#1 Bitcoin
As expected, the Bitcoin is in the top of the list with a market capitalization of $76,817,853,616 . It was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto (some believe that Satoshi was actually not one person but a group of IT / banking specialists) at the time, it was the only virtual currency available in the market. You can buy 1 Bitcoin US Dollar by paying $5400 (25 October 2017) as its the costliest virtual currency in the market accepted and legalized in many countries.
The Bitcoin miners are the key to Bitcoin security and miners are responsible for the creation of new bitcoins. But keeping you Bitcoin safe is the most important thing to do after buying bitcoin. You should also follow other Bitcoin news.
#2 Ethereum
Ethereum is #2 on our Top 10 cryptocurrency 2017 list. It is a platform built for smart contracts that is controversial due to its recent hard fork which resulted in diverging blockchains. The market cap of Ethereum is $30,993,709,186 with a price of around 328 US Dollars.
#3 Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash is a breakaway part from Bitcoin, which is now a separate cryptocurrency itself. Bitcoin Cash has a market cap of $11,161,562,727, while you can buy one BCH for $673.72
#4 Ripple
On our top 10 cryptocurrency 2017 list Ripple stands as the 4th Best Cryptocurrency to invest. Ripple is a real time gross settlement system network by ripple. It was introduced in the year 2012. Meanwhile, it has a market cap of $8,578,015,899. You can buy one unit with a price of around $0.223713.
#5 Litecoin
It’s also an open source pear-to-pear digital currency same like Bitcoin. The market cap of Litecoin is $4,202,463,479 with a value of around $79.54 for 1 Litecoin.
#6 NEM
Though NEM is last in the list but it is performing well. Moreover, NEM launch was on the 31st of March 2015. Nem runs in Java platform. The market cap of NEM is $2,678,994,000. Meanwhile, you can get one NEM for $0.297666.
You want to see how much prices have changed? This is the Cryptocurrency price list for 28 January 2017:
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#7 Dash
Dash, formerly known as Xcoin and Darkcoin and is open peer-to-peer virtual currency. It was introduced 3 years ago. Meanwhile, Dash has a market cap of around $2,620,342,807 at the time we wrote this outlook. One dash costs $347.31.
#8 Monero
Monero is an open-source virtual currency introduced in April 2014 that focuses on privacy and decentralization. Moreover, the market cap of Monero is $1,917,245,354 with a value of around $127.37 for a unit.
#9 IOTA
The main innovation behind IOTA is the Tangle, a new blockless distributed ledger which is scalable, lightweight and makes it possible to transfer value without any fees. Contrary to today’s Blockchains, consensus is no-longer decoupled but instead an intrinsic part of the system, leading to decentralized and self-regulating peer-to-peer network. IOTA has a market capitalization of $1,820,205,981 while you can get one IOTA for $0.654861.
#10 Ethereum Classic
Finally, last place on our Top 10 cryptocurrency 2017 list stands Ethereum Classic. Although it as not so famous, it has a market cap of $1,702,355,002 and value of $17.86. Just in May, Ethereum Classic was the 6th most precious currency to invest in.