Part one of a planned monthly series looking at the complex technology sectors tracked by market monitor Novum Insights, which recently authored a special report on blockchain startups

This article examines the hot trend of initial coin offerings (ICOs), which have transformed the financing markets in the past few years. As yet there is limited corporate venture capital activity within ICOs, but this is starting to change with a number of large corporations considering their own ICOs and with the rise in the use of ICOs for financing taking a bigger share of the venture capital market.

What is an ICO?

An ICO, or token sale, is…