Initial coin offerings, also known as token sales, are crowd sales that are raising hundreds of millions of dollars for new technology startups. How does this mechanism serve as a new and alternative form of financing to startups to angel investing and venture and what are the ramifications? In this session, we will review some basic mechanisms of token sales companies, best practices to consider this type of financing, and answer questions for anyone interested in investing or launching an ico.

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