# ICO

Recent ICOs are facing significant criticism due to widespread scams and underperformance, with many tokens dropping over 90% post-launch, raising concerns about market manipulation and investor safety.

### About ICO
ICO refers to Initial Coin Offerings, a cryptocurrency fundraising method.  

### Top ICO News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

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"The Last Guardian creator: 'I can't face playing my own game' Games The Guardian In a rare interview the creator of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus talks about his hotly anticipated latest game and his relaxed approach to development"  
[News Link](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/28/the-last-guardian-fumito-ueda-interview) [@guardian](/creator/x/guardian) 2024-05-16T16:00Z 10.3M followers, 2.1M engagements


"Ollie Barder on Ico designer Fumito Ueda Fumito Ueda broke new ground with PlayStation classic Ico. As he prepares his return Ollie Barder took an exclusive tour through his sketchbook"  
[News Link](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/aug/18/games.shopping) [@guardian](/creator/x/guardian) 2019-03-08T19:05Z 10.3M followers, 357.9K engagements


"ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Producer Leaves Sony - IGN The producer of Team ICOs two PS2 games has left Sony continuing the notable exodus of high-level employees associated with the studio"  
[News Link](https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/27/ico-and-shadow-of-the-colossus-producer-leaves-sony) [@IGN](/creator/x/IGN) 2012-08-27T17:44Z 10M followers, 287.7K engagements


"Famed game creator Fumito Ueda leaves Sony will complete work on The Last Guardian Fumito Ueda creator of influential games Ico and Shadow of Colossus has departed Sony. He will complete work on The Last Guardian already in development as a contracted employee"  
[News Link](https://www.theverge.com/2011/12/13/2632741/sony-fumito-ueda-last-guardian-ico-shadow-of-the-colossus) [@verge](/creator/x/verge) 2011-12-13T16:51Z 3.4M followers, 287.7K engagements



### Top ICO Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

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"USD AI Token Officially Announced So @USDai_Official just revealed their upcoming token along with the ICO and airdrop. Heres the quick breakdown: - Token ticker: $CHIP - TGE: Q1 [----] CHIP will be the governance token of USD AI protocol. The Allo game is nearing its finish with the ICO airdrop and TGE lined up around the same Q1 window. Details on where the ICO will take place will be shared soon. In the meantime you can check how many points you have collected here: I earned 27M points so far ranked around 3k. What are your stats looking like https://app.usd.ai/tab=leaderboard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/Crypto_Pranjal/status/2016302950117999001) [@Crypto_Pranjal](/creator/x/Crypto_Pranjal) 2026-01-28T00:10Z 186.6K followers, 16.2K engagements


"Coinbase launched the Monad ICO and pushed users not to sell so they would get more allocation to other ICOs in the future. Coinbase specifically said there would be monthly ICOs. No ICO in December no ICO in January. Since then MON is down 60% from the peak and 30% from the ICO price. Retail once again serving as exit liquidity. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016272424048763378 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016272424048763378"  
[X Link](https://x.com/KAIZ3NS/status/2016272424048763378) [@KAIZ3NS](/creator/x/KAIZ3NS) 2026-01-27T22:09Z 29.2K followers, 32.2K engagements


"Hilarious that coinbase launched monad ico and told users not to sell so they would get allocations to other juicy profitable icos in the future targeting monthly launches. Since then Monad is down over 60% from the peak and 30% from the ico price and there hasnt been another project listed since https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016265688214876445 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2016265688214876445"  
[X Link](https://x.com/cuntycakes123/status/2016265688214876445) [@cuntycakes123](/creator/x/cuntycakes123) 2026-01-27T21:42Z 23.1K followers, 15.9K engagements


"This is in my eyes a good bet on Polymarket I do think @USDai_Official should be trading above 500M FDV and the current odds are 38% Most Pendle YT buyers would be breakeven above that and all the farmers that are going for ICO are buying at 300M fdv Imo this is one of the few coins that can likely catch bids after TGE so thinking this is a good bet and TGE should be in about 1/15 months so technically 1000% apy Usdai is one of the very few projects that are building something useful The ticker is $CHIP Usdai is one of the very few projects that are building something useful The ticker is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/x256xx/status/2016258160135438666) [@x256xx](/creator/x/x256xx) 2026-01-27T21:13Z 13.2K followers, 15K engagements

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