Hey guys! Sorry for the long wait, but I was away on work. I didn't have much time to dedicate to crypto world.

So... I decided to bring to you my top picks for 2018.
I could come here with safe bets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin or Monero, but this are already pumped, and I don’t think you can get the 10x, 20x, 50x that my picks could do.

I will give you 5 cryptos, I'm invested in all of them and I will list them by market cap because I believe in all of them in the same way.

• Cardano (ADA)

WHY?
Cardano came out of nowhere to being listed on Bittrex (currently one of the most difficult exchanges to get in), of course this gave them the right to enter the top 10 market cap almost instantly. Now, besides Bittrex is also present in Binance, two of the major exchanges nowadays.
Developed by Charles Hoskinson, co-founder of the Ethereum Project.
Could be the next Ethereum. There are many in the look for the next Ethereum.

WHAT IS IT?
Cardano is a fully featured, smart-contract capable platform, that has better scalability to directly compete with Ethereum.
Main features are faster transaction speeds, rock-solid reliability and quantum computing resistance.

PRICE PREDICTION IN ONE YEAR: $5.00

WEBSITE | COINMARKETCAP | ANN | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | REDDIT

• Lisk (LISK)

WHY?
Until now Lisk has been working only on speculation! This year with the release of the SDK we are going to see the first dApps build on top of Lisk.
One of the biggest teams in cryptocurrency world. And the community is also huge.
Whoever wants to develop do not need to learn a new language, JavaScript is pretty common to the people on IT world.

WHAT IS IT?
Lisk is a decentralized block chain that aims to allow for the development and distribution of block chain applications built in JavaScript.
Lisk is the first blockchain platform of its kind. It uses sidechains. Lisk coins use modules, which serve as the basis of design and construction.

2018 MILESTONES:
Rebranding
SDK Release

PRICE PREDICTION IN ONE YEAR: $80.00

WEBSITE | COINMARKETCAP | ANN | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | REDDIT | GITHUB

• Waves (WAVES)

WHY?
Waves is one of the fastest blockchains, if not the fastest. With Waves NG, network is capable of processing upper to 100 transactions per second.
Waves DEX (Decentralized exchange) works well, just is not mass adopted. Way better than EtherDelta.
Russian government is pretty close with waves, and a partnership is possible.

WHAT IS IT?
Waves is a decentralized multi-purpose exchange platform. Was built completely from scratch and it’s the first production system being built on top of the Scorex framework.
Waves platform allows the creation, issuance, transfer and Exchange of assets and custom tokens, most noticeably fiat tokens which allow users to transfer fiat currency over the blockchain without any volatility.

2018 MILESTONES:
Waves NG (Fastest blockchain)
New Design for Waves Platform and Exchange
PRICE PREDICTION IN ONE YEAR: $100.00

WEBSITE | COINMARKETCAP | ANN | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | REDDIT | GITHUB | TELEGRAM | INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

• Power Ledger (POWR)

WHY?
Cryptocurrency and blockchain applied to the real world.
Right now we are only speculating about the future. Main goal of Power Ledger is to decentralize the electric grid. Stopping the monopoly of electricity by some companies and reducing the fees.
Plan is to start in Australia, and they are heavily backed up by the government.

WHAT IS IT?
Power Ledger is a software company that has developed a blockchain-based energy platform which enables households and businesses with solar panels and batteries to trade their surplus energy with each other.
The Power Ledger Platform is the Ecosystem that enables interoperability between diverse market management/pricing mechanisms and units of electricity (kWh) by way of pre-purchased tokens.
Power Ledger has a very good team of respected energy industry professionals, sustainability leaders, disruptors, developers, and innovators.

PRICE PREDICTION IN ONE YEAR: $4.00

WEBSITE | COINMARKETCAP | ANN | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | TELEGRAM | SLACK | MEDIUM

• Ethos (ETHOS)

WHY?
Formerly known as Bitquence (BQX), recently rebranded, didn't have its pump yet.
Could make coinbase obsolete, which is one of the entry point for most of the newbies. Low to zero fee's, multi-currency wallet and safe.
Will certainly rise in value due to wallet release, and fiat gateway.

WHAT IS IT?
Ethos operation modus is to make cryptocurrency accessible to all by building the universal wallet, supporting all coins and having a fiat gateway.
In the future they pretend to launch their own debit/credit card crypto based.
Also have a prediction platform, with rewards for the best tipsters. Good chart analysis tools.

2018 MILESTONES:
Universal wallet release

PRICE PREDICTION IN ONE YEAR: $30.00

WEBSITE | COINMARKETCAP | ANN | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | REDDIT | YOUTUBE | TELEGRAM

I have a few more that didn’t make this list, because I wanted only five and I think this ones will return the bigger multipliers.
Just to leave an honorable mention to ICON (ICX), VeChain (VEN) and UTRUST (UTK).

See you next time... Probably with an ICO review. If you have any requests just leave them in the comments.
Tell me what you think about my picks, I want to hear what are yours.