Legitimating the Initial Coin Offering: A multidisciplinary study

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are a revolutionary new way of funding entrepreneurial ventures, which work by issuing digital tokens on an indelible distributed ledger. ICOs have the potential to fundamentally transform the finance sector, although they are still a highly nascent innovation, and there are still significant hurdles to their widespread proliferation. iComplyICO is a Vancouver-based company developing a multisided digital platform that connectsventures, regulators, legal and financial service providers, and other key stakeholders to facilitate regulatory compliant and legitimate ICOs.
This research project will help iComplyICO develop the understanding and vision necessary to successfully introduce its platform and build legitimacy around ICOs. It brings together scholars from several research domains to understand the present context and future implications of ICOs from multiple perspectives. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Victoria Lemieux;Marc-David Seidel

Student:

Partner:

iComply ICO

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

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