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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Sources

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.

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