Here's My Top 5 Cryptocurrencies I'm Holding Right Now. What's Yours?

With hundreds of different cryptocurrencies out there, I'm sure we all have different top 5's. I've been following Bitcoin specifically since around 2011 and saw it spike in 2013, kicking myself for not jumping on board. However after it fell back down and had a quiet few years, I ended up totally forgetting about it to be honest.

That was until this summer when it really started to boom, along with many other coins. After sitting on the sidelines for too long, I decided to jump in and invested around $1000 into different coins.

After hours and hours of research, watching countless videos and watching the market, I decided to invest in 5 coins. It's important to note that while I did invest in each coin with the hopes of making a nice return on my investment in the future, I also opted for coins who's technology I liked.

Here's the five I went for:

MONERO (XMR)

I feel that Monero is a pretty safe coin to hold, especially with privacy coins expected to surge in popularity over the coming years and Monero is probably the top dog right now when it comes to privacy. I bought in at around the $100 mark so am happy with my investment and is a coin I plan to HODL and see where it goes.

NAV Coin (NAV)

NAV was actually the first coin I invested in. I came across it on Coinmarketcap when it was booming and did a little research. I liked a lot of the features that the team had planned and from having a look around, seems to have a very solid community and most importantly, development team. Bought in around $1.30 so again, another HODL coin. Will hopefully see a nice return if the developers can deliver on their roadmap but felt that it was worth investing in at that price. Personally, anything under $2 is a good buy for NAV.

ARK (ARK)

I went into ARK a bit blind to be honest. I had seen it mentioned a lot, especially on Reddit and with pretty much everything being positive, I decided to purchase some. Wasn't a massive investment but I'm glad I invested in it after looking into more deeply. I feel that ARK's smart bridge could be a potential game changer for the future. Looking to HODL this coin until it reaches the $10 or $20 mark perhaps, although not anytime soon.

Vertcoin (VERT)

VERT is an undervalued coin in my opinion and am definitely hopeful that it will see some big gains over the coming months and years. The fact that it's an anti ASIC coin is very appealing. Add in the work it's doing with Litecoin and Atomic swapping and I can really see VERT returning a healthy profit.

Verge (XVG)

Verge is a super cheap which means it's actually price per coin probably won't ever reach anything over $0.20, but as it is currently priced at under a cent a coin, grabbing a few thousand, if not tens of thousands of Verge coins could definitely give a very nice return. The Wraith protocol could be a huge moment in deciding where exactly Verge sits in comparison to other coins so waiting to see how the market reacts before deciding to HODL or sell my Verge coins.

What's your Top 5 cryptocurrencies you're holding right now? Feel free to let me know what you think of my investment too!