Initial coin offers (ICOs) might have harmed the growth of its ecosystem since market data shows that VCs or venture capitalists have tended to invest much more in non-Bitcoin projects during the previous five years. At the Plan B Summer School in Lugano, Switzerland, CEO of Blockstream Adam Back discussed the contrast between a few venture investments in Bitcoin tickers below $30,527 compared with its hike of the entire cryptocurrency capitalization.
Back, the creator of Hashcash, from which Bitcoin’s algorithm of proof-of-work was built, cited TVP market analysis that showed how VC money was invested in the ICO boom in all the years after Ethereum’s introduction.
Adam Back Claims That The Venture Capital For ICOs Have Recently Decreased
After a surge in interest in “early liquidity,” Adam Back claimed that venture capital spending on ICOs has decreased recently. He explained that, buying tokens at a discounted price, waiting patiently for this company where they invested to do a bit of marketing, before selling to the investors the discounted tokens even before there’s a product.” Adam Back said that although ICOs had gained investors a ton of money, the phenomena had not always led to the market entry of goods that people could value and use since “incentives are skewed.” According to market research conducted by Trammell Ventures, 97% of investments from venture capitalists over the previous three years have gone towards “crypto” rather than Bitcoin. Adam Back mentioned ventures luring investors include ICOs, cryptocurrencies, discounted tokens, and others.
When you consider it, that is somewhat surprising because stickiness is used in the real world. The trade volume is 90% or more Bitcoin, not the opposite. Adam Back claimed that although this group of investors is underfunding the Bitcoin industry, ecosystem builders “produce more project value and innovation” in comparison to “crypto” ICOs, which have drawn the majority of venture capital expenditure.
