7 Useful Tools for ICO Investors
The ICO market is growing and expanding day by day. As a result,we have hundreds of listings, reviews, different ratings, and also a crazy amount of new resources that appear every day with the goal of helping crypto-investors. But due to such a massive amount of incoming information, crypto-enthusiasts don’t know who they can believe and who to be wary of.
In this article,we would like to highlight 7 most useful information resources that have existed for quite a while on the ICO market. These resources also offer only trusted information regarding the world of ICOs.
These resources fall into 3 specific categories: Crypto-media, listings and ICO-rating websites.
Crypto-Media
Smith and Crown is one of the leading online media resources in the blockchain industry. New on the scene as of 2013, it was among the first resources to provide news about new technology. As mentioned on the website, this platform’s focus is on global trends, industry intelligence, and crypto-economic systems.
The Smith and Crown media team does its ownresearch on new projects and then publishes only verified information about worthy startups, technologies, and ideas.
Smith and Crown also provides advisory assistance for its partner companies in order to help with the most complicated and interesting challenges.
Perhaps the most famous crypto-magazine in the world, Cointelegraph is positioning itself as an independent media for blockchain and crypto-enthusiasts. For 4 years, Cointelegraph’s team has focused on building a strong community by providing not only hot industry news but also offering support for ICO projects as well as organizing significant events across the globe.
Listings and Ratings Platforms
The ICO Bazaar platform is an informational source for all ICO-investors — everyone from beginners to experienced professionals — who are willing to invest only in trusted projects. Via the ICO Bazaar website, you can find not only listings with independent ratings,but also a list of future blockchain-events. And as a bonus, they also feature a blog section.
ICO Bench is one of the most complete informational resources for investors. Its website offers the following categories:
· ICOs
· Experts
· Advisors
· Agencies
· Events
In addition to all of the valuable information offered for free, ICO Bench also provides ICO marketing services. These services range from graphics and marketing support to technical and legal services. Public relations, team support, and events organizing are available as suggested services.
ICO Bench’s team of analysts rate each project/agency or expert. You can also find statistics on recentfunds raised as well as countries in which to launch an ICO.
CoinSchedule is an ICO tracker for ongoing and upcoming ICOs. The platform doesn’t offer ratings for projects but instead ranks each project using a trust score similar to a school grading system. A score of ‘A’ represents the lowest risk of investing. An ‘E’ score indicates that the investment risk is quite high.
Additionally, CoinSchedule provides information on conferences as well as interesting articles about the blockchain industry.
CoinGecko offers a full list of finished, ongoing, and upcoming token sales. Its team analyzes the liquidityof the tokens, public interest in the project, and market capitalization. Coingecko also provides information regarding the situation of the biggest crypto-exchanges, a service that can be quite useful for crypto-investors.
Blogs
The Medium platform offers blockchain professionals a place to share their experiences with anyone looking for useful information. ICO projects founders post their blogs on Medium in order to provide their investors with the most recent news about the stage of each project. Medium is a totally free tool for everyone including authors and also users seeking ICO information.
You’ll find that posting your own blog on Medium is quite valuable, just as it is for other users of this platform. Exchanging experiences and industry updates provides benefits for each Medium user. The founders of this particular blogging platform report that Medium provides ideas and perspectives available nowhere else. We completely agree!