Excellent work wanted @ulqu3. You really did some questions that we should all ask ourselves. You also contributed valuable information to be able to discern the matter.
Since the birth of blockchain and up to the present, traditional systems of organization and government policies, only seek ways to control it. The decentralized nature and transparency offered by replicating all transactions to each node of the network are innovative and enviable factors.
Now, we must place in the balance the negative aspects that have developed as a result of so much freedom and weighed them with restrictive policies. Should I sacrifice my current liberties of negotiation in exchange for a control that prevents or diminishes the possibility of fraud?
A person who has lost money in a fake ICO will respond without hesitation, a blunt YES.
I also read whitepapers that I thought were adas stories.
Before all this "evolution" of the blockchain, we ourselves have found the way to combat so much deviation. STOs arise. They are the current alternative to ICOs. Will they be or will not be the solution? For the moment it looks good. Time will tell.
Greetings friend. Juan