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August 17, 2018

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Welcome to ICO Market Weekly Review. This report aims to be your guide to the ICO market and the blockchain community and is based on the data that we carefully gather at ICObench.

Increasing popularity of initial coin offering as the means of funding a startup brought particular attention to the ICO market and made the blockchain communi-ty grow drastically. In this situation, it is crucial not only for the investors but also for the media and research agencies to have a trustful and complete source of informa-tion about the ICO market.

With over 4,100 projects and 60,000 professional profiles in enterprise and block-chain published on the platform, we can ensure a clear outlook of the market and its community.

We have processed and organised a huge amount of data for this report to show you the ICO market and its community’s widely differing sides - specifically ICO market size for a variety of industries, projects trending this week and countries leading in “crypto”.

We hope that the data in the report will be useful to you and your audience. We are happy to have you with us and are looking forward to your feedback on what other information you would like to see in the ICO Market Weekly Review.

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Table of content

1. ICO Market Overview 4

1.1. Top 5 ICOs completed recently 4

1.2. Top 5 ICOs completed in July 2018 5

1.3. Top 5 ICOs to date 6

1.4. Top countries on the ICO market 7

1.5. Top platforms used by ICOs 8

2. Trending ICOs 9

2.1. Top 5 ongoing ICOs 9

2.2. Top 5 ICOs launched this week 08.13-08.19.2018 9

3. ICO market size 10

3.1. ICO market size per week 07.16.2018-08.13.2018 10

3.2. ICO market size per month for the past 12 months 11

3.3. ICO market size per industry for the past 12 months 12-13

4. ICO market performance 14

4.1. ICO performance rate for the past 12 months 14

4.2. ICO performance rate by industry 15-16

5. Blockchain community 18

5.1. Top 10 People of blockchain 18

5.2. Top 10 ICObench experts 19

5.3. Top 10 ICO agencies 20

6. ICO Market Insider 21

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1. ICO Market Overview

As a rating platform, we pay more attention to best ranking ICOs. Our evaluation systemis based on a combination of the ICO profile rating based on our own algorithmthat uses more than 20 different criteria and the ratings provided by the independentexperts. On the other hand, it is highly important how much a project raised during itsICO and how the number and the value of the ratings could affect the number of fundsraised. In this section, we try to build a picture of this interrelationship.

1.1. Top 5 ICOs completed recently

ICO Funds raised

#1 London Football Exchange $71,320,000

#2 4NEW $42,100,000

#3 Sword Coin $20,660,000

#4 FOAM $13,750,000

#5 Datareum $5,144,571

By the amount of funds raised

ICO Rating

#1 SKYFchain 4.7

#2 TimeBox 4.7

#3 Tip Blockchain 4.7

#4 Gabro 4.7

#5 GENEXI 4.6

By rating

ICO Rating Funds raised

#1 Datareum 4.4 $5,144,571

#2 Bitto Exchange 4.4 $1,104,454

#3 FOAM 4.3 $13,750,000

#4 Streamity 4.3 $4,200,000

#5 AISI Coin 4.1 $5,000,000

By rating and amount of funds raised

ICO #Ratings

#1 SKYFchain 60

#2 TimeBox 32

#3 Worldopoly 29

#4 TraXion 29

#5 Codex 25

By the number of ratings

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1.2. Top 5 ICOs completed in July 2018

