The #ethereum as cryptocurrency is one of the few that can be applied for investments in ICO, better known as Initial Currency Offer for undertakings that in a few cases are successful and in others not so much.
In fact the #ethereum was initially the product of an ICO and has a fork called #ethereum classic or #ETC that has a different quotation and apart from #ethereum that have taps with which you can get free as is the case of SPEED UP in:
https://speedup-faucet.com/ether/index.php
In personal I have #ethereum of the faucet in mention.