There are approximately 800 Crypto currencies in the market and more coins are expected to come in. It is always advisable for any first time investor to go in for a safe bet. As the experts say in the capital market that one should go in for blue chip companies , I will also recommend Ripple a a blue chip Crypto currency .
The Advantages of this currency are
It is relatively cheap and affordable, It market cap is excellent (placed 3rd), Ripple is both a Cryptocurrency as well as a digital payment network for many financial transactions which make it unique from other Cryptocurrency, transaction and settlement costs is less.