What’s happening to today’s ICOs

[kchulani]

 I think the market for ICO's is still there and will continue to grow over the next year, One ICO that has really set an example in the space is the Effect.AI ICO. It has alot of hype around it, but apart from the hype it has alot of real innovation behind it as well. I am basing my deciison on that. The mechanical turk will be a great benefit in teh space to collect AI data and incentivize users at the same time. looking forward to this project, check it out if your interested. The ICO begins on the 24th of March, just 3 days away.

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[Geleve]

ICO's are not profitable nowadays at all. because off this bearish market nobody wants to collect and hold new coins. that is why mostly it is better to buy them whenever they are listed. Ofcourse there are a few strong icos that investors could make good profit such as credits and tomo.

[redwhite037]

This is a bad time for the ICO. because the market always shed blood. And investors do not want to risk their money. It takes a long time for the ICO to emerge as much as December 2017

[Viking81]

Majority of ICOs do not worth to invest during "ICO phase" recently due to deliberate initial overpricing, weak products in a majority of cases and other reasons. Even good ICOs these months regularly fall below its initial ICO price, even with bonuses, after exchanges' listing because of BTC volatility and buyers' panick mood. It is much simpler (taking in consideration KYC procedures) and more profitable to buy recent ICOs after their listing. But after beginning of stable BTC bull market the situation will change for better for sure.

[Xxxurrrad]

In the current situation, I prefer not to participate in ico, but buy tokens after listing on exchanges. There are chances to buy cheaper than ico prices.

[Bowtiesarecool]

In the current situation, I prefer not to participate in ico, but buy tokens after listing on exchanges. There are chances to buy cheaper than ico prices.

That's quite a chance you're taking. However, considering the current market conditions, it's one that works

[coastbank]

Very accurate statement in my opinion. I am trying my best to invest icos and I see very cool, high level icos but most of them just cannot use their funds and send them away to community with airdrops so on. They waste funds on promotions.

[Barrueco]

Imagine having the world’s fastest racing car; you’ve got the keys, you’ve got the license, the registration, the beautiful interior — it’s all there. But here’s the thing, you hardly ever get to drive it - Why? The gas stations don’t accept your money, and the price of gas is in constant flux: one day it’s super cheap, the next it’s worth almost as much as the car itself.

That’s what’s happening to today’s ICOs. They are raising an eye-watering amount of funds (over 1 billion in 2018 alone), but once the funds are in their wallet, it’s incredibly hard to use them in a practical way.

Here are the two critical issues: liquidity and volatility. The former breaks down like this, I raise $1 million in ETH but I can’t use it to pay my rent. The latter, I raise $1 million in ETH but its value could drop drastically in the same afternoon. Now I’m asking myself….

How do I use a store of value (that’s continually fluctuating) to make sure that my two kids have their school fees paid?

Read the whole article: https://medium.com/@globcoin_io/what-can-icos-learn-from-the-electrification-of-cars-326ee5a63139

-...- With that said I think most ICOs hold on to their ETH because most believe it will be worth more in the future.

I agree and many ICOs are accepting BTC and even USD or other fiats.

[krauzzer02]

The other way around is that when the market is on the bullish run staying their funds with cryptocurrency would cause a huge gain, not just with their own projects and fundings, it will be a domino effect both for their investors and supporters but the OP has a valid point and most of the projects have the kind of risk which was mentioned above

ICO's are not profitable nowadays at all. because off this bearish market nobody wants to collect and hold new coins. that is why mostly it is better to buy them whenever they are listed. Ofcourse there are a few strong icos that investors could make good profit such as credits and tomo.

Some people preferred to buy during the presale and that is because the project offers huge discounts and promo's but in some cases, it is much better to buy tokens when it hits exchanges, you will experience better discounts rather than to accept presale offers.

[topesis]

The problem now is that people are not confident putting their fund in ICOs again, I have invested into more than 4 ICOs recently that their price started dumping the day they hit the exchange which is a big concern to me, why do you invest in a project when you are going to sell it at half the price you bought it and these are not projects that have bounty program, e.g. Insight Network and Bee tokens

[BitDane]

In the current situation, I prefer not to participate in ico, but buy tokens after listing on exchanges. There are chances to buy cheaper than ico prices.

That's quite a chance you're taking. However, considering the current market conditions, it's one that works

I think this is a better way to avoid ico scam. although we do not get a bonus tier. at least we will not lose the funds

[Rowland Okoli]

This is the stage that we would need to work out and embrace the reality. Many of the developers has abandoned the projects and they are now using the investors money to enjoyed life with their families. I think it is good government should regulate this in other for us to really have value for our investment.

I agree with you, there are too many scam ICO and I hope that in the near future regulators are going to do something about it. I see many ICO with lots of money and they do nothing, no development and no exchange listing

I agree too.

ICOs are basically taking our moneys and feeding us BS at the end of the day. Nothing to show for it.

90% of the ICOs have no integrity.

We need regulations, really we do.

[yua_na]

Its called bubble but it is not confirmed that it is bubble. We dont know about what exact number of liquidity. In any econimoc instrument if all people liquidate it of course not enough money for it. We just need more adoption so we can be more usefull and ont have to worry about it. The crypto currencies is way too far from bursting. As the money flow in we will able to use it anywhere. Just pations. But i also dont agree with ico which collected so much fund they collected money more then what they needed.

[IlfarIldarovich]

All as always, simple ideas are almost over. complex ideas to realize almost impossible. Therefore, the new ICO on the market almost no:(         

[percopolis]

In view of the unstable dynamics, many projects will likely try to ride out this red period and come out when crypto market will be more stable.

[nopedope89]

So many projects started to come out in the same style. A multi-chain and two artificial intelligence. It's hard to predict which one will win.

[AMHURSICKUS]

Rightnow choosing the right ico is very hard, because there are so many ICO rising.
So before i join or invest in that ICO i always check first if that ICO is goo or has potential. I always read all the information like its whitepaper, road map and etc. And i always also try to join in a ICO with trusted member and dev. Because some of them are very successful.

[redwings17x]

they'll have its ups and downs. As long as its a good project with a loyal team, everything should be fine.

[Vaskiy]

Ico's were an advancement in the crowd funding process, as ethereum keeps on decreasing in value the ICO value too keeps falling. Right now we need something good as the last year's Japan acceptance of cryptocurrency to experience good growth with the ico's.

[zerrtty]

As there is an unstable situation on the market, some projects cancel the ICO's. When the situation on the market stabilizes, I think that a new wave of ICO's will begin. Large investors are waiting for ICO's regulation