None.

Tier 2

MOD

 Tier 3

REQ

SUB

LINK

NANO

KNC

Tier 4

BNTY

TAU

WISH

PHR

LOCI

XBY

ELA

ECC

POE

HPB

BIX

EVE

NAVCoin

NAVcoin ($NAV) is a Privacy coin with upcoming Platform features. NAVcoin has been around for 3 years. It is not minable, instead being based on a Proof of Stake system in which stakers earn 5% annual returns. Theoretically this means there could be 5% inflation on the supply, however, that would require every coin holder to stake, so likely there will be very marginal inflation between 1 and 3% year over year. It is a currency originally based off of Bitcoin version 0.13, which should tell you it’s got a good foundation from which to build its feature set. Being based off Bitcoin, it currently is a method of transaction, with notable upgrades in the form of Segwit (with possible lightning network integration in the future) and 30 transaction times with extremely marginal fees. That’s great but a lot of coins have that going for them, so thankfully we’re just getting started with the real interesting pieces of NAV. The first and currently only implemented feature, NavTech is a unique dual blockchain technology. Essentially, NAV runs on these two blockchains in order to completely disconnect the sending wallet (your wallet), to the receiving wallet (where the money is getting sent). Think of it like a VPN, NavTech completely strips the sender’s details so the transaction is completely anonymous. The anonymous transaction space has really gotten big lately, with Monero’s recent price action and Ethereum’s implementation of ZKSnarks being two big examples that come to mind.Moving on to the roadmap, there are two big upcoming features for NAV:

• The first is Polymorph, which is a really cool blend of Nav’s anonymous transactions and Changeally’s instant exchange. What this means is that, for example, I wanted to pay someone in Bitcoin but I wanted to do it anonymously. Polymorph would take my bitcoin, turn it into navcoin in order to be processed and sent anonymously using the Navtech dual blockchain, then turned back into bitcoin at the to be sent to the receiving wallet. This will certainly set NAV apart, as it guarantees anonymous transaction for all of the coins on changeally. This is huge for exposure, and a great opportunity for NAVcoin to gain trust, which is absolutely critical anonymous transaction coins.  
• The second big upcoming feature is ADApps, or Anonymized Decentralized Apps. This is also a huge potential win for Nav as there is already a huge amount of interest in the crypto space surrounding Dapps, such as Ethereum and Omni. Adding in the anonymous layer would attract projects that would value the anonymity. Nav is still in the planning stages for this project so it could still be awhile before it comes to fruition, but we should see the whitepaper for it soon, and if they could be first to market with ADapps that could prove to be a killer feature for them as it would give them first access to the interested demographics.

Ripple

Ripple ($XRP) is a real-time Payment protocol for anything of value. It’s a shared public database, with a built-in distributed currency exchange, that operates as the worlds first universal translator for money. Ripple is currency agnostic and has a foreign exchange component built right into the protocol. Ripple acts as a pathfinding algorithm to find the best route for a dollar to become a euro or airline miles to become Bitcoin. It will look at all the orders in the global order book. The case for XRP comes down to the following: 1) Payment systems work best with bridge assets to focus liquidity. 2) There are good reasons to expect a cryptocurrency to be the most popular bridge asset. 3) There are good reasons to expect that cryptocurrency to be XRP.

• Open, decentralized payments will have lots and lots of assets, including national currencies of all kinds and cryptos. A significant fraction of payments will be among assets that aren’t the most popular. Using intermediary assets to settle those payments concentrates liquidity and reduces spreads.
• National currencies are always tied to jurisdictions and can’t be universal. Systems built around them will never be as open and inclusive as systems that aren’t.
• XRP settles faster than any other major crypto. It higher transaction rates than other major cryptos. It is beat by others only by the amount of liquidity available today. And, most importantly, XRP has a company that is devoted to making sure XRP succeeds for this specific use case.

