How to Use ICO in a Sentence

ICO

noun
  • In the United States at least, the ICO binge has likely come to an end.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Nevertheless, the trailing edge of the tsunami of ICO cash is still washing up on the shores of the industry.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2017
  • This July, a blockchain project called Tezos set a record by raking in over $200 million with an ICO.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Still, even these don’t quite compete with Team ICO’s trio of brilliance, which have become collector’s items in recent years due to their sheer rarity.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The 2017-18 ICO boom did lead to the growth of scam tokens, but that’s negligible collateral damage.
    — Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • When combined with private investment, the company’s ICO successfully raised over $1 billion.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2025
  • However, others argue that the ICO, as a new class of investment vehicle, is just as disruptive as the applications being funded.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2017

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