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dc.contributor.authorBergesen, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorPalm, Lucas Mikael
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-11T07:51:38Z
dc.date.available2018-09-11T07:51:38Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2561890
dc.descriptionMaster's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2018nb_NO
dc.description.abstractInitial Coin Offerings (ICOs) has become a new way for firms to raise capital, in 2017 and the first quarter of 2018 they raised approximately $12 billion. If a person managed to buy the top 10 performing ICOs in 2017, they would have had an average return of 10,400%. These returns have created considerable media attention and increased focus from law-makers in different countries. As this is such a new phenomenon there is an insufficient amount of research done; this thesis addresses this gap. By conducting an exploratory study where we summarize the data available, we describe the most critical issues in this new market. We have found that the market experienced a large speculative bubble where large sums of money entered the market. The easy money encouraged unethical actors attempting to exploit investors. The market has no standards or supervision, and it is rife with hacking and scams, mainly due to the vast information asymmetry between buyers and sellers. These issues have made legal institutions react, and the U.S. has been the most prominent enforcer in the market. They claim that most ICOs to date (2018) have been illegal offerings of securities and have started to focus on issuers who act fraudulently. Many other countries have warned about ICOs, but so far, few have taken significant action.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherUniversitetet i Agder ; University of Agdernb_NO
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectBE501nb_NO
dc.titleAn exploratory study of Initial Coin Offerings : A better understanding of the ICO market and its fraudulent and unregulated naturenb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber76 p.nb_NO


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