ICO Market. Weekly Review. June 8, 2018 #

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1 ICO Market Weekly Review June 8, 2018 # 11 info@icobench.com

2 Welcome to ICO Market Weekly Review. This report aims to be your guide to the ICO market and the blockchain community and is based on the data that we carefully gather at ICObench. Increasing popularity of initial coin offering as the means of funding a startup brought particular attention to the ICO market and made the blockchain community grow drastically. In this situation, it is crucial not only for the investors but also for the media and research agencies to have a trustful and complete source of information about the ICO market. With over 3,500 projects and 50,000 professional profiles in enterprise and blockchain published on the platform, we can ensure a clear outlook of the market and its community. We have processed and organised a huge amount of data for this report to show you the ICO market and its community s widely differing sides - specifically ICO market size for a variety of industries, projects trending this week and countries leading in crypto. We hope that the data in the report will be useful to you and your audience. We are happy to have you with us and are looking forward to your feedback on what other information you would like to see in the ICO Market Weekly Review. ICObench Team

3 Table of content 1. ICO Market Overview Top 5 ICOs completed recently Top 5 ICOs completed in May Top 5 ICOs to date Top countries on the ICO market Top platforms used by ICOs 8 2. Trending ICOs Top 5 ongoing ICOs Top 5 ICOs launched this week ICO market size ICO market size per week ICO market size per month for the past 12 months ICO market size per industry for the past 12 months ICO market performance ICO performance rate for the past 12 months ICO performance rate by industry Top 10 completed ICOs by ROI up to date Top ICOs completed in April 2018 by ROI Blockchain community Top 10 People of blockchain Top 10 ICObench experts Top 10 ICO agencies ICO Market Insider 21 3

4 1. ICO Market Overview As a rating platform, we pay more attention to best ranking ICOs. Our evaluation system consists of a combination of the ICO profile rating based on our own algorithm that uses more than 20 different criteria and the ratings provided by the independent experts.on the other hand, it is highly important how much a project raised during its ICO and how the number and the value of the ratings could affect amount of funds raised. In this section, we try to build a picture of this interrelationship Top 5 ICOs completed recently ICO Funds raised ICO Rating #1 4NEW $42,100,000 #1 HybridBlock 4.9 #2 MoneyToken $37,189,195 #2 Squeezer 4.7 #3 Aitheon $25,352,867 #3 Ternio 4.7 #4 Traxia $15,000,000 #4 Omnitude 4.7 #5 Clinicoin $13,624,000 By the amount of funds raised #5 SKYFchain 4.7 By rating ICO Rating Funds raised ICO #Ratings #1 Omnitude 4.7 $8,000,000 #1 MoneyToken 67 #2 Paymon 4.5 $1,092,514 #2 SKYFchain 66 #3 EiraCube 4.5 $912,325 #3 Acorn Collective 62 #4 Invox Finance 4.4 $4,188,110 #4 EiraCube 42 #5 Aitheon 4.3 $25,352,867 By rating and amount of funds raised #5 Welltrado 41 By the number of ratings 4

5 1.2. Top 5 ICOs completed in May 2018 ICO Funds raised ICO Rating #1 Flashmoni $72,000,000 #1 Sharpay 4.8 #2 Gold Bits Coin $50,000,000 #2 Iconiq Lab 4.7 #3 SIX.Network $42,000,000 #3 PokerSports 4.6 #4 Patron $40,000,000 #4 BitRewards 4.5 #5 KELTA $37,378,158 By the amount of funds raised #5 CEEK 4.5 By rating ICO Rating Funds raised ICO #Ratings #1 Sharpay 4.8 $5,973,900 #1 Sharpay 110 #2 Iconiq Lab 4.7 $1,736,700 #2 BitRewards 61 #3 PokerSports 4.6 $500,000 #3 ELIGMA 49 #4 CEEK 4.5 $17,344,575 #4 Velix.ID 48 #5 ELIGMA 4.5 $11,377,277 By rating and amount of funds raised #5 MINER ONE 48 By the number of ratings 5

6 1.3. Top 5 ICOs to date ICO name Raised ICO name Rating #1 Dragon $320,000,000 #1 HybridBlock 4.9 #2 HDAC $258,000,000 #2 Sharpay 4.8 #3 Filecoin $257,000,000 #3 Truegame 4.8 #4 Tezos $232,000,000 #4 Iconiq Lab 4.7 #5 EOS $185,000,000 By the amount of funds raised #5 Friendz 4.7 By rating ICO name Rating Funds raised ICO name #Ratings #1 Sharpay 4.8 $5,973,900 #1 Sharpay 110 #2 Truegame 4.8 $3,426,445 #2 Truegame 96 #3 Friendz 4.7 $27,525,000 #3 WePower 84 #4 Omnitude 4.7 $8,000,000 #4 Friendz 68 #5 Iconiq Lab 4.7 $1,736,700 By both rating and amount of funds raised #5 MoneyToken 67 By the number of ratings 6