ICO Funds raised

#1 Cryptosolartech $68,280,620

#2 Online $50,000,000

#3 Liquidity.Network $26,029,981

#4 Essentia $25,500,000

#5 TravelBlock $25,200,000


ICO Rating

#1 FTEC 4.7

#2 Nauticus 4.6

#3 ZeroState 4.6

#4 Xriba 4.6

#5 VRT 4.5

By rating

ICO Rating Funds raised

#1 FTEC 4.7 $995,000

#2 Nauticus 4.6 $16,916,000

#3 Xriba 4.6 $12,600,000

#4 Elysian 4.5 $7,000,000

#5 CryptoAds 4.5 $3,230,373

By rating and amount of funds raised

ICO #Ratings

#1 Etheal 59

#2 Open Source University 40

#3 ZeroState 33

#4 TV-TWO 32

#5 VRT 32


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1.3. Top 5 ICOs to date

ICO name Raised

#1 EOS $4,197,956,135

#2 Telegram Open Network $1,700,000,000

#3 TaTaTu $575,000,000

#4 Dragon $320,000,000

#5 HDAC $258,000,000


ICO name Rating

#1 Truegame 4.8

#2 Squeezer 4.7

#3 SKYFchain 4.7

#4 TimeBox 4.7

#5 FTEC 4.7

By rating

By both rating and amount of funds raised

ICO name #Ratings

#1 Sharpay 102

#2 Truegame 90

#3 WePower 81

#4 Friendz 63

#5 SKYFchain 60


ICO name Rating Funds raised

#1 Truegame 4.8 $3,426,445

#2 Karatgold Coin 4.7 $100,000,000

#3 Squeezer 4.7 $15,000,000

#4 FTEC 4.7 $995,000

#5 HybridBlock 4.6 $47,830,000

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Russia

Cyprus

Singapore

Estonia

Switzerland

UK

Slovenia

USA

1.4. Top countries on the ICO market

Countries & PlatformsThe ICO market has its leaders presented not only as projects but also as countries and the platforms the project

teams build their ICOs on. The map above shows the countries those became leaders in the following criteria: the

number of ICOs, the number of ICOs per 1 million people, and the total sum of funds raised by the projects from the

country.

As you can see, Ethereum has become a market standard. At the same time, today many projects base their products

on Waves platform and other runners-up.

519 ICOs#by the number of ICOs

$6,914,381,443#by raised funds






22.8 ICOs per 1M people#by the number of ICOs per 1 million people







149.7 ICOs per 1M people#by the number of ICOs

per 1 million people

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1.5. Top platforms used by ICOs

Platform ICOs % Avg.rating Avg.raised

#1 Ethereum 3,310 80.38% 3.1 $4,956,748

#2 Waves 105 2.55% 2.6 $1,211,506

#3 Stellar 40 0.97% 3.4 $6,086,046

#4 NEO 28 0.68% 3.5 $3,534,398

#5 NEM 18 0.44% 3.3 $3,536,641

#6 EOS 16 0.39% 3.8 $-0

#7 Scrypt 16 0.39% 2.4 $1,299,859

#8 Separate blockchain 12 0.29% 3.0 $4,081,755

#9 Ethereum and Waves 9 0.22% 2.3 $451,303

#10 Bitcoin 9 0.22% 2.1 $7,019

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2. Trending ICOs

The ICO market is changing every day, crowning the projects those succeed to reach the per-fect combination of team, vision, and product as well as the hype around them and leaving the losers behind. In this section, we provide this week’s leaders of the market according to their mark and the number of ratings on our platform.

ICO name Rating

#1 ephelants360 4.8

#2 CryptoRevolution 4.8

#3 Trivver 4.7

#4 Eternal Trusts 4.7

#5 Tip Blockchain 4.7

By raiting

ICO name Rating

#1 INTRO 33

#2 Iagon 32

#3 Cryptassist 31

#4 TraXion 29

#5 Worldopoly 29

By number of ratings

By rating

ICO name #Ratings

#1 Fanfare 22

#2 AutoBay 18

#3 COTI 16

#4 Invest in Brokers 16

#5 Herdius 12

ICO name Rating

#1 EON Protocol 4.7

#2 FRELDO 4.4

#3 OPP Open WiFi 4.4

#4 EVO 4.3

#5 Firmo 4.3


2.1. Top 5 ongoing ICOs

2.2. Top 5 ICOs launched this week 08.13.2018-08.19.2018

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3. ICO market size

The initial coin offering has become one of the fastest growing means of investment by the end of 2017. The size of ICO market had its ups and downs over 2017 and, at the moment, has slightly lowered after the peak in December. In this section, we wanted to give you the big pic-ture of the size of the market, split into two major categories: market size per month and week and the market size per industry.

