Is it normal for ICO prices to drop once they're listed on the exchange?

[JohnnyScience]

So it seems a lot of ICO's are running with $1 per coin during the ICO - but then dropping well below that price once they're listed on an exchange.

Is this a normal thing for an ICO at least initially while they're working on getting their project fully operational?

Are they setting the $1-$2 a coin so they can make sure they're fully funded to get the project started and on it's way vs trying to sell shares for pennies or dimes?

But why wouldn't the price of an ICO hold at what that price was?  Just because initial founders are dumping their coins to get some cash out and forcing the hand/price to go down based on supply & demand?

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[JohnnyScience]

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[jjdub7]

Yes, this happens very often, due those two reason:

1. Bounty hunters are dropping their tokens instantly after they get it without looking at price

2. ICO have mid-to-low success and people don't want to buy token until they see some project development.

[SONG GEET]

ICO set their token price as they wish because there is no rule or guide on that. Many ICO tokens can get dumped when listed because of different reasons like if there was pre-ICO before offering 50%+ discount, lots of tokens distributed to bounty participants, There is not much development after ICO etc.

SO yes it is possible but there are also few tokens whose price shoot by more than 2x just after one day of listing

[AshCoins]

From my experience the ones that tanked after the ICO are generally the overly hyped ones with huge bounty campaigns and/or bonus structures like Monetha and Kickcoin.   The under the radar projects with verifiable businesses and teams generally go up after the ICO as people start to learn about them after they hit the market.

[farproc]

So it seems a lot of ICO's are running with $1 per coin during the ICO - but then dropping well below that price once they're listed on an exchange.

Is this a normal thing for an ICO at least initially while they're working on getting their project fully operational?

Are they setting the $1-$2 a coin so they can make sure they're fully funded to get the project started and on it's way vs trying to sell shares for pennies or dimes?

But why wouldn't the price of an ICO hold at what that price was?  Just because initial founders are dumping their coins to get some cash out and forcing the hand/price to go down based on supply & demand?

Yes, many whales are involved on presale, they have discounts ranging from 10 to 100 %! when listing on a exchange, they record a profit due to discounts received on presale! so the price goes down

[texasman86]

I've seen soooo many ICOs dump after launched on exchange. Have even seen ICOs on exchange with a lower price than an ICO in progress - I remember buying Centra at a 20% discount on etherdelta while the ICO sale was going on.  That was fun haha

[JanEmil]

Founders, Developers, Advisory team and bonus hunters drop the coins to get $$$. Then they buy ethereum and take another ICO round.

[404Revolution]

I've seen soooo many ICOs dump after launched on exchange. Have even seen ICOs on exchange with a lower price than an ICO in progress - I remember buying Centra at a 20% discount on etherdelta while the ICO sale was going on.  That was fun haha

But have you ever seen an ico increase in value when its ico tokens are released?

Watching electroneum when ico funds release in a few hours. Its a great project, I think it will recover fine from its dip.

[asayoyaasa]

normal thing, some of em want to make fast profit, so they just sell their token at whatever price at market. Presale, discount price, bounty hunter, airdrops user, this can make that thing happend

[CryptoMao]

Bounty hunters, block investors, early investors who got a better price than the ICO price looking to book some profit. It's fairly normal with stocks as well if there's no lock-in period.

[shiningstar]

So it seems a lot of ICO's are running with $1 per coin during the ICO - but then dropping well below that price once they're listed on an exchange.

Is this a normal thing for an ICO at least initially while they're working on getting their project fully operational?

Are they setting the $1-$2 a coin so they can make sure they're fully funded to get the project started and on it's way vs trying to sell shares for pennies or dimes?

But why wouldn't the price of an ICO hold at what that price was?  Just because initial founders are dumping their coins to get some cash out and forcing the hand/price to go down based on supply & demand?

This happen a lot because the ico offer bonus that lowered the token price and there are bounty hunters that get their token for free so the price doesn't matter for them. Another reason is the ico oversold and because of that it's hard to generate demand after being listed at the exchange because most people already buy from ico.

[vltnqefi]

In general, buy the price after leaving the hands are normal ups and downs.
However, it is not possible to exclude the malicious manipulation of altcoin by some bookmakers. The phenomenon is almost everywhere in the blockchain world. Therefore, you need a good judgment, after all, no regret.

[saint_casanova]

So it seems a lot of ICO's are running with $1 per coin during the ICO - but then dropping well below that price once they're listed on an exchange.

Is this a normal thing for an ICO at least initially while they're working on getting their project fully operational?

Are they setting the $1-$2 a coin so they can make sure they're fully funded to get the project started and on it's way vs trying to sell shares for pennies or dimes?

But why wouldn't the price of an ICO hold at what that price was?  Just because initial founders are dumping their coins to get some cash out and forcing the hand/price to go down based on supply & demand?

Yes, some ICO doesn't hold up the hype if the ICO take too much time so investor tries to cut the loss.

[lolchina]

Yes it is since a lot of early investors are there only because of the profit and not because they bellive in it and they are ussualy the first ones that dump it as soon coin hits a market.Then they took that profit and invest in other ico and start the same thing over again.Most of the icos bring fast and sure profit over few months of investment period and some of them give huge profits like stratis did

[RoommateAgreement]

yes it is very common and it is a logical thing to happen too.
when something is listed on an exchange that means people are capable of selling it now. and they will surely sell and at the same time, there are less people willing to buy it either because they know the dump is going to happen or see it happening and wait for a lower price. whatever their reason, the result is the same. there is more sells than there are buys so the price drops at first.

later after this dumping phase was over, if the project is decent it will rise and go higher than the initial value. if it is not, then it will have a small recovery and then drop some more.

[MV7]

Yes, it's quite normal because bounty hunters and early buyers who get a large discount, are likely to take the profits and run. Decentraland (mana) is doing quite well now, but when it was first listed on bittrex, it dumped quite a bit. Also depends on marketing after the ICO

[helin9108]

Yes it is normal that price of any coin dumps after listing on exchanges because bounty stake holders and the big investor who got good coins  with huge bonus will sell their coins for fast cash and book their profit. and if the project have really good future , its might be possible the coin can rise after and I have seen the first coine, GVT coin which rose more that 8x after ICO.

[jorneyflair]

So it seems a lot of ICO's are running with $1 per coin during the ICO - but then dropping well below that price once they're listed on an exchange.

Is this a normal thing for an ICO at least initially while they're working on getting their project fully operational?

Are they setting the $1-$2 a coin so they can make sure they're fully funded to get the project started and on it's way vs trying to sell shares for pennies or dimes?

But why wouldn't the price of an ICO hold at what that price was?  Just because initial founders are dumping their coins to get some cash out and forcing the hand/price to go down based on supply & demand?

It's obviously a common occurrence. ICOs are always a gamble and there is no guarantee whatsoever that the price of what you buy is going to go up in the future, and for tokens to go down because of speculation is definitely possible.

Initial founders cashing out could be one reason, definitely. Especially for a crappy ICO project.

But otherwise it's just supply/demand. If people don't see the project going anywhere they are more likely to dump their tokens for a loss, for the readily accessible cash.

[tevez_86]

it's very normal for prices to drop. you'll find that most bounty holders will drop which in turn drops the price but you tend to find people that have been following the projects then buy in at low prices and look at holding longer term until the prices stabilise.