It is ok to invest in ICO but with extreme caution. You must have a keen and thoroughly investigate to the ICO in case that one is a scam or not. But if you will hit the real one, it still not sure if the price will stay or go further below the ICO price.
On the one hand is bad because the use of cryptocurrency in this case, losing anonymity . On the other hand this means that many States can no longer deny its existence and try to regulate the circulation of cryptocurrency.