ICO

noun

ˈī-ˈsē-ˈō 

variants or I.C.O.

plural ICOs or I.C.O.s

: an initial offering of a cryptocurrency to the public : initial coin offering

The venture capital industry is beginning to take a good, hard look at a new financial instrument coming out of the bitcoin community—Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs.

—Richard Kastelein

Examples of ICO in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian will once again return to turntables in Q4 2026, and the ICO OST will premiere, thanks to a new deal struck between Sony and iam8bit. — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), aka the UK’s data protection watchdog, has now concluded a two-year investigation into the incident and has found that sensitive personal information was indeed deliberately misused. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 22 June 2026

The employee, whose position was not specified, was disciplined this week, according to an announcement from the UK’s data protection regulator, known as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). — Valentine Ulgu-Servant, Vanity Fair, 20 June 2026

In a statement shared on June 17, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concluded that a hospital staffer attempted to sell Kate’s medical information following her 2024 abdominal surgery and widespread speculation about her whereabouts. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 17 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2014, in the meaning defined above