Are ICOs really DEAD or simply cleared a path for better projects?

[phillymogul]

Even after the onset of the bear market in January 2018, ICOs were still happening at a rate
of well over a hundred each month, but by 2019 the flow of projects had dwindled to almost nothing.



ICO PROCEEDS DROP TO $338M..

According to figures from cryptocurrency analytics firm LongHash and published on October 1,
ICOs are no longer profitable. They may even disappear completely in 2020, said researchers.
https://bitcoinist.com/icos-will-disappear-in-2020-as-data-shows-95-funding-decline/

But here on BitcoinTalk we see new [ANN] threads and [BOUNTIES]
Is this just smoke and mirrors or does this forum know something researchers do not?

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[Judge-Dredd]

There seems to be two primary factors at play here.

1) General crypto market depression. With prices still down at least 50% for most coins from ATH people are skeptical. They don't want to let go of what they've already accumulated or what they perceive they "overpaid" on to take yet another risk. Perhaps the fact the drop off occurred after prices tanked is just a delayed effect.

2) Regulations. The US and other countries are cracking down on ICOs. Look at Kin, basically paralyzed by SEC investigations. The price has fallen through the floor. The Kinit app still reminds you ever day to earn some KIN! But those functions are disabled.

If a team or organization can't even properly discern whether the token they're issuing is a security or utility then the average investor probably doesn't have the confidence to dip their toes on, let alone go full bore investing in more ICOs.

Time will tell but I expect a resurgence of ICOs when the market becomes more bullish. When prices skyrocket people are emboldened to take risks they otherwise wouldn't.

[makishart]

The firm is getting the information from icohash only which already disappeared or dead. Bitcointalk is much better than it consider about so many icos are always coming everydays.
That firm must use icodrop and crypto rank as the best source to get the latest information regarding the new icos.
Icohash is not a reliable source to create an analization.

[tsaroz]

ICOs have morphed into IEO and the change is for good. The number of ICOs/IEOs too have dramatically decreased as investors have become more concerned about their investments. There are some shady exchanges that are listing IEOs with zero research and analysis just for a small fee but most of the people are now aware of such practice. Only the IEOs issued from a promising exchange are getting attraction while other are not fully funded. This is making the project team more dedicated to make their project look promising and actually working to prove their authenticity. It doesn't mean it would filter every scam but it would filter the most of them.

[Tipstar]

The bull run mushroomed a lot of unplanned and haphazard projects and ICOs. They were focused on collecting money rather than doing the job. One of the reason for such a long depression in crypto is due to ICO. And I'm glad they are going. Crypto surely is a good platform to collect funds but people used it to scam. Now investors would only believe in projects that are actually regulated.

[NathanJB]

Some active ANN threads here are old ANN threads but with many active community members. The project must also be actively developing. Those new ANN threads are either going up against difficult obstacles before they make it or will not even reach their destination. Either way, the investors are already wary of a lot of scam and failed ICOs.

ICO coming to its end will be a sign of a new beginning. IEO is the new kind of offering right now. But we cannot tell when it will also be replaced with a better one. That is always the cycle.

[Ridwan Fauzi]

Maybe you need to make an analyst too to the result of ICO who launch ANN on this forum, if you have a concern on it.

But, in my opinion the chart is right since there are many ICOs project who end up in scam or just didn't reach the fund as they wanted.

Because there is another way to invest in new project and profitable surely with the safe way. And I believe many people out there will choose IEO comparing to ICO.

[AwoCorporation]

The bull run mushroomed a lot of unplanned and haphazard projects and ICOs. They were focused on collecting money rather than doing the job. One of the reason for such a long depression in crypto is due to ICO. And I'm glad they are going. Crypto surely is a good platform to collect funds but people used it to scam. Now investors would only believe in projects that are actually regulated.

yes, investors are now beginning to not easily trust the ICO project. not because of the system, but only in good projects and surely they will invest. then it will be difficult for us to see projects using the current successful ICO system quickly or with perfect funds, because investors are no longer easy to fool. maybe someday will be completely lost and not used anymore, or maybe there will be new regulations that strengthen ICO for the better.

[jazmuzika217]

Honestly,no one know and no one can predict when crypto will die. Because this is normal that every crypto is change it's price quickly whatever it is forward or falling. But it's up to you if you were believe to this kind of prediction. Remember that there are also a prediction last 2018 that bitcoin will die before year 2019 came but look bitcoin is still alive up to now.

[Mianae]

ICOs are not dead yet. The ICOs were affected by couple of things as bear market which crippled investors choice of investment. Unending scam projects coming up daily to have an ICO. There's no regulation there's no guarantee of ROI to investors.

