Can US Citizens Participate in ICOs???

[Teraboy]

It looks like you have a lot of good answers already.

Basically, a lot of ICOs exclude Chinese, Singaporean, and US citizens due to regulations and laws.
There is the option of using an escrow service, but then you would have to factor in the price to use that service.
This will significantly alter the cost per coin/token that you invest in.

With that being said, let me give you some quick advice on icos:

Avoid them.

I know it is tempting to jump in on one in hopes that you can get astronomical returns later, but just peruse the forums and you will get a general idea that most people lose money through icos or the returns aren't nearly a good as just putting money into bitcoin.
There is a sort of ICO bubble now where there are just too many.
Too many projects with not enough investors along with many icos going into the same sector with way too much competition.

Nowadays, you can easily get an ico coin for the ico price or even lower a couple weeks after it hits exchanges, much safer and wiser.

But i just seen the icos that doesn't really care about the sec regulation about the ico definition. As you can see there are some project that based on US that still runs the ico to get a lot of fund and they are only try to preventing US investors to participate in there. But i just curious there are some that allowed US investors to participate too.

[Kingtmb]

If I invested in an utility token ICO without knowing the US regulations, what should be done? I transferred ether, but haven't received any actual tokens from the ICO yet.

[shaun98]

US Citizens are not allowed to participate in the majority of ICO's. US citizens may participate in ICO's which does not require KYC as all the participant needs to do is change their IP address to a country which is permitted to join.

[Crown1]

Unfortunately, American citizens and Chinese citizens are not allowed to participate in ICO most of the time, but you can buy a VPN, so you can do ICO with foreign IP.

[Fundalini]

Depends on the ICO. Some choose to be unregulated so as a result, US citizens cannot participate. However, there are projects who chose the be regulated and undergo legal procedures like Opporty--a US based company. The team is solid and the rating is high in ico reviews. You might want to check out the project, just see my signature below  

[stefany101]

Everyone in this forum is eligible to join ICO's but some bounty has the rank requirements to join their campaings. As long as you know how to obey rules and regulations of the ICO you are going to apply , all of us our eligible.

[RondoAnyar]

Depends on the ICO. Some choose to be unregulated so as a result, US citizens cannot participate. However, there are projects who chose the be regulated and undergo legal procedures like Opporty--a US based company. The team is solid and the rating is high in ico reviews. You might want to check out the project, just see my signature below  

For now America has not allowed citizens to participate in ico. but I do not yet know the new rules that apply in ico if citizens can participate in ico. it would be fun for american citizens

[francojon]

Can US Citizens Participate in ICOs???

Most of the ICO launchers would love to allow US citizens to invest. The problem is that the regulations make it very difficult to be compliant and the agencies in USA tend to bully the business unless they strictly align with their views. Is you live in the USA, just ask your representatives to change the law.

[liangweicha]

The U.S. and Chinese citizens are no longer allowed to participate in ICO, and South Korea may also ban its citizens from the ICO, which is becoming increasingly unfriendly.

[bvg96634]

for us citizens are not allowed to participant. some ico's also allowed some ico's are not allowed be careful with that. check before joining.

[Road445]

ICO market for United States citizens are not friendly, now a citizen of the United States cannot through KYC verification, but China also is such, want to attend the ICO can only buy KYC information on the black market, so it increases the risk.

[iL_P4driNo]

Can US Citizens Participate in ICOs???

Not all of them. In fact, only few ICOs are accepting US investors with severe rules. You can find this information in their WP or by asking the team.

[grek_al]

ICO market for United States citizens are not friendly, now a citizen of the United States cannot through KYC verification, but China also is such, want to attend the ICO can only buy KYC information on the black market, so it increases the risk.

I also heard that Singapore does not allow citizens to participate in ICO. This is often found in the conditions of companies where there is a KYC verification

[Applechild]

just gone through a whitepaper few minutes ago and it said US citizens are not allowed to participate and i was just thinking about it, to at least know why it is so. for now many are still on the no option for US

[rehydrogenated]

Why do you think so many ICO coins go through the moon after the ICO? It is because US citizens can't participate in the ICO, but it is easy for them to buy off the exchange after the ICO.

The US government is #1 at having no clue how technology works and #1 at protecting its banks - at the expense if its citizens.

[anhlandibo12]

I find ICOs very difficult to work in countries such as the USA and Mexico, and there are a number of ICOs that do not allow citizens in these countries to participate in their bounty because it affects the development of the ICO. But ICOs I recently participated in are welcome all citizens of the country so you feel free to participate in offline.

[happy9z]

What about if I am a citizen in USA, I also a citizen in VietNam?

[LeroyBro]

What about if I am a citizen in USA, I also a citizen in VietNam?

Depends on the ICO, of course. So you'll have to double check if they allow certain IPs only or what.

[brokkoly]

I have seen many times the rule that US citizens can not participate in sales of ICO, but at the same time I have seen many ICO, registered in the US. Those. In the USA, it's possible to making ICO, but it's restricted to participate their citizens   

[Lindazz]

I have seen many times the rule that US citizens can not participate in sales of ICO, but at the same time I have seen many ICO, registered in the US. Those. In the USA, it's possible to making ICO, but it's restricted to participate their citizens   

I have seen many ICO projects from the American team.
However, these programs are not open to American citizens, which is an interesting phenomenon.