Summary about ICOs in 2018

[LJOSS]

Hi,
Here under a short extract from an article written on the french site "analyse-icofrance.fr". It is about ICOs statistics.
The link (it is in french) : https://www.analyse-icofrance.fr/articles-ico/recap-sur-2018
Because it's in french I propose you a brief overview of the figures shown :

Quote <
Number of ICO in the world :

In 2017 :
  ICO started : 970
  ICO finished : 718
  ICO that raised enough funds : 413
  Funds raised : 10 062 399 721 $

In 2018 :
 ICO started : 2817
 ICO finished : 2517
 ICO that raised enough funds : 1012
 Funds raised : 11 596 382 015 $

Countries that launched the most ICO:
  USA (290)
  Singapore (277)
  UK (222)
  Estonia (147)
  Switzerland (137)
These countries alone have launched about 25 % of the ICOs.

The countries that raised the most money are:
  Singapore (1 538 544 767 $)
  USA (1 222 474 088 $)
  UK (945 519 070 $)
  Cayman Islands (917 281 101 $)
  Switzerland (845 423 119 $)

> end quote.

I am disappointed my country, France, doesn't appear among the top 10.

Good reading.
Regards.

LJOSS

[mrdeposit]

It is clear that the numbers are close to the truth. It seems that the increase in 2017 influenced in 2018's ICOs.  Bitcoin manages the market as well as ICOs, and if 2019 continues like that, most ICOs will not reach the softcap. The new statistics, the numbers will be fuller...

[butka]

Very interesting statistics indeed. Thanks for sharing. I guess it's good to know this info, especially the success rate of roughly 35-40 percent of ICOs that actually raised enough funds. Although, it is very questionable what does actually constitute "enough raised funds". Where do these numbers come from? At best, they are provisional numbers (like soft cap or hard cap) and they don't really mean much. Because, at the end of the day, most of these ICOs don't deliver any value at all, with enough raised funds or without enough raised funds, all the same.

As for France not being among the top 10, who knows, maybe there's a chance for advancement this year? Anyhow, Cayman Islands is on the list, and somehow I think this is not the company you would want to be seen with.

[trader34]

It is clear that the numbers are close to the truth. It seems that the increase in 2017 influenced in 2018's ICOs.  Bitcoin manages the market as well as ICOs, and if 2019 continues like that, most ICOs will not reach the softcap. The new statistics, the numbers will be fuller...

Yes. It is obvious to everyone that interest in ICO is drastically falling ... even though there are still some interesting projects also in this period.

[avikz]

In 2017, total 413 ICOs were able to raise required amount of funds totalling $10,062,399,721. That means the average funding received by each successful ICO is,

$10,062,399,721 / 413 = $24,364,164

If I do the same calculation for 2018 numbers. The average funding received by each ICO is,

$11,596,382,015 / 1012 = $11,458,876

It's less than half compared to the numbers of 2017. It clearly shows that ICOs have failed to capture the interest of crypto investors big time.

Even though these ICOs have successfully received required funding, but if you look at their current price, we will see 95% of them doesn't have any value at this moment. This ICO mania needs to be stopped for the greater good of the crypto market. Investments are getting divided and the market is becoming overburdened with loads of shitcoins that practically have no usage in real world. Sad reality of today's crypto market!

[boyptc]

Great statistics, most of the ICOs held by 2017 or earlier than that has high successful rate.

Yes. It is obvious to everyone that interest in ICO is drastically falling ... even though there are still some interesting projects also in this period.

Investors aren't going anymore with what's new today and everyone has learned from 2018's bad market.

[Ucy]

Interesting figures.
It is interesting to see that the  amount raised in 2018 almost triples the amount raised in 2017.  Despite this, the fund raised in 2018 was just a little larger than fund raised in 2017,  This possibly means there were more ICOs and less investors

[DeepChipolino]

I was a little surprised by the relative efficiency. In 2017, ~ 57%, in 2018 - 40% of ICO raised enough funds. It does not look as believable as it seemed. How reliable is the source for collecting statistics?

