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2090 cryptocurrencies are listed on Coinmarketcap as of writing. According to the Cambridge study conducted with Visa last sprint, 2.9 to 5.8 million active cryptocurrency wallet holders.

Initial coin offerings have come under increasing scrutiny following a wave of hype and fraudulent activity. With some studies identifying up to 80% of 2017’s ICO’s as fraudulent exit scams, Ponzi schemes, and designed to fail startups, the ICO model continues to lose legitimacy and integrity. Following the release of Ethereum, which allowed almost anyone to build and release new decentralized applications and accompanying tokens, hundreds of overvalued startups raised millions of dollars without delivering on products or promises.