# kaal:claim:3067615-036

**Claim.** The Gnosis ICO shows how a reverse dutch auction can mitigate the inefficiencies and risks of a capped sale: the offering was capped at $12.5 million and the time needed to complete the sale determined the quantity of tokens distributed to investors, with the rest held by the start-up team.

**Type.** design  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- capped token sales exposed to first mover rush dynamics

**Source quote.**

> To mitigate the inefficiencies and the risks of a capped sale, the Gnosis ICO was structured as a reverse dutch auction

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, *Initial Coin Offerings Emerging Practices, Risk Factors, and Red Flags* (2017), V. Red Flags, page 21

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Initial Coin Offerings Emerging Practices, Risk Factors, and Red Flags (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3067615

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**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** reverse-dutch-auction, capped-sale, auction-design, gnosis

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