ICO Drops Calendar 2026: Upcoming ICOs and How to Check Them

If you searched for ICO drops, you want one thing: a list of token sales that are live now or starting soon. This page tells you where to find those lists, what each type of sale means, and the checks worth running before you send a single dollar to any of them.

It is written by the team behind BlockHaus, which runs its own presale. We tell you that up front so you can read everything below with that in mind.

Where to find an upcoming ICO calendar in 2026

No single calendar catches everything. The useful ones in 2026:

• ICO Drops (icodrops.com). The long running tracker the search term comes from. Active, upcoming and ended sales, with fundraising totals where they are known.
• CryptoRank. Token sales, fundraising rounds and the investors behind them. Good for checking who has backed a project.
• CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko. Both keep sections for new and upcoming tokens. Useful for seeing what a token does once it lists.
• The project’s own website. The only place a contract address should ever come from.

Use the calendars to find projects. Never use them as proof a project is safe. Being listed usually means someone submitted a form.

ICO, IEO and IDO: what the difference means for you

ICO (initial coin offering). The project sells tokens directly, from its own site and its own smart contract. You deal with the project.

IEO (initial exchange offering). An exchange runs the sale on its platform and does some checking first. You need an account on that exchange.

IDO (initial DEX offering). The sale runs on a decentralised exchange. Anyone with a wallet can join, and the token often trades straight away.

A presale is simply a sale before a token is listed anywhere. Most ICOs in 2026 run as presales from the project’s own site.

The checks to run before you buy any token sale

This takes about ten minutes and it rules out most of the bad ones.

1. Is the contract verified? Paste the contract address into the block explorer for that network (Polygonscan for Polygon, Etherscan for Ethereum). Verified means the published source code matches what was deployed. Unverified means you cannot see what the code does.
2. Who controls the contract? The explorer shows the owner address. Ask what that owner can do: pause transfers, mint new tokens, withdraw funds. A good project tells you this plainly.
3. Does the address on the calendar match the project’s own site? Fake contracts with copied names are common. If the two do not match, stop.
4. Is there a real company and a named founder? Look for a registered company number you can check on the official register.
5. Where does the money go? The project should say what the raise pays for, in plain words.
6. What is promised? Any guaranteed return, fixed yield or “10x at listing” is a red flag. Nobody can promise what a token will be worth.
7. Can you actually take part from your country? Many sales exclude certain countries. If a sale lets anyone in anywhere with no questions, ask why.

Red flags on any presale

• Countdown timers and “last chance” pressure on a sale that never seems to end.
• Claims of an audit with no report you can open.
• Returns, yields or price targets written into the sales page.
• Anonymous teams with no company behind them.
• A contract address sent to you in a DM rather than shown on the official site.

Spotlight: the BlockHaus (BLK) presale

BlockHaus is running its presale now, so here it is, checked against the same list.

• What it is: BLK is a utility token on the Polygon network, built around a plan to buy property.
• Contract: 0x5cF704a1F5B5555B7369F4AB971D0d1b5bcD666a, verified on Polygonscan. Our contract address page shows how to check it yourself.
• How you pay: USDT on Polygon, from your own wallet.
• Where the money goes: buying the first properties, the exchange listing, affiliate commission and running the business, including marketing and salaries. BlockHaus owns no property yet.
• Tokenomics: 70% investment reserve, 10% liquidity, 8% team (not yet locked on the blockchain), 7% reserved pool (staking under review), 5% community.
• The company: BLOCKHAUS LTD, founded by Tahar Ali, 35 years in property. The contracts have not been audited by any independent firm.
• Who cannot take part: people in the USA, the UK and the UAE, and sanctioned countries.

We make no promise about what BLK will be worth, and you should treat any project that does make that promise with care. Our trust page sets out who controls the contracts and what the owner can do.

When you are ready, the presale page shows the live sale, and how to buy BLK walks through it step by step.

How to use ICO calendars without getting burned

Check the calendars once a week, not every hour. Shortlist the projects that fit what you actually believe in, then run the seven checks above on each one before you go near a wallet.

Keep a separate wallet for presales. Only use money you can afford to lose completely. Read the project’s own site, not just the listing. And if anything about a sale makes you feel rushed, that feeling is usually right.