Viewpoint》Next year, 'ICO 2.0' will come back, traditional enterprises will launch coin and merge with encryption enterprises to form a new wave.

Recently, Ryan Zurrer, the founder of Dialectic Group, expressed his view that next year will usher in a new era for ICOs, the so-called 'ICO 2.0.' What will the appearance of 'ICO 2.0' be? In 2017, led by Ethereum, ICOs exploded, becoming a hot spot in the cryptocurrency market, attracting billions of dollars in global investment. However, with the market overheating, lack of regulation, and frequent fraud cases, investor confidence wavered, and the ICO bubble finally burst in early 2018, with almost 90% of projects falling below their initial coin offering price. However, due to endless innovation and opportunities, that period was also often referred to as the 'nostalgic era' by the older generation in the coin circle. Extending reading: Where did the tokens disappear in the past 10 years? From failed ICOs to a lack of market interest. Will ICO 2.0 make a comeback in 2025? Recently, Ryan Zurrer, the founder of Dialectic Group, expressed the view on his X platform and Coindesk that with the improvement of global regulatory policies and the maturity of the market, ICOs (initial token issuance) will usher in a new era, the so-called 'ICO 2.0.' This time will be significantly different from the past ICO model and will benefit from three core features: Updated regulatory stance, Market model transition, and Technological and community progress. The appearance of ICO 2.0: Traditional companies issuing coins and mergers and acquisitions between encryption companies. Zurrer first predicted that decentralized capital formation is entering a new peak, and it is expected that the scale of ICO 2.0 will far exceed the $20 billion allocated during ICO 1.0 from 2017 to 2018. He predicts that in the next few years, decentralized finance, non-fungible tokens, RWAs, and other fields will attract hundreds of billions of dollars in capital, driving the continuous upgrading of the encryption industry. In addition, he also mentioned that mid-market Web2 and traditional companies are gradually using token incentive mechanisms to transform, for example, companies in the energy, media, and art fields are improving the value chain through a decentralized model, rapidly attracting customers and reducing operating costs, demonstrating the powerful potential of the token economy. It is worth noting that Zurrer is optimistic about Regenerative Finance (ReFi), which combines capitalism with charitable missions to bridge the gap between reasonable returns and social goals. He also mentioned that ICO 2.0 will create a more balanced participation opportunity for retail investors and institutional investors through reputation-based selection or specific qualification verification, promoting more transparent and fair financing practices.