Publication Type
Working Paper
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
3-2019
Abstract
The rise of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) in recent times and their potential for investment opportunities have investors spending a lot of time researching ICOs or having to follow the crowd. This paper aims to explore four broad factors of ICOs: identity, credibility, investor sentiment, and price movement to develop a framework that is useful in determining ICO quality. Research is shown using data sources including public forums, chat groups, web sites, white papers as well as smart contract details. Finally, a system, based on the framework, is proposed that can be used to detect and regulate ICO activities and even potentially identifying fraudulent ICOs. Ultimately, the framework aims to improve the current ICO eco-system based on self-regulation, and standards.
Keywords
blockchain, Ethereum, ICO, Initial Coin Offerings, quality, data analysis, MITB student
Discipline
Finance and Financial Management | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing | Technology and Innovation
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
First Page
1
Last Page
13
ISSN
1740-0279
Embargo Period
4-25-2021
Citation
TENG, Fam Guo; GRIFFIN, Paul R.; and KOH, Andrew.
Picking flowers in an ICO garden. (2019). 1-13.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5900
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