Week #ICOs Funds raised Avg.funds raised/ICO

Aug 6th, 2018 - Aug 13th, 2018 11* $70,995,779* $6,454,162*

Jul 30th, 2018 - Aug 6th, 2018 30 $210,619,800 $7,020,660

Jul 23rd, 2018 - Jul 30th, 2018 16 $127,024,322 $7,939,020

Jul 16th, 2018 - Jul 23rd, 2018 19 $205,978,723 $10,840,985

3.1. ICO market size per week 07.16.2018-08.13.2018

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3.2. ICO market size per month for the past 12 months

Month #ICOs Funds raised Avg.Funds raised

August 2018 16* $172,501,398* $10,781,337*

July 2018 85 $685,669,045 $8,066,695

June 2018 98 $1,507,466,836 $15,382,315

May 2018 126 $1,071,855,244 $8,506,788

April 2018 107 $1,059,069,548 $9,897,846

March 2018 116 $1,735,377,226 $14,960,149

February 2018 104 $1,502,337,748 $14,445,555

January 2018 71 $1,365,515,824 $19,232,617

December 2017 89 $1,626,953,231 $18,280,373

November 2017 65 $749,225,976 $11,526,553

October 2017 69 $913,172,460 $13,234,383

September 2017 51 $837,753,177 $16,426,533


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Category #ICOs Raised Avg. raised

Platform 1,683 $9,911,581,674 $5,889,235

Cryptocurrency 1,143 $11,400,511,968 $9,974,201

Business services 718 $2,999,279,747 $4,177,270

Investment 547 $2,352,923,609 $4,301,506

Smart Contract 483 $1,234,918,751 $2,556,768

Software 478 $2,183,893,355 $4,568,815

Internet 375 $1,771,058,186 $4,722,822

Infrastructure 342 $3,099,216,958 $9,062,038

Entertainment 333 $1,260,042,311 $3,783,911

Artificial Intelligence 308 $671,805,482 $2,181,187

Banking 305 $2,657,870,933 $8,714,331

Big Data 287 $763,584,445 $2,660,573

Communication 260 $1,139,379,175 $4,382,228

Media 199 $1,330,384,691 $6,685,350

Other 197 $444,114,903 $2,254,390

Retail 176 $655,316,089 $3,723,387

Health 145 $422,922,118 $2,916,704

Education 126 $197,760,325 $1,569,526

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3.3. ICO market size per industry for the past 12 months

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Category #ICOs Raised Avg. raised

Real estate 120 $324,348,500 $2,702,904

Energy 95 $435,645,309 $4,585,740

Sports 93 $305,339,236 $3,283,218

Tourism 91 $151,388,902 $1,663,614

Manufacturing 89 $235,850,504 $2,650,006

Virtual Reality 88 $203,798,716 $2,315,895

Casino & Gambling 83 $601,612,342 $7,248,341

Legal 62 $141,969,715 $2,289,834

Electronics 55 $313,218,844 $5,694,888

Charity 51 $75,428,345 $1,478,987

Art 47 $71,510,399 $1,521,498

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4. ICO market performanceThere are two factors of financial success for any ICO: reaching their hard cap during the initial coin offering and having a big ROI (return on investment) after it. In this section, we show the market’s situation by the performance rate and ROI for the past 12 months and for all industries represented on our platform.

% reached HC

% reached SC


4.1. ICO performance rate for the past 12 months

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4.2. ICO performance rate by industry

This graph is showing the percentage of the ICOs that reached soft and hard cap in the past 12 months by industry.

