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

In: DIGITAL CURRENCY ECONOMICS AND POLICY

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  • Beatrice Weder di Mauro

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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…

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  • Beatrice Weder di Mauro, 2020. "Comments on “Initial Coin Offerings, Corporate Finance and Financial Regulation” — What, Why, and How," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Bernard Yeung (ed.), DIGITAL CURRENCY ECONOMICS AND POLICY, chapter 16, pages 140-152, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811223785_0016
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    Digital Currency; Economics and Policy; Finance; Cryptocurrency;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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