Taking The ICO Route

Andy Tian, Asia Innovations Group (AIG)

22-Feb-18 10:00

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In 2017, more than US$4.8 billion was raised through ICO - Initial Coin Offering. For many, this has somewhat become the preferred method of raising capital for the bustling startup community. One of them is Gifto, a virtual gifting protocol, that closed out in just one minute with a sum of USD$30 million! We speak to Andy Tian, CEO of AIG and developers of Gifto about their ICO journey and the token offerings.

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu

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Tags: tech talk, cryptocurrency, crypto market, bitcoin, btc, crypto, gifto, aig, eth, ico, coin, trading, uplive, funding, oracle

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