ODBcoin, the first "Icon Token" becomes available to buy in the Initial Artist Offering starting
Dec 1st, using USD, BTC, ETH, or TAO to buy during the initial sale. Once that closes in the beginning of next year, ODBcoin and the future Icon Tokens like it will ONLY be available to trade for Tao.
In future, Icon Tokens will be issued as tokens on the Tao blockchain, just as ICO tokens have been issued mainly on Ethereum's blockchain. Trading of Icon Tokens will
only happen through the Tao market (Tao as base of the trading pair) just as most altcoin trading has always used BTC as the base for trading pairs.
Those two things individually are the main use cases for BTC and ETH that gave them their perceived value and are the main drivers of their price.
The AltMarket and Tao are designed to recreate BOTH of those characteristics -- base of trading pair for alts + being the host blockchain for tokens. Unlike the mostly vaporware Ethereum ICOs, the Icon Tokens are "backed" by the celebrity of the artist. Like Wu Tang Clan/Young Dirty backing ODBcoin, or like Jimi Hendrix coin in the future, etc.
And yes, an officially licensed Jimi Hendrix coin will be happening.
Get it yet? Clocks ticking if you don't.