[timmmers]

And do you have some exact datas from the last months? I have seen that ICOs raised this month very little money. They obtained in one month as much money as in one day in 2017. That is very very bad news.

[kingzpro]

I think european countries were generally behind in icos because of the on going regulations but i think now with the allowance of security tokens we might see US and European based security tokens in coming months, im sure with the improvement of crypto market icos are again going to become attractive investments.

[sarfield]

In 2017, total 413 ICOs were able to raise required amount of funds totalling $10,062,399,721. That means the average funding received by each successful ICO is,

$10,062,399,721 / 413 = $24,364,164

If I do the same calculation for 2018 numbers. The average funding received by each ICO is,

$11,596,382,015 / 1012 = $11,458,876

It's less than half compared to the numbers of 2017. It clearly shows that ICOs have failed to capture the interest of crypto investors big time.

Even though these ICOs have successfully received required funding, but if you look at their current price, we will see 95% of them doesn't have any value at this moment. This ICO mania needs to be stopped for the greater good of the crypto market. Investments are getting divided and the market is becoming overburdened with loads of shitcoins that practically have no usage in real world. Sad reality of today's crypto market!

It is seen that the ICO in 2018 is indeed a failure, and seeing current prices is very alarming. No one can afford to be a higher level, this situation must be remodeled so that it can have good market value.
Team performance must be authoritative and responsible so that coins entering the market have the ability to compete with old coins, so as not to harm and disappoint investors, do not blame the market but make more innovation better.

[cizatext]

French have not really been a good supporter of cryptocurrency compared to the US and UK, China and the level of ICO increase in 2018 due to the success in the entire crypto market in 2017. I know the number will reduce greatly in 2019 due to the present crisis in the cryptocurrency market and the lots of scam ICO that have happened in the past year.

[baigreen]

ICO finished : 2517  I then all think why we continue to fall. If you take the statistics of 10%. 200 live 100 projects are on the verge and the remaining 2217 scam.
What a horror. Cryptocurrency aims to become a world currency. Or is it all emptiness? But in general there is nothing surprisingly like in any other advanced field of growth is not avoided. In 2019, we will probably see 4,000 new projects.

[Reid]

Why are you disappointed with your country?
You should be proud of it.
That just means you dont need any funding just so you could complete one project. 
You are a rich country. 

I thought so, I have seen a lot of Singapore based projects but we should really look at it deeply. They also use this kind of strategy to pull investors. Most of them are fraud and should be checked with MAS.

[abstractednerve]

People called 2017 a golden year for the crypto, but in 2018 ICO projects earned more money than 2017 but difference in the numbers of ICO. By seeing the biggest bull run, people though this is the time to enter into the blockchain to earn money and success. But 2018 year was the biggest bear run in crypto history! So, ICO markets are not doing well, for a long bearish market, it will affect on 2019's ICOs! Many ICO like Orbis, Mobu turned STO from an ICO project.

And, I just surprised by seeing most of the ICO launched from the USA! I did not have an idea for the previous year about ICO in the USA!

[the1arty]

Hi,
Here under a short extract from an article written on the french site "analyse-icofrance.fr". It is about ICOs statistics.
The link (it is in french) : https://www.analyse-icofrance.fr/articles-ico/recap-sur-2018
Because it's in french I propose you a brief overview of the figures shown :

Quote <
Number of ICO in the world :

In 2017 :
  ICO started : 970
  ICO finished : 718
  ICO that raised enough funds : 413
  Funds raised : 10 062 399 721 $

In 2018 :
 ICO started : 2817
 ICO finished : 2517
 ICO that raised enough funds : 1012
 Funds raised : 11 596 382 015 $

Countries that launched the most ICO:
  USA (290)
  Singapore (277)
  UK (222)
  Estonia (147)
  Switzerland (137)
These countries alone have launched about 25 % of the ICOs.

The countries that raised the most money are:
  Singapore (1 538 544 767 $)
  USA (1 222 474 088 $)
  UK (945 519 070 $)
  Cayman Islands (917 281 101 $)
  Switzerland (845 423 119 $)

> end quote.

I am disappointed my country, France, doesn't appear among the top 10.

