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The Biggest Trend You’ve Probably Never Heard Of: A Status Report on 138 Healthcare ICOs
You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin, but we doubt you’ve heard of Dentacoin, MedTokens, or Curecoin.
These are healthcare specific cryptocurrencies born from Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs.
Over on The Health Care Blog, my colleague Robert Miller and I have written an article analyzing financial returns of 138 healthcare ICOs.
The results are enlightening, but disappointing. Here are a few headlines:
- 122 healthcare ICOs are not exchange-listed
- 16 healthcare ICOs are listed on one or more exchanges
- Of these 16, 5 show a positive financial return since the date of their listing
- 2 show a positive return for CY 2018 to-date
The full article contains background on ICOs, a description of our methodology and findings, and a discussion of implications.
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