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Learning & News => Announcements [ANN] => Tokens/Coins Offerings (ICO, IEO, etc.) => Topic started by: princessgirl on November 06, 2018, 01:55:33 AM
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ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
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Actually ICO is not so risky if we can distinguish which ICO is good and which is bad by doing research starting from white paper, the website, then the team and so on. From there later when you have been able to research the ICO project well, I am sure in the future the risk will not occur and can be minimized. I am very sure of that.
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All forms of investment are risky, I am sad to see so many ico scams, investing in ico is risky because there is no legal entity that regulates ico and if you read the whitepaper from the ico project, you will see the same message, like all forms of investment in ico,requires you to do research first before investing
we do not guarantee if you experience a loss that results in part of your money being lost when the coin is listed on the stock and into your wallet.
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ICO investment is at risk because of our carelessness and our lack of knowledge about ICO. So that we are sometimes wrong in making decisions by investing in a less good ICO Project or Scam. That makes the risk at ICO even greater. Therefore we must learn a lot about ICO so that we can minimize the risks.
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We are talking about ICO investment here so I do not know where the
not all coins are worth keeping for long term
came from. If you have no plans to keep it long term, then do not invest in an ICO. Short term ICO investment is where the dumping comes from.
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I object on the part that some coin not worth for long term hold. Some coins have relatively potential idea and you're saying some aren't worth holding? Maybe those shitty pum and dump coins who has listed exchange but no product to show or demonstrate.
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All right Investing in the blind is not worth it, because it greatly increases the risk of misuse of the resulting tokens!
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I think if we want to invest in the ICO we should first examine a project that we are going to follow, so don't be provoked by iming an abundance of bonuses from an ICO project, because there are a lot of frauds on behalf of the ICO.
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Actually investing in ico is not risky if you have good knowledge about the projects they have developed, have friends and discuss projects on their telegram channel, so you can conclude this project really has a good team. Many ico are successful now, but because of some fraud, someone is waiting for the listed coins to be exchanged when ico takes place and investors start believing so they participate in ico's investment
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It's also easily to find some risky ICO when they are offering a huge profit even from your small investments on their project.
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Well an ICO makes risky if we don't know anything about the projects of ICOs, if we don't know about their products, the developer of team and any other aspects fundamental of ICO projects. Should before we make investment in ICOs projects makes sure we have knew more about the ICOs projects, including the management of money when investment in the ICO, how much the money will be used for investment in the ICO projects.
And this way can be used on all of instrument of investment including in stocks markets. Unfortunatelly there are no many people who know about it and they never learn more about the investment in their life.
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Lots of factors can make it risky.
The project can never reach real life adoption and it may fail. It may be a scam. There are so many risks involved. However if you DYOR right then you can't go wrong. You need some experience to invest in ICOs.
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ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
which makes ICO investment at risk for now there are many rampant coins / tokens whose origins are unclear, if you still want to invest in ICO it is better to find out exactly what you are investing to look for profits or losses. ICO price is achieved when entering the market. I am better off looking for coins / tokens that are clear
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Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
These "investors" on short term plan are the same people who dumps once the coin or token is listed on an exchange. These are probably the same people who intends to sell immediately and buy more once the price dips.
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You are absolutely right in thinking, you should always approach the study of any project with full care and caution, because there are a lot more scam projects now than there was before and you should not forget that you should always make profit in time and not stay too long to wait for the incredible price of a token.
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First of all, you don't know the project area most probably.
Token metrics are important to investigate so that you don't get f.cked on the road.
There are no any regulations, so that project owners can fly away with the money.
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I think we can say that ico is too risky to invest because lots of ico project are gone quickly and it goes to scam, people investing ico because they really think that they can gain big profits when ico get listed into an exchage they take the risk to think they can earn more from their investment, indeed i must say it's too risky to invest in ico.
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It is necessary to study the project completely, review the technical document, review the website, the roadmap, here you can find many things, some are even too lazy to spend money on the website and then everything becomes clear. And most importantly, study the project team, study everyone directly, follow the links to their names, see their type of activity, and so on. You will need to write to them all and get an answer. if the project writes that it does not want to show the command, then it is 99.9% SCAM!