Good reading.
Regards.

LJOSS

In France it is hard to launch an ICO, Estonia is way cheaper and they are pretty good in technology. They are about to launch medicine and ID's on the blockchain, or at least have such plans.
Every month in 2018 ICO raised less and less, January of 2019 was the worst month so far since the bull market.

Would be interesting to see statistics, how many of those ICO's are on CMC, liquid and how many went scam...970 is only legit ones, or counting everything?

[vanya.pronin.1983]

This is unbelievable how huge the ICO market it and I think that there were only several projects that gave profit to its investors. Pretty strange, but I think that right now people are afraid of investing because a lot of projects cannot collect their soft caps.

[rosezionjohn]

I was not expecting Singapore to be at the top.

Another strong case to those who keeps on saying that "ICOs are dead". A significant drop of those who were able to raised enough funds from 2017 to 2018, thanks to the bear market.

[Peanyut991]

So far I have seen the development of the ICO project very significant. From these data we can conclude that the ICO project is increasing in terms of quantity, but I think it is very bad in the funds raised. This means that in 2018 more ICO projects fail to achieve softcaps than in 2017. And in 2019 I am sure you know that the ICO project is in a very bad situation, investors are beginning to lose confidence in the ICO project. Because many ICO projects do not have good prospects.

[Stargazer]

It is clear that the numbers are close to the truth. It seems that the increase in 2017 influenced in 2018's ICOs.  Bitcoin manages the market as well as ICOs, and if 2019 continues like that, most ICOs will not reach the softcap. The new statistics, the numbers will be fuller...

I do agree with you. Most of the good ICO projects are suffering to reach the soft cap! Because ICO investors are not enough to interest in investing in new ICOs. By seeing the huge pump in 2017, double numbers from 2017 ICO projects came in 2018, by seeing many scam ICO, investors will move to another way Like SRO or IEO! Therefore, If Binance continues bringing new ICO projects on their launchpad, then other ICO projects will face huge obstacles to make a success. No one wants to lose his money for nothing, after losing 70-90% of money because of the bear market, Investors wants profit. As Binance ICO has confirmation about profit, so, Investors will move to the only Launchpad! Therefore, STO projects will hit, because at least they have a plan to protect the price from a big dump!

[TimeTeller]

In 2017, total 413 ICOs were able to raise required amount of funds totalling $10,062,399,721. That means the average funding received by each successful ICO is,

$10,062,399,721 / 413 = $24,364,164

If I do the same calculation for 2018 numbers. The average funding received by each ICO is,

$11,596,382,015 / 1012 = $11,458,876

It's less than half compared to the numbers of 2017. It clearly shows that ICOs have failed to capture the interest of crypto investors big time.

Even though these ICOs have successfully received required funding, but if you look at their current price, we will see 95% of them doesn't have any value at this moment. This ICO mania needs to be stopped for the greater good of the crypto market. Investments are getting divided and the market is becoming overburdened with loads of shitcoins that practically have no usage in real world. Sad reality of today's crypto market!

2018 was really unfortunate year for me in some way.
Invested in ICO but haven't got my money back. A lesson learned from all of us.
So many crap coins created and they generated huge money out of it.
I'm with those poor souls that lost their hard-earned money because of these scammers.

I was not expecting Singapore to be at the top.

Another strong case to those who keeps on saying that "ICOs are dead". A significant drop of those who were able to raised enough funds from 2017 to 2018, thanks to the bear market.

This country is one of the most used locations by many ICOs because of the loose regulations towards crypto.
So a lot of these projects really don't have physical address in SG but rather virtual address.
They are not really Singaporeans. I doubt if those projects are really legit. Most of them might have exited already.

[danherbias07]

Are those scam ICO's also part of that breakdown?
Damn, that large amount really hit the groin.  I didnt think they have already took that amount of money from all the investors in crypto currencies.
Is there also a number of how much bitcoin or ethereum used to buy this new tokens from ICOs? Just asking, I hope there is one.

