Chapter References

This page contains all the references to the source materials used for the research of the chapters and should also provide a reading list for those who are interest to dive deeper into the topics presented in this chapter of the book. Where possible, the links on this page will be updated on a regular basis to prevent broken links that usually emerge over time.

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Binance. “Binance Launchpad: New Projects Coming Soon”. Binance.com. Jan 03, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.binance.com/en/blog/launchpad/binance-launchpad-new-projects-coming-soon-287512671268392960

van Oosterhout, Anja. “ICOs ‘Will Disappear In 2020’ As Data Shows 95% Funding Decline”. Bitcoinist. Oct 03, 2019. Accessed before May 2020. https://bitcoinist.com/icos-will-disappear-in-2020-as-data-shows-95-funding-decline/

Buterin, Vitalik. “Explanation of DAICOs”. ethresearch. Jan 06, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://ethresear.ch/t/explanation-of-daicos/465

Baker, Paddy. “ETCDev Shuts Down As Crash Destroys Company Finances”. CryptoBriefing. Dec 03, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://cryptobriefing.com/etcdev-ethereum-classic/

Bansal, Lalit. “Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) Is The New ICO”. Linkedin. Mar 27, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/initial-exchange-offering-ieo-new-ico-lalit-bansal/

Biggs, John. “Steemit, a decentralized sharing system, lays off 70% of staff”. TechCrunch. Nov 28, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/28/Steemit-a-decentralized-sharing-system-lays-of-70-of-staff/?guccounter=2

Castor, Amy. “The Ethereum ICO: Where did all the tokens go?”. The Block. Dec 18, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190317200134/https://www.theblockcrypto.com/2018/12/18/the-ethereum-ico-where-did-all-the-tokens-go/

Cremades, Alejandro. “Venture Capital Investors That Every Entrepreneur Should Be Pitching Right Now”. Forbes. Jul 18, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrocremades/2018/07/18/top-10-venture-capital-investors-that-every-entrepreneur-should-be-pitching-right-now/?sh=62159a281ced

Curran, Brian. “What Is an IEO? Complete Guide to Initial Exchange Offerings”. Blockonomi. Jul 23, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://blockonomi.com/what-is-an-ieo/

DeSue, Tedra. “Going Dutch Leaves Gnosis ICO Investors Unhappy”. Cryptovest. Aug 23, 2017. Accessed before May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527174321/https://cryptovest.com/reviews/gnosis-leaves-investors-unhappy

Huang, Zheping. “How China’s crackdown helped Binance become the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange”. South China Morning Post. Oct 03, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.scmp.com/tech/start-ups/article/2166704/how-chinas-crackdown-helped-binance-become-worlds-largest

Lee, Justina. “How Much Have ICOs Raised in 2018? Depends on Who You Ask”. Bloomberg. Nov 05, 2018. Accessed before May 2020.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-05/how-much-have-token-sales-raised-in-2018-depends-on-who-you-ask

Financial Conduct Authority. “Guidance on Cryptoassets”. CP19/3, 2019. https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/consultation/cp19-03.pdf

Kauflin, Jeff. “Where Did The Money Go? Inside the Big Crypto ICOs of 2017”. Forbes. Oct 29, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/10/29/where-did-the-money-go-inside-the-big-crypto-icos-of-2017/

Lielacher, Alex. “The Cost to Get Listed on a Crypto Exchange”. Bitcoin Market Journal. Sep 18, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.bitcoinmarketjournal.com/crypto-exchange/

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Marinoff, Nick. “Binance Says All Listing Fees Will be Disclosed and Donated to Charity”. Blockonomi. Oct 09, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://blockonomi.com/binance-listing-fees-charity/

McIntosh, Rachel. “Pay for Play: Why Exchange’s Token Listing Fees are Bad for the Industry”. Finance Magnates. Sep 20, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/pay-for-play-why-exchanges-token-listing-fees-are-bad-for-the-industry/

Makrygiannis, Konstantinos; Sankaran, Aparna. “ICO portfolio is down by 66% in the first half of 2018, according to EY study”. EY. Oct 19, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.ey.com/en_gl/news/2018/10/i-c-o-portfolio-is-down-by-sixty-six-percent-in-the-first-half-according-to-ey-study

Li Fei, Quek; Chiam, Mike; Ling, Samuel; Toh, Adrian. “Security Token Offerings in Singapore”. Cnplaw. Jan 22, 2019. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.cnplaw.com/security-token-offerings-in-singapore/

Suberg, William. “Vietnam: Pincoin, Ifan ICOs Exposed As Scams That Allegedly Stole $660 Million”. Cointelegraph. Apr 10, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://cointelegraph.com/news/vietnam-pincoin-ifan-icos-exposed-as-scams-that-allegedly-stole-660-million

Woodford, Isabel. “Surviving the crypto price-plunge: the ICO projects weathering the storm”. The Block. Dec 11, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112014940/https://www.theblockcrypto.com/daily/5012/surviving-the-crypto-price-plunge-the-ico-projects-weathering-the-storm

U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission. “Spotlight on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)”. SEC.gov. Jul 14, 2021. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.sec.gov/ICO