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I think, what makes ICO investment at risk right now is that there are many unknown coins and tokens, the origins are not clear, so if you still want to invest in ICO, I think you better find out what You invest to make a profit or loss. because ICO prices are reached when entering the market. so I'm better off looking for clear coins and tokens
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what makes ico risky cause some ico's are scam so to avoid scam we need to research about the project. know their website, whitepaper, teams identity cause some project are using the picture of different person and put it in their website and label the team or devs pic. so be careful
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ICO investment is risky, in the sense that most the coin and token are new and unknown to us, base on this people are stired, because of the scam one. If you want to invest in ICO make sure you are vigilante.
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From there later when you have been able to research the ICO project well, I am sure in the future the risk will not occur and can be minimized. I am very sure of that.
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From there later when you have been able to research the ICO project well, I am sure in the future the risk will not occur and can be minimized. I am very sure of that.
investing in ico is really more risky this time due to the continuous rising of the scam ICO on the crypto feild. A lot of ico is scammed and if we are going to invest on it we can surely loss profits. Those scammed ICO is one of the factors that affect crypto feild today, the trust is really important it can really affect the crypto. If scam ICO will still exist in the future maybe the trust of the community in crypto will be lost.
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nvestment in digital currencies aka cryptocurrency is increasingly prevalent throughout the world, including in Indonesia. This is because the potential for cryptocurrency profits is high, although at the same time the risks faced by investors are also high.
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Right. Investing in ICO requires research to understand the project developers. Investment in ICO is not as binding as investing in other physical projects, but sometimes ICO investments can get quick profits like last 2017 and can get long profits like this year. I think an investor must know this condition.
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ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
What you are saying is more to the knowledge of choosing a coin to hold and invest, to me what is more risky is the highly volatile market just like bitcoin rollercoaster up and down in 1-2 years and it is scary and if you look deeper many ICO coins suffer the same fate also once they are out into the market. So choose your coins wisely if not you will see your investment go down the drain the next day.
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all investments or businesses must have risks including ICO and trade.
we have risks at ICO when the project fails if it works, we will also benefit. for long-term investments all coins can be relied upon but those that have high prices, not all coins
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It seems to me that, in not a successful investment, greed affects more, everyone wants everything at once and a lot, without studying the project, invest where large profits, forgetting or not knowing about the big risks, because few people want to carry money to the Bank under some miserable few percent a year, when a large amount is on the horizon.
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yes I agree with you. not all ico projects are used as long-term investments. You have to choose according to the benefits obtained if you invest in the ico project. like a product that is widely used by people and easy to transact.
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Wether we like it or not the answer why investment in ICO is risky due to unsecured profit at the end of prospect schedules. The 50/50 ratio challenge the investors critical thinking.
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Nowadays, there are so many fraudulent projects.
Be careful before investing, fully learn about the project carefully.
First, you can look at the authenticity of the team member. If the profile is fake, just avoid. Don't invest
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Because ICO is an investment, we spend money, and the money may not be used according to the agreement when the ICO is taken away without clear information or better known as Scam. Some things become the problem of the ICO Scam, which is the unclear project, the purpose of collecting funds made by developers and teams that are unclear or not emblazoned. Usually this will be explained in the whitepaper. Therefore we must be more careful and observant if we want to invest in the ICO.
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What makes ICO investment risky is ourselves in choosing projects at the ICO. So we must be clever in making a good selection of projects at ICO by researching them well and paying attention to them clearly. If you believe the project is good and not Scam or other, then you have the right to choose it and avoid big risks like the Scam project.
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I think ICO is actually not too risky if we can distinguish which ICO is good and which ICO is bad by doing research starting from white paper, website, then team and so on. Then from there later when we have been able to research ICO projects well , then I am sure in the future, risks will not occur. and I am very sure of that.
