Too Long; Didn't Read
The Initial Coin Offer (ICO) is taking over. CoinDesk <a href="http://www.coindesk.com/ico-investments-pass-vc-funding-in-blockchain-market-first/" target="_blank">reports</a> that ICO events raised more than $327 million in the first half of 2017 and that doesn’t even include the $200 million+ <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/07/05/tezos-ico-cryptocurrency-startup/" target="_blank">raised</a> by Tezos this month.