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

[kaneki007]

ICOs is not dead, it's just that now rarely do projects launch ICOs because investors now prefer IEO to invest their money. And investors are more confident in the IEO project because when the sale of tokens is finished then tokens/coins can be traded on exchangers

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[lighpulsar07]

They are already dead since the bubble popped and many great team were quit on crypto and diverse to other busine

[Vishnu.Reang]

ICOs is not dead, it's just that now rarely do projects launch ICOs because investors now prefer IEO to invest their money. And investors are more confident in the IEO project because when the sale of tokens is finished then tokens/coins can be traded on exchangers

I don't agree with this logic. If that was the case, then there should have been the same number of IEOs. For comparison, we had hundreds of ICOs getting listed every month in 2017/18. Now this number has fallen to a few dozen per month. But the number of IEOs is also very low. They number only 10-15 per month. So it is not accurate to say that the ICO investors have shifted to IEO. Most of them have moved away from crypto altogether.

[Longthi_4823_Love]

In my opinion, ICOs are not dead; they are paving the way for better projects. ICOs can be seen diminishing but it is setting the stage for other new and more awesome projects. 

[Apinya_Anong1111]

ICOs are currently on a downward slope without braking. I think he will die soon and cannot be saved. It will pave the way for other projects better.

[Snowwy]

We should not forget that the functionality of everything in the industry is being dictate by bullrun. I can't really say ICO is dead because what we are experiencing now is market depression and it affects all sectord of the industry including ICO

[key4co.in]

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?

I can say the chart from longhash is correct looking at the situation of ICOs presently. Majority of ICO investors lost trust completely on that pattern of token sale, patronizing new projects with more robust crowdfunding strategy like IEO on reputable exchanges. I can say ICOs are extinct, any new project using that format clearly are not up to date or maybe "sailing an ocean with no focus".

[ven7net]

I believe that ICO as a form of raising funds for the creation and development of a project, product or service is very good. However, scammers were able to infiltrate this area and create a critically large number of scam projects. Of course, this led investors to a loss of money. What will happen next with the ICO is difficult to say, most likely they may disappear, but in their place will come a more improved mechanism. In any case, I hope so.

[Kasabus]

I believe that ICO as a form of raising funds for the creation and development of a project, product or service is very good. However, scammers were able to infiltrate this area and create a critically large number of scam projects. Of course, this led investors to a loss of money. What will happen next with the ICO is difficult to say, most likely they may disappear, but in their place will come a more improved mechanism. In any case, I hope so.

Let's just accept now that ICO is over, and since nothing is permanent except change, let us adopt the new way of raising funds which is the IEO.
We haven't felt its demand yet since the market is still not attractive for investors but once the market is good, we will see a significant increase of funds coming flowing in the market due to IEO.

[crisanto01]

I believe that ICO as a form of raising funds for the creation and development of a project, product or service is very good. However, scammers were able to infiltrate this area and create a critically large number of scam projects. Of course, this led investors to a loss of money. What will happen next with the ICO is difficult to say, most likely they may disappear, but in their place will come a more improved mechanism. In any case, I hope so.

Let's just accept now that ICO is over, and since nothing is permanent except change, let us adopt the new way of raising funds which is the IEO.
We haven't felt its demand yet since the market is still not attractive for investors but once the market is good, we will see a significant increase of funds coming flowing in the market due to IEO.

We should move on now and find some other ways to invest if we are really investing in ICO before, there is a new thing called IEO now which for some other person find it very interesting and they think that it is more legit compare to IEO, but still not guarantee at all they are worth investing and that they are legit, you know scammers are also wise now.

[bettercrypto]

the reality is that ICO fraud projects are far more than the number of ICO projects that appear in this forum. for example ICO Fraud around 60% and the presence of ICOs that appear on this forum around 40%. yes maybe like that statistics from my observations so far about the 2018-2019 ICO project.

A recent study showed that nearly 80 percent of the initial coin offering or ICOs are scams. It was based on publicly available information and sources. Moreover, just 8 percent of these are able to reach the trading stage on different exchanges. With these figures, it wont be wrong to say that ICOs can not be trusted any longer and investors should not waste their time on such stuff. Market is full of scams, yet there is more to come.

That is why many people don't want to invest in crypto anymore. There are numerous illegal activities in cryptocurrency specially with ICOs. They just good in collecting funds for their project, spreading their bubble words and fooled investor about their good products. Yet, they are all scam. Only few projects here are really concern for the future of investors and crypto space. That is the reality of ICOs.

[Gotumoot]

This is because of the scammers who are actually destroying the name of the ICO campaign. And I think the ICO will be gone when these scammers can't really be stopped.
Maybe if there was regulation for these scammers it would prevent and revitalize the ICO's momentum and we would see market volatility rise again.

[restuibu]

ICO is not dead yet, many ICOs have failed because there are now too many scammers who have run off investors' money, so many investors are afraid to invest. But if their project and team are real and have a good product then they will make a lot of money at ICO, one example that we can see is ICO BCNEX

[max6575]

the chance on developer works with customs on tasks with scheme on funding might occupy also different option as the decision on following customs with the work on manage as distributing of uses with possession of available resource on idle with the distribution.

[Zdraste16]

ICOs are still alive and are not going to die, at least not in 2019.  Investors are now choosing projects more accurately.  The reason for this was the projects disappearing with the money of investors.  There are very few good ICO projects, but still they are and will be.  For a development team with a serious innovative idea and the goal of bringing the project to a successful release of the finished product, ICO is a good way to raise funds for development.

[Vishnu.Reang]

The problem is that most of the projects that go for ICO now are copycats. Most of the good ideas already have several existing projects, although many of them are either dormant or dead. We had somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 different ICOs during 2017-19 period and for the same idea there may be dozens of existing projects. And this is also one of the reason why the user interest for ICOs is at all time low.

[upyem2k]

I doubt if ICO can ever get extinguished. Despite the rate of ICO related scams of 2018, a lot of people still invest in it. Most don't even mind the new dimension in term of IEO. People still go to project's website to stake donation for their project without being listed on an exchange for IEO.

[cryptonewbie]

I think the bear market is largely responsible for the decline in ICOs (aside the fact that many ICOs have turned out to be scams). IEOs are not looking to be as popular either even for the big exchanges. I think the crypto market will determine how well a projects token sale will go

[Meowth05]

ICOs is not dead, it's just that now rarely do projects launch ICOs because investors now prefer IEO to invest their money. And investors are more confident in the IEO project because when the sale of tokens is finished then tokens/coins can be traded on exchangers

Exactly, ICOs are not totally dead but I admit the fact that they are now not profitable as it were before. A lot of projects are launched and some of them succeed in meeting their cap however, the problem is only few of them are being successfully listed on exchanges. IEO on the other hand are already partnered with exchanges that is why IEO is getting a lot more attention for investors.

[icekohl]

ICO seem like no longer attract investors, because in this downtrend market any ICO projects when listing on exchanges will lost its value. So all of it shifted to IEO. They will not completely disapear, but for me only quality project will survive and come out.