Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Now VS. The Beginning of 2017

I had a friend ask me what type of return the markets have seen since I've been around in the cryptospace, so I decided to look into the archive snapshots and see just how far we have come. I've been aware of cryptocurrencies since 2013, but I never saw them as an investment until the year of 2017. For this post, we will just be looking at the year of 2017, since I feel like the cryptoworld is completely unrecognizable now when compared to 2013.

Top 10 Cryptocurrencies on Coin Market Cap on January 3rd, 2017

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Archive.org is an amazing tool to look back in time at websites. You can view coinmarketcap.com for example on any date that someone has taken a snapshot. Feel free to have some fun with it.


Almost 1 Year Later...

Top 10 Cryptocurrencies on Coin Market Cap on December, 2 2017

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I'll leave the number crunching and percentage calculations to someone else, feel free to leave them in the comments. As you can see, a diversified portfolio in the top 10 cryptos at the beginning of the year would have outperformed any other investment in any market.


What Will 2018 Bring Us?

Many seem to think they are too late to the party when they see that they have missed out on the huge gains over the last few years. I do acknowledge that investing in something when the price is up 1000% does leave a huge amount of room on the downside, but I think the crypto markets will continue to surprise everyone in the next year. Keep in mind this is more than just investing and hoping to make money, this is about a revolution in finance on a global scale. Whats the price return on that?

The revolution has only begun. How many people do you know in your every day life that know what Bitcoin is? How many of those people actually own Bitcoin? How many of your peers have used cryptocurrencies outside of Bitcoin? Adoption has only begun. 2018 may be the year we start to see mainstream adoption.

Only Time Can Tell

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The return % numbers on all cryptos still in the top 10 are beyond amazing!! Thanks for sharing this!

You're welcome. Cheers to 2018 being even better!

Hey man! Check your bitshares wallet and merry Christmas!

Woahh, I just saw this. Thanks brother I appreciate it more than you may realize. Merry Late Christmas to you, (its never too late to celebrate the birth of Christ!)

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