# Initial Coin Offerings Initial coin offerings are proxy [[securities|equity]] fundraising structure that allows enterpeuers to raise crypto assets in a common enterprise outside of existing securities regulation. ## Citations * [@kharif_half_2018] * [@zetzsche_ico_2017] * [@kelly_ico_2019] * *[@debler_foreign_2018] * [@cincinnati_ponzico_2017] * [@howell_initial_2018] * [@boreiko_serial_2020] * [@benedetti_digital_2018] * [@momtaz_entrepreneurial_2020]