Token Economy (Third Edition)
Volume: Money, NFTs & DeFi
Chapter: Token Sales
Publication Date: 2023
This page lists all the sources used for the research of the chapters and provides a reading list for those who want to learn more about the topics in this chapter. The references are sorted by category, alphabetically, and by date when you select the drop down menu. In the date view, if the full date of a book or academic paper is not known, the last day of the publication year is used. The links on this page will be updated regularly to avoid broken links. Some links, especially those to the Internet Archives, may not be accessible in certain regions due to censorship. Thanks to Quentin Botha for the idea and the manual effort to categorize the references in this database format!
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Web Resources | de la Rouviere, Simon. “Exploring Continuous Token Models: Towards a Million Networks of Value”. ConsenSys Media Blog. Feb 09, 2017. Accessed before May 2020. https://media.consensys.net/exploring-continuous-token-models-towards-a-million-networks-of-value-fff153175776 | |
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Web Resources | Little, Will. “A Primer on Blockchains, Protocols, and Token Sales”. Medium. Aug 22, 2017. Accessed before May 2020. https://medium.com/hackernoon/a-primer-on-blockchains-protocols-and-token-sales-9ebe117b5759 | |
Web Resources | 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 | |
Web Resources | 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/ | |
Web Resources | 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/ | |
Web Resources | Monetary Authority of Singapore. “Digital Assets”. Creation date unknown. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.mas.gov.sg/development/fintech/digital-assets | |
Web Resources | Protocol Labs. “The SAFT Project: developing a compliant framework for token sales”. Saftproject. Oct 02, 2017. Accessed before May 2020. https://saftproject.com | |
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Web Resources | Shen, Lucinda. “The Price of Bitcoin Cratered in 2018. But Here’s Why ICOs and VC Funding to Crypto Is Breaking Records”. Fortune. Jun 01, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20220926130327/https://fortune.com/2018/06/01/bitcoin-price-ico-2018-record-billions/ | |
Web Resources | 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 | |
Web Resources | Sui, Danning; Pfeffer, Johannes; Gillis, Jeff; Muzzy, Everett. “A Retrospective of the EOS Token Sale”. ConsenSys Media Blog. Oct 25, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://media.consensys.net/a-retrospective-of-the-eos-token-sale-172d3437932b | |
Web Resources | Tucker, Jeffry. “Despite What You Hear, The ICO Is Not Over”. Forbes. Aug 18, 2018. Accessed before May 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreytucker/2018/08/18/despite-what-you-hear-the-ico-is-not-rip/#796c27f53192 | |
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Web Resources | U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission. “Initial Exchange Offerings - Investor Alert”. Jan 14, 2020. Accessed between October 2022 and February 2023. https://www.sec.gov/oiea/investor-alerts-and-bulletins/ia_initialexchangeofferings#:~:text=Initial%20exchange%20offerings%20(IEOs)%20are,or%20tokens)%20to%20raise%20capital | |
Web Resources | 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 | |
Web Resources | 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/ | |
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Papers | Financial Conduct Authority. “Guidance on Cryptoassets”. CP19/3. (January 2019). https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/consultation/cp19-03.pdf | |
Papers | Shenfeng, Xie, “IPO Pricing Methods of International Investment Bank and Its Apocalypse to China”. (2011). http://www4.pucsp.br/icim/ingles/downloads/papers_2010/part_5/63_IPO Pricing Methods of International Investment Bank and Its.pdf | |
Project | Auroracoin: https://en.auroracoin.is/ | |
Project | Ethereum Classic: https://ethereumclassic.org/ | |
Project | Ethereum: https://ethereum.org/en/ | |
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Project | Steemit: https://steemit.com/ | |
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