Category: 3. ICOs and early stage investment

Early stage investment platforms essentially require the broad longterm approach to assessing value known as fundamental analysis which we discuss in detail in our section on trading crypto. They represent another step along the maturity path of crypto investing, which began with the mania of ICOs. Getting exposure to crypto outside of simply hodling or trading crypto…

The runaway success of ICOs proved just how eager people were to invest in crypto-focused startups. So it was only natural that dedicated investment platforms and asset managers would spring up. Some of these, like Grayscale, are geared towards wealthy investors, while others are pitched at regular folk who just want to put their money to good…

Despite the bad press generated by exit scams, many ICOs have generated incredible returns for investors. However, it should be remembered that they are not get-rich-quick schemes: the best projects are those that have the potential to yield returns over a long time period. It’s about investing in a viable business that serves a need…

Although ICOs are synonymous with 2017, the first ever token sale was held four years earlier. In 2013, Mastercoin raised $500,000 worth of bitcoin for a venture that sought to leverage the Bitcoin blockchain while adding additional features to it.  Soon other projects were following suit, tapping into bullish investor sentiment by exchanging dollars for…

In the early days of Bitcoin, the concept of “earning” from cryptocurrency was largely confined to mining. Miners – first individuals and later pools – received bitcoin as a reward for committing blocks of verified transactions to the blockchain.  Fast-forward to the modern day and there are numerous ways to earn, from staking and trading…

What you’ll learn Understand what an ICO is; the history & hysteria The evolution of ICOs What an investment platform is Potential returns & risks from early stage crypto investment