7 1.4. Top countries on the ICO market Estonia Switzerland 164 ICOs #by the number of ICOs $1,301,624,466 #by raised funds 19.2 ICOs per 1M people #by the number of ICOs per 1 million people ICOs per 1M people #by the number of ICOs per 1 million people Russia 250 ICOs #by the number of ICOs $563,863,949 #by raised funds UK USA 457 ICOs #by the number of ICOs $2,841,870,24 #by raised funds 269 ICOs #by the number of ICOs $888,264,096 #by raised funds Slovenia Cyprus 28,8 ICOs per 1M people #by the number of ICOs per 1 million people 18.3 ICOs per 1M people #by the number of ICOs per 1 million people Singapore 262 ICOs #by the number of ICOs $1,308,249,796 #by raised funds 44.3 ICOs per 1M people #by the number of ICOs per 1 million people Countries & Platforms The ICO market has its leaders presented not only as projects but also as countries and the platforms the project teams build their ICOs on. The map above shows the countries which became leaders in the following criteria: the number of ICOs, the number of ICOs per 1 million people, and the total sum of funds raised by the projects. As you can see, Ethereum has become a market standard. At the same time, today many projects base their products on Waves platform and other runners-up. 7

8 1.5. Top platforms used by ICOs Platform ICOs % Avg.rating Avg.raised #1 Ethereum 2, % 3.1 $3,687,375 #2 Waves % 2.4 $1,151,936 #3 Stellar % 3.5 $3,764,516 #4 NEO % 3.6 $4,398,609 #5 Scrypt % 2.2 $1,468,289 #6 Separate blockchain % 3.0 $4,081,755 #7 NEM % 2.9 $3,221,628 #8 Ethereum and Waves % 2.2 $451,303 #9 Bitcoin % 1.8 $7,896 #10 X % 2.9 $-0 8

9 2. Trending ICOs The ICO market is changing every day, crowning the projects that succeed to reach the perfect combination of team, vision, and product as well as the hype around them and leaving the losers behind. In this section, we provide this week s leaders of the market according to their mark and the number of ratings on our platform Top 5 ongoing ICOs ICO name Rating ICO name Rating #1 INTRO 4.9 #1 SKYFchain 66 #2 ZeroState 4.9 #2 Acorn Collective 62 #3 Bulleon 4.8 #3 Open Source University 43 #4 Enlte 4.8 #4 Welltrado 41 #5 Eternal Trusts 4.8 By raiting #5 Bubbletone 36 By number of ratings 2.2. Top 5 ICOs launched this week ICO name Rating ICO name #Ratings #1 Squeezer 4.7 #2 Xriba 4.7 #3 MulTra 4.7 #4 Trivver 4.6 #5 RankingBall 4.6 By rating #1 Open Source University 43 #2 Squeezer 33 #3 Whalesburg 17 #4 Alethena 12 #5 ShareRing 11 By the number of ratings 9

10 3. ICO market size The initial coin offering has become one of the fastest growing means of investment by the end of The size of ICO market had been both booming and rapidly falling over 2017 and, at the moment, has slightly lowered after the peak in March In this section, we wanted to give you the big picture of the size of the market, split into two major categories: market size per week and month and the market size per industry ICO market size per week Week #ICOs Funds raised Avg.funds raised/ico May 28th, Jun 4th, $257,422,342 $5,148,447 May 21st, May 28th, $233,848,922 $8,661,071 May 14th, May 21st, $259,719,140 $10,821,631 May 7th, May 14th, $252,448,507 $10,518,688 10

11 3.2. ICO market size per month for the past 12 months Month #ICOs Funds raised Avg.Funds raised June $154,564,218 $6,440,176 May $1,023,006,633 $7,930,284 April $852,258,819 $7,284,263 March $1,726,509,175 $14,151,715 February $1,454,141,448 $13,219,468 January $1,231,193,224 $15,389,915 December $1,625,668,891 $16,420,898 November $747,096,755 $11,150,698 October $874,934,580 $12,866,685 September $865,810,120 $16,650,195 August $351,248,662 $8,567,041 July $455,216,461 $16,257,731 #ICOs Funds raised Avg.Funds raised 11

