In the cryptocurrency world there are many criminal schemes: these include hacks, and phishing, and pumps and dumps. The most well-known fraudulent ICOs that collected millions of dollars, and how an investor can avoid getting hooked by a fraudulent ICO project...

According to statistical data, last year ICO projects raised a staggering 7.8 billion dollars. Despite the fact that against the backdrop of venture capital these figures are small, the scale of the new instrument and of the fraudulent schemes applied with its help is staggering. And what are the prospects for ICOs in 2019?

ICO — in cryptocurrencies, this is a kind of presentation of the idea for a new cryptocurrency project, as well as fundraising for the implementation of that project.