Essays about: "initial coin offerings"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words initial coin offerings.

  1. 1. Efforts towards Security: Hybrid and Pure Token Offerings : An exploratory multiple case study of novel financing methods in the blockchain environment for entrepreneurs

    University essay from

    Author : Andjela Cvetanovic; Simon Haaf; [2022]
    Keywords : Initial Coin Offering; ICO; Entrepreneurship; Start-up; Blockchain; Funding;

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  3. 2. The Influence of Institutional Investors on Initial Coin Offering Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Rebecka Mofors; Maja Strömberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Initial coin offering; Entrepreneurial finance; Crowdfunding; Cryptocurrencies; Institutional investors;

    Abstract : The popularity of raising capital through Initial Coin Offerings and the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market calls for a deeper understanding of success factors that can predict ICO success. In this paper, we examine the influence of institutional investors on ICO success by measuring the token's Buy and Hold Abnormal Returns and the venture's operational progress 180 days after the first day of trading. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impact of the Founding Team’s Human Capital on Token Sale Success: An analysis of European ICOs between 2016-2021

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Geoffroy Leuba; Amrit Gill; [2022]
    Keywords : entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial finance; token sales; initial coin offerings; ICO; information asymmetry; signaling theory; human capital; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The emergence of blockchain technology enables entrepreneurs to raise capital in an innovative way, by addressing a crowd of online investors without the need for an intermediary. This phenomenon is known as token sales, and it may have the potential to revolutionize entrepreneurial finance. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cryptos Left on the Table? Underpricing in Initial Exchange Offerings

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elsa Persson; Max Dougly; [2021]
    Keywords : Initial Exchange Offering; Underpricing; Cryptocurrency; Tokens; Initial Coin Offering;

    Abstract : This study empirically examines underpricing in the newest phenomenon of cryptocurrency fundraising: initial exchange offerings (IEO). Drawing from the well-supplied initial public offering (IPO) literature, we study the existence and level of underpricing in IEOs and whether theories on asymmetric information and behavior can help explain it. READ MORE

  6. 5. ICOs - A Tale of Greed and Opportunity : A qualitative study of how entrepreneurs in Sweden perceive this novel and unique financing method

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Sven Corominas Larsson; Ilia Alexeevich Bobadilla Smolski; [2020]
    Keywords : Initial Coin Offering ICO ; Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Proof of Work PoW ; Miner; Altcoin; Fiat Money; Venture Capital VC ;

    Abstract : This study is within the field of financial innovation and entrepreneurship. The thesis’s primary purpose is to investigate how and why entrepreneurs in Sweden are positioning themselves in regarding Initial Coin Offerings as a new financial vehicle based on the Swedish regulations and the underlying factors to the entrepreneur’s point of view. READ MORE