Celo Token Sale (2020): Sale History, Figure & Outcome
Celo was a mobile payments blockchain project that conducted a token sale in 2020. The sale involved Celo Gold (cGLD) tokens for its native layer-1 network.
| Token | Celo (CELO (cGLD)) |
|---|---|
| Sale year | 2020 |
| Category | token |
| Chain | own L1 |
| Documented figure | $10,000,000 |
| Outcome | active |
| Data tier | 2 — research-lane verified |
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What the record shows
The project held a Dutch auction on CoinList in May 2020 that raised USD 10 million. The sale was oversubscribed and concluded in under a day before Celo's mainnet launch. The blockchain remains active as of the record's documentation.
Era context: winter & auctions (2019–2020)
During 2019-2020, public token sales became smaller and more structured following the market downturn. Auctions and vetted platforms dominated as most funding shifted to private rounds, leaving public sales as a minor promotional component.
This sale is one of the 73 entries in our Winter & Auctions (2019–2020) 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
- Celo Gold (2020)
- Flow (2020)
- Injective Protocol (2020)
- Kira Network (2020)
- NEAR Protocol (2020)
- SKALE Network (2020)
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Sources
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/celo-raises-10-million-token-143237793.html
- https://medium.com/coinlist/celo-gold-auction-sells-out-on-coinlist-57f4c280c90e
- https://cryptototem.com/celo/
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.