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Created: 2025-07-24 19:01:59 UTC

3/ 2014: The ICO

Ethereum held its ICO, raising over $18M in BTC.

This was a major milestone for crypto crowdfunding.

The funds financed the core dev team and led to the creation of the Ethereum Foundation.

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