Hello everyone.
As said earlier, the company makes use of the TIO as it's token. The complex thing about the ICO is that, It's only when users by the tokens that they raise funds. During the pre-ICO, the price of the trade token will become a fixed amount, while during the ICO the price eventually fluctuates depending when the user purchases it. There's a huge disconnection between what's stated on the whitepaper and what's stated on the company's website. On the whitepaper, ETH will give the users 1000Trade Tokens. While on the website, trade.io provides 1000ETH during the pre-ICO and 625 Trade Tokens per 1 ETH during the ICO .
This complex and unclear system forces trade.io to give an estimate on the use of funds based on a percentage of how much money they raised, instead of an amount. The reason this system is difficult, is that companies do not scale their budget by percentages. Having twice as many funds doesn’t mean you need to spend twice as much in legal, audits, or advisory. We wished that the company had 3–5 different scenarios, and the use of funds on each scenario, say, one for raising $5–10M USD, another for $50–99M USD, and one for > $200M USD.
This best explains the usage of funds by the users on the platform. Having more than enough money on the platform as a user doesn't necessarily mean you'll spend lavishly. As funds increase, set of goals or milestones that needs to be reached will be displayed.