Comments on “Initial Coin Offerings, Corporate Finance and Financial Regulation” — What, Why, and How

Beatrice Weder di Mauro

Chapter 16 in Digital Currency Economics and Policy, 2020, pp 140-152 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Prof. Beatrice Weder di Mauro discussed Prof. Allen’s presentation. She concurred with Prof. Allen’s insights. She elaborated that while Initial Coin Offers (ICOs) are purportedly a new form of corporate finance that could bypass government and central bank monitoring and supervision, and might stimulate innovation, the reality is different. She presented statistics that show only 3.8 percent of ICOs are traded after launching and generally ICO returns are unattractive. She also presented examples on poorly performed ICOs…

Keywords: Digital Currency; Economics and Policy; Finance; Cryptocurrency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G2 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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