First, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I really hope this is a successful year for everyone in the Steemit community and in the Crypto world!
That being said, I want to talk a bit about what my top picks are for the cryptocurrencies that I am currently investing in and plan to hold.
1. 
STEEM
STEEM should be an obvious reason. That's where I'm posting now, but more importantly, I'm investing only in currencies that I believe have a future and I believe in. Steemit.com has been experiencing huge growth in the number of new users and active users.
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Outside of just new users of Steemit.com, STEEM is also the currency being used for https://d.tube/
What this tells me is that this currency is not only growing, but also expanding into new types of media...which means more growth!
Steem is also the most "active" cryptocurrency on the market, beating Ethereum.
2. 
Tron
TRON (TRX) is a very interesting idea. In essence, it is the idea of cutting out the "middle man" in the entertainment world. Here's what I like about it:
- The man behind it, Justin Sun.
- I like that this person has a great reputation behind him. He's the creator of a popular app call "Peiwo", the Chinese version of Snapchat.
- I like that he was 2015, 2017 Forbes China, 30 under 30
- Has a great connection to Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba Group
- Former Chief Rep in Greater China of Ripple
- I like the price point per coin, cheap! It was about .03 cents when I jumped in...it's climbing at .05 now. For only a small risk it has big potential rewards.
- To quote their white paper:
Its native economic system enables an unprecedented one-on-one interaction between providers of digital entertainment content and ordinary users. Therefore, content providers will no longer need to pay high channel fees to
centralized platforms like Google Play and Apple’s AppA Store. Also, providers of content such as texts, pictures, videos, and broadcasts, will break the curse that popularity and hits cannot create cash.
This simply feels like something that's going to be huge.
3. 
Verge
What I like about Verge:
- Their emphasis on security and anonymity.
- Price-point at .16 cents right now. I jumped in at about .13 cents.
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Ripple
If I'm being honest, I didn't like the idea of Ripple in the beginning. I didn't like the idea that I could be helping out banks...but nevertheless, this seems to be a sure bet. Banks don't like to lose. Here's what why I jumped in:
- This is a very cheap entry price point at $2.40 (as of writing this). I had jumped in at $.99 cents.
- Lots of speculation of this being introduced into the Coinbase market, which is causing the price to jump. But if this really does go into Coinbase, expect an extreme increase in price in the first few hours. The word on the street is that it may be announced January 20th. Therefore, I would expect the price to drive up a bit more before that date and if nothing is announced, be ready for a nice drop.
- I like that American Express has committed to using this as well.
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Disclaimer: I'm not a financial advisor, just a dude with some thoughts on a few cryptocurrencies. Do not invest more than you're willing to lose.
Link: Read Why Ripple Is Taking Off!!!
i allread had this coins, but what do u think about the sleeping giant like electroneum, po.et, Cardano and Stellar?? i think they had much of
potentiall!! interesseted in your mind!!
Today I've really changed my opinion on Ripple mainly because I've learned a few things in the 2 weeks I've owned Ripple.
I hope this helps!
I wish i had bought STEEM before, damn it!
Not too late! I think, if it's under $1,000 then it's not too late. Even at $6 per STEEM it's still cheap.
You couldnt' choose a better name @truth-be-told ! :))
Thanks, trying to "keep it real" :-)
Спасибо за пост, очень классный я тоже на днях приебрел эти же монеты . добра тебе.
Благодаря!
Please mention your source when you borrow images from others.
The images you took from my stats to illustrate Steemit growth are pretty old and do not reflect last huge raise of blockchain activity. Here the most recent information about it.
Also, cool graphs. Where did you get the stats from to make it?
Haha! Yeah, I saw it on your post and then forgot where I got it from...ugh. My bad.
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Very nice. I just saw D Tube today for the first time. It was made by the makers of Steemit?
Yep, pretty cool. And I've seen some folks making games with STEEM as well.
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