Early investment opportunities often elude the average crypto investor. Yet, the space is full of innovative projects with the potential for outsized returns. Coin Terminal gives retail investors access to such projects at a very early stage — before they take off. Until now, this was limited to institutional funders. Today, Coin Terminal, one of the most inclusive and cost-efficient platforms, makes it possible for everyone. It’s already drawn over half a million users, an early signal of growing interest.

Coin Terminal: What Is It About?

Coin Terminal positions itself as a highly liquid entry point into Web3’s primary market. Its model challenges long-standing norms in how early crypto fundraising works, putting retail investors on par with institutional ones by empowering them to participate in pre-sales alongside investors like Binance Labs, Samsung NEXT, and Arthur Hayes. It also makes the space highly inclusive by keeping the barriers extremely low, including zero upfront costs for users participating in crypto launches.

Unlike other platforms, it does not require users to stake a launchpad token. Participants are only required to pay when they’re satisfied with the sales performance they’ve opted into. Altogether, it enables access to the same pre-sales as crypto’s most crucial funds — with modest funds.

The Services and Products Offered by Coin Terminal

The Coin Terminal has three main products: an investment portal, a coin arcade, and launch pools.

The Investment Portal

The investment portal is where high-potential products are launched for IDOs. Coin Terminal has facilitated more than 70 IDOs, with many meeting or exceeding fundraising targets. The last five completed sales through Coin Terminal raised at least $100,000. Slingshot, a Roblox AI Game Launcher with high-profile lead investors such as DCG, Dragonfly Capital, Animoca Brands, and more, had raised $250,000.

It has helped raise well above $15.5 million for blockchain startups. In less than a year since the platform launched, it distributed over $65 million in value.

Coin Arcade

The arcade makes the world of digital assets interesting by allowing participants to play diverse games. Users can log on to the space and play enticing games, such as “Meme Fighter: Cash of Clans.” The arcade is structured to keep users engaged, with tasks, leaderboards, and game incentives. The gaming platform was home to over 1.7 million active players.

Launchpools

The Launchpool helps users gain indirect exposure to launches by staking different cryptocurrencies, such as stable tokens and large caps like ETH and BTC. The staked crypto earns a share of the project’s token based on the size of the user’s stake compared to other participants and the duration of the user’s stay in the pool.

How to Participate in Coin Terminal

Users can opt into any sale without creating an account by connecting their Web3 wallets. The platform does not gain access to the user in any way, and there is no need to sign any transaction. An account is only required if the user registers a win.

Only winning users are required to pay a 25% fee on their tokens. Apart from that, there are no fees to opt in and no staking requirements.

Applying to an IDO does not require KYC as a prerequisite. However, users must complete it in order to contribute if they win. If users win an allocation but fail to contribute, their allocation is backstopped by the company treasury to ensure the IDO is completed.

While most of the sales on Coin Terminal are refundable, certain sales will be non-refundable, and these claims will be clearly marked. On the day of a project’s Token Generation Event (TGE), users can choose to claim their tokens. The claim period lasts for 24 hours after the TGE. After that, users will no longer be able to claim the project’s tokens and will instead need to claim a refund.

The Selection of Projects on Coin Terminal

Success in pre-trading often hinges on how well a project’s fundamentals and community momentum are evaluated. Coin Terminal considers this aspect with utmost sincerity. While it may assess the potential of secondary liquidity of the token being offered, it looks into several structural attributes of the project, including its narrative, marketing, and distribution resources. It considers the product associated with the token and looks into community growth measures with even greater importance.

Leveling the Playing Field

For years, early-stage crypto deals were the domain of institutional investors with deep pockets and dedicated research teams. Coin Terminal has started to shift that dynamic, offering retail investors a chance to participate in carefully vetted, early-stage projects without the usual barriers. The platform now serves users in over 50 countries and has facilitated access to launches with the potential for significant returns.

By giving everyday investors a path into high-upside opportunities, Coin Terminal is helping to level the playing field in crypto fundraising.