Will ICO die in 2018?

[teleskopta]

ICO will not die in 2018, ICO became successful in 2017 so why not in 2018, the problem is that there are some people who entered the cryptoworld without any knowledge of the system,  they want to earn some so that they made some scams

[Waqas vicky]

I think most of the ICO's will be dead in 2018,
But the real one will give you great profit but you have to wait.

[rudolfaxl]

I don't believe that the ICOs will die. But I know why I see more and more such questions. This is associated with a general drop in people's interest in crypto. The bitcoin stopped growing and people stopped paying attention to it. I'm confident that as soon as bitcoin begins to grow, the influx of people into crypto and ICOs will increase.

[zxcsk1983]

The number of ICOS is increasing every day at this time and 2018 will clearly exceed the year 2017, which was recognized as the "year  of ICO". I think this trend will continue in 2019

[Pom_bensin]

in 2018 ico will still be the best for cryptocurrency, we should be more calm. ico will still continue to run in 2018 and in some time to come. now a lot of emerging ico they compete offers the best concept to serve as an attraction for investors.

[Crypto-capitalist]

The number of ICOS is increasing every day at this time and 2018 will clearly exceed the year 2017, which was recognized as the "year  of ICO". I think this trend will continue in 2019

I hope situation will stabilize on the level of 2018 year. Because if number of ICO will increase - it will be hell for investors).

[Jiren]

ICO dying in 2018 is unlikely because with it's successfull run in 2017 it will likely be doing that again in 2018. With the sudden rise of popularity of ICO may cause of more ICOs to come but i think with more ICOs to come there will be some fraud ICOs along with it that meant to scam. So 2018 will be a challenging year for them but as they continue on what they will be doing, I'm sure that they can get through it.

[martabaktelor]

Yes in fact there are a lot of scammers and fraudster in ICO project, but I believe that this industry would get better by projects that really blows up to the surface and give good return and trust. We will see this as a good momentum for ICO industry.

[nguyenthicamtu]

I think that ICO will not die. May be some countries will not accept it, see it as stock but many other development countries all welcome it and it will grow even further

[adizero]

There are no reason that ICO will die in 2018. They will kept on growing and developing into huge industry in the future, 2018 is the beginning of their breakthrough and the momentum of ICO industry.

[seek4dream]

I don't see any reason why ICO will die in 2018.
Of course there will be many differences in ICOs this year.
There won't be so much hype. ICOs won't be able to reach high cap easily.
It is not bad at all.

[Bunk67]

NO nothing will happen to ICO

[leviathon]

Unless there is some regulation brought into the ICO market I think they are going to die soon. As they are dirtying the crypto world with so many scams running freely. Just recently there was an exit scam of $660 million. Thats a really huge amount and it isn't fine that so much money was lost.

[conectumico]

In my opinion, the concept of ICO's is great, but the way they are implemented is not.

From a traditional startup financing standpoint - ICO's are like seed money, but with the responsibilities of going public.

Investing in an early startup, especially in one that doesn't have a sales track-record or any financial records at all, is risky. There are no guarantees that there will be a market for the product, that clients will be buying the product and so forth. Those are just external factors. If we take into account internal ones too - management competency, financial management, team abilities to work together etc., the risk gets even bigger. Therefore we don't see millions of dollars floating to these sort of startups - they first have to prove that they can be profitable at first. This is the seed stage - where the startup gets enough money for market validation and to develop a good-enough product. After that, you have other rounds of investments that help the startup grow step-by-step.

In the case of most ICOs, startups raise sums of money that are needed for the entire development and management of the company. There are no 1st, 2nd... rounds of investments that allow for a smaller risk for the investors (and smaller gains too), it's an instant home run.

From a VC standpoint that's just insane - how can a seed-stage company raise money for a 3-4years period? And in currencies that are unstable - how can they be sure they will have enough money in case of sudden devaluation?

On the other hand, ICOs are just miraculous for companies with great ideas and lack of access to funding. Also, it's a faster way of raising money than any traditional way. And if it's done right - it helps build a strong community around the product.

In my personal opinion, ICO will remain, but the average amount raised will become smaller and private ICOs will become more common. I think it's an amazing way to raise funds and it complements the financing system a lot, but it's not a replacement for it.

TL'DR: ICOs will stay, but won't replace the existing financing system. The amount of money raised through ICOs should diminish. Doing a good ICO is though and therefore can be not the best way to raise funds. Smarter and shorter roadmaps, oriented to traditional investors will become more common.

[wasabi.domo]

The ICO model is great but the hype has meant that people are investing without doing research. There's alot of investment happening on FOMO or following well known people who are paid to shill. Its difficult if you don't understand technology, business models or a market vertical to assess the long term value of a proposition. There are so many ICOs happening where the market and tech haven't been tested. There are also amazing ICOs. So I think the concept will continue but it will be harder for the less compelling ICOs to get a share of the bear market $.

[454875kio]

I like Bitcoin, because Bitcoin has good technology and room for growth. I think Bitcoin will reach 40k in a few years. I like Ethereum coins. In Ethereum, it is very easy to establish a new ICO project, so most ICO initiators can be completed.

[Jerical13]

I obviously don't think.it seems to me that ISO will live for a very long time because nobody wants to give up such easy profits

[dizzy1996]

Hello, I will try to answer your question in my opinion ICO is a promising form of fundraising and it only develops as new promising projects each day collect good amounts of money

[AndreyRocker]

The ICO model is great but the hype has meant that people are investing without doing research. There's alot of investment happening on FOMO or following well known people who are paid to shill. Its difficult if you don't understand technology, business models or a market vertical to assess the long term value of a proposition. There are so many ICOs happening where the market and tech haven't been tested. There are also amazing ICOs. So I think the concept will continue but it will be harder for the less compelling ICOs to get a share of the bear market $.

You are right now you need to study the project well before joining ICO. And ICO will continue to exist, but those projects that want to use blockchain where it is not needed, disappear from this ecosystem.

[skillink]

Bitcoin will not die this year, as I know the alternative Coins depend on Bitcoin and ETH right now.