[beerlover]

How reliable these number are ? Even forum members who are all actively hunting various bounty rewards also cannot summarize all these things accurately hence I am not believing into these statistics completely but approximately these numbers might demonstrate the actual scenarios of what is currently going on in crypto space in the name of ICOs.

[letyouearn]

In 2017 :
  ICO started : 970
  ICO finished : 718
  ICO that raised enough funds : 413
  Funds raised : 10 062 399 721 $

In 2018 :
 ICO started : 2817
 ICO finished : 2517
 ICO that raised enough funds : 1012
 Funds raised : 11 596 382 015 $

Well, this means each ICO collected in 2018 three times less than in 2017 in average. If we count in people's awareness increasing in 2018 that figures seem to be quite disappointing for ICO creators

[levyashin]

In 2018 ICO's raised more than 11 billion dollars?!?

Is this real? I mean every ico i saw failed. Which ones raised that much amount? Really shocking.

[Sarastiche]

Hi,
Here under a short extract from an article written on the french site "analyse-icofrance.fr". It is about ICOs statistics.
The link (it is in french) : https://www.analyse-icofrance.fr/articles-ico/recap-sur-2018
Because it's in french I propose you a brief overview of the figures shown :

Quote <
Number of ICO in the world :

In 2017 :
  ICO started : 970
  ICO finished : 718
  ICO that raised enough funds : 413
  Funds raised : 10 062 399 721 $

In 2018 :
 ICO started : 2817
 ICO finished : 2517
 ICO that raised enough funds : 1012
 Funds raised : 11 596 382 015 $

Countries that launched the most ICO:
  USA (290)
  Singapore (277)
  UK (222)
  Estonia (147)
  Switzerland (137)
These countries alone have launched about 25 % of the ICOs.

The countries that raised the most money are:
  Singapore (1 538 544 767 $)
  USA (1 222 474 088 $)
  UK (945 519 070 $)
  Cayman Islands (917 281 101 $)
  Switzerland (845 423 119 $)

> end quote.

I am disappointed my country, France, doesn't appear among the top 10.

Good reading.
Regards.

LJOSS

The above figure proof that there is an increase in the amount of fund invested in 2017 compare to 2018 during the bear market, it confirm that there is still live in the CRYPTO community, The bear market trend, does not have a negative impact on the numbers of ICO and the amount invested.

[fullhdpixel]

Wow, if this is true, then this is actually a good analysis, I personally was thinking that no one believes in ICOs anymore since many of the ICOs launched in 2017 where either created to scam people of their hard earned money or their coin becomes shit coin when it hits the exchange that you begin to regret why you ever made purchase of that token. Through the crypto ecosystem is large and new people come in daily so am not surprised.

[giletto]

In 2018 ICO's raised more than 11 billion dollars?!?

Is this real? I mean every ico i saw failed. Which ones raised that much amount? Really shocking.

It seems it is wrong, 2017 is the most successful year for ICO and it can raise $ 11 billion. 2018 was a year of failure for ICO and 90% of ICO failed

[JohnMacZeppelin]

It is necessary to add that we are now recalling the year 2018, as the year of opportunities that we had, but we simply did not use them. Today this is probably one of the most terrible events that I really, really don't like. But do not despair everything will turn out later.

[Thanasis]

Hi,
Here under a short extract from an article written on the french site "analyse-icofrance.fr". It is about ICOs statistics.
The link (it is in french) : https://www.analyse-icofrance.fr/articles-ico/recap-sur-2018
Because it's in french I propose you a brief overview of the figures shown :

Quote <
Number of ICO in the world :

In 2017 :
  ICO started : 970
  ICO finished : 718
  ICO that raised enough funds : 413
  Funds raised : 10 062 399 721 $

In 2018 :
 ICO started : 2817
 ICO finished : 2517
 ICO that raised enough funds : 1012
 Funds raised : 11 596 382 015 $

Countries that launched the most ICO:
  USA (290)
  Singapore (277)
  UK (222)
  Estonia (147)
  Switzerland (137)
These countries alone have launched about 25 % of the ICOs.

