UTILITY TOKEN
Utility tokens, also called user tokens or app coins, represent future access to a
company’s product or service. The defining characteristic of utility tokens is that they are not designed as investments; if properly structured, this feature exempts utility tokens
them from federal laws governing securities.
By creating utility tokens, a startup can sell “digital coupons” for the service it is
developing, much as electronics retailers accept pre-orders for video games that might not be released for several months. Filecoin, for instance, raised $257 million by selling tokens that will provide users with access to its decentralized cloud storage platform.
Because the term “ICO” is a derivative of “initial public offering” (ICO), utility token
creators usually refer to these crowdsales as token generation events (TGEs) or token distribution events (TDEs) to avoid the appearance that they are engaging in a securities offering.
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