Is the Initial Exchange Offering a new trend in 2019? OK, let’s get to the point here. We’re not going to tell you how ICOs boomed in 2017 to early 2018. And we’re not going to stress on how billions of dollars were raised during that period of time. We’re just going to give you a simple comparison of the two models, from the point of view of an investor. What is an Initial Exchange Offering? Simply put, unlike an ICO (initial coin offering), an IEO (initial exchange offering) is not open to the public. You’ll have to be a user of the hosting exchange to participate in the token sale. While an ICO allows any ... (full story)