According to media reports, Waves completed an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) raising $16 million on June 15, 2016. Following this round, Waves' cumulative financing reached $136 million.Waves is a community-driven, decentralized open-source technology stack dedicated to building scalable and user-friendly applications. The platform is applicable to sectors requiring security and decentralization, including open finance, personal identity verification, gaming, and sensitive data processing.Historical financing records indicate that Waves officially launched and began trading in May 2016. The ICO provided significant momentum for the project’s development, and on December 19, 2018, Waves secured a major financing round of $120 million, underscoring strong market recognition. As a decentralized application platform, Waves continues to advance technological innovation and expand application scenarios, making a positive contribution to the development of the blockchain industry.