ICO credibility checklist
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Companies will need a proven existing business with revenues, leveraging blockchain technology, tokenization, encryption, and decentralization. Clear and adapted legal structure, accurate financials, a clear road-map and expertise in the related business must be provided. A template website and white paper is not enough.
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International teams should be a mix of experts in tech and business. The human component needs to be one of the main drivers of credibility and future success of the company.
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Projects should be backed by a high quality board of advisors and endorsed by well-known institutional investors.
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Community being at the core of blockchain … companies need strong community on social media (telegram and Github) and through Meetups. This is a way of measuring the potential swarm and goodwill of a company.
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Strong blockchain partners.
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New standards for valuation.
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Transparency on what will drive the token price on the market. This exercise requires an honest and unbiased assessment of the project.
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The token should be linked to the legal entity through the C-share protocol or something similar.