Ooh, prognostication time...
Tech investor and Bitcoin enthusiast Barry Silbert suggested on Twitter that those who want to profit from the next big bump in prices in the cryptocurrency world might want to look in the direction of where Coinbase is going.
Coinbase had Bitcoin, then it added Ethereum, and most recently Litecoin.
So it makes sense, as Coinbase adds 1 million new users a month, that its next coin would be one that (1) might be widely used already and (2) would benefit from a huge price jump.
Who's it gonna be? Three Guesses:
XRP (Odds: 2:1)
I base this guess on volume and geography.
Volume: it's almost always in the top five on Poloniex.
Geography: Coinbase's HQ is in Silicon Valley, and so is that of Ripple - the company behind XRP.
However, XRP is fashioning itself as a token for the banks to use to process payments between each other, and internationally. So it's not "used in the wild" and/or not all that consumer-friendly. Thus, odds aren't great - but it's one of the three candidates anyway.
XMR - (Odds 5:2)
Monero - XMR - is one of the first-ever "Coin of the Week" coins on the Metacoin site that I operate. (You should totally slide over there for a visit.)
It's widely used and gets decent volume. I like it a lot, and it has enough differences between it and the other coins on the platform that it makes sense to add. But, well...it's not the one I think is next. In fact, I'm putting the best odds on one that shouldn't be a surprise...
DASH (Odds: 4:5)
Yup, this checks every single box. Used by consumers. Stable. Popular enough - yet also different enough.
More I think about it, more it's a no-brainer and I'm about to go over and invest in a little.