How have ICOs evolved since 2013?
Investments in ICOs have increased since the first in 2013. 2017 has been the year of the ICOs, with a large increase in small technology companies that decide to raise funds using the Initial Currency Offer.
ICOs and the issuance of cryptocurrencies are growing at an exponential rate, there are a lot of these emerging in the market at any time. They are also beginning to spread to countries around the world, originally in the US. In the US, many countries have begun to jump on the list of Initial Offers of the Currency.
What is an ICO?
An ICO (Initial Offer of the Currency) is the means by which companies in the start phase can raise funds through the issuance and sale of tokens (Tokens). To carry out this process, Blockchain technology is used.
Timeline with the most important events of the ICOs
July 2013
Mastercoin presents the first Crowdsale and raises US $ 500,000
April 2014
The Scottish company MaidSafe raises 7 million dollars in 5 hours.
July 2014
Ethereum presents its ICO and raises US $ 18.4 million.
July 2015
The market of the ICOs experiences a greater slowness, attenuating the exit of new projects.
October 2015
Augur, a decentralized open source platform on market prediction, raises US $ 5.3 million.
November 2015
The capitalization of the cryptocurrency market reaches its maximum at US $ 7.9 billion.
December 2015
ICOs represent less than 1% of the billions collected in the global "Crowdfunding".
April 2016
DAO raises US $ 150 million in an Initial Currency Offer (ICO)
June 2016
DAO experiences one of the worst computer attacks, losing US $ 55 million.
The Waves platform, founded by Sash Ivanov, raises 30,000 BTC, becoming the largest Cryptocurrency Crowdsale.
November 2016
The "Airbnb infomático" Golem, raises US $ 8.6 million in just 26 minutes.
April 2017
The prediction application based on Ethereum, Gnosis, announces the fastest Crowdsale to date, raising US $ 12.5 million in just 12 minutes.
May 2017
Brendan Eich, the former CEO of Mozilla, launches a new open source browser, called Brave, which raises $ 35 million in 30 seconds.
June 2017
The first business bought with cryptocurrencies. A dental clinic in London, called F3T, was sold for 31.5 billion Dentacoins.
The first business bought with cryptocurrencies. A dental clinic in London, called F3T, was sold for 31.5 billion Dentacoins.
The investments of the Ethereun ICO achieve a profitability of 131,089%
In just 3 hours, the platform based in Israel, Bancor, raises US $ 153 million, which is a new record for the ICOs.
July 2017
In a 13-day Crowdsale, the Tezos project collects US $ 232 million between BTC and ETH, setting a new record.
The US SEC penalizes Recoin and DRC World for selling unregistered securities, stating that ICOs may be subject to federal regulation.
The total funds raised by ICOs amount to just over US $ 798 million, with 76 ICOs completed.
August 2017
The Russian company of Mining (RMC), owned by one of Vladimir Putin's advisers, seeks to raise US $ 100 million in an ICO to create mining infrastructure in Russia, challenging China's mining dominance.
Celebrities such as Floyd Mayweather and Paris Hilton jump on the train of the ICOs. The boxer raises US $ 30 million through the sale of chips.
The amounts collected by the ICOs surpass the first phases of venture capital financing for Internet companies.
September 2017
Even Crowdfunding companies are looking for financing, as is the case with KickICO.
China officially bans ICOs, after the central bank declared that the initial offers of the currencies are illegal and disrupt financial markets, causing a sharp plunge in Bitcoin and Ethereum.
The first British cryptocurrency is launched and connected by Harry Redknapp - Electroneum.
October 2017
October 2017
The CFD service provider IQ Option joins Bombo ICO, with the objective of rewarding regular merchants with OTN Tokens.
Cobinhood, the first exchange company with 0% commissions, celebrates an ICO.
To see the complete infographic of the evolution of ICOs you can visit CoinList.me
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