I noticed that most of the coins/tokens that was launch now are almost behind their ICO value by almost 25-50%, Basically if you purchased in the ICO someone could even double their holdings with the same amount that you used during your ICO purchased. So for me it will be wise to purchase in the exchanger but the risk is few of them wants to delayed their market launch due to market situation.
I also noticed that if the bounties are released in the same date with the investors the possible scenario is the coin/token will going to dump once it hits the exchanger, so better sell and rebuy once it dips because no matter what they say the bounties are free money and someone which is not a hodler will going to sell her/his holding once the coin/token hits the market ( always check the realease date of the bounties). I'm not an expert but tried to share my insights according to my experience, I'm an small ICO investors and the same time bounty hunter. Thanks and Godbless!!!
Yes, its a bad time to invest in ICOs for sure because many ICOs nowadays are scams and frauds to rip people off their money. Finding a good and legit ICO project is like finding a needle in a bunch of hay stacks. Also there are news of social platforms such as Google, Facebook and Twitter banning advertisements of cryptos and new ICOs projects and tokens. Moreover many countries across the world are now making strict regulations for launching of ICOs which has made difficult for people to invest.