12 3.3. ICO market size per industry for the past 12 months Category #ICOs Raised Avg. raised Platform 1,420 $7,048,845,332 $4,963,976 Cryptocurrency 1,004 $4,567,049,325 $4,548,854 Business services 642 $2,493,689,918 $3,884,252 Investment 469 $1,857,542,490 $3,960,645 Software 433 $1,730,117,312 $3,995,652 Smart Contract 382 $774,107,956 $2,026,461 Internet 320 $1,300,567,343 $4,064,273 Entertainment 282 $1,144,905,559 $4,059,949 Banking 279 $2,183,405,161 $7,825,825 Infrastructure 278 $1,107,797,532 $3,984,883 Big Data 251 $574,492,494 $2,288,815 Artificial Intelligence 238 $515,762,118 $2,167,068 Communication 229 $877,366,017 $3,831,293 Media 173 $654,344,321 $3,782,337 Retail 154 $553,459,290 $3,593,891 Other 148 $299,626,553 $2,024,504 Health 123 $369,169,698 $3,001,380 Real estate 104 $235,723,048 $2,266,568 (see the next page) 12

13 Category #ICOs Raised Avg. raised Education 99 $152,902,344 $1,544,468 Energy 87 $333,391,740 $3,832,089 Tourism 82 $111,957,527 $1,365,336 Sports 77 $152,354,369 $1,978,628 Casino & Gambling 76 $259,341,308 $3,412,386 Manufacturing 72 $228,178,327 $3,169,143 Virtual Reality 70 $132,601,447 $1,894,306 Legal 52 $71,027,160 $1,365,907 Electronics 50 $277,975,171 $5,559,503 Charity 47 $66,970,387 $1,424,902 Art 34 $59,510,399 $1,750,306 13

14 4. ICO market performance There are two factors of financial success for any ICO: reaching their hard cap during the initial coin offering and having a big ROI (return on investment) after it. In this section, we show the market s situation by the performance rate and ROI for the past 12 months and for all industries represented on our platform ICO performance rate for the past 12 months % reached HC % reached SC 14

15 4.2. ICO performance rate by industry Category Raised ICOs % reached SC % reached HC Platform $7,048,845, % 32.54% Cryptocurrency $4,567,049, % 31.57% Business services $2,493,689, % 30.37% Investment $1,857,542, % 32.84% Software $1,730,117, % 28.87% Smart Contract $774,107, % 19.90% Internet $1,300,567, % 29.06% Entertainment $1,144,905, % 32.27% Banking $2,183,405, % 33.69% Infrastructure $1,107,797, % 26.62% Big Data $574,492, % 19.92% Artificial Intelligence $515,762, % 19.33% Communication $877,366, % 27.07% Media $654,344, % 30.06% 15

16 Category Raised ICOs % reached SC % reached HC Retail $553,459, % 26.62% Other $299,626, % 25.00% Health $369,169, % 21.14% Real estate $235,723, % 32.69% Education $152,902, % 18.18% Energy $333,391, % 25.29% Tourism $111,957, % 30.49% Sports $152,354, % 31.17% Casino & Gambling $259,341, % 40.79% Manufacturing $228,178, % 19.44% Virtual Reality $132,601, % 14.29% Legal $71,027, % 21.15% Electronics $277,975, % 24.00% Charity $66,970, % 14.89% Art $59,510, % 17.65% 16

17 4.3. Top 10 completed ICOs by ROI up to date ICO Token Ended Rating ICO price Current price ROI #1 NEO NEO Sep 7th, USD USD 168,393.74% #2 Emphy EPY Nov 5th, USD USD 100,870.95% #3 Stabilise SPC Jun 2nd, USD 0.89 USD 89,218.94% #4 Emiratecoin EMC Dec 24th, USD 2.56 USD 25,540.16% #5 Bitquence BQX Jul 16th, USD 3.09 USD 9,060.11% #6 GATCOIN GAT Jan 5th, USD USD 7,228.30% #7 Augur REP Oct 1st, USD USD 6,537.83% #8 Golem GNT Nov 13th, USD 0.57 USD 5,551.73% #9 OmiseGO OMG Jul 23rd, USD USD 4,987.60% #10 Populous PPT Jul 24th, USD USD 4,548.10% 4.4. Top ICOs completed in April 2018 by ROI ICO Token Ended Rating ICO price Current price ROI #1 Auctus AUC Apr 20th, USD 0.35 USD 22.42% 17

18 5. Blockchain community 5.1. Top 10 People of Blockchain #1 #2 #3 Simon Cocking Vladimir Nikitin Ian Scarffe ISS 75 ICOs ISS 61 ICOs ISS 63 ICOs #4 #5 #6 #7 Nikolay Shkilev Jason Hung Phillip Nunn Amarphreet Singh ISS 42 ICOs ISS 38 ICOs ISS 29 ICOs ISS 27 ICOs #8 #9 #10 Anders Larsson Joakim Holmer Ismail Malik 99.7 ISS 27 ICOs 93.1 ISS 24 ICOs 98.2 ISS 24 ICOs 18

