Likely a Pump and Dump, if something goes up in value by an irrational amount and there's low volume then its likely a Pump and dump. And no if you see this happen its best to ignore it, I think U.CASH right now is PnD'd, the volume is about 1MM which is not a lot for a coin with a billion marketcap.

In a fast moving market like crypto it can pay to check if this is the case. Some crypto's might go X in usd value on exchange launch but the BTC or ETH price stays the same or is lower than the ICO.

I think most people who panic sold also bought above 15k. Lot of newbies have come into crypto with high hopes, they have immediatly gone trough some of the most severe crashes in crypto, personally this was my first major crash aswell but since I came in exactly when China FUD happened I didn't let it bother me that much.

TIP:

Dollar cost average in, you're less focused on the price that way and don't have the headaches of the wild swings that BTC goes trough. That is ofcourse if you believe it will go up longterm

Guess you will be suprised when I say almost every other IoTblockchain -dag company.

Looks interesting but registration already closed, so we'll see.

So is Litecoin? Whoever made this just wants to profit over even stupider people than him/herself.

step 1. Make a token on waves blockchain (takes 1 minute)
step 2. Go on Bitcointalk and say that its cheaper and faster
step 3. Sell it on the exchange to people stupid enough to buy it
step 4. Profit

I kind of avoid ICOs rambling about debit/credit cards, they're often a little scammy and shady. I know certain companies are building infrastructure for blockchain and are also working on debit cards, I'll buy one from there instead of going trough an ICO. But no I've never seen anyone actually use one, I have heard about it but meh.. I'm not that interested for now.

You fucking people never learn, another lending program. These threads should be banned.

I think this belongs in the speculation section.

Everyone is basically the targeted audience, most of the early birds we're in it for political and ideological reasons. But BTC is a P2P electronic cash system (If LN will finally arrive), Peer 2 Peer means basically everyone.
If BTC gets any marketing its from entrepreneurs and evanglists that want people to know about or/and understand Bitcoin.

I think your question doesn't make a whole lot of sense and I think you can agree if you'd do a bit of research on what Bitcoin is, you probably would have figured it out yourself. So not sure if you're just randomly asking questions to get a postcount or are actually sincere, cause if you are sincere. Do some research first.

They might be big in volume, but I think Telegram might be a scam so becarefull and Tradove is a dead platform with an ERC-20 token. I don't get why they don't just integrate LTC, ETH, BTC, BCH, DASH, XRP etc.
Oh yeah, no millions of dollars in ICO funds... ah!

Chinese blockchain startups can only go trough private placement, some Chinese investor groups are: LinkCapital and some others I can't remember the name.

If you really want to reach Chinese investors that aren't accredited I hear they use telegram a lot but you're likely to just get banned.

I suggest you first work on a prototype or MVP so you have something to show for during the ICO. Honestly it kinda bothers me when you say: ''I already have an idea and a reputable team'' and to be quite honest, from that sentence alone it seems like the ICO is the product and not the other way around. If you really want a succesfull ICO, don't go the bounty route it really doesn't add much of value and only causes spam caused by bounty hunters and anoyance. Also MVP is important.

The word FUD should be ''banned'', this is critisiscm and my sincere opinion. Its like people plug up their ears and shout LALALALLA! whenever someone has something to say that isn't in alignment with the agenda's of everyone.

Can you give me the name of your company? I will know to avoid your ICO.


Also there are companies you can hire to advise and help you plan your ICO, if you want a succesfull one I suggest you take that route. Goodluck.

Bitcoin, Universa, Ethereum, and IoTChain.

They raised 29M, not 100M. Also 20k tps is impressive if the network is also secure, cause I doubt much of the ICOs that are promising 1million tps will be secure enough to actually operate.
Not sure how its a moneygrab aswell, they are beating my expectations. The CEO has been networking very well and just released some potent news. I'll be sitting on it for a good while anyway. Plus loads of people opted for waiting on the mainnet tokens, which means they are willing to wait whatever time necessary before they receive those, doesn't seem very money greedy to me.

And be honest. Isn't like almost every ICO a money grab when people are just looking to flip it for 10x-50x-100x returns in the shortest span possible? Isn't that the point of investing? Making a return? Why do you think that spreadsheet of Ian Ballina is so popular? Because people think he picks great companies? No, they just want the same success by copying him.

First of all, really funny story. Enjoyed it

Second, you're absolutely right. I don't know if you heard about that guy Ian Ballina? He made some good money on ICOs and has this spreadsheet where he lists ICOs he wants to invest in and rates them (100%-0%).
Seems like people are going nuts over his little excel sheet though, everyone wants to copy him to maximalize profit, I even noticed that ICOs he gets into that it actually boosts the price... like.. seriously? You think he has some magic ability? He got in at the right time and he bought tons of ICOs, and we all know now. In 2017 you could have picked almost anything and made gains (even confido pumped to 60 cents after reaching 0.00$)

But ofcourse there are going to be extra-ordinaire winners, he also missed ICOs doing 10x on exchange launch. Its more a gamble than actual science.

And yes tons of ICOs just pay for press, don't know if the community actually realises that? Partnerships are hyped aswell even though people clearly have misconceptions of what it can mean to be a partner.
Seems like there's a genuine gold rush going on and people don't really care, aslong as the profits are there. Can't blame them, I'm doing somewhat the same.

But from an investors perspective, there are so MANY ICOs, its actually hard to find a good and decent ICO, tons of calender sites and once you find a good one you realise its already sold out! But people want to take profit really fast, they don't want to wait 1-3 years till the project is actually finished and can get marketed to the audience. Most companies/projects don't even make it to the age of 5..

And if you want quick profits, you're not going to invest in some obscure ICO no 1 cares about, there are some really good projects people ignore purely because it can't do that 10x within a week/month like they are used to.
And the ICO space is only attracting more attention from companies/consumers alike, so don't expect it to end anytime soon. (being a pageant contest)

Yes, I'm FUDDing all the IOTA threads. No thats a joke but I do have serious critisicm towards IOTA but I find IoT a very interesting industry, I do hold a stake in IoTChain and am looking at another IoT company. I think IoTChain will be a few years before it makes any 'absurd' returns though but its nice to see some progress.

Its not absolute but it shouldn't be discarded entirely. I use TA myself for entries and exits but I sure don't daytrade, TA just isn't everything but it isn't nothing.

I think LaLaWorld tries the same thing, but I'm not exactly sure what the point of these banks or being your personal bank is. Is my Nano Ledger S a bank? I mean I store my money in it, thats basically functionallity number 1 of a bank. The financial services, I can get those elsewhere besides banks.

Well anyone here is probably just going to say whatever they have in their portfolio, I'll try my best to give an subjectively objective answer though:
I'd lose IOTA personally, because I think this whole business reeks like fish and I don't trust the devs to actually be capable with this. (most projects fail because of the team, IOTA will be a good example)

I think the rest are fine though. Take my IOTA remarks with a pinch of salt though as I'm in no way qualified to tell you what to keep and what to hold. But do your research into it a bit and make up your mind.