First, STO stands for Security Token Offering in which investors owns shares in the project. Secondly, till date I have not seen any successful STO (I stand to be corrected), they come with the hype but ends up falling could be that investors are not interested or they find the other type of token offering to be better, that is IEO. Also, since STO has not be successful till date, I doubt if ever it will as even the IEO model is gradually lossing it's hype, if at all there is any (hype) remaining.

Utility? Does that still work? Maybe it might have worked before but nowadays, most project's team, their aim is to make money, some can manage to list to justify their investors and whichever way, once they are listed if at all they will, it ends there. Many projects today don't care about that word and it is alarming; we shout about mass adoption but the projects which are to set it in motion are busy filling their pockets, am not stating mass adoption won't be actualised but first there is needed for the utility of these tokens to be upheld.
Only a few are really trying to make sure their token have utility but more needs to join.

I think the best person to answer this question is the team or the bounty manager can get information from the team and give updates on why everything seems quiet. However it might be justifiable to say that most projects are slowing down developments or are quiet because of the current pandemic. Therefore before assuming it's scam or a failed project, get the neccessary information from the team.

I do not know if you have actually invested or not but if you are yet to I would suggest you visit coinmarketcap and stick to top 50 at least. The virus disrupting everywhere now is not making things easy for anyone so instead of taking risks with upcoming projects it is better to invest in the ones which have already been developed, have good team and still improving. On this note, if I am to suggest, then ETH, BNB and ADA are good; you are still welcome to do yours.

I thought Facebook Libra has been stopped not that I even took it serious, nevertheless on the case of Tether, investing in it doesn't come with any profit because it doesn't grow that means it is a stablecoin. The use of Tether is because of its nature which is to keep or secure funds from being dealt with by bear market, even though there is a bull run it still does not affect Tether in any way. Also, Tether is not bad because it has an advantage which is mostly seen and appreciated during bear market.

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ICO projects really came with loads and loads of issues and you just pointed out one of their issues, with this method the team or rather scammers can just create a telegram group, website and the scamming begins, literally they didn't put in more resources but most times leaves with huge amount of money. Nevertheless, good a thing the ICO model is no more and in the case of IEO, reputable exchanges tends to accept the good projects.

Although many new projects always say good things about their project or have good ideas but when it come to developing the idea into real products and services the issue of negligence comes in, nevertheless, I think there can always be an exemption. Your team can change status quo if they stick to their development and roadmap, because in the crypto space, starting a project, bringing out the working products and continuing improvement is some of the steps that make a project valuable; hope your team will followup till the end.

To be frank I was first uncomfortable with the title, I think the best thing is, why are there many scammers or fraudsters in telegram? Telegram is never associated with scammers just that scammers are always after places with huge opportunities such as telegram. In telegram are many scammers just like in other social media accounts and whether on telegram or not, there is huge reasons to be careful, mind the people you chat with and many more because there are clones of real people.

In as much as anyone can hardly predict the crypto space but to an extent, a thing or two can be said about some projects. In the case of Trust wallet, it is a good wallet from a good team and owing to its innovative nature led to a huge community. On the other hand, as the token is anticipated to be listed on Binance, many things comes to mind and one is, good use case backed by hype will be in place which will be a good thing that will drive the price at the mean time. Since it already have a good community that believes in it, further token value will then depend on the team and their ideas.

This is true that most projects which later scammed once had good whitepaper, potential use case etc which make me most of the times fancy IEOs on top exchanges as the rate of exit scam is little to none. Nevertheless, what can we do than to increase our study skills, learning from how others were able to scam even when seen as good projects and using it as a basis to learn more about others. Also, another way most people tend to follow is waiting till the project is listed on good exchanges. However, in all sincerity, it is hard knowing how to spot scam projects because humans can't be predicted so at all times be watchful.

No it is not cheating and to the best of my knowledge both the team and the bounty manager have the right to add, remove or change the rules the way it pleases them, at least it is rightly stated on the bounty thread. With this change in rules happening often and on, I think it is better the person allows himself to be flexible and be open to any change in rules whenever it comes so that he won't end up working and lose all at the end because he couldn't meet up with the new rules.

The simple answer is bounty since you have the opportunity to participate in various campaigns, that is to say, the more campaigns you participate in the more reward you will get. Also know that, just like in Airdrops were one need to check the project to know if it is worth participating in or promoting, same is applicable in bounty, you will need to check it to make sure you won't waste your time.

People do so maybe when their expectations weren't met at all, not even half of it or if the team aren't passing Information to the entire users on the latest achievements, upgrades etc; it could be for a number of reasons and most of the times they are right. Most team are just not serious and will use every given opportunity to shift blames thus when bear market starts they shift the blame without doing anything to keep the users active let alone working on their project which leads to lose of interest from the users thus further decrease in price of the platform's token.

Crypto experts? The same ones who have been giving different predictions on several coins which never worked? What if it doesn't go as planned, who are we going to blame? Since we aren't going to blame them then it is wise to make every investment based on our own research and due diligence. My own point of view, for Stellar (XLM), yes it is a top coin and worthy for holding as well but however we ought to know the crypto space is filled with panic, uncertainty etc which makes it unpredictable so let's endeavour to check all risks before taking to heart what the experts said about it.

Every investment comes with its own risks and that's the truth of it, no matter how attractive the benefits are, always ensure to make your research about the project. Crypto.com used to be known as Monaco and it has been around for some time and still active, with a decent volume and occupying a position on the top 100 on coinmarketcap at least shows the project is legit. Nevertheless, if you want to invest, make sure to carryout your due diligence to know if it suits you, and lastly it's listed on top exchanges.

In addition to all you have said which is of course true, most people hardly tell newbies or those showing interest of joining the crypto space the truth or rather the reality of things on ground.  They might have different reasons but that doesn't cut the fact that, the risks etc that exists within the crypto space must be told. Most people join with different expectations and when it is not met are quick to say funny things which points to the fact, they lacked adequate knowledge. So at every point in time, in our own little ways lets make sure the risks etc of the crypto space is being explained this will go a long way in keeping them safe from scams, pump and dump coins etc. Lastly explaining what exists in the crypto space will increase their urge to learn more thus leading to more learning.

This is a joke to be sincere and I wonder what the creator is aiming to achieve with such token. First the name shows something is off, like how can someone without a Chinese background pronounce it, then followed by the supply which is really nothing to write home about. Since you stated you just received the coin, I would implore you to just ignore and count it as a joke , it has no future and won't go anywhere. Seriously, anyone thinking of investing is only but harming himself.

You just stated the whole truth, there are many projects doing this every now and then because they have come to understand that once most investors sees they have already started working on something they will invest with the hope that the project will continue working and improving but it always doesn't workout well. Nowadays we see projects which accesses enough funding from public sale, only to end up having very terrible volume with nothing absolutely to account for, meaning they abandoned everything. Thus showing that, only a very few number of projects starts something, get funding and still continues; if only many are truthfully working on the idea they started with, the blockchain world would have gone far, nevertheless blockchain will continue growing.

The first and main idea of blockchain is decentralization, that is, users are in charge of their details and so forth, centralization on the other hand goes against this idea, hence users are still at the mercy of these platforms, if their funds isn't stolen by the platform (in some cases though), it gets hacked etc. Hence, i agree with you totally, these centralized wallets should be avoided at all cost because it reduces security of assets which is also the same reason it is not safe to save assets on centralized exchanges. As for me, there is a greater feeling that comes with being in charge of your assets and knowing that no one monitors it apart from you.