What are the top 5 cryptocurrencies of 2018
Dash (DASH)
- Market Cap: $8.5 Billion
- Press Time: $1,073.77 down -25.4 percent on the day.
- Month: Up 93.1%
- Year-To-Date: Up 9487.2%
- Who Created It? Evan Duffield. Former Software Developer at Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and now the owner of Hawk Financial Group.
Litecoin (LTC)
- Market Cap: $13.5 Billion
- Press Time: $248.83 down -20.12 percent on the day.
- Month: Up 249.9%
- Year-To-Date: Up 5646.65%
- Who Created It? Former Google employee and star in the crypto space, Charlie Lee.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
- Market Cap: $40.6 Billion
- Press Time: $2,416.37 down -24.94 percent on the day.
- Month: Up 86%
- Year-To-Date: Up 334.68%
- Who Created It? Bitcoin Cash was created by a team of developers that forked from the Bitcoin blockchain.
Ripple (XRP)
- Market Cap: $40.5 Billion
- Press Time: $.99 down -9.52 percent on the day.
- Month: Up 330.43%
- Year-To-Date: Up 16,400%
- Who Created It? Ryan Fugger, a web developer. Chris Larsen, a businessman. Jed McCaleb, a programmer.
Monero (XMR)
- Market Cap: $4.8 Billion
- Press Time: $309.61 down -23.85 percent on the day.
- Month: Up 100.48%
- Year-To-Date: Up 2145.57%
- Who Created? Like Bitcoin, Monero’s creator is anonymous.