The Roller Coaster Ride of Reddcoin: Highs and Lows

In the topsy-turvy world of cryptocurrency investments, volatility can be considered as the only constant. For a market that is hugely reliant on investor speculation and market sentiments, it is no surprise that various cryptocurrencies experience sudden ups and downs in price levels, some even reaching the point of no recovery. The coin we are discussing today, ReddCoin falls into the same category. ReddCoin experienced a massive high followed by a period of all-time lows inside a period of just 3 to 4 months.  There are various factors behind the occurrence of this phenomenon that we will discuss below.

About Reddcoin

Algorithm: Proof of Stake Velocity

Switch from PoW to PoSV: 2 Aug. 2014

Total Supply       ~

PoSV Interest Rate: 5% annual (nominally)\

Block Time: 60 seconds

Currency Code and Symbol: RDD, Ɍ

“Reddcoin is the social currency that enriches people’s social lives and makes digital currency easy for the general public.” –excerpt from their home page.

Officially launched on February 2^nd, 2014, Reddcoin’s main aim was to be successfully integrated into all platforms of social media.  Its original hardcap was supposed to be fixed at 109 billion REDD tokens, with almost half of the coins being mined already by the end of 2014. It has since transitioned into a brand new Proof-of-Stake Velocity algorithm during the third quarter of 2014, with an uncapped coin limit.  As mentioned before, ReddCoin has since experienced massive highs as well as lows, with the current rates being one of the lowest in the coin’s history.

As of  15/03/2018, ReddCoin currently is ranked 73^rd according to Coinmarketcap, with a current market cap of $157,978,725 and a total circulating supply of 28,774,151,777 RDD tokens.

Reasons Behind Reddcoin’s Brief Rise

Starting from March 2018, the team behind Reddcoin has been making several small and functional improvements to its system, which they hope will bring a remedy to the problems plaguing the coin before.  Among other small details, Reddcoin included the addition of other languages, to further broaden their reach. Below we will discuss the critical factors responsible for Reddcoin’s temporary rise.

1. Improvements to API: Much of the improvements in Reddcoin’s API can be attributed to Jan Hoeve. He played a pivotal role in developing the current API’s “fluency”, in order to make the coin’s interface much more user-friendly.
2. Expansion: The team behind Reddcoin started preparing plans for the global expansion of its brand late last year. Starting this year, the coin’s adoption peaked massively, with the number of addresses almost doubling in a month. The network coverage of the coin has also increased, in an attempt to lure more investors as well as newcomers, into the cryptocurrency sector.
3. Internal Changes: Reddcoin also made some changes within its internal affairs, starting with the development of the Reddcoin roadmap. They had also made some changes within the team, including the core development team.

All of the above factors contributed towards Reddcoin’s rise in the crypto-sphere, where it reached a market cap of 596,361,408 USD on January 04, comparable to the past price surge that occurred in December 2017.

The Downside

Like most cryptocurrencies including the leader, Bitcoin, Reddcoin has also taken a steep dive in the few past weeks. Much of it can be attributed to the overall market situation of cryptocurrencies at the moment, as well as the nature of factors which influence price movements. Reddcoin’s price reached a historic low. A number of factors are responsible for this, including

1. The New Regulations introduced by many nations on cryptocurrencies: This resulted in a degree of investors panicking and crypto values dropped worldwide.
2. CryptoAds Banned: Banning of cryptocurrency ads was first announced by Facebook which had a negative impact on cryptocurrency values around the world. However, the recent dip in price is almost a direct result of the recent announcements made by Google. Google earlier this week announced that it will ban all cryptocurrency advertisements on all its platforms. This immediately had a negative impact on values of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, etc. Investor sentiment and market fear thus negatively affected emerging coins such as Reddcoin.

Final Thoughts

The future of Reddcoin looks bright from a cryptocurrency project point of view. With the latest updates and improvements made to their system, the future prospects look pretty bright indeed. However, with the recent turmoil that the cryptocurrency market is experiencing at the moment, it is with no certainty that one can guarantee whether the coin will go up or down in the near future.

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