# ICO An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a process to give access for a cryptocurrency to the public, which investors can buy and sell on public platforms, such as Exchanges and DEXs (Decentralized Exchanges). Is a process analogous to an Initial Public Offering, where companies sell their stocks publicly. In our case, our ICO is a key event to gather funds and increase our community to develop Medusa Protocol. ## Fair Launch We will do a first pre-sale only with selected people through a whitelist in PinkSale. Fair Launch is the best for us in the current scenario of a bear market. We will gather the resources necessary to improve our services and to get to another step in the Company, which includes aggressive marketing, new services, and finishing the old projects. ## Finishing the Process After a not-determined period of time, we will start an ICO process launching at the principals’ DEX and Exchanges. To know more details about our pre-sale process contact us at our [telegram community](https://t.me/medusaprotocol) or through **.** --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://medusa-protocol.gitbook.io/whitepaper/medusa-token/ico.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.