% reached soft cap

industries

% reached hard cap

Category Raised ICOs % reached SC % reached HC

1. Platform $9,911,581,674 1683 36.66% 33.81%

2. Cryptocurrency $11,400,511,968 1143 37.80% 35.43%

3. Business services $2,999,279,747 718 38.58% 35.10%

4. Investment $2,352,923,609 547 40.04% 37.11%

5. Smart Contract $1,234,918,751 483 25.26% 25.05%

6. Software $2,183,893,355 478 38.49% 35.15%

7. Internet $1,771,058,186 375 36.80% 33.07%

8. Infrastructure $3,099,216,958 342 30.70% 29.53%

9. Entertainment $1,260,042,311 333 38.14% 32.43%

10. Artificial Intelligence $671,805,482 308 22.73% 22.73%

11. Banking $2,657,870,933 305 44.26% 39.34%

12. Big Data $763,584,445 287 26.48% 25.78%

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Category Raised ICOs % reached SC % reached HC

13. Communication $1,139,379,175 260 34.23% 32.31%

14. Media $1,330,384,691 199 35.68% 33.67%

15. Other $444,114,903 197 25.38% 24.37%

16. Retail $655,316,089 176 28.98% 26.70%

17. Health $422,922,118 145 24.83% 24.14%

18. Education $197,760,325 126 20.63% 20.63%

19. Real estate $324,348,500 120 37.50% 35.83%

20. Energy $435,645,309 95 29.47% 29.47%

21. Sports $305,339,236 93 41.94% 38.71%

22. Tourism $151,388,902 91 36.26% 35.16%

23. Manufacturing $235,850,504 89 19.10% 19.10%

24. Virtual Reality $203,798,716 88 19.32% 18.18%

25. Casino & Gambling $601,612,342 83 50.60% 44.58%

26. Legal $141,969,715 62 27.42% 27.42%

27. Electronics $313,218,844 55 30.91% 30.91%

28. Charity $75,428,345 51 19.61% 19.61%

29. Art $71,510,399 47 21.28% 17.02%

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5. Blockchain community

#1

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#5 #6

#9 #10

#2 #3Simon Cocking Ian Scarffe Nikolay Shkilev

255.1ISS85

ICOs

250.3ISS73

ICOs

198.3ISS55

ICOs

Vladimir Nikitin Hung Chih (Jason Hung)

Jeremy Khoo

Ismail Malik Naviin Kapoor

Anders LarssonAmarpreet Singh

178.9ISS

128.4ISS

123.1ISS

148.7ISS

115.5ISS

148.3ISS

121.9ISS

39ICOs

50ICOs

29 ICOs

38ICOs

32ICOs

45ICOs

34ICOs

5.1. Top 10 People of Blockchain

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#3#1 #2Hung Chih (Jason Hung) Igor KaravaevLuca Cotta

393 289 89/100

143 118 83/100

489 243 84/100

149 113 84/100

478 165 88/100 230 90 87/100

232 149 89/100 590 196 90/100 374 130 90/100

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#6Nathan ChristianDouglas Lyons

Paul Mears

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Tyler Sanford

Nikolay Shkilev

5.2. Top 10 ICObench experts

162 161 83/100 Rating Reviews Weight

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Agency ISS #ICOs

#1 Coinzilla 255.5 92

#2 MarketAcross 253.7 54

#3 AmaZix 238.2 81

#4 TokenSuite 175.2 62

#5 ICO-TOP 169.8 48

#6 Bountyhive 160.9 50

#7 ICO Vortex 142.1 53

#8 Tge.company 141.7 54

#9 ICOBOX 110.9 41

#10 FoxTail Marketing 109.8 30

5.3. Top 10 ICO agencies

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6. ICO Market Insider

We have asked our top experts to comment on the market trends and give their forecast for the upcoming week.

