TOP-10 Crypto for 2018 & Update on IOTA

Everybody knows the names of these projects, but only a few realize what is behind them. Therefore we’ve decided to make an overview of TOP 10 most successful and popular projects.

🌐 Bitcoin

BTC is a leading digital currency. The digital asset was created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. Bitcoin ATMs are installed in all parts of the world allowing to exchange bitcoins and cash. This fact proves its wide acceptance in the market. There are many high-profile companies all over the world accepting BTC as a currency, such as Bloomberg, Reddit, Microsoft, and etc.

Within a year its price increased by 240 %, from $2 218,63 to $7 548,56.

🌐 Ethereum

ETH is a rising star in the crypto world being the second most popular cryptocurrency after Bitcoin. Its creator is a Russian-Canadian programmer, Vitalik Buterin. In contrast to Bitcoin, Ethereum uses smart contract technology. Ether is considered to be the most popular coin in India.

Within a year its price increased by 140 %, from $235,25 to $574,07.

🌐 Ripple

XRP was created in 2012 based on Ryan Fugger's concepts. One of the peculiarities of the Ripple protocol is its consensus ledger. Ripple is integrated in such companies as Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, National Australia Bank, Siam Commercial Bank, UBS, UniCredit Group, and etc. It is especially popular in Asian countries.

Within a year its price increased by 121 %, from $0,292 to $0,645.

🌐 Bitcoin Cash

BCH is a Bitcoin fork emerged due to splitting of Bitcoin on August 1, 2017 to make transactions faster and fees lower. Thus, at the time of the fork anyone who has already had Bitcoins became the owners of the same amount of Bitcoin Cash.

From July 23, 2017 its price increased by 98 %, from $555,89 to $1102,39.

🌐 EOS

EOS was created as a smart contract platform for decentralized apps by block. one team in July of 2017. To ensure wide distribution of the native token at the launch of the blockchain, one billion tokens are being distributed on the ethereum blockchain so that anyone can launch EOS blockchain. The aim of the platform is to provide decentralized apps hosting, use smart contracts and solve the scalability issues of such blockchains as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

From July 1, 2017 its price increased by 1072 %, from $1,03 to $12,07.

Litecoin
LTC is another Bitcoin fork technically similar to BTC. Its original author is Charlie Lee. Among the companies adopting Litecoin are Surf Air and TapJets.
Within a year its price increased by 315 %, from $28,43 to $117,86.

Cardano
It is a distributed platform running blockchain for the Ada cryptocurrency. It was created by Input Output Hong Kong and led by Charles Hoskinson, former co-founder of BitShares, Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
From October 1, 2017 its price increased by 1000%, from $0,02 to $0,22.

Stellar
Stellar is an open-source protocol value exchange established in 2014 by Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim. The platform is a distributed ledger maintained by a consensus algorithm. Its native currency is Lumen. Such companies as Deloitеe, Parkway Projects and TEMPO Money Transfer are building innovative services based on Stellar network.
Within a year its price increased by 639 %, from $0,039 to $0,288.

IOTA
IOTA token is a currency to transact on IOTA’s distributed ledger. One of the main features of IOTA Foundation is Tangle technology in contrast to blockchain used by Bitcoin. The Tangle solves two problems: scalability and transaction fee issues. Besides, Norwegian DNB ASA, a key player in the Nordic financial ecosystem, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IOTA Foundation to “explore the new digital innovation landscape made possible by the Iota Tangle technology”.
From June 13, 2017 its price increased by 171 % from $0,638503 to $1,73.

TRON
TRON is a newcomer. Its main net launched on the 31st of May. The token migration from the Ethereum network to a new one is awaited in June of 2018. Malta and Indonesia are the biggest expansion schemes from Tron. Justin Sun, creator of the project, seeks to acquire BitTorrent Inc always focused on decentralized peer-to-peer file transfer technology.
From September 13, 2017 its price increased by 2783 % from $0,002051 to $0,059118.

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One of the most significant partners of IOTA is the Volkswagen concern. Johann Jungwirth, the Chief Digital Officer of Volkswagen, announced a joint work between IOTA and VW🌐, for the implementation of the Proof-of-Concept concept, which should demonstrate the future of the distributed ledger technology📖 in the automotive industry

The world of cars is on the verge of radical modernization🤖, and a distributed ledger technology will help speed up the process. Technologies that automate transport management are an interesting use of IOTA, because cars operate in different conditions around the world, and each bit of data will be recorded to improve the future products of the concern📈

In addition, Johann Jungwirth is on the IOTA Foundation's supervisory board. His skills, connections and influence can be extremely necessary for IOTA🤔. Also, Volkswagen concern consists of 12 brands, for example Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, Audi and Bugatti.

I think you have understood what perspective this coin has, especially given such a low price🚀