Understanding Token Sales Mechanics

ICO History of the 2017–2018 Boom

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Reasons for the Decline of ICOs: Regulation and the Howey Test

Airdrops Instead of Token Sales

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The Return of the ICO Trend in 2025

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Infographic of top public token sales in June 2025 including Perena, Enso, and Hana.

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Notable Launches of 2025

How to Participate in an ICO (Using CoinList as an Example)

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What’s Next for ICOs

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Ethereum

Tezos

Uniswap

Arbitrum

Optimism

Pump.fun

Rocket labeled ICO 2.0 launching with a green check shield icon

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ICOs are making a comeback in 2025, fueled by a bullish market, retail demand, and new platforms like Sonar. With projects like Plasma and Pump.fun raising hundreds of millions, token sales are evolving—not disappearing.

ICOs Are Back in 2025 with New Rules and Bigger Demand

Tezos is a new decentralized blockchain that governs itself by establishing a true digital commonwealth. It facilitates formal verification, a technique which mathematically proves the correctness of the code governing transactions and boosts the security of the most sensitive or financially weighted smart contracts.

"Some of the biggest names in the blockchain industry are joining forces for the purpose of encouraging collaboration and engagement..."

Unitize Virtual CON

CV Summit Davos 2020 from 9 AM - 6:10 PM.

CV Summit Davos 2020

Paris Blockchain Week Summit from Mar 31st - Apr 1st.

Paris Blockchain Summit

North American Bitcoin Conference from Jan 15 - 17 in Miami, Florida.

NA Bitcoin Conference

Genesis Devcon in Bangalore, India from Nov 24 - 25.

Genesis Devcon

Decentralized Summit, presented by MFT, from Jan 29 - 30.

Decentralized Summit Conf

Deposits open at 9 AM (UTC) on Nov 6, spot trading opens at 9 AM (UTC) on Nov 7, and withdrawals open at 9 AM (UTC) on Nov 8.

OKEx Listing

"Come listen to representatives from several PoS coins talk about the present and future of PoS!"

POS Meetup- Osaka

"Join Chainlink’s C.E.O. Sergey Nazarov, stake.fish, Kyber and Tezos korea as they discuss bridging the gap between decentralization..."

Seoul Meetup

Binance will list Tezos (XTZ) and open trading for XTZ/BNB, XTZ/BTC and XTZ/USDT trading pairs at 2019/09/24.

Binance Listing

"Gathering the key players in the blockchain space in town to discuss adoption, decentralized applications & financial systems"

D&DD Summit Tel Aviv

Coinbase Pro begins accepting XTZ deposits for 12 hours prior to enabling full trading.

Coinbase Pro Listing

Gate.io removes some coin from US market due to regulatory uncertainty.

Gate.io Disabled for USA

Trust Wallet, Binance’s official crypto wallet, is preparing a new staking feature set to launch by the end of the second quarter.

Trust Wallet Staking

"Zcon1 will take place in Split, Croatia, from June 22 – 24."

Zcon1

CogX 2019 conference in London from June 10-12.

CogX 2019

DLT Conference is a 2 day conference that facilitates innovation by bringing corporates and blockchain projects together.

DLT Compass Singapore

Athens A is set to introduce two different backwards-incompatible changes to the network: Increase of Gas Limits and Decrease of Roll Size.

Mainnet Athens Activation

Paris Blockchain Week Summit is the flagship event of the Paris Blockchain Week. 3000 attendees and 60 speakers in Station F.

Paris Blockchain Week

Distributed Global 16 Vestry St. 4th Fl. · New York, NY - Monday, November 19, 2018, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

Tezos NYC Meetup

Web3 Summit is organized around a single rallying call: to facilitate a fully functional and user-friendly decentralized web.

Web3 Summit

"We are pleased to announce that Kraken will list Tezos (XTZ). XTZ trading starts Tuesday October 16."

Kraken Listing

Tezos plans to launch the mainnet in Q3 of 2018.

Mainnet Launch

"BSN will begin offering permissionless services with 6 public chains, they are Ethereum, EOS, Tezos, Nervos, Neo and Irisnet."

BSN Public Chain

"New Listing: $XTZ/USD perpetual swaps will be listed on #Huobi. Deposit: 13:00 on July 22, Trading: 16:00 on July 22 (GMT+8)."