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The biggest risk when investing in an ICO startup is the risk that the project will not fulfill its obligations and in the future its product will not be in demand and useful to the community. I'm not talking about fraudsters, of which there are hundreds now, among the projects. This is a separate category of risk. In general, friends, you need to carefully choose a project for investment and understand that your money can disappear.
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Actually the investment is all at risk. But all depends on the condition of the project we are investing in. If the project at ICO is good and many investors enter, I'm sure it will be profitable and the risk of loss will be small. Vice versa. If the ICO is not good or even a Scam, it will hurt you and the risk going forward is also great for you and everyone in it.
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there are some ico that is scam that can we get if we are not careful in choosing an ico. a lot of good ico does not mean that there are no ico that is scam. we have to be smart in choosing it so we can avoiding a scam ico.
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if we follow the ico that is scam the it will make us get a big loss. we must be able to avoid it and choose a good ico. choosing a good ico is not an easy thing because we should be able to understand the ico well. if we can choose ico well, then we will also get the good ico.
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Can have some risks and profits as well .It is just matter of the time you spend about research and the quality of the team if you ask me . Some projects ; they fund raised and they are gone .. They steal peoples money and time . Market use to be very attractive and ico's were make amazing funds before . Still we need to be careful .
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What makes ICO so risky is that there are many projects that are scams in it and many projects will die as well because there are no incoming investors. Therefore, if you want to avoid these risks and want to minimize the risks that exist, we must learn more about how to recognize a good and potential ICO project, so we can overcome the risk of scams and others at this ICO.
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Some ICO are worth investing while some are not due to scam and fraudulent activities that is rampant in the system for now. While some ICO price depreciate below 100% which make it risky for investors to risk his funds
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My opinion, As is the case with any investments there is always a risk of capital being lost. However, the nature of ICOs and the space in which they operate also present a host of new dilemmas that investors must be aware of.
ICOs are unregulated securities that allow the founders to raise huge amounts of capital without having a tangible product, prototype or beta version. They are simply an ambitious idea. As a result, it is a safe assumption that the vast majority of ICOs will fail to deliver their product and lose investors the money they invested. This must always be taken into account by investors and is why extensive research of the concept and team is encouraged...
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Tons of reasons you can have to mark an ICO project as very risky.
Developers
Project area
Token metrics
Advisors
Past experiences
Capability of the team members
The list can go on and on.
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Blurred sight is a chance to step down the right investment.
The risk won't gone because it is always risky but by the help of searching and reading the risk turn into a better opportunity to grab something new and becoming more mature and strong than before.
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Honestly investment in ICO today is too risky and I have two reason to consider
Firstly is the bearish market which makes which pull down the crypto investment too bad and second is the rampant scamming of ICO project which is very hard to identify.
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I think the only thing that makes ICO risky is when the ICI turns scam.
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What makes ICO risky is the project quality of the coin. the risk is when you have participated and devoted wealth, thoughts and energy, but the results are not balanced, even worse is a scam. that is very feared
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This year 2018 ICO is very risky to invest in, because many of the project that have ICO are scam project or have a dump coins/tokens when they get listed. And some of the team of the project are not doing great in the project they just left the project in the air after the ICO sale end.
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What makes ICO funding unstable is ourselves in choosing tasks at the ICO. So we must be clever in making a good choice of tasks at ICO by getting to know them properly and taking note of them without a doubt. in case you trust the challenge is right and not scam or different, then you definately have the proper to select it and avoid huge risks like the scam venture.
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ICO investments can be risky if the investor invests in a project that turns out to be scam or the price falls so low more than the ICO price.
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Investing in cryptocurrency is a huge risk.It does not matter that it is an ICO or buying coins on the exchange.Be prepared to lose all your money...especially now.
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The risk that I fear is the absence of regulations that are truly guaranteed by the government or the Central Bank in the world. This causes the risk to be very high if there are no Escrow facilities or third-party investment fund holders. If the investment fund holder is the developer himself, it is almost certain that the ICO is an ICO Scam. so we need to avoid such things
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In my opinion there are two risks that can adversely affect investors, namely ICO scam and ICO which cannot increase public trust. ICO scams are very often encountered today, there are many people who are not responsible and only make ICO a way to collect more money for personal interests and usually they use fake teams. and ICO which cannot increase public trust is if ICO coins that have been registered are exchanged and they cannot increase the price and what happens is that there is no order on the coin so that the price of the coin will fall to several times the ICO price.