Paresh Masani

Executive DirectorProject Lead

DeveloperInfluencer

AdvisorBlockchain and

Security Expert Investor

3ICOs

The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a substantial decline, which has been ongoing since January 2018. Every major coin is undergoing severe losses in value, with no signs of a bullish reversal in sight. One of the most popular cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, has been affected by the bear trend in the market. This has had a domino effect on the ICO landscape, as most ICOs have been accepting Ethereum as payment in exchange of their tokens. As a result of the downward trend, many investors have been hit by a state of panic and have been selling all their coins. In turn, this has pushed the price of Ethereum down. At the time of writing, the price of ether is at $280, the lowest it has been since November 2017.Moreover, the fact that Ethereum has been declining over the past months has put the ICO market in a complicated situation. A lot of projects have decided to postpone their token sale because the Ethereum blockchain and currency seem too unstable. As a result, the whole crypto economy is stuck, waiting for stability and certainty to reappear. A simple Google search will show a large number of projects announcing that their ICO is being delayed. Another issue that has been affecting the crypto space and the ICO market has been the delayed decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning the approval of the first-ever bitcoin ETF. This has taken a toll on all the major coins, including bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin who have seen their value decrease overnight. The whole market is now holding its breath until a decision is potentially made in September, although the SEC could push it back to 2019.This paints a bleak picture for crowd sales in 2018. However, I am convinced that the bear trend will be reversed and that the cryptocurrency and ICO markets will soon see brighter days once again.In my opinion, Bitcoin is here to stay and will soon take a major role in our economy and the financial industry. More than just the currency itself, I firmly believe in the blockchain technology and the hundreds of applications and innovations it can bring across multiple sectors. The market is unstable as of now and is going through a downward spiral, but it is just a matter of time and adoption before it takes off and reaches a new all-time high. It almost reached $20,000 in December of last year, and it is not impossible for it to reach $1,000,000 once it hits mass adoption. The difference between cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin or Ethereum, and fiat is that unlike fiat, they are not controlled by the government and their value can increase considerably according to their potential and actual purpose. Major banks (can’t name them) have also heavily invested in the blockchain technology. This is why I genuinely believe these major coins will soon know an incredible run and see hundreds, if not thousands, of innovations relying on their blockchains. This leads me to talk about Ethereum. I strongly believe that Ethereum is here to stay as well. With its next upgrade Ethereum Casper coming in 2019, adding proof of stake to its network, it will be stronger than ever and ready to support all the projects and ICOs that will launch in the near future. With my strong technical background, I do understand the underneath technology behind Ethereum; the primary concern they have at the moment is Scalability, but it happens on any outstanding technology innovation when they get popular in no time! I strongly believe in Vitalik Buterin’s vision for Ethereum’s future and his intention to make the community a better place.In conclusion, the cryptocurrency space and the ICO market are experiencing a severe bear trend, which does not show signs of slowing down anytime soon. However, the potential for growth is huge and it is without a doubt that we will see popular digital currencies, such as bitcoin or ethereum, soon retake their place in the financial and economic landscape.Disclaimer : Not an investment advise. Please DYOR.

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Mohit Tater

Blockchain & ICO Advisor Investor

Serial Entrepreneur

The last few days have been a rollercoaster ride for the crypto industry and the people involved in it. With markets hitting new lows every other day, it’s probable that a lot of investors are getting really skeptical about the potential of cryptocurrencies in near future. Threatened by lack of interest from investors, the ICOs are extending tokens at fairly low rates to pull in more investors.Being a blockchain expert, I know a thing or two about the potential of blockchain technology in the near future. And if you ask me, things look very promising to me. It’s just that we are at the very early stages of this technology and it will take some time before it matures and becomes mainstream. Technology wise, Ethereum still faces some challenges but with the upcoming updates that Vitalik has promised, particularly the ‘consensus algorithm’ which should eliminate the issue of 51% attacks completely and with Ethereum moving to POS soon, it should solidify Ethereum’s position further.Looking at the ICO landscape today, companies are facing more and more challenges raising funds since investors have become more educated and picky now. The best advice on how to stand out in this market is to have a well-planned strategy, a solid product and clear communication with end-users and investors. This will help you more than anything else can. I see a lot of projects trying to achieve the same thing. For them, I can only emphasize the importance of leaving aside short-term goals and collaborating with each other to do things better and faster for the greater good of the industry.As you know, I advise and consult with companies in the blockchain space; I get approached on a daily basis by founders asking me to help them raise money. Regardless of whether I consult with them or not, the one piece of advice I give everyone is the following: build something of value and the money will come; don’t focus on money first. We are living in exciting times, and I look forward to what the next few months have in store.

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