This is the fifth edition of my weekly series about upcoming cryptocurrency events. Finally, after a huge rally, we saw the Bitcoin prices stabilizing this week and as a result we saw some major altcoin rallies especially from the ones in the top 20.

But with CME Bitcoin Futures launching on this Monday, market volatility can increase and as a result altcoins can suffer again. So trade carefully during this period.

Also, before mentioning about the upcoming cryptocurrency events, I would like to mention that since we are approaching towards the end of the year, therefore most of the events have estimated dates or rather a deadline which they expect to complete before the end of the year. This will create a lot of uncertainty regarding the actual date of those particular events, they may occur way before the estimated date or can get delayed as well. So trade carefully and watch out for the events as they unfold.

Upcoming cryptocurrency events for Week 52 (25th-31st Dec):

25th December

Groestlcoin (GRS): Website and wallet updates.
Bitcoin (BTC): Bitcoin God hard fork.
SONM (SNM): MVP testnet and wallet release (tentative date).
Neo (NEO): Coopetition on mainnet (tentative date).
Walton (WTC): Public beta & wallet test (tentative date).

26th December

No Major Events

27th December

Burst (BURST): PoC Consortium and Dymaxion release (tentative date).
SHIELD (XSH): Web wallet release.

28th December

Matchpool (GUP): API released to selected developers.
GOLD Reward Token (GRX): Internal exchange gets enabled, allowing the purchase of GRX directly from it.

29th December

TRON (TRX): Source code release.
ClearPoll (POLL): Alpha release, initially planned on Dec 15th but got delayed by two weeks.

30th December

No Major Events

31st December (tentative date)

Encrypgen (DNA): Supercomputer goes live.
Waves (WAVES): Token airdrop on the updated mainnet.
Syscoin (SYS): Rebranding.
Verge (XVG): Wallets & mining releases.
NEM (XEM): Catapult release, version 2.0 of NEM.
SALT (SALT): SALT platform launch.
Stratis (STRAT): ICO platform release.
Ripio Credit Network (RCN): Advanced smart contracts, network agents and SDK implementation.
Voxels (VOX): Rebranding.
Substratum (SUB): Public beta release.
Change (CAG): App and debit card release.
FirstBlood (1ST): 2018 roadmap release.
RaiBlocks (XRB): Mobile wallet release.
AirToken (AIR): Rebranding and new website.
Skycoin (SKY): Skywire test network launch.
Bitcoin Diamond (BCD): Mainnet launch and wallet release.
Red Pulse (RPX): Android app release.
Bitcoin (BTC): Bitcoin Uranium hard fork.

Top 3 gainers from Week 50 (11th-17th Dec):

1. Dent (DENT): 0.000737 on Dec 03rd to 0.013137 on Dec 16th (1782% gains)
2. ClearPoll (POLL): 0.890963 on Dec 03rd to 3.73 on Dec 11th (419% gains)
3. EverGreenCoin (EGC): 0.290869 on Dec 03rd to 1.07 on Dec 07th (369% gains)

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Disclaimer: This is not a financial advice. I am giving my personal opinion, do your own research before making any investment decision. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose.

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