The Good And The Bad Sides Of Initial Coin Offerings

Cryptocurrencies are the new craze in the world of finance. Anywhere you look, one financial enthusiast is trying to get a grip with the world of cryptocurrencies. They are digital currencies; they are not minted in a central bank or regulated by a sole administrator.

They, however, hold a whole lot of value and are used for transactions. Their secure and decentralized nature made them an almost indispensable asset for several industries.

This brings us to initial coin offerings (ICOs). They would not have been possible without the existence of cryptocurrencies. In the short time that they have been in existence,  ICOs became the latest trend in business circles. Simply said, they are are the best way for a startup business to generate investments.

How Do ICOs Work?

Startups offer investors a chance to purchase their tokens at considerably low prices in exchange for valuable cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum. Due to the low prices of tokens, successful ICOs usually end up raking in millions in investment for the startups. Depending on how successful the startup businesses turn out to be in the future, investors can sell tokens for huge profits.

When Did ICOs Come Into Existence?

This might be very surprising to you, but ICOs are very young. The first one ever took place in 2013 and was held by Mastercoin. The next big ICO was done by Ethereum, which raised over two million dollars worth of investments within the first twelve hours of the process. Today, this cryptocurrency is one of the world's most valuable digital currency.

ICOs became the norms for startups soon after that. By the end of 2016, over a hundred million dollars were raised this way. Last year, that total figure grew to an unprecedented $1.25 billion.

There is no denying it, ICOs have been very vital to the economic and business development of the world as a whole. However, like with every new idea, there are many people very skeptical about this way of funding startups. To be honest, this is a very controversial topic.

Many financial analysts have raised the fact that it is highly unregulated as a major turnoff. Such concern is backed up by the fact that many ICOs were followed by some serious scandals. There have been huge scams and cases where investors have lost entire investments.

However, there are also several important advantages of this way of funding, which continue to attract an increasing number of worldwide investors. Some of the advantages include:

  • Middlemen are cut out

  • ICOs are available regardless of your location and nationality

  • Offer cheap avenues of investments

  • Allow you to contribute to the technological development of the globe.

Revolutionary Way to Get Funded: ICO Roundups


Inside the big crypto ICOs of 2017

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MobileGo’s goal was to build a cryptocurrency platform for making purchases inside video games and betting on esports, which had become a sizzling-hot trend. The ICO was one of the biggest such deals of the year. But today, few people know where that $53 million is. The startup claims 150 people are working on MobileGo products, but Sergey and Maxim Sholom, the brothers who lead the project, keep company financials private. According to former employees, the Sholoms have moved away from cryptocurrency as a central aspect of their business plan....


The Guide to Trusted and Established ICO Listing Websites

As the market of token sales getting larger, better and mature likewise ICO listing websites are mushrooming. According to the research by the HACKERNOON it is found that now more than 200 ICO listing platforms are working actively in the market. In this scenario it becomes very difficult to find trusted and established ICO listing platform where investors can make better investment decision. In this post we are highlighting few vital points that will prove helpful for investors to find right and trusted ICO listing websites.

  • ICO listing website should have strong social media presence.
  • The team behind the ICO listing website should be professional enough to understand the crypto market.
  • The website content should be comprehensive and informative.
  • The ICO listing price should remain according to the standard of crypto market.
  • Website should be popular in ICO community.

ICO listing website should have strong social...


TAP Coin: Decentralized blockchain-based advertising #TokenSale

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The new world of blockchain-based advertising will create a major shift at the cross-section of advertising and the internet.

HOOCH, the number top drink-a-day app that has changed the game for bargoers from New York to Hong Kong with their free drink app, is about to shake up the hospitality industry again. Not basking for long in the success of their recently-released lifestyle experience program, HOOCH Black, this next development is also set to be a surefire success.

Their new project, TAP Coin, is due to be launched soon and it’s an innovative product, to say the least. TAP Coin is more than just HOOCH. While HOOCH Black has 100,000 hotels on the platform, with discounts of up to 60% off Expedia and hotels.com rates, TAP Coin will feature more than just this. HOOCH will be the first — and only one of dozens of apps on the TAP decentralized ad network. This means that while HOOCH currently has 200,000 subscribers, other apps will have tens of millions on the network. But there’s more- the advertising potential is phenomenal with a platform like TAP Coin. Due to its decentralized nature, the network is magnitudes more efficient than advertising on a centralized platform like Facebook, Instagram or Google AdWords.

Millions of users, hundreds of thousands of venues, massive discounts and a radically new advertising model, all based on blockchain - TAP Coin is the next household name app.

Not only does TAP Coin offer major discounts on hotels, drinks and entertainment experiences, it also uses the power of blockchain to empower consumers with their own data. This means that users now have the choice to allow advertisers to collect their data or not. If users allow their data to be used by advertisers, then they are rewarded with TAP, which they can then redeem on hotels and experiences (at already discounted prices).

In this way, TAP becomes a defacto loyalty currency, which does not discriminate according to origin of the loyalty points. It solves the old...


TokenMarket 2018 Summit Update: Introducing TokenMarket Cap

TokenMarket Summit Director of Marketing Tom Leadbetter announced updates to the main tokenmarket.net website and introduced TokemMarket Cap.

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Leading with the goal of the original TokenMarket site, “to help users better unearth information about crypto & blockchain project, allowing them to make decisions on where they invest their time and resource”, Tom went on to explain that while the site has provided this information to all users, the market has moved on.

He went on to describe the disconnect between what they had identified in the market between current ICO and Token/coin listing sites, “If you follow the current iterations of these portals, each site assumes that these business operates in siloed manner. Where in...