You should contact a tax consultant.
I don't think the forum is the right place to get an advice on that matter... (although it's a great forum)

It's completely different situation.
Eth was created as a result of the DAO "hack".

In the btc case, it's a dispute between the developers and the miners.

Can you get back miles as tokens also?

I think the last point (the vesting) is very important. It makes the team more committed.

The biggest drawback of the first point is unexpected events. What happens in case you need more funds than planned?

The DAO tokens are actually very similar to securities so it makes sense.
I don't think it affects other tokens in any way (unless they are like the DAO's...)

I'm not familiar with that wallet but it look like an online wallet.
It's better to use a local wallet (in which you hold the private key), especially till Aug 1st.

What are you talking about?!
Is there anything wrong in my reply?

Creating a simple token is very easy indeed.
But you're missing something - selling the tokens isn't.
Why would people buy your token?

First of all, I hope you have a product with an ecosystem in which the token will be used.

Creating the token = creating a smart contract.

What is crowdsale contract? do you mean legal documents?

Situation 1 sounds like you're selling securities (stocks). You can do that of course but bear that in mind...

Wings.ai is a forecasting platform (and price discovery), while Aragon is a platform to create decentralized organization (voting, stocks, etc..).
This is a rough description of course...

I don't think it's a good strategy to put all your money in the same basket, no matter if it's altcoin or any other investment.
Altcoins are very volatile and risky, but I guess you know that...

It really depends how they were hacked. From what I read someone hacked their FTP server was hacked.

There are many thing you can do, but nothing is certain...
Some examples:
- You should minimize the interfaces to your server as much as possible.
- You should consider publishing the address before the sale.
- You should lock your DNS settings.

I'm guessing you want to buy them with fiat (e.g. USD).
You can buy Bitcoin on Coinbase and then exchange it to your favorite altcoin on any exchange.
I think you can but them directly on Kraken but I never tried it...

 

If the startup keep holding ETH and it falls, then of course he's losing some of its value...

There're numerous ways to deal with that:
1. Exchange some of it to fiat (to develop the product, to pay employees, etc)
2. Exchange some to other coins in order (hopefully) to split the risk between many coins
3. There are hedge funds that help you mitigating with that risk, but of course you pay for it...

But that's definitely an issue for companies and foundations that are raising funds using crowdsales

I agree moat ICOs are going to fail on the long run but it could be exactly the same for blockchains...
It doesn't matter if it's just a coin or a new infrastructure. What matters is the quality of the product and if people are willing to use it.

Maybe...
I think minimum friction is stronger. Moreover, safety ia more a matter of your code than the language you choose.

I'd choose the language I'm most familiar with, and I guess that would be the answer of most people.
In my case it'd be python.

You can try looking at open source projects in the crypto world to estimate which language is the most popular...

How is it different from USDT?

In my opinion, if you're beginner, it's better to learn and understand the market before investing.

After that, I'd suggest investing first in Bitcoin (and hold it).

Good luck!

edit:
I know my answer sounds quite simple and trivial but I think that's the right strategy 

What you did is exactly creating a paper wallet. You don't really have to print it in order to call it a paper wallet
Storing it offline on a pen-drive is the same...

Again, in my opinion is as safe as storing it on hardware wallet like Trezor.