Looking at the rates of return of the analyzed ICOs and dividing them into different segments, categories advantageous from the investors perspective can be identified. Analyzed are the percental value gains and losses in USD, Bitcoin and Ether at the deadline compared to the issuing prices. As the value of the matter at the time of investment the exchange rate without bonuses set by the issuer is chosen. Particularly a performance based comparative analysis on the established crypto currencies is interesting. Hence conclusions can be drawn on whether the holding of USD/ETH/BTC or the acquisition of in the TGE has a higher rate of return. With fifty percent of all analyzed categories the token price of the venture at the deadline was below the issuing price. “Banking”-ICOs are among the segments with high negative capital profitability with more than 50% losses but still manage to reach comparatively high funding sums.

ICOs in categories like “Exchange” and “Blockchain” that despite high hardcaps a good return on assets is possible. The statements made in the categories “Blockchain Service”, “Finance”, “Blockchain” and “Trading” are of particular relevance to the interpretation due to their relatively large data basis. Statements made in these categories can be seen as particularly valid.