8 most successful icos of all time with the highest roi

History teaches some interesting lessons. After investigating the most successful ICOs of 2017 to lớn see which factors helped them enjoy great prosperity, the Bitcoin Market Journal team has singled out 2018’s top five sầu ICOs by (1) total funding raised and (2) ROI of token sales.

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As an added bonus, our team also shares some insight inkhổng lồ some promising upcoming ICOs for 2019.

Top ICOs By Funding

Top ICOs by ROI

Many ICOs managed to draw significant funding from investors in 2018. However, due to lớn the prolonged crypkhổng lồ bear market in 2018, which saw asset values drop from 70 lớn 99 percent, only a handful of ICOs showed positive sầu returns. The top five sầu best performing ICOs by ROI in 2018 were:

How They Did it

Smartlands

Smartlands managed to lớn become the best-performing ICO token of 2018 with an ROI of over 600 percent because it has been built on the Stellar Network, which means strong support from the Stellar community, và because, as a security token issuance platform, it provides a valuable service for a growing market within the global token economy. The platform enables companies khổng lồ launch securities token offerings (STOs) và is well-positioned to lớn become one of the go-lớn platforms STO issuers for startups và SMEs.

Digitex

Digitex managed to lớn raise $5.2 million và generate a return of over 530 percent for its investors in 2018 because it provides a popular solution for the growing cryptocurrency derivatives trading market. Digitex is a zero-fee futures exchange for bitcoin và Ether. To trade on the exchange, users are required to hold DGTX tokens. The attractiveness of the derivatives trading option the exchange provides means traders have been buying the platform’s token to lớn use the exchange, which helped to push up the token’s value since the ICO.

Zilliqa

Zilliqa managed to become one of the big ICO success stories – raising $22 million và generating an ROI of over 385 percent in 2018 – because this new smart contract computing platform is addressing of the most pressing issues faced by distributed ledger công nghệ today, namely, scaling. Zilliqa has successfully developed and deployed sharding technology khổng lồ create a highly-scalable, permissionless distributed network.

ODEM

ODEM managed lớn raise $4 million during its token sale và generate an ROI of over 200 percent for its token holders because the project is tackling a market where there is a high global demand with an innovative new solution. ODEM wants to lớn provide students in developing countries with the same cấp độ of education has top-tier U.S. universities by building an “On-Dem& Education Marketplace built on the Ethereum blockchain.”

EOS

The success of EOS, which managed lớn raise over $2 billion và generate a return on investment of over 125 percent in 2018, came down lớn a range of factors. Arguably, the primary driver of EOS’ success is the technological improvements the new blockchain network brings over its peers in the smart contract computing platforms space. Additionally, the combination of a star-studded team of reputable blockchain entrepreneurs combined with a successful community building effort not only led lớn an incredibly successful token sale but also lớn substantial activity on the blockchain network once it launched its mainnet.

Analysts Pinpoint Top Factors for ICO Success

When explaining what helped these token sales succeed, a good place khổng lồ start is Media Shower’s ICO Manifeslớn for Founders. According khổng lồ this document, the three most important factors in any digital token sale are:

Several analysts emphasized the importance of these key factors; for example, digital currency trader Marius Rupsys noted that the company’s “breakthrough promise” was important.

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However, more than one analyst also stated that speculation và hype were major reasons why certain ICOs succeeded last year. Rupsys said:

“Most ICOs prices are really just speculation, as most of these ICOs did not deliver much from hàng hóa side, traction or any other measurable result except sale efforts.”

Iqbal Gandham, UK managing director for social trading platkhung eToro, stated that when it came khổng lồ the most successful token sales:

“It was all quảng bá driven & hype-driven, combined with a great timing of the market.”

Several analysts emphasized the key role played by regulatory compliance when explaining why certain ICOs succeeded.

One big reason Filecoin’s token sale succeeded was that it was a regulatory-compliant ICO that provided access lớn traditional investors, said Marouane Garbé, managing director of Amulet, a crypto-to-crypkhổng lồ derivatives platform that focuses on customer success and usability. Garbé states:

“It was successful because of the investors they targeted.” 

Matthew Unger, CEO and Founder of iComplyICO, also emphasized the key role played by regulatory compliance, noting that many of the entrepreneurs holding ICOs in 2017 overlooked this consideration.

However, he anticipates a different climate this year, stating:

“We expect khổng lồ see more projects that take due diligence, legal, compliance, và regulation seriously.”

Summary

If you are looking lớn invest in ICOs during 2019, it is important to keep in mind the several key variables that frequently coincide with successful token sales.

While an ICO’s people, sản phẩm, and PR are all crucial, these offerings can also be driven by factors such as hype and speculation, as well as how effectively a particular sale complies with existing regulations.

Before investing in any ICO, it is important khổng lồ persize significant due diligence. One good way khổng lồ conduct this research is by checking our initial coin offerings page, where you will find information about such offerings.

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