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initial coin offering

initial coin offering noun: a type of funding using cryptocurrencies.

Noun

initial coin offering (plural initial coin offerings)

  1. A type of funding using cryptocurrencies.
    • The idea of an appcoin is not without its critics, however, as the topic broaches the sensitive topic of how assets are pre-allocated by cryptocurrency projects. In the altcoin world, where the development team commonly keeps a certain share of the initial coin offering, this process is known as...2014 August 2, Daniel Cawrey, “The Promise and Pitfalls of Crypto Crowdfunding”, in CoinDesk, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2014
    Synonyms:
    ICO

Synonyms of initial coin offering

Forms of initial coin offering

pluralinitial coin offerings

Origin of initial coin offering

Based on initial public offering.

Questions about initial coin offering

What does initial coin offering mean?
Initial coin offering means a type of funding using cryptocurrencies.
What part of speech is initial coin offering?
Initial coin offering is a noun.
What is the plural of initial coin offering?
The plural of initial coin offering is initial coin offerings.

Words near initial coin offering in the dictionary

  1. Initao
  2. inited
  3. initiable
  4. initial
  5. initial caps
  6. initial coin offering
  7. initial coin offerings
  8. initial condition
  9. initial mass function
  10. initial object
  11. initial objects

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