Do you think the IEO is a sign Crypto is growing up?

[Bobcrypto]

Yeah, the IEOs has made some mark in the curren crypto development and i think that IEOs may have changed the face of token sales in its short period of usage. It is doubtless a positive development and sign of the maturation of the industry, and it offers better protection to investors with trusted third parties and creates immediate markets for tokens sold.

Not everyone will welcome IEOs with open arms. In an ecosystem designed to remove the need for intermediaries, some will consider the IEO to be a regressive step. But as the ICO boom in 2017 highlighted, investors face real threats when adequate security measures aren’t taken.

Now, rather than relying on assertions made by an ICO startup, investors can put their trust in the due diligence performed by the exchange hosting the IEO. It may not quite be the desired dream once hoped for, but it’s a necessary step.

It ultimately shows the industry is serious about protecting investors, a sign to regulators and institutions that crypto is growing up. What do you think?

[cryptodemystified]

Yeah, I think so. Binance is disrupting this IEO space.

[dragononcrypto]

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It ultimately shows the industry is serious about protecting investors, a sign to regulators and institutions that crypto is growing up. What do you think?

I'm not convinced by this sentiment, although I do agree there will be good investments that come from IEOs, the results so far are very much looking like the ICO bubble of 2017. Here is a screenshot of a video that shows the returns of the recent IEOS. Notice how it's very much like the "successful" ICOs of 2018, those who got into the offerings made lots of money dumping their tokens (3-4x), those who got in after exchange listings generally lost money.

For sure there is money to made from IEOs, especially from Binance and other reputable exchanges, but ultimately they do not appear to be good long-term investments.

[MVT$]

It is doubtless a positive development and sign of the maturation of the industry, and it offers better protection to investors with trusted third parties and creates immediate markets for tokens sold.

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Now, rather than relying on assertions made by an ICO startup, investors can put their trust in the due diligence performed by the exchange hosting the IEO. It may not quite be the desired dream once hoped for, but it’s a necessary step.

When you have to rely on the judgement of others, exchanges in this case, then that is hardly a sign o maturation of the market. If that is how everyone sees IEOs, then best of luck to your investments

[Spc]

In my opinion, it could be like that. Or maybe for the person who created the IEO he wanted to make a match so that the bounty hunter had the choice in hunting for prizes. Maybe others had their own opinions.

[Cutter Cute]

Only 1 minute can be even less than 1 minute the investors can purchase new coins in the IEO.
in the end after the coins sell quickly, there will be very fast trading as if there will be a dump if there are no buyers at prices above the IEO.

[alltalk]

I think there is no correlation between IEO and the growth of crypto. IEO is another kind of token sales, so it means the growth on initial token sale ways. But of course, if many investors are active because of IEOs, it gives a contribution to improve crypto space.

[zilzylian]

The IEO is a new way to attract many crypto investors, because of the quiet crypto market at the end of 2018 and the many coins that live in the developers, I think the IEO is a good way to increase the confidence of new investors to be easier to choose coins and easy to trade

[Bit]

IEO is a new innovation in crypto business nowadays. The developers cooperate with exchanges to provide their token sales in safer and popular shape. I see there are many top exchanges that provide the IEOs now.

[ZionRTZ]

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It ultimately shows the industry is serious about protecting investors, a sign to regulators and institutions that crypto is growing up. What do you think?

I'm not convinced by this sentiment, although I do agree there will be good investments that come from IEOs, the results so far are very much looking like the ICO bubble of 2017.

Just the other day, I read complains from people who bought in another project that successfully held an IEO. They say the price was like 10x below its IEO price.

I think the OP has not seen those yet and is only focusing on the sales generated.

When you have to rely on the judgement of others, exchanges in this case, then that is hardly a sign o maturation of the market. If that is how everyone sees IEOs, then best of luck to your investments

This!

[Bobcrypto]

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It ultimately shows the industry is serious about protecting investors, a sign to regulators and institutions that crypto is growing up. What do you think?

I'm not convinced by this sentiment, although I do agree there will be good investments that come from IEOs, the results so far are very much looking like the ICO bubble of 2017. Here is a screenshot of a video that shows the returns of the recent IEOS. Notice how it's very much like the "successful" ICOs of 2018, those who got into the offerings made lots of money dumping their tokens (3-4x), those who got in after exchange listings generally lost money.

For sure there is money to made from IEOs, especially from Binance and other reputable exchanges, but ultimately they do not appear to be good long-term investments.

On the contrary, if you say IEOs investment may not be good on the "long term", simply because those who participated after listing lost, then we may have to look at the meaning of "long term investment" properly. We may redefine a long term investment probably to align those who invested after listing but lost.
You know, a long term investment couid be defined based on individual investors target. To some investors, a long term could be 1year, 2years, years, or even 10years. Those who lost after listing these coins may have to look at "long term investment" properly based on your points.
However, you be convinced later that IEOs development   on crypto ecosystem may not be based on sentiment but may be a reality on ground. Thanks

[zendicator]

Maybe its a sign. IEOs make investors believe again in crypto and I hope it will continue to trigger the bull run.

[dragononcrypto]

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It ultimately shows the industry is serious about protecting investors, a sign to regulators and institutions that crypto is growing up. What do you think?

I'm not convinced by this sentiment, although I do agree there will be good investments that come from IEOs, the results so far are very much looking like the ICO bubble of 2017. Here is a screenshot of a video that shows the returns of the recent IEOS. Notice how it's very much like the "successful" ICOs of 2018, those who got into the offerings made lots of money dumping their tokens (3-4x), those who got in after exchange listings generally lost money.

For sure there is money to made from IEOs, especially from Binance and other reputable exchanges, but ultimately they do not appear to be good long-term investments.

On the contrary, if you say IEOs investment may not be good on the "long term", simply because those who participated after listing lost, then we may have to look at the meaning of "long term investment" properly. We may redefine a long term investment probably to align those who invested after listing but lost.
You know, a long term investment couid be defined based on individual investors target. To some investors, a long term could be 1year, 2years, years, or even 10years. Those who lost after listing these coins may have to look at "long term investment" properly based on your points.
However, you be convinced later that IEOs development   on crypto ecosystem may not be based on sentiment but may be a reality on ground. Thanks

By your very own standards, given that IEO based tokens haven't lasted more than 1 year (let alone 2, 3 or 10), it's clear there is no evidence it's a good long-term investment. If you look up the strategies of long-term investing, you will find the idea is to investment in solid projects that have proven to be a good investment over a long period of time, not speculative projects that you might be able to flip for 3-4x in a matter of days or weeks. It's fine to do this, but don't it's not long-term investing. Furthermore, putting our trust in centralized exchanges that might be bankrupt tomorrow in no substitute for long-term investing strategies either.

[Pegasus]

Unlike most people here, I don't think IEO is a sign of crypto's growth. It's rather a sign of lacking idea & trust: ICOs are running out of idea with very few quality project and investors are running out of trust. Providing the fact that the latest ICO - Ocean Network can't even sold out after days on Bittrex, I don't think IEO will last long.

[GREENch85]

To be honest, now I do not see any sense to participate in either the ICO or the IEO. There are enough good projects on the market that are at the final stage in the development of the final product.