just a waste of time and effort. Aside from low budget allocation, it takes months or even a year before getting paid. But some bounty campaigns still paid honestly to its participants like those BTC/ETH paid campaigns. IMO, it was only 0.5 percent out of 100 bounty campaigns that will be paid you accordingly others were just empty promises. Thats why choosing the right bounty campaign is a tough job to do. Just keep believing in what you are doing I'm sure it will be done smoothly. 

Base on the price data that you shared, you're already losing big so what's the difference if you sell it now, are you still hoping that the waves price will return to its previous ATH, The decision still yours if you want to sell your waves so that you can buy Ethereum why not, otherwise it is a good coin other than Bitcoin. Wave's team is not doing a good marketing strategy the platform was too silent nowadays.

Well, it's highly possible to reach that price early the $250/eth was easy to achieve. As we see today it was already stabilized at the current price of $214/eth and I believe soon it will break that support. there was a lot of speculation that is circulating about this current market activity. and it has many considerable factors that might be driving this trend, for others maybe the upcoming Bitcoin Halving event or even the Ethereum 2.0 update, etc. but who knows there's more. 

IMO, the market cap of any particular crypto project/platform is just a "confidence booster" for its users/investors and it is not portrayed the whole status of any crypto project or company. for me what matters most is the productivity of the platform and its ability to create a demand for its product and services offered to its clients. But we must admit all of those platforms like Coinmarketcap/CoinGecko etc. are very useful for gathering data and information for all available cryptocurrency as you wish.

You know mate, you should stop comparing bitcoin to other cryptocurrencies because in the first place it is incomparable in many aspects. Bitcoin as a pioneering cryptocurrency has done through many tests and trials through the years while those new cryptocurrencies have not. Every cryptocurrency platform has a purpose so it's better not to compare each other except those copycats. and thats what my opinion. 

Scammers are everywhere and waiting for the perfect time to devour its victim. I also experience this kind of problem in one of the popular exchange. someone approach me regarding my deposit problem when the cryptocurrency that I was deposited has not arrived in my exchange wallet I been waiting for a minute and he asks me to deposit more in other wallets address so that it will be credited. but I refused to do it because I've found out that it was a scammer that pretending to be an admin.

Well, thanks for sharing mate, But this is not the first time that I was seeing a warning OP like this. In my opinion, it makes sense that before you invest in cryptocurrency-related investment, It's better to keep in mind that it was a risky type of investment, and anytime you could lose some of your hard-earned money if you didn't do the right thing. In that case, everyone should always ready whatever happens next. 

For me, it doesn't matter if the project was a coin or token base the more important is how it will be used in the real world to create demand for its coin/token. It should be unique has an edge to the existing platforms. Any project can transfer to its main network later on after the entire platform was developed including the working product or services to offer. 

Just make sure that your tokenized project is legitimate and useful to the community. I'm sure many top tier exchange will list your token, I recommend BIKI, Probit Kucoin, etc. I think those crypto exchanges are not hard to approach when it comes to token listing. compare to Binance, Houbi, Okex, etc. your token should be cleared in all forms of fraudulent data like a plagiarized whitepaper, anonymous team members unrealistic return of investment, etc.

I notice it too but still, I don't convince yet that the recent price spike was related to the upcoming Bitcoin halving, the market should return to its previous state of $300+ Billion MarketCap so that it will more convincing for now, I'll be in watch mode and continue to monitor the market price movement who knows in the following days there will be a more convincing price movement.  

I think there is a misinterpretation about it. I'm a Binance user from 2017 until now and what I observe is most of the time pump and dump is normal on any project that was listed in Binance. during the first day of listing was very exciting because the price continued to pump and then dump on another day. for me thats normal, if those project was offering an ICO or even IEO since those investors are selling their coins/tokens so no exchange can guarantee that there was no dump after listing even the top exchange like Binance.

Are you serious with that information? "collecting your data and then selling it to publishers." question: what kind of data did you mean? I think thats weird if those users do not know that trick. Just imagine it has three million users that might be lost if that unlawful selling of data was exposed and also it can damage their reputation, By doing such thing It doesn't make sense to me. It's better to choose another Gaming platform that observes privacy and protects its user's data. I think there's plenty of gaming Dapps in the market that we use. I was only basing my opinion on your OP so correct me if I'm wrong.

That was a shallow joke, by no other than the Ripple CEO itself. But cryptocurrency mining has indeed used a lot of energy then what? for me it was the part of the economics, Manufacturer builds mining machines, and Miners buys it, to mine cryptocurrency then sell those cryptocurrencies to pay those electricity bills and all were part of the cycle in the crypto industry. My suggestion is instead of using electricity from fossil fuel power plants why not use electricity from renewable energy sources if possible.

Thats good news to hear, it means thats the tech giant like Samsung has recognized the potentials of the crypto industry. And thats the reason why Samsung was very supportive to our beloved industry. And it is also possible that other tech giants will follow too hopefully, I believe Samsung was doing a great job by supporting the crypto industry because it can bring changes to our current centralized global financial system. 

When the time that I was venturing into the crypto-space the first cryptocurrency exchange that I used is Kucoin. During that time I was participated at an ICO project and later on it was listed on Kucoin exchange and I find Kucoin was friendly, reliable and safe but not as popular and big like Binance. But still, it has a large volume of traders. My opinion about those new partnerships is simple it's not bad at all even those platforms are not popular as long as it was legitimate I think it is not a problem. Kucoin should avoid those "unclear partnerships" to prevent the same incident as the Kucoin Play misunderstanding. 

Yes mate your observation is correct, back then many ICO's are using those lines "Soon to be listed ****" that was misleading. Because most of the popular cryptocurrency exchange has required the *NDA protocol or (Non-disclosure Agreement) meaning if that project is not yet confirmed to list on that exchange. Then they are not authorized to share any of such information. Because they are prohibited to disclose any information without any finality of everything.