This presentation briefs the history, present, and future of ICOs. Different type of ICOs and different types of crypto tokens used in ICOs. Moreover, it also says about how to do an ICO and how the ICOs are expected to change in the future.

1. Initial coin offerings (ICO)
Past, present and the future

2. CEO & Co-founder Accubits technologies
AI & Blockchain focused development company
6 countries so far, with 150+ team members
ICO token issuance platform
14 ICOs and $146 mil raised so far
ICO ADVISOR "Top entrepreneurs to look for in 2018"

3. What is an ICO?

4. A brief history of ICOs
July 2013 : Mastercoin ICO - meta protocol layer built on
top bitcoin to provide functionalities which bitcoin could not
provide back then.
System & concept architected by JR Willett, Founder and
chief architect of Omni foundation.
2014 : Ethereum - Raised 3,700 BTC in the first 12 hours.
THE REST IS HISTORY

6. Current scenario
2016
64 ICOs
$103 Ml
2017
514 ICOS
$6890 Ml
2018
285 ICOS
7401 Ml ….. And counting !

7. ICO vs VC
Aung Kyaw MoeJun Hasegawa

8. "ICOs delivered at least 3.5x more capital to blockchain startups than VC since 2017"

9. So, what exactly is a crypto token?
Crypto tokens represent a particular fungible and tradable asset or a utility that is often found on a blockchain.
UTILITY TOKEN SECURITY TOKEN
They serve as a (future)
access to a product or
service and can be best
compared to a gift card
or software license.
If the tokens are
purchased with the sole
objective of receiving
dividends/profits in the
future

10. Types of token sale models
Capped ICO Uncapped ICO
Capped ICOs will have a
set cap limit on how
capital they can raise.
Excess money is usually
returned in this case.
There is not a set cap for
the amount of money
they can raise out of the
ICO.

11. How to do an ICO?
1. Decide if an ICO is suitable for your business?
2. Advisor reach out and onboarding
3. Get legal opinion
4. Create a light paper/whitepaper/deck for your ICO
5. Private sale or an angel investment to develop the MVP
6. Create the product
7. Create a token
8. Create community and buzz
9. Getting your token out on an exchange

14. The Future
1. Milestone based ICOs
2. Post-ICO investor engagement platform
3. KPI analysis and success forecasting
4. Self policing communities
1. Control back to the community
2. More regulated ICOs
3. Few unicorn companies from the space
4. Delisting of weak and fake tokens from exchanges