I think it depends on how we define success, really. Is a ICO successful just because its price increased? Or because it shows signs of adoption? Or because there is public awareness of it?

These are all very different things. And success in one area does not always translate to another.

Anyone know who the hodlonaut is here on BitcoinTalk? That space cat is my hero!

I've been hearing good things about this particular TV show. I think it will be called "Cryptos" and will have sort of "product placement" ads in it from some of the big boys. It will be exciting to see who has the money to pay these guys!

I don't think ICOs are dying.

I think they are hibernating.  

Once we have some regulatory clarity and some decent projects have had some success raising money for utility tokens again (look at BitTorrent, ya know, I mean I know we can't all have the backing of CZ and Justin "The GOAT" Sun, but it does offer a glimmer of hope) then we will see more mature organizations looking to raise via utility token offerings.

In this manner, we may not want to call it an ICO anymore. I think the phase of early-stage no-product-just-a-dream ICOs has come and gone. But I think there's definitely a space for real businesses to raise money via utility token offerings for specific products without having to sacrifice equity.

I can see a future where a company does a mini-raise (<$5m) via STO to fund a cool idea, develops it... does an ICO (utility token raise for <$15m) to onboard users and encourage network effects)... then does follow-on STO offerings. That to me is where we are going. All fundraising in the future will be token-based and digitally writ on the blockchain. It's just a better way.

We'll get there, but it'll take some time.

I'm gonna steal this idea!

As a father of a 2yo, I have the goal of giving her 1 BTC to start with. But reading your comment I just realized that with each additional milestone I can give her sats for reward. This is great!