19 5.2. Top 10 ICObench experts #1 #2 #3 Igor Karavaev Suumit Shah Vladimir Nikitin / / /100 Rating Reviews Weight Rating Reviews Weight Rating Reviews Weight #4 #5 #6 Luca Cotta Nikolay Shkilev Ian Scarffe / / /100 Rating Reviews Weight Rating Reviews Weight Rating Reviews Weight #7 Nathan Christian /100 Rating Reviews Weight #8 #9 #10 Jason Hung Douglas Lyons Daniil Morozov / / /100 Rating Reviews Weight Rating Reviews Weight Rating Reviews Weight 19

20 5.3. Top 10 ICO agencies Agency ISS #ICOs #1 AmaZix #2 Token Market #3 ICOBOX #4 FoxTail Marketing #5 TokenSuite #6 ForkLog Consulting #7 Ambisafe #8 ROQ Media #9 Tokenget #10 7MARKETZ

21 6. ICO Market Insider We have asked our top experts to comment on the market trends and give their forecast for the upcoming week. Summertime and the living is easy, so the song goes. This summer we have the FIFA World Cup in Russia, kicking off in Moscow on Thursday June 14 when the first match will see the home country v Saudi Arabia two nations with legislators having strong opinions on cryptocurrencies. For anyone conducting an ICO with a heavy retail audience, you ll be interested to see how the world s largest sporting event will distract the people you are targeting, until the end of the tournament on Sunday July 15. Tina Fotherby ICO PR and Marketing Specialist and Founder of Famous Publicity Fascinatingly, in 2014 there were very few ICOs but one of the most successful of all time was that for Ethereum which raised $18.5 million over 42 days. Vitalik Buterin launched the ICO on July 20 that year, a week after the end of the FIFA world cup in Brazil. Good timing. The nature of ICOs is changing each month, so for those conducting their own token sale, it can be difficult to know where to start. The Pillar Unconference ( taking place in Vilnius from Sunday July 15 to Sunday July 22, is covering the subject in great depth, from tokenomics to whitepapers, governance and monetary policy. You will return well versed in everything ICO and it s free. You just need to pay for travel, accommodation and meals. The summertime is unlikely to be easy on the football pitch, but will no doubt be thoroughly enjoyable and educational in Lithuania. This week we re seeing slow and steady recovery in ETH which I use as an indicator in ICO sentiment. The general trend of ICOs increasing in number but the median raise amount dropping continues and we will see that over the summer lull. Many of the best projects will be holding out until mid-september onwards (September, October and December were extremely strong last year). Looking ahead, the trend towards STO/ITO rather than ICO will have an interesting effect as these security raises can have more conservative and closer-to-real-world gains as compared to the explosively successful projects from previous two years. Graham Doggart Blockchain Advisor and ICO Growth Consultant Founder at Dynamic Abundance Advisory Many of the best projects are securing private funding well before hitting any public-facing fund-raising, so we will see a lot of the really world-changing projects arrive seemingly out of nowhere and with impressive institutional backing. These are the projects likely to be the main focus of a lot of the smart public money which is a shame for smaller projects that have real potential. It is a good lesson for all great projects and their teams, big or small, to work to secure at least some level of private funding ahead of a well-planned, controlled, and comprehensive public launch. 21

22 Looking at todays ico landscape, project teams are facing competition for funding mostly due to the new level of sophistication and education amongst investors, and who have now become more discerning. Douglas Lyons Success Coach to Blockchain Startup Project Teams Despite being mired in the obvious make sure your organization s work stands out as a unique solution that is in line with the specific needs and interests of your end users and investors. Having acknowledged the reality of competition, I strongly encourage projects to explore collaboration. I am the first to agree that healthy competition keeps organizations from a monopoly. But I bemoan the frequent tendency to allow narrow organizational interests to take precedence over larger business interests. We are often so passionate and concerned about the project that we can neglect the potential allies out there. And given the communication outlets we have available allies can be found quite easily. I often feel frustrated when several projects try to do extremely similar work in isolation. Clearly, if they worked together they could summon a whole new level of power. But fruitful collaboration requires attention and effort. Unfortunately, many organizations miss out on this valuable strategy. No one especially investors likes to see duplication of effort among barely distinguishable projects. If you can show that you are not only aware of your potential collaborators, but also working with them to make an even bigger, better, faster difference than you could make alone, you will be ahead of the game. Investors will love it! Emphasizing how you work collaboratively shows that you are strategically maximizing your precious resources. It also demonstrates that your organization is in the know about the space as a whole. Whenever you find a strong connection between your organization and another, in terms of work and target audience, you will also find a stellar opportunity to benefit mutually. By working together, you: Build on each other s strengths and complement each other s weaknesses Avoid duplicating services by coordinating and streamlining your work Learn from each other s experiences Begin to see relationships among the issues and approaches that you focus on Share information and resources instead of having to seek them out individually Begin to reap the benefits of an economy of scale 22

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