[Stanlo]

ICOs aren't dead yet its just that no one have interest in them anymore, scammers are responsible for all this and investors have move on to IEO from big exchanges, IEO is not that different from ICO though but more reliable, better to keep sticking with exchanges like binance or gate because they have good record of past IEO projects

[Bitbtc8]

ICOs are no longer profitable because they aren't legit anymore, scammers have take over ICO fund raising since 2018 and many people lose tons of money to them, if ICO become extinct today its for the better because people are tired of all these scam artists and be want solution badly

[Sancho18]

Unfortunately or fortunately, tokensales in the form in which we have already become accustomed to seeing them are really dead. Investors need more protection to open their wallets again. Even IEO do not provide such protection and participation in them is more reminiscent of participation in a lottery or gambling than a real investment act. Maybe STO will be the solution to the problem, but there are also many pitfalls and risks. Worst of all, I do not see any new creative ideas with viable potential among new projects. Sad.

[khiholangkang]

ICOs aren't dead yet its just that no one have interest in them anymore

What is the difference between dead and having no interest?
I think the meaning of the word dead here is that there are no interested people, so ICO no longer exists

scammers are responsible for all this and investors have move on to IEO from big exchanges, IEO is not that different from ICO though but more reliable, better to keep sticking with exchanges like binance or gate because they have good record of past IEO projects

Now IEO is also starting to lose interest, you can see IEO in some of the exchanges you mentioned, the smaller the profit gained from each project

[bitstalker]

Actually, there is no need to be surprised about this because a lot of projects since 2017-2018 have ended in failure and some of the scams, and that also gives a little impetus why the income received by ico has decreased dramatically and yes the IEO trend has also been an influence on this because since 2018 some projects that implement IEO can be said to be quite interesting because the projects they bring are really serious projects and not like ico although some IEO at the beginning there are many who experience problems for example Project Bread, Gifto

[SvonioneFromMangoCoinz]

ICOs are no longer hot because now there is an IEO, a new way to raise capital and it's a lot safer for investors.
Besides, ICO projects are not really convincing now, the ideas are duplicating a lot and I have yet to see any really good ICO projects in 2019. It seems that the great ideas have been implemented currently with IEO.

[DarkIT]

Unfortunately or fortunately, tokensales in the form in which we have already become accustomed to seeing them are really dead. Investors need more protection to open their wallets again. Even IEO do not provide such protection and participation in them is more reminiscent of participation in a lottery or gambling than a real investment act. Maybe STO will be the solution to the problem, but there are also many pitfalls and risks. Worst of all, I do not see any new creative ideas with viable potential among new projects. Sad.

I had thought that finding ideas to attract investors using ICO was quite difficult. some ICOs that even appear to have concepts and are engaged in the same field. but, I am also very aware that up to now ICO has indeed begun to diminish.

most likely, the new ICO will appear quite a lot when prices recover again. I am sure, there will be enough investors who are eyeing potential ICO, IEO, or STO. so I think they also wait for the right time to appear.

[metallica101]

Even after the onset of the bear market in January 2018, ICOs were still happening at a rate
of well over a hundred each month, but by 2019 the flow of projects had dwindled to almost nothing.



ICO PROCEEDS DROP TO $338M..

According to figures from cryptocurrency analytics firm LongHash and published on October 1,
ICOs are no longer profitable. They may even disappear completely in 2020, said researchers.
https://bitcoinist.com/icos-will-disappear-in-2020-as-data-shows-95-funding-decline/

But here on BitcoinTalk we see new [ANN] threads and [BOUNTIES]
Is this just smoke and mirrors or does this forum know something researchers do not?

ICOs are still there, but they will disappear eventually, more because of indifference than because of the regulators or scams. People want some levels of certainty, and IEOs can provide that. ICOs can't. Both are based on trust, but if an exchange messes up, people will have someone to blame. If you lose your money in an ICO because you messed up, that's on you, and most people don't care to deal with it, so they choose IEOs.

[joseyphil82]

There haven't been many good projects in crypto space since investors stop investing in ICO, this means that even the present fund raising strategy is not solving scam issue in crypto space, exchanges is what stand between investors and projects now through IEO fund raising but its still not stopping scammers

[bgaf]

Agree to disagree. ICOs have drop tremendously and that study cannot be based on rumors and clearly is a fact. But there are still number of projects that resort to ICOs and yet to still survive. I got a feeling some dev were not fond of trusting their project with IEO, and also, how about new coin not token, how many exchange support coin IEO? I'm pretty sure its few. So they choose ICOs to raise fund.