INITIAL COIN OFFERING: WHY MANY ARE A WASTE OF TIME

CRYPTOCURRENCY SERIES: ICO PART 1

INITIAL COIN OFFERING: WHY MANY ARE A WASTE OF TIME – PART I

Romal Almazo Published: 06 June 2018

INITIAL COIN OFFERING: WHY MANY ARE A WASTE OF TIME – PART I

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With 1,600+ coins and tokens already in the market and continued rumblings of initial coin offering (ICO) fraud, is an ICO really worth investing in? In this first of this two-part report on ICOs, Capco’s Romal Amalzo evaluates this controversial type of cryptocurrency funding.

CAPCO ON CRYPTO

The last 60 years has seen a major explosion in pioneering technology. In the 1960s it was mainframes and microprocessors. In the 1970s it was databases. In the 1980s, it was the made to order PC which eliminated inventory, networking equipment and operating systems. And of course, the creation of the World Wide Web in the 1990s. Now it's blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. We share our thoughts on this ground-breaking but inherently difficult to value digital currency.