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Everything in life is a risk. It is either minimal or high risk. For me, ICO falls in the category of minimal risk when you do your home work on the project well.
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However, long term, the outcome can be grim, and many people end up losing the money they initially invested. There are many reasons why most ICOs fail. When investing in an ICO, people must exercise due diligence and make sure they know the risk they are taking.
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As long as crypto industry is not regulated all investments will be risky. What about creating guarantee fund similar to existing in banking. When you put your money in bank you are sure that if bank goes bankrupt you'll your money back (to a certain degree of course).
Imagine that such protection exists in crypto... awesome
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In my experiences if they don't give their names in the white paper for any reason then 100% its a scam project because if the investors money will be stolen then there is no way that they can track them but make sure that their names are legit too that it can be easily search in the google.
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Every investment comes with risks so as ICO investment. Before investing in an ICO project, you need to carefully examine the project you are participating in and be sure if its really worth investing before going ahead.
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ICO investments will be very risky if we don't apply right ways in choosing the ICO coins. We need good researches to find trusted coins for our investment. Commonly, ICO coins are suitable for long term investment right now. They need a lot of time to reach proper prices on market.
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All in cryptocurrency have risks but the level of risk is different.
For example, if you invest in building a hospital building, there must be a risk when the hospital experiences a fire and is the same as the ICO.
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Any thing we do without knowledge is risky but with the good knowledge we can cover risk also.
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all investments have risks before we invest in ICO, we must first examine and learn how in the future these coins have the potential to be feasible not for long-term investment
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Now investing in any ICO is a rather risky business, since the entire market is going down, and, accordingly, tokens lose their value very much after entering the stock exchange. For this reason, many investors will soon leave the project.
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I think investing in an ICO project is very high risk, because now everyone wants to profit from Crypto which is expensive, so if you want to invest in ICO we have to first examine the truth of the project.
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You could say that because the world of cryptocurrency is a world of investment with a high level of risk, but if we invest in its profit results can be very multiple, provided we are not reckless in choosing coins that we will invest,
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if you talk about the exact risks every business, whether in the real world or the digital world, there is definitely a risk, bro. it is precisely people who dare to take risks surely the results are also great bro. among the risks of investing in Ico. is a price that is not stable and cannot be predicted by anyone .
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If it turns out to be scam.
And if the listing price is way below the co price.
It becomes risky.
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Investments are always associated with risk, no matter where you invest - it can be a real business or cryptocurrency. Well, no risk, no reward!
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the thing that makes ICO dangerous is the number of coins that do not know the origin of how, and investors are not studying the project, so the conclusion is there are several factors that make it unsafe as I explained above
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More aggressive leads to forcing the risk to take place at any moment. Investing must be done with patient and enough fundamentals to push the success.
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I thing if we want to invest in the ICO we have to first have a look at a challenge that we're going to comply with, so do not be provoked by means of iming an abundance of bonuses from an ICO assignment, due to the fact there are quite a few frauds on behalf of the ICO.
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ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
Because too many ICO are scam now. It is the reason why ICO investment is risky. It is my opinion.
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For now investing in ICO is quite risky.we know that this year the level of scam on the ICO has increased,this also affects the emotions of investors who go away from ico investment.well how ever before investing,make sure that the project you are following is really a profit.
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ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
Because too many ICOs are scam now. I think It is the reason why ICO investment is risky. It is my opinion.
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ICO investments like any other investment becomes risky when an investor invests blindly without any knowledge about the details of the portfolio or coin. Researching into the coin or ICO gives a clue on either to choose a short term or long term investment plan for the coin because not all coins are worth keeping for long term.
