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Top 4 Cryptocurrencies to Bet on in 2019
The crypto winter ended and Bitcoin is breaking through the $5000 resistance barrier and leading a general charge in bullishness among cryptocurrencies has seen more positivity in the market than ever before. However, before any talk of a crypto spring should start, we need to look at what happened during the winter.
Many different platforms were either fully released or improved upon significantly. There has been a surge of innovation and the crystallization of ideas. The market isn’t just about crypto trading or bitcoin trading; it has become more about what businesses will leverage blockchain in the best way. Investors need to look at what a coin offers beyond just being a cryptocurrency. What partners does it have, what is the long term plan and is it liquid enough?
Investing in altcoins has never been a better option than right now. The volatility index shows that the market is growing without having to rely on Bitcoin. While Bitcoin still determines and up or down trend, the altcoins do not follow this trend exactly. More and more tokens and coins are surviving and thriving on their own merits rather than riding in Bitcoin’s wake.
The four coins to follow are our pick for the top 4 cryptocurrencies most likely to give you substantial returns by the end of 2019.
Stellar Lumens (XLM): Cheap coin, and massive market to grow
Stellar Lumens is a high cap coin, sitting comfortably in the top 10 on TradingView. It is also a cheap altcoin, coming in at $0.11 as of today. What is important is what they plan on doing with the currency and the protocol. Stellar has been touted by its creators and many industry leaders as the best blockchain project for multi-currency transfers. Their idea is to tokenize industry, and they have made several strategic partnerships along the way.
Many in the industry are convinced that 2019 is the year that crypto becomes a serious player in the cross-border remittances game and Stellar is one of the leading contenders. Investing in Stellar is investing in a protocol that could be the backbone fo the future global banking system.
QuantStamp: Reliant on Ethereum, but still looking good
Quantstamp is a fully scalable security protocol for Ethereum. It basically checks that security loopholes in smart contracts on the Ethereum network are not abused. That’s what gives it a future, but there’s more here than that.
Ethereum is seen as the future backbone of the global economy. While other blockchains focus on banking (Stellar), supply chain (IBM’s Fabric) or entertainment (BitTorrent), Ethereum is for anything and everything. It will soon become interoperable with all other systems and is changing to proof of stake instead of proof of work. QuantStamp will power security on Ethereum making it the guard dog of the future global economy in many analysts eyes.
The price has been depressed because of scalability issues with Ethereum that will become non-existent when Ethereum 2.0 is released (many think this year) so the time to buy QuantStamp is now. The price will shoot up!
Litecoin: Bitcoin’s volatile, risky younger brother
Litecoin is a major player in the market. It is traded widely and accepted at thousands of retailers both online and offline for payment. It is also a currency that does better than Bitcoin when the going is good, and worse when the going is bad. Some care should be exercised when buying Liteocin, but there is no doubting that it will be a great performer this year with what looks like an extended bull market coming.
TON: Telegram coming out soon, but will be one to watch
Telegram’s TON currency will have to be released in October, and we mention it here because it will see a lot of trading when it is released. Telegram values privacy above all else and its coin will promise to have just that.
Since Telegram has a user base of over 200 million people, it also has enough firepower to decentralize it’s network quickly and to offer services that very few other cryptos can quickly. Keep this one in mind for October, because it will be this year’s biggest winner.
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Solana price performance in recent times has been remarkable, surpassing Ripple and Binance Coin to become the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. The SOL price breached the critical level of $100 for the first time since April 2022 over the weekend to imbue optimism among investors. However, the altcoin has corrected by 7%, suggesting that the market is overheated. At the time of writing, the ‘Ethereum killer’ was trading slightly lower at $111.60.
SOL Outlook
Solana price has made a significant recovery over the past few weeks, climbing above the psychological level of $100. The altcoin has been one of the best-performing assets this year, extending its year-to-date gains to more than 1,025%, with more gains recorded in the past month alone. However, even with such growth, analysts have noted that Solana has a bleak chance of topping its ATH of $260.
The reason behind this is the increase in supply relative to its value. In November 2021, when the Solana price hit its all-time high of $260, its total market capitalization was around $78 billion. Despite the value of the crypto asset being less than half of what it was at the top, its market cap is currently hovering near $50 billion.
This has been brought about by the increase in the Solana supply by more than 100 million SOL over the past two years. According to some analysts, for the altcoin to retest $260, its…
Solana price has noted significant gains over the past few weeks, climbing to its highest level since April 2022. The ‘Ethereum Killer’ almost topped the crucial level of $100 on Friday, before pulling back slightly. The asset’s recent surge has catapulted Solana’s total market cap to $39.6 billion, ranking 5th after and above BNB and XRP, respectively. Solana has jumped by more than 22% in the past week and more than 80% in the month to date. At the time of writing, SOL price was trading 0.90% lower at $93.10.
Catalysts Behind SOL’s Rally
Solana price has been on a strong bull run over the past few days, rocketing to its highest level in 20 months as the network benefits from the substantial activity and strong interest in memecoins. The SOL token, the native digital asset of the high-performance blockchain platform Solana, has shown some serious strength over the past few weeks, outperforming all the altcoins in the market.
The recent surge in the Solana price has been linked to heightened on-chain activities on the Solana blockchain. Notably, the ongoing hype for the blockchain’s speedy transactions, cheap fees, and a lottery of meme coin issuances has buoyed SOL’s on-chain activity. Metrics have revealed that Solana has been the strongest draw among on-chain traders, with trading volumes and network fees outperforming Ethereum- the largest altcoin by market cap.
Cited figures provided by DeFi aggregator DeFiLlama…
Solana price has jumped more than 8% over the past week, breaching the important level of $60. At the time of writing, Solana was trading 3% higher at $61.07. The asset’s total market cap has climbed to $25.9 billion over the past week, ranking it the 6th largest cryptocurrency after XRP. The total volume of SOL traded over the last day has declined by 8%.
SOL’s Bullish Cues
Solana’s price has been among the best-performing cryptocurrencies this year amid continuous growth. The “Ethereum killer” has consistently impressed investors throughout the year on the back of a resurgence in bullishness, which saw SOL’s price climb more than 513% in the year to date. Institutional investors have also shared the bullish sentiment, making Solana their most preferred altcoin.
In the week ending November 24, Solana recorded inflows worth nearly $3.5 million, significantly more than the other altcoins’ inflows combined. The asset’s monthly inflows were higher at $40.2 million, lower than Ethereum’s $99.6 million inflows in the same period. Other altcoins, including Litecoin and Ethereum, noted significant outflows, making Solana nearly half of the home for DeFi. This implies that when it comes to institutions, Solana is currently the best-performing altcoin with the potential of a long-term rally much higher than other digital assets.
Notably, the Solana DeFi ecosystem accomplished a significant milestone earlier this week. Its Total Value Locked (TVL) hit a new yearly peak of over $655 million,…
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