Bitcoin and ICO financing has been a hot topic in recent years.

比特币和ICO金融近年来成为热门话题。

How many of you have heard of ICO?

有多少人听说过哈里发国？

Some ICOs have even had celebrity support, including Jamie Foxx and Paris Hilton.

一些 ICO 甚至得到了名人的支持，包括 Jamie Foxx 和 Paris Hilton。

ICO already has three oil fields under their control.

哈里发国已经控制了三个油田。

The president believes ICO to be a serious threat.

总统认为哈里发国是严重威胁。

For the first time, ICOs had raised more money for young startups than venture capital had.

这是第一次，ICO 为年轻创业公司筹集的资金超过了风险投资。

But when I got out there, the startup community was buzzing about ICOs, or Initial Coin Offerings.

但当我走出去时，创业社区正在热议 ICO， 即首次代币发行。

One country that has emerged as a top ICO hub is Singapore.

新加坡成为顶级 ICO 枢纽的国家之一。

I mean, he made a big meal out of ICO, didn't he?

他把哈里发国吹得很大 是吧？

It’s returns like that which have sparked the ICO fever, which we see today.

正是这种回报引发了我们今天看到的 ICO 热潮。

That's what investors will be buying during my highly-anticipated ICO.

这就是投资者将在我备受期待的 ICO 期间购买的东西。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission even set up fake ICO in 2017 with a currency called " HoweyCoin" just to show people how the scam worked.

美国证券交易委员会甚至在2017年用一种名为“HoweyCoin”的货币建立了虚假的ICO，只是为了向人们展示这个骗局是如何运作的。

But now, there’s a newer player in town and it’s getting serious attention: the ICO.

但是现在，城里出现了一个新玩家，它正在引起人们的高度关注：ICO。

An initial coin offering, or ICO, is a new way for companies to raise capital through cryptocurrency.

首次代币发行或 ICO 是公司通过加密货币筹集资金的一种新方式。

The Ethereum project is one of the most successful ICOs of all time, and is now the world’s second- largest cryptocurrency.

以太坊项目是有史以来最成功的 ICO 之一，现在是世界第二大加密货币。

The Securities and Exchange Commission shut down a $15 million ICO by Munchee and even launched a fake ICO website to educate investors.

美国证券交易委员会关闭了 Munchee 价值 1500 万美元的 ICO，甚至推出了一个虚假的 ICO 网站来教育投资者。

So if I want my ICO to be a success, I have to go on a marketing blitz to convince people my business is the real deal.

因此，如果我希望我的 ICO 取得成功，我必须进行营销闪电战以说服人们我的业务是真正的交易。

These newer cryptocurrency companies, they're doing something that looks a little bit like an IPO and, I mean, they even used to call it an initial coin offering, an ICO.

这些较新的加密货币公司，他们正在做的事情看起来有点像首次公开募股，我的意思是， 他们甚至过去称其为首次代币发行，即 ICO。

Then you had fake websites that offered Bitcoin wallets, or a bunch of fake ICOs that might make you think you are going to make a small fortune if you invest in a certain cryptocurrency.

此外还有提供比特币钱包的虚假网站，或者一堆虚假的ICO，让你以为投资某种加密货币，可能会小赚一笔。

In the first quarter of this year, $6.6 billion was raised through 217 ICO sales, an increase of more than 65% from the last quarter of 2017, and just under the $7 billion raised for all of last year.

今年第一季度， 通过 217 次 ICO 销售筹集了 66 亿美元，比 2017 年第四季度增长超过 65%，略低于去年全年筹集的 70 亿美元。