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Initial Coin Offerings: Future of the future of finance

By trying to operate outside the scope of regulators, ICOs have paradoxically drawn the attention of all regulators

THE question of whether the blockchain will end up as nothing or everything, continues to be asked with no definitive answer as yet. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a good lens through which we can view the issues challenging regulators and market participants.

ICOs are digital tokens,