We all know the ICO market is kinda dead right now. Not many good projects are out there. And if there is indeed a good project there is the fear it won't go well considering how the 2018 was for the ICO's. The last ICO I invested was 11 months ago and I don't even to get started on how it went and all the problems there are even now. But regardless that, I've seen the hype shift from ICO to STO. Seems that S in STO is really giving security to the investors.
STO in the other hand is not another utility token (most of them have no utility at all), but actually gives you shares on the company and you have some return on your investment just in e few months. Obviously not the whole investment but you can see smth entering your wallet.
My question is: Will 2019 be the year of STO?
The STO phenomenon is still relatively new in cryptocurrency. In my opinion, nothing is really different in terms of perception of both ICO and STO. The STO will still struggle to get funding for their token sales. There were STOs even in 2018 that couldn't get through with even 20% of their token sales. And have decided to just forge on with the little they got. I am not sure if the STOs either will succeed.