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   "text": "ICOs lower barriers to entry for a diverse body of investors and thereby increase the diversity and heterogeneity of start-up funding.",
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   "text": "The rapid growth of digital asset startups into billion dollar businesses with little or no venture capital funding demonstrates that the traditional venture capital model alone was not enough to meet the funding needs of technology startups.",
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   "text": "Because traditional VCs need to defend their investment choices to their own investors, they are often reluctant to invest in digital asset startups that have little history or sales records.",
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