I think Bitcoin holders may be in for a shock, a lot of whales have been selling while the advice on the ground level has been to hodl. Now with the rise of eth based blockchains i think Ether is due a push.
Just to say i am not taking anything away from Bitcoin, however the avrage newbie is buying bitcoins to now buy altcoins. The process is long (in some cases an hour) to show up in your exchange. Then we have Eth, and within seconds your coins are sitting on the exchange.
I dont care to much for Ripple as i see it being i. the benifits of the banks to support it, i am however looking at coins such as Stella and Reddcoin which i think will have great years. The team at Neo seems to be on some great developments also.

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Crypt Nostra