Bancor ICO (2017): Sale History, Figure & Outcome
Bancor was a decentralized finance project focused on automated market maker technology, launched on Ethereum in 2017. Its token sale occurred during the peak of initial coin offering activity.
| Token | Bancor (BNT) |
|---|---|
| Sale year | 2017 |
| Category | DeFi / AMM protocol |
| Chain | Ethereum |
| Documented figure | $153,000,000 |
| Outcome | listed |
| Data tier | 1 — hand-verified |
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What the record shows
The project raised USD 153 million worth of Ether in approximately three hours during June 2017. This rapid sale became a defining moment that intensified the fervor around token offerings at the time. Bancor's bonding curve mechanism later influenced the development of automated market maker systems. The record indicates the token became available for trading.
Era context: ico mania (2017–2018)
The 2017-2018 period saw token sales reach unprecedented scale and speed, with numerous projects completing raises in minutes. This frenetic activity was followed by widespread project failures and legal scrutiny that dramatically reshaped the market landscape.
This sale is one of the 234 entries in our ICO Mania (2017–2018) era archive, part of the complete history of crypto presales — a sourced dataset where every figure links to the page that shows it.
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More from this era
- Bankera (2017)
- BANKEX (2017)
- Basic Attention Token (2017)
- BCDiploma (2017)
- Binance (2017)
- BitClave (2017)
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Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-funded_crowdfunding_projects
- https://cointelegraph.com/news/broken-record-bancor-raises-144-mln-in-less-than-three-hours
- https://qz.com/1004892/the-bancor-ico-just-raised-153-million-on-ethereum-in-three-hours
- https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/07/25/bancor-raised-153-million-and-found-actual-users-why-did-its-price-tank
This page is historical research built from a sourced dataset — not a recommendation to buy anything. Token sales are high-risk. Money figures appear only where the cited source shows one. Corrections with sources: support@bmic.ai.