After Ethereum Classic was added to Coinbase for a couple of days was #11 on Coinmarketcap, such temporary achievement is very important, leaving behind coins like Tron and Monero.
We have to take in consideration that even that ETC is not actually trying to take ETH out of business but to coexist with it and with other block chains in the space.
For 2018 the most important target for Ethereum Classic has been implementing side chains in the original structure of ETC, this would enable fast and simple operation with UI components or Dapps. ETC development team is very focus to make easy the use of their platform for users and developers that work on it trying to find the best user friendly platform, 2018 is the year of usability and use case coins. Hype is only build around of projects with working products, speculative coins doesn’t seem to be what’s On at the moment.
With recent price increase when the market recovers I can see Ethereum Classic over $40.00 but to be real I don’t think we will see price increase such as LTC or ETH did last year not on Ethereum Classic or on any other coin and I think this is the best for the market.
On recent hype when ETC was add to Coinbase it went from 11 to 16 on Coinmarketcap, I still think that ETC is underrated by investors in the market, a coin started on July 2015 still needs more marketing and probably a couple of solid partnerships that can provide them more exposure.
Don’t let the hype get to you and don’t let others pump coins for you, always think what can go wrong with your trade.