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What is ICO

Fostering Innovation and Competitiveness With FinTech, RegTech, and SupTech
An initial coin offering (ICO) is the cryptocurrency industry’s equivalent to an initial public offering (IPO). ICOs act as a way to raise funds, where a company looking to raise money to create a new coin, app, or service launches an ICO.
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Finding Solutions to Cybersecurity Challenges in the Digital Economy
Hazik Mohamed (Stellar Consulting Group, Singapore) and Hassnian Ali (International Center for Research in Islamic Economics, Pakistan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4390-0.ch005
Abstract
New technological innovation has incorporated frontier technologies in transforming the way we access and use existing products and services. The economy is becoming increasingly disrupted by revolutionary enterprises using technologies such as cloud computing, extensive use of artificial intelligence and data analytics, integration of interoperable internet of things (IoT) devices and the blockchained decentralization, including advanced materials. At the same time, regulatory and legal systems need to be strengthened in order for the ecosystem be protected from cyber risks and threats to allow for the market actors to flourish. In order to enjoy the benefits brought on by digital technologies, there are regulatory issues that come with technological adoption along with financial stability implications and consumer protection, with suggestions that regulators themselves adopt advanced technologies (RegTech) to embark on the new era of market supervision and monitoring to enhance cybersecurity.
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The Impact of Decentralized Technologies on Social Media Megacorporations
Stands for initial coin offering, it is a means of crowdfunding that can help start-ups that want to meet short-term financial goals by issuing digital assets called cryptocurrency tokens.
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How Can Small and Medium Enterprises in the Chinese Market Achieve Sustainable Development Goals Through Blockchain?
Initial Coin Offering, derived from the stock market concept of Initial Public Offerings (IPO), are the first issuance of tokens by blockchain projects to raise general purpose digital currencies such as bitcoin and ethereum.
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