The countries that raised the most money are:
  Singapore (1 538 544 767 $)
  USA (1 222 474 088 $)
  UK (945 519 070 $)
  Cayman Islands (917 281 101 $)
  Switzerland (845 423 119 $)

> end quote.

I am disappointed my country, France, doesn't appear among the top 10.

Good reading.
Regards.

LJOSS

But how many of the projects listed their tokens and coins on exchanges? Which definitely will be under 10% so most of the ICOs who got success on their sale didn't even make their project to next level that is why this year new projects are struggling to get investors.

[beeelzebub]

I thought near every ico failed on 2018. But i was wrong.

Yes more than %50 of ico's failed but still more than 1000 raised enough money, very shocking result for me.

[Fedrey]

I thought near every ico failed on 2018. But i was wrong.

Yes more than %50 of ico's failed but still more than 1000 raised enough money, very shocking result for me.

The fact is that ico companies could really raise a lot of money, but the problem is that not all of these companies really have real prospects for the future. Because of this, we can assume that some of these funds will disappear unambiguously.

[79b79aa8d5047da6d3XX]

I thought near every ico failed on 2018. But i was wrong.

Yes more than %50 of ico's failed but still more than 1000 raised enough money, very shocking result for me.

In 2018 there were still many successful ICOs, but they soon became a scammer because they were not listed in any exchange or their prices were dumped many times after being listed. And it made 2019 the year of failure for ICO

[ckorbba]

I thought near every ico failed on 2018. But i was wrong.

Yes more than %50 of ico's failed but still more than 1000 raised enough money, very shocking result for me.

In 2018 there were still many successful ICOs, but they soon became a scammer because they were not listed in any exchange or their prices were dumped many times after being listed. And it made 2019 the year of failure for ICO

It seems to me that the situation will not change yet until the cryptocurrency market will give investors the opportunity to engage in new projects. If this happens, the market and companies will really renew their opportunities.

[Renaldi blackspadeteam]

I never thought that if the ICO increase so rapidly, only one year from 900+ ICO to 2800+, I think maybe because sophisticated blockchain technology is an attraction for companies and become the best business place for investors, but sometimes there are many crimes by making fake ICO and take investor money

[Samboo]

Data shows ICO craze over two years in 2017 and 2018. The number of ICOs has increased by multiple times in 2018 as compared to 2017. It indicates popularity of cryptocurrency. But data lacks activities of ICO in towards the end of 2018 and in 2019. Reports say that the number of ICOs are decreasing as compared to the beginning of the year of 2018. So the conclusion is that ICOs are decreasing in numbers and so will happen in the coming years.

[AngellSky]

Data shows ICO craze over two years in 2017 and 2018. The number of ICOs has increased by multiple times in 2018 as compared to 2017. It indicates popularity of cryptocurrency. But data lacks activities of ICO in towards the end of 2018 and in 2019. Reports say that the number of ICOs are decreasing as compared to the beginning of the year of 2018. So the conclusion is that ICOs are decreasing in numbers and so will happen in the coming years.

It seems to me that we should objectively evaluate all available information. The opposite course of the market of ico companies does not indicate the fall of this type of activity, but primarily about the fears of many developers for their projects. The investment climate is very bad and therefore, if there are good ideas, the developers expect better times.

[ivaf]

I do not believe the statistics for 2018. 2018 was a complete failure for the ICO.
I did not expect such a rapid decline in the ICO market. But, in view of the huge number of fraudulent projects, we have the situation that we have.

[therhslv]

I do not believe the statistics for 2018. 2018 was a complete failure for the ICO.
I did not expect such a rapid decline in the ICO market. But, in view of the huge number of fraudulent projects, we have the situation that we have.

Yes 2018 looked kinda dead for ICO's . But if you take a look at coinmarketcap added tokens marketcap in 2018 . It have quite alot of tokens with 10+M USD . Not sure where they come from , but its true . If we look at IEO now compared to ICO's then IEO is the way to go for new projects

[blokklanc]

Only one third of ICOs  were successful to reach the soft cap and that is very sad. This trend of lacking
investors continued and  even much worse in 2019. What we can also notice is that Asian countries
led by Singapore have great impact on Crypto.