Stay Current Crypto Review #2: August-October 2018

It’s three months since my previous review. Back then, I was hoping that the market bottom has been reached in June. But looks like the market is either still uncertain about where the bottom is, or has not enough drive upwards. Nevertheless, there are some positive news showing that blockchain and cryptos are actively growing despites market stagnation.

Crypto News Background

• According to research, venture capital inflow into crypto companies has already increased by 280% over last year.
• Google lifted its ban on crypto-related adverts across the US and Japan.
• Japan’s Sony Corporation announced a new crypto hardware wallet
• A Swiss startup has raised over $100 million to create a regulated cryptocurrency bank known as SEBA.
• Yahoo Finance announced that it will integrate the trading of cryptocurrencies into its iOS app.
• European policing agency, Europol, announced that its research found zero terror attacks across Europe linked to Bitcoin.

Top 30 Cryptos: Winners and Losers Since 31.8.2018

Biggest Winners

• Dogecoin: 35th to 23th place
• Maker: 34th to 24th place
• Binance Coin: 18th to 14th place
• Decred: 30th to 26th place
• Ontology: 31th to 27th place
• Tether: 11th to 9th place
• Monero: 12th to 10th place

Biggest Losers

• ICON: 27th to 37th place
• Qtum: 22th to 28th place
• Bitshares: 29th to 34th place
• Zilliqa: 25th to 30th place
• IOTA: 9th to 12th place
• VeChain: 17th to 20th place
• Lisk: 26th to 29th place

Top 30 Cryptos: Category Ratings

1. Cryptocurrencies: “better money” or “better bitcoin”

1. Bitcoin
2. Bitcoin Cash
3. Litecoin
4. Monero
5. Dash
6. Zcash
7. Bitcoin Gold
8. Bytecoin
9. Decred

2. Dapp Platforms: “better blockchain” or “better ethereum”

1. Ethereum
2. EOS
3. Cardano
4. NEO
5. Ethereum Classic
6. Tezos
7. QTUM
8. Lisk
9. Zilliqa

3. Specialized Tokens or Coins

1. Ripple: banking
2. Stellar: banking
3. Tether: stablecoin
4. IOTA: Internet of Things
5. TRON: content / media / entertainment
6. Binance Coin: exchange
7. NEM: asset management
8. VeChain: blockchain-as-a-service
9. OmiseGo: banking
10. Maker: stablecoin
11. 0x: exchange

Cryptocurrency Media Rating

1. Cointelegraph
2. CCN
3. CoinDesk
4. Bitcoin News
5. NewsBTC

Credits and Sources

• Top 30 Cryptocurrencies: according to CoinMarketCap
• Crypto News Background: according to 99bitcoins
• Cryptocurrency Media Rating: according to Detailed.com
• All data are as of October 31, 2018
• Photo by Juja Han on Unsplash

Previous reviews

• July 2018

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