Top Underdog Coins

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Top Underdog Coin Performers
2018
By Knotty the Investor

Another day, another satoshi. At least it's that way for crypto enthusiasts. In a previous passage,
we went over a good 5 starters to have in your portfolio to gain returns throughout 2018. In this
particular one, we will explore in my un-biased opinion the top 5 alts to have on your bench playing
the role of that clutch X factor. We are currently in the middle of Q2, and proper adjustments are 
essential to securing profits. With the market at approximately 407B, we are right where we were
in the beginning of December before a slight dip and enormous all time high. In perspective of where
the total market cap of cryptocurrency was in May of 2017, we have already 10x that being it was
about 38B at the time. In due time for the playoffs, open up that Blockfolio app and let's examine
who can perform better for us in the championship.

5. (XRP) At number 5, we have Ripple. The at first hated and demonized coin, Ripple has come
a long way and proved a lot of spectators wrong. With an even larger market cap, (31B) and more 
adoption to add with some of the largest banks, Ripple proves it isn't going away anytime soon.
With every week that goes by, it is sure to be filled with some new adoption of Ripple with part-
nerships with Western Union, a platinum debit card in the works, Japan's SBI to utilize the Ripple
network for payments, and even a new implementation of smart-contracts. Last year there was so 
much tension with the company for such a stagnant price and hardly ever hearing any news. 2018
has certainly been a complete turn around, as XRP sits at about .81 its Christmas price right before
it broke right past $1 and surged to $3. Whether you agree with financial institutions or not, moves
are still being made regardless. XRP can provide some good returns off the bench even if only $100
invested. It was .55 last week which was a more opportune time, but time waits for no man.

4. (VERI) "Veri" understated and Veri underrated, the Veritas token in my opinion has the most
room to explode going into 2019 with its software. Led by the famed investor Reggie Middleton,
Veritaseum is a multi-use software meant to disrupt 3rd party structures and intermediaries while 
simultaneously gathering many assets and placing them on the blockchain allowing P2P capital 
markets to be built. One of the most steady and stable coins on the market, Veri lacks any shine
in the crypto community in my opinion for lack of communication with a mixture of bad media motives.
One of the few platforms with a working Beta, Veritaseum awaits more legal audits and approvals
to really take the next step, but offers investors so much profit potential late in the game. One of 
the features on the software is VeAdir. This allows the user to use their VERI tokens to access
the autonomous research platform allowing you to view all digital assets and research. VeRent is
another cool feature allowing users to rent out their tokens to other peers or businesses who need
access to the platform giving you an added interest rate on your tokens rented. Not hated but 
often ignored, Veri can be a very stron contender being it's still sitting right at $100.

3. (GAS) Perhaps the most important NEP5 token next to NEO itself, GAS has served 
its purpose on the smart-econonomy blockchain. GAS is expended to your wallet contigent on
each NEO held. It is actually a 1:1 ratio of NEO held, it's just spread over several million block
transactions every five minutes. GAS can be a good backup, due to its functionality to buy any 
NEP5 token on the NEO blockchain without having to spend any of your NEO or any other 
coin. Think of it as residual change you can keep collecting during each confirme transactions 
roughly every five minutes. The more NEO you own, the more Gas you collect. Gas has usually
been about 1/3 to 1/4 of the price of NEO seeing an all time high of about $97, but currently sits
at about $25 until NEO makes its next run. I personally like to buy Gas and just add the remaining
NEO after an order and just use it to buy NEP5 tokens on any dip. Easy to use and even easier
to send, Gas will make a nice run and soon that "loose change" will be in the triple digits.

2. (LTC) Despite the founder stepping away to truly allow the project to grow, Litecoin still
proves to be a heavy contender this year. With much more competition in the crypto market, LTC
devs are working tirelessly to truly be the silver to Bitcoins gold. Some say that means being 1/4 
of BTC price or at least the second highest market cap in crypto as at one time it once was. LTC 
only got to about 4% of BTC price, but fell with the bear run along with the news Charlie Lee sold
most to near all of his LTC in order to prevent compromise. Some good news out of this the price
remained more stable than most thought, plus there was a transaction on the ledger that read for 
about $99M being sent to be sold and the tx fee was under .80. No greater sign than any that proves
LTC could still be the preferred method for digital purchases with increasing adoption. With a 
still strong community, Litecoin still has room to reach $1000+ through 2018 with rumors circling in
working with different coins to help fork a more effecient coin. A player to watch and look our for,
it'll be interesting to see how this fares in the summer.

1. (NEO) China's first open source blockchain, NEO has came a long way from Antshares. 
Not only kicking in the door with more smart contracts and building projects, NEO has been a 
standout as a true competitor to Ethereum. Leader Da Hongfei has really put China on the map
as far as blockchain production and is set to meet with Restart Energy soon in A Smart Economy
Conference in Brussels this year. NEO has seen some of the largest growth in terms of a one 
years period. Being based in Shanghai, NEO is sharpened by some of the smartest blockchain
devs in the world. Even though China is heavy regulartory in crypto, NEO has proven to work
with governments and provide a greater service allowing decentralized apps or Dapps to be built
on the platform further increasing scalability and more adoption. With super strong contenders in
its corner in DeepBrain, Ontology, Gas, and Red Pulse NEO has proven to be a force to be 
reckoned with currently sitting at around 5B market cap. Truly a top 10 coin, I think NEO wants
to push to that top 5 spot and bring in more as their roadmap unfolds throughout 2018. With this
as a strong sixth man, there is no way your Blockfolio will suffer losses as the holding incentives are
just too much too sacrifice how special this coin is. NEO could soon move up to your starting line
up around September as it pushes to find a new low during a possible trillion dollar total crypto 
market cap. 

After you have done your own research, you too can assemble your own team from
the starters to the bench seeing if your portfolio will take you to the playoffs. 2018 is going to be
a fun year in cryptocurrency especially with new regulation rules so it's best to learn all you can now
and build positions while Bitcoin only has about 35% of the market. This gives the alts time to grow
and find true value. Bull runs can be fun, but intimidating if not properly planned for before-hand.
Take down those entry points, and set orders to sell once you clear your profit. By now you should
know always control your private keys. Keep training, and maybe I'll see you in the playoffs. 

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