Which do you think is best for a new project and why?
ICO - initial coin offering
IEO - initial Exchange offering
IDO - initial Dex offering
STO - Secority token offering
IEO is always the best for me because infinity I can be sure that they will not scam and will enter the exchange market in the future. In addition, IEO of top exchanges are always the best such as like binance, kucoin. So you should participate in all these IEO because the amount of risk is to low.
Note- I don't know if the same topic has been presented in the past and I'm creating the topic with my own ideas.
All these fundraising methods moved or were prominent during their own trend or season. ICO was widely used then but owing to high and rising number of scams it was abandoned, IEO came up with a more better approach and it lasted for a long time and even till now, but no longer prominent like before. After IEO the next would have been STO, but I can't remember any project which had a successful STO and just like that, STO failed before it gets started and then IDO which takes place on DEX and still used till today.
Now going down memory lane and comparing, I would say IEO and IDO are quite better as both takes place on exchanges, and the investor will have the opportunity to choose to invest or not, that is, if the IEO is conducted on an exchange which do not have enough reputation or on a DEX which is not prominent.
Another reason is, since good exchanges and DEX plays a good role in the development of a project, before IEO or IDO, the Investor will have the opportunity to know the exchanges the token will be listed on, thus knowing if his investment will give good return or not. Therefore, IEO and IDO are the best.