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PLoS ONE, 2020 This paper examines the market for initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICOs are smart contracts based on blockchain technology that are designed for entrepreneurs to raise external finance by issuing tokens without an intermediary.
Paul P Momtaz
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Initial coin offerings (ICOs): Why do they succeed? [PDF]
Financial Innovation, 2022 Recent literature has addressed initial coin offering (ICO) projects, which are an innovative form of venture financing through cryptocurrencies using blockchain technology.
José Campino +2 more
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Identification of Scams in Initial Coin Offerings With Machine Learning [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2021 Following the emergence of cryptocurrencies, the field of digital assets experienced a sudden explosion of interest among institutional investors. However, regarding ICOs, there were a lot of scams involving the disappearance of firms after they had ...
Bedil Karimov, Piotr Wójcik
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Initial Coin Offerings: Risk or Opportunity? [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2020 Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are one of the several by-products in the world of the cryptocurrencies. Start-ups and existing businesses are turning to alternative sources of capital as opposed to classical channels like banks or venture capitalists ...
Anca Mirela Toma, Paola Cerchiello
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The nature and sources of international variation in formal institutions related to initial coin offerings: preliminary findings and a research agenda [PDF]
Financial Innovation, 2023 As prior researchers have suggested, a firm’s success in an international market depends on how well its strategy fits the nonmarket environment, such as formal institutions. This paper examines the determinants of formal institutions around new areas of
Nir Kshetri
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Initial Coin Offerings and Agile Practices [PDF]
Future Internet, 2018 An ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is an innovative way to fund projects based on blockchain. The funding is based on the selling of tokens by means of decentralized applications called smart contracts written in Solidity, a programming language specific for
Simona Ibba +4 more
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The geography of initial coin offerings [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a rapidly growing phenomenon wherein entrepreneurial ventures raise funds for the development of blockchain-based businesses.
Huang, Winifred +2 more
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What determines success in Initial Coin Offerings? [PDF]
Venture Capital, 2020 In this paper, we analyse the determinants of success for 630 ICOs performed between August 2015 and December 2017.
Jong, A. (Abe) de +2 more
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Initial coin offerings: An emergent research area [PDF]
Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, 2021 Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main insights current literature offers regarding initial coin offerings (ICOs) and the avenues for future research.
Brochado, A., Troilo, M. L.
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ICObench ratings and Initial Coin Offerings’ success [PDF]
ERBE- European Review of Business Economics, 2022 Initial coin offerings (ICOs)–commonly referred to as token sales or token offerings– are assisted by blockchain technology. This financing tool helps entrepreneurs finance early-stage ventures on a decentralized, global scale.
Brochado, A., Mergulhão, M.
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