Initial ExchangeAn exchange is a marketplace where traders can buy and sell cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. The "exchange" acts as... Read More Offerings (IEO) are a method of issuing cryptocurrencyCryptocurrency is decentralized digital currency secured by cryptography. Cryptocurrency utilizes cryptographic protocols to record ownership and prevent counterfeits (when ownership... Read More tokens in which a company releases its own cryptocurrency to attract investors. This process differs from an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)Initial coin offerings (ICO) are a cryptocurrency-based funding mechanism employed by teams or companies to finance new or existing projects... Read More, as the tokenTokens are created and distributed on a blockchain and can represent a variety of assets or utilities, including commodities, loyalty... Read More sale takes place on an exchange rather than through the coin teamA coin team is a development group responsible for the maintenance and upgrades of a cryptocurrency blockchain project. They help... Read More. For a time, coinA coin is a digital value stored on a blockchain. Some blockchains name both the network and the coin identically... Read More teams popularized IEOs because they allowed for listing on exchanges at launch. IEOs were also perceived to be more secure for investors, given that the currency was already tradeable.