Crypto Market Analysis: Biggest ICOs of 2018 in Terms of Raised Funds
Over 2500 companies completed an ICO in 2018, about 1000 of them managed to raise funds, and the total amount of collected funds reached about $11,6 billion.* This review covers the most successful of these ICOs in terms of raised funds.
*According to ICObench report.
1. EOS — 4,2 billion USD
About the project: EOS is an open source platform for deployment of scalable decentralized applications. The key feature of EOS is its scalability with transactions speed declared at the rate of up to several millions transactions per second. Thus EOS offers the fastest blockchain decision for today. There is no transaction fee on EOS, only need to have tokens on the balance in order to use the platform. The goal of the project is mass adoption of the technology by large companies. EOS ICO has been the longest and the biggest in terms of raised funds up to now.
Website: eos.io
Category: blockchain infrastructure
ICO dates: June 26, 2017 — June 1, 2018
Hard cap: N/A
Raised sum: $4,2 billion
2. TaTaTu — 575 million USD
About the project: TaTaTu is a fair and transparent social media and entertainment blockchain-based platform. Users are rewarded for creating and providing content as well as for watching it. There is both free and premium content on the platform. The platform provides safe environment for brands enabling them to fully validate the identity of users and certify 100% of video views. Besides, it rewards users for watching premium content and shares advertising revenue in a fair and transparent way.
Website: tatatutoken.io
Category: media
ICO dates: June 11 — June 30, 2018
Hard cap: $575 million
Raised sum: $575 million
3. Dragon — 320 million USD
Category: gambling
About the project: Dragon is a blockchain-based platform for the gambling industry of Asia. The project offers a safe financial mechanism with the use of digital tokens that can be used in casinos. The goal of the project is to establish its own digital cryptocurrency as a widely used currency for all sorts of transactions connected with gambling. The Dragon Ecosystem includes a Social Wallet (live), Dragon Exchange (live), Prepaid Dragon Credit Card (coming soon) and Global Cash Machines (coming soon).
Website: drgtoken.io
ICO dates: February 15 — March 15, 2018
Hard cap: N/A
Raised sum: $320 million
4. Bankera — 151 million USD
Category: banking and finance
About the project: Bankera is a digital bank bringing blockchain technology to the world of traditional banking and finance. Bankera offers three core groups of services — payments, loans and deposits, and investments. All the services support both fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. The main components of the ecosystem are Cryptocurrency Brokerage (live), Exchange Platform (live), Wallet (in progress), Cryptocurrency Loans (coming soon) and Investment Tools (coming soon).
Website: bankera.com
ICO dates: November 27, 2017 — February 27, 2018
Hard cap: $216 million
Raised sum: $151 million
5. Neluns — 136 million USD
Category: banking and finance
About the project: Neluns is a blockchain-based financial ecosystem combining within itself a bank supporting fiat and cryptocurrencies, a cryptocurrency exchange and an insurance company. NLS token holders are entitled to get 50% of profit dividends on a quarterly basis. The project has a bank with an official license as a base. The Neluns bank offers instant fund transfers, withdrawals and deposits, bank cards, deposits in fiat and crypto, p2p lending platform and mobile apps.
Website: neluns.io
ICO dates: September 5 — October 5, 2018
Hard cap: $112 million
Raised sum: $136 million
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