ICO Death March? November Inflows Fall to $65M From Yearly High of $2.6 Billion

[Zed0X]

Brace yourselves fellow bounty hunters. The best days of hunting may have long passed and we will probably see less ICOs in the future Bounty hunting may never be as lucrative as it was in 2017.

The latest statistics on initial coin offerings suggest that the best days of the fundraising mechanism may have long passed.

According to digital assets newsletter Diar, the month of November recorded the lowest inflows into initial coin offerings (ICOs) in 2018. With US$65 million raised last month, this was in sharp contrast to this year’s best-performing month, February, when US$2.6 billion was collected. It is also a tiny fraction compared to the US$12.2 billion that has been raised so far this year in ICO issuances.

Prior to November, the worst-performing month had been September when US$180 million was collected by issuers, almost three times the amount that went into ICOs last month.

Full story: https://www.ccn.com/ico-death-march-november-inflows-fall-to-65m-from-yearly-high-of-2-6-billion/

[Fenix]

Yes, now the situation with ICO projects is simply catastrophic. Even new promising ICO projects suspend their fundraising activities (for example, the Extremium project, which was suspended a few days ago precisely because of low investor activity and the fall of the cryptocurrency market) or extend the deadline for holding an ICO (for example, the ICO ADAB project, which worked on July and until December 30, extended the fundraising activities until the end of March, that is, the total duration of the ICO’s activities is about nine months).
However, I do not think that the best times for bounty hunters have already passed. As soon as the activities of the ICO begin to be regulated by the states, the situation may again change dramatically for the better. It is necessary to remove fraudulent projects from this activity and the popularity of ICO will increase again.

[Elevteros]

It's sad of course to read such news, but even in such a market, I think it is worth spending some time bounty and continue to work a little bit in the hope that the market will recover and the earned tokens will restore their value!

[Bobcrypto]

Yes, i think the news may be on track, looking at the extent which projects this days keep extending the duration of ICOs (ie.sales ) due to poor interest from investors. Some ICOs now takes more than 9months and many does not have an end in sight. All these are in line with this news article in my opinion.

[dragononcrypto]

ICO's are dead I believe, and STO's will take over in the coming months/years. STO's appear to be like IPO's in the dotcom bubble, given that ICO's are generally considered not as legitimate or legal as they were once thought to be. So in this sense, ICO's were never like what IPO's are. Therefore the chances of another token offering bubble, this time "sec regulated and fully legit" is quite high in my opinion. It would also allow a lot more capital to flow into them compared to ICO's.

ICO's are fast becoming a black market for tokens 

[ZionRTZ]

I also posted an ICO related article here https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=82668.0
Next year (2019) is going to be a make or break period for Initial Coin Offerings. If the low token sales continues, then start up projects maybe forced to raise funds through Venture Capital.

[Zed0X]

I also posted an ICO related article here https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=82668.0
Next year (2019) is going to be a make or break period for Initial Coin Offerings. If the low token sales continues, then start up projects maybe forced to raise funds through Venture Capital.

If ICOs will not improve or if the regulations remain strict by next year, then the death of ICOs is more likely to happen.

ICO's are dead I believe, and STO's will take over in the coming months/years. STO's appear to be like IPO's in the dotcom bubble, given that ICO's are generally considered not as legitimate or legal as they were once thought to be. So in this sense, ICO's were never like what IPO's are. Therefore the chances of another token offering bubble, this time "sec regulated and fully legit" is quite high in my opinion. It would also allow a lot more capital to flow into them compared to ICO's.

ICO's are fast becoming a black market for tokens 

ICOs are definitely on a huge decline but still has some life left 
I agree that STOs looks more favorable to investors now. I want to see what SEC would say on this particular model.

[carcas]

Yes it is because of the many ico projects that made sales in 2018 which made investor interest decline and the number of ico projects failed and scam. I prefer several ICO projects every year, but their quality is good.