I think there is many ICOs scam. We must be carreful to choose ICO. We should learn the project and the team
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The fake team members and fake project are the risks in ICO investment. But it can be minimized by doing a research before joining an ICOs. Sure, ICO coins need a time to improve the values. It commonly improves along with the development of the project.
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Because the ICO is raising funds by development.
If the #DevelopmentTeam has greediness then the money can be taken and stolen by development.
I still remember the CENTRA project, this coin has been listed on the Exchange and a list on Coinmarkletcap but the end is a SCAM!
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From my purpose of read these days the foremost profitable are comes that antecedently had high costs, these days these comes are all-time low, like NEM or ADA, thus i believe that these days it's most advantageous to receive info and invest from these comes.
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I like this article about the investments in ICO wriiten by BY MORGAN E. WESTLING
Investing in an ICO, or an initial coin offering, can provide both huge financial benefits and huge risks. Many people are intrigued by the growing digital currency industry that includes blockchain technology, because the potential is there to raise money very quickly. However, long term, the outcome can be grim, and many people end up losing the money they initially invested. There are many reasons why most ICOs fail. When investing in an ICO, people must exercise due diligence and make sure they know the risk they are taking. Here are some of the most common risks when investing in an ICO.
Regulatory
One big risk regarding ICOs is the fact that right now, every ICO is unregulated. However, in the future, this may not be the case. Everyone is currently investing in ICOs to make a quick buck, but they don’t realize that the quicker ICOs become popular, the more likely ICOs are to become regulated soon. If ICOs do become regulated, what will happen to the ICO tokens that have been previously purchased? Many ICOs may be sold or lose value. ICO regulation is a huge unknown and a huge risk for those looking to raise funds and keep them.
Business
Investing in an ICO is risky whether you choose an Ethereum ICO or a Bitcoin ICO. While smart contracts may be put in place to help you with your exchanges, there are no official licenses in place to solidify your investments. If you are contributing to or trying to start your own business, a developing team of many ICOs and ICO contributors may seem like a great way to raise money; however, long term, this may come back to bite you. The ICO price can drop quickly and you can lose everything your company was built on if you aren’t extremely careful.
Taxes
There are many tax risks and issues that can arise from investing in an ICO. ICO tokens can be classified as many different things when it comes to taxes. Some are classified as equity, some are property, some are debt, and some are prepaid goods/services. Every ICO must be treated differently depending on its tax classification. The risk that comes with this digital currency is making sure to report and withhold every ICO token correctly. Getting in trouble with the government over taxes is no joke in the real world. Many people may think they can get away with small slips in their taxes when using blockchain technology, but this is not a risk worth taking.
Cyber Attacks
Venture capitalists who invest in ICOs take a huge risk, because blockchain technology is a digital currency and can be easily susceptible to cyber attacks. Along with many other risks, cybercriminals are always looking for new ways to hack the system and steal cryptocurrency through the web. The most common way that cyber attacks happen in the real world is through phishing scams, in which individual’s identities are stolen.
Fraud
Along with cyber attacks, investing in an ICO has the risk for fraud. Identity theft is common with initial coin offering ICOs, because if a person’s identity is successfully stolen from outside the United States and their digital currency is taken, it is very unlikely that the authentic owner of the ICO tokens will be able to recover their funds. Unfortunately, once outside of United States jurisdiction, there is not much power over the situation. With the internet and digital space being so large, it allows fraud to happen internationally, and the risk becomes much more real.
Token Risks
When investing in an ICO, you can have ICO tokens. These tokens are based on smart contracts such as Ethereum. The risks of buying these ICO tokens is that they can be stolen, lost, and your online or offline wallet can be hacked just like real world money. Also, when buying ICO tokens, there is no guarantee that you will be able to sell these tokens later. The game of Ethereum ICOs and ICO tokens is a risk you must be willing to take. Make sure you know how to buy an ICO the right way if you do decide to buy the tokens.
BY MORGAN E. WESTLING
https://thechain.media/risks-of-investing-in-an-ico
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Some of the ICO projects ran away with the money they got from the ICO stage and left some cartoons at their website which says "aaaaand it's gone".