I see the thread was quite lively so did another escrow handle it? The last page does not look like it ended well so I wonder what happened.
Your contract might have changed the dev mind about doing an ICO (the true goal being to scam people). This coin was airdropped within a few hours timeframe. Most of it was probably just taken by the dev himself. Once listed on an exchange, the price held for a few days before sinking to the bottom. The dev probably “earned” a few BTC by selling all of his stash during these days, and then disappeared.
Only want to know if I need to keep track of ICO-requests and if I could have done anything to protect potential investors without hurting a legit ICO.
There were no signs of this going the wrong way?
I don't think many people bought this coin. The thread activity was probably generated by the initial beneficiaries of the airdrop, hoping for a pump in order to cash out.
This project smelled fishy to me from the start. The “roadmap” was very very thin, merely a short list with random goals. Every aspect of the project was made very hastily, and without substance. How it would end was written all over it, IMHO.
Anyway, congrats for being so dedicated to prevent scams around here!