{"id":84844,"date":"2018-09-24T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T17:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=84844"},"modified":"2021-03-22T01:04:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:04:01","slug":"with-the-ico-era-winding-down-a-new-era-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/with-the-ico-era-winding-down-a-new-era-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"With the ICO era winding down, a new era emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/bloom.bg\/2xojvcX\"><span class=\"s2\">Bloomberg article<\/span><\/a> highlighted the new (down) trend, reporting that ICOs raised $300 million in August 2018. This is the lowest level of funding seen in the past 16 months, a mere one-tenth of the average monthly funding volume ($3 billion) in the first quarter of 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So what happened to the ICO market? It turns out that hundreds of ICOs in 2017 showed clear signs of fraud, with an estimated $1 billion of the $6 billion raised globally going into highly questionable deals. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How did I come up with these numbers? By searching the notorious dark web and through some &#8220;off-the-record&#8221;, DM conversations on crypto Twitter. Just kidding, these stats were compiled as part of an in-depth report published by <a href=\"https:\/\/on.wsj.com\/2GsCV2e\"><span class=\"s2\">The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But there\u2019s more. Legitimate ICOs have had a hard time delivering on their promises as well. Here\u2019s a (typical) chart showing the trajectory of one such over-hyped ICO, which raised $30 million in January of this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85351\" style=\"width: 1393px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85351 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/random-altcoin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1393\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/random-altcoin.jpg 1393w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/random-altcoin-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/random-altcoin-768x326.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/random-altcoin-1024x435.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1393px) 100vw, 1393px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Name this Altcoin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Imagine losing 100 percent of your investment in an ICO scam, only to lose 95 percent of your next investment (er, \u201ccontribution\u201d) in a \u201clegitimate\u201d ICO like this one (while the CEO insists that the company is growing). Would you ever invest in an ICO again? Of course not. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are even websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/deadcoins.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Dead Coins<\/span><\/a> that actively curate \u201ca complete list of ICO exit scams and extinct coins,\u201d broken down into four gut-wrenching categories: Deceased, Hack, Scam and Parody. Ouch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last, but certainly not least, regulators have been clamping down, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issuing hundreds of subpoenas to domestic ICO issuers, marketing firms and even crypto hedge funds who may have violated federal securities or broker-dealer laws. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In early September, the SEC formally charged the first unregistered broker-dealer\u2014TokenLot\u2014for selling digital tokens. The firm agreed to pay $500,000 in penalties. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lions, tigers and bears, oh my! As the ICO era is winding down, a new era is heating up. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The Dawn of Digital Securities <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Digital securities (sometimes referred to as security tokens) are digital assets that are compliant with federal securities laws and run on the blockchain. Digital securities offerings, or DSOs, are a compliant alternative to ICOs\u2014and they\u2019ve recently been gaining momentum in the U.S. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">DSOs can be run using securities exemptions like Reg D, Reg A+, Reg CF and Reg S. Currently, the most common exemption being used is Reg D 506(c), which allows DSO issuers to generally solicit or market their deal and raise an unlimited amount of capital\u2013but restricts investment to verified accredited investors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The beauty of a DSO is that any company can run one: a startup, an enterprise, a blockchain company or a non-blockchain company. Like ICOs, DSOs promise near-term liquidity, with several regulated trading platforms like OpenFinance Network, tZERO and Templum either live or in development.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85350\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-85350 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-network-img-1024x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-network-img-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-network-img-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-network-img-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/open-network-img.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">OpenFinance Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The basic concept of a DSO is that an issuer locks up the capital, but not the investor. Investors in a tokenized VC fund, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spicevc.com\/\"><span class=\"s2\">SPiCE VC<\/span><\/a>, for instance, will be able to trade out of their position at their discretion once their lockup (12 months in a Reg D offer) expires. This is an attractive alternative for Limited Partners who are accustomed to having their capital locked up for seven to ten years in a traditional VC fund.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Beyond liquidity, additional potential benefits of digital securities include 24\/7 trading, rapid settlement, reduced issuance fees, fractionalization of large assets, automated compliance (through smart contracts) and the ability for issuers to attract intentional investors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Trends and Observations in the Digital Securities Market <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you think digital securities are a tool to satisfy the needs of early-stage startups, you\u2019d be wrong. I recently spoke with the CEO of a publicly-traded biotech company that has raised over $1 billion to date, and who wants to run a $50 million DSO for a stage 3 clinical trial immuno-oncology cancer drug.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve also been strategizing with the CEO a $20 million dollar food and beverage company that wants to run a DSO. They\u2019re profitable, have a well-known brand for a small company and have been in business since the 1990s. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Beyond DSO issuers, I know of major ICO hedge funds launching dedicated DSO funds, as well as firms that provided designated market making services to ICO issuers, and who are now pivoting to provide similar services to DSO issuers. Even ICO marketing firms are realizing that the grass may be greener (and much safer) on the other side. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But forget the companies I\u2019ve been speaking with. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">In August 2018, Intercontinental Exchange, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, announced the launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/bakkt\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Bakkt<\/span><\/a>, a digital assets trading platform, that has been in development in partnership with Microsoft, for the past 14 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And earlier this year in April, NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman hinted at the possibility that NASDAQ would launch a regulated cryptocurrency exchange. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When the largest national securities exchanges make announcements like this, it\u2019s worth paying attention to. And it\u2019s a sign that digital securities might not just be the next big thing in cryptocurrency: they could be the next mega-trend in capital markets.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Bloomberg article highlighted the new (down) trend, reporting that ICOs raised $300 million in August 2018. This is the lowest level of funding seen in the past 16 months, a mere one-tenth of the average monthly funding volume ($3 billion) in the first quarter of 2018. So what happened to the ICO market? 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