Initial Coin Offerings and Security Token Offerings are the duos of most major manifestations of the blockchain. Both these ‘offerings’ are meant to raise funds for startups. The last few months of 2017 and the first few of 2018 saw an unprecedented surge in ICOs, and it plummeted to its nadir very soon. What was the reason behind it, and what was the passive contribution this nosediving of ICOs made towards the rise of STOs to prominence? Above everything, what is the stark difference between these two that made one triumph over the other!? Let’s discuss all of those in the oncoming lines!