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Date: 01.09.2022What is meant by an "Initial Coin Offering" (ICO) or "Initial Token Offering" (ITO) or "Security Token Offering" (STO)?

In an initial coin offering (ICO), initial token offering (ITO) or security token offering (STO), a company raises funding for a business idea. Investors then receive tokens in return for the funding.

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