Huobi Listing

Tezos (XTZ) will be added to the Indodax marketplace on Thursday, July 23, 2020, at 2:00 PM.

INDODAX Listing

"JOIN US as we bring together a diverse group representing the brightest minds, game changers, creators, regulators and insiders along with ...

L.A. Blockchain Conference

"Town Hall: Governance & Technical Processes"

Town Hall

"We are excited to announce $XTZ is now available on Buy & Swap @tezos @TezosFoundation @AsiaTezos ."

Liquid Exchange Listing

"Saturday, May 22nd at 2:00pm CET to Sunday, May 23rd at 8:00pm CET. "

Hackathon

"Tezos (XTZ) will list on BitMart at 04:00 AM on May 11, 2021 EDT"

Bitmart Listing

"June 24, 2021 @ 8AM PDT ... Learn about decentralized finance and the future of financial markets."

Global DeFi Summit

TOKEN2049 from October 7th to 8th in London.

TOKEN2049 London

"Join us for an informal event on July 22nd. Security in a DeFi era - A Crypto TLV community event..."

Security in a DeFi era

"The Crypto Summit by Inc42 Plus promises to be the definitive forum for India's new crypto economy," from Sep 18th to 19th.

The Crypto Summit

"Don't miss this Youtube AMA on Tuesday, September 14th from 8:00 - 9:30pm BST (3:00 - 4:30pm ET)."

YouTube AMA

SXSW Conference from March 11th to March 20th in Austin, TX.

SXSW Conference

"Feb. 8 / The Future of Gaming on Web3, a one-day gathering of some of the most prominent figures in the gaming industry on the Tezos..."

/RESPAWN

Crypto Goes Mainstream on Tuesday November 9th, from 1:00pm to 5:30pmET.

Crypto Goes Mainstream

Art Basel Miami Beach from Nov 30th to Dec 4th.

Art Basel Miami Beach

"NFT BUSAN 2021 The Blockchain Port of Asia | NOV 4 - 6th, 2021"

NFT BUSAN 2021

KickEX Listing

World Blockchain Summit in Dubai from March 23rd to 24th.

World Blockchain Summit

"Office hours with @Moonfire_VC will be on Wednesday, June 22, from 3-5 PM BST."

Office Hours

"Papa Johns '#NFT Hot Bags' are redeemable for free until Saturday, March 26."

Papa John's NFTs

Future of Crypto conference by Benzinga in New York City.

Future of Crypto

Coinfest Asia in Bali, Indonesia from August 25th to 26th.

Coinfest Asia

"On Saturday... at 12:00 PM ET, @Tezos Co-Founder & Early-Architect, @ArthurB, will be hosting an #AMA on YouTube."

YouTube Live AMA

TezDev Paris in Paris from July 21st to 23rd.

TezDev Paris

TezDev 2023

"The next Digital Collectible from the @McLarenF1 23/23 collection... at 10am BST/5am ET. Grab yours on @TrustWallet or other Tezos..."

McLaren F1 Drop

"Don't miss this meet up at the @Trilitech office if you're in London... 6pm BST"

London Meetup

"Web3Conf is India's first and biggest chain agnostic conference by GirlScript Foundation."

Web3Conf India 2023

"Join the upcoming #Tezos San Francisco Meet Up... 6:30pm PDT"

San Francisco Meetup

"... We will be delisting several trading pairs that do not fulfill our listing criteria."

OKX Delisting

"... Conferences & keynotes... workshops & practice... holidays & all inclusive..."

NFT Biarritz

"... 5:00 Pm BST for an exclusive AMA with Tezos Co-Founder, Arthur Breitman. He'll be diving deep into Tezos and..."

"... 50 Early testers who will try the game next week. Gamers will access exclusive content at the game's release."

KAYO Testing

Founder of Mythos Capital, Host of Banklesshq.com

Ryan Adams

VincentVanDough

Max Bronstein

egs9000

United States of America

Polychain Capital is a cryptocurrency-focused investment management firm and hedge fund. It was founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, who was the first employee at Coinbase and is known for being one of the earliest advocates of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Polychain Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is considered one of the prominent players in the cryptocurrency investment space.

Polychain Capital

Boost VC is an active Deep Tech investor. Boost VC invests in emerging and disruptive categories at the edge of the map.

Boost VC

BitScale Capital invests in teams and solutions that bring transparency and efficiency to our world through cutting-edge technology.


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