Strategy & Scoring

Understand TokenSignal's event coverage, Signal Score, sources, date certainty and research limitations.

Token event types

These labels describe what is happening, not whether it is a good investment. Check each event's eligibility, dates and restrictions. Conferences are listed separately.

Grouped by a typical token lifecycle. Stages can overlap, and projects do not need to follow every step.

Read the investor guide: eligibility, benefits and practical checks for each stage

1. Fundraising

Rounds where eligible buyers purchase an allocation. These are alternative routes, not a sequence every project follows.

Private Sale: Early allocation round reserved for funds, angels, or strategic partners before the public market.
Presale (Public Token Sale): Pre-listing public sale or wallet sale before the token starts open trading.
ICO (Initial Coin Offering): Public token offering where buyers purchase directly from the project.
IEO (Initial Exchange Offering): Exchange-run token sale where the centralized exchange handles listing and distribution.
IDO (Initial DEX Offering): Token sale launched through a decentralized exchange or IDO platform.
Launchpad Sale: Exchange or platform allocation program that distributes a new token sale to selected users.

2. Token distribution and trading

Token creation, distribution and market access. Their dates can differ, and distributions can continue after launch.

TGE (Token Generation Event): The token creation and launch milestone when supply is minted or officially activated.
Airdrop: Free token distribution to users, community members, or campaign participants.
Launchpool: Stake-to-earn launch campaign where users deposit assets to farm new tokens.
Token Launch: The token becomes publicly tradable on an exchange or DEX market.

3. Product use and rewards

Networks and products go live, improve and reward activity. A mainnet or product may launch before its token.

Mainnet Launch: Network launch milestone tied to a token's go-live, migration, or ecosystem release.
Product Launch: Launch of a crypto product, app, exchange, marketplace, protocol feature, or ecosystem platform where a token has explicit utility.
Network Upgrade: Material protocol upgrade, migration, fork, or token swap requiring network or holder action.
Staking / Rewards: New staking, farming, or rewards campaign with defined user actions.

4. Supply changes over time

Scheduled releases and changes to token rules. Unlocks can start at launch; tokenomics can change at any stage.

Token Unlock: Scheduled vesting or allocation release that unlocks previously restricted tokens.
Tokenomics Change: Material supply, allocation, emissions, burn, or vesting change affecting holders.

Coverage

TokenSignal brings together token launches, sales, airdrops, listings, unlocks and crypto conferences. Coverage is selective and may be incomplete. Each listing represents an event or conference edition; a project can have more than one occurrence.

Sources and accuracy

Use the source links on each detail page to check the original announcement and whether it applies to that occurrence. Information can be missing, incorrect or out of date, including summaries and dates. Automated research supports the catalog but does not guarantee accuracy. Confirm eligibility, timing and participation requirements with the organizer or project before acting.

The Signal Score

The 0-100 Signal Score assesses investor event value: event benefit (70%), token economics (15%), product and adoption (10%), and risks and barriers (5%, higher means more favourable conditions). Event benefit means the net incremental value for existing holders or eligible public participants, not event certainty or predicted returns. AI proposes cited ratings from 0 to 4; the server calculates the total from supported ratings, rescales their weights to 100%, and rounds to the nearest five points. Event benefit must be supported; other unknown factors remain unrated and do not block the score. Coverage is the share of the weighting assessed, not confidence or investment safety. A high score indicates supported event value; a low score indicates limited or adverse value. Read the rationale and missing factors alongside the score. Conferences do not receive token scores.

When a score is available

Every event category uses the same simple rule: a cited event-benefit assessment is required. Token economics, adoption, and risks add context when supported; their absence does not block the total or count as a bad rating. Below 40 indicates limited or adverse event value, 40-69 mixed value, 70-79 positive value, and 80-100 strong value. Missing data stays visible through coverage and unrated components. A score is not an endorsement or a prediction of returns.

Dates and past events

Dates may be an announced day, a broader month or quarter, or unknown. A broad date is not an exact deadline. Reliable past listings remain available for reference, marked as past events and excluded from upcoming collections. The absence of an announced date does not mean an event has ended.

Updates and limits

Listings are reviewed and updated over time; changes may take time to appear. Dates and availability can change after publication. Check the original sources again before participating. TokenSignal is a research aid and does not provide personalized financial advice.

Saved events and reminders

Saved events stay in this browser on this device. Clearing browser storage removes them. Calendar downloads are available for sufficiently precise upcoming dates. Downloaded calendar entries do not update automatically, so revisit the listing and its sources for changes.