ICON

Simply put, ICON ($ICX) is a massive scale blockchain Platform that allows

• Decentralized Application (DAPPS) – Build DAPPS on ICON Platform like on Ethereum and NEO. Yes, soon, you will see ICOs happening on ICON platform for different DAPPS
• Interchain (Interoperability with Blockchains) – Allows different blockchains connecting to one another through their protocol. ICON is fully compatible with traditional blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum and in future can bridge other public blockchains such as Qtum, NEO and many others to achieve their mission statement – “Hyperconnect the world”
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Use of AI to ensure all nodes contributing to ICON Republic/platform are rewarded fairly and not to have certain powers over distribution policies. AI will continue to learn a variety of variables to determine optimal distribution policies and achieve complete decentralization.
• Decentralized Exchange (DEX) – ICON will integrate different DEX protocols on their platform to facilitate exchange of ICX and other future ICON platform currencies. Bancor protocol will be their first DEX protocol when mainent launches this month end and Kyber and others will follow. Not just throwing Kyber’s name out there, it was confirmed they are working with each other, official partnership yet to be announced.

A couple of recent coins people have asked me about:

QASH:

I like the ecosystem they’ve built but I just don’t see them overtaking an exchange like Binance, especially considering atomic swaps invalidate half their unique advantages.

That being said, I’ve seen a lot of murmurs lately about this one so maybe they have magic in a bottle that I’m not seeing. I’m interested to see how the rise of decentralized exchanges is paired with World Book’s vision.

TRAC:

Trac is definitely one of my favorite picks right now. There’s a lot of panic because of their announcement regarding no minimum for masternode and some misinterpreted information regarding losing your coins if you don’t correctly stake, but I think in time people will see what a good project this is and how much passive income you can make.

PHR:

So Phore is certainly an interesting one and I personally really like that it’s a fork of PIVX.

While masternodes are certainly appealing, there are a couple things that I would advise considering:

1. Phore is currently rank 400 by marketcap. All things considered, it’s tiny.
2. The annual income from dividends is $7,400. This means, assuming the price never moved, it would take over 2 years to overtake your cost basis.
3. With a cost of $16,500, I can’t say that locking up 26% of your portfolio into one coin is anything other than a gambling move, especially a microcap. (https://masternodes.pro/stats/phr)

All that being said, I like the direction Phore is going in and how it’s trying to branch out of the saturated privacy coin sector. The setup isn’t too painful and this guide looks to be fairly straightforward, assuming you know how to run some console commands and can figure out a VPS (https://masternodeguides.com/setup-phore-masternode-phr-masternodes/)

I also think your direction toward dividend-yielding coins is a smart one and it’s something we’re doing as well.

WAN:

(Q: Where should I buy in for Wanchain?)

Wanchain’s ICO price was 880 WAN / ETH, which at today’s prices make the ICO price $0.46 / WAN.

So, I generally suggest around 2 – 4x the ICO price as a good buy in for a coin you believe will be rising in the future.

As I mentioned earlier, Wanchain is one of the most hyped ICOs ever (thank Ian Balina for that), so of course, they’re not going to deliver on people’s expectations right out of the gate. That’s why just about every ICO will post a similar pattern coming off their initial exchange listing. A sharp spike in price as people sell their ICO funds, while people FOMO into the position, and then it crashes and then languishes along for awhile.

So, the simple answer is anything between $1 and $2 is a great price if we can nab it, and anything between $2 and $3 is acceptable.

We’re building a WaltonChain ($WTC) CPU mining rig for the mainnet release this weekend. Walton will start as a CPU mined coin, and at some point in the future it will switch to being GPU-dominated. The team behind Walton controls both of these things, and it will be an interesting foray into masternode mining for us. We’ll do our best to document the journey. Here’s our parts list for anyone curious: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Elira/saved/Zjv9WZ

In this section we’ll feature a daily ICO or new coin we think you should check out. Based on your country, you may not be able to participate in the ICO, but you will be able to trade the coin once it is listed on an exchange following its ICO (usually only a couple of weeks). ICOs are where a lot of money in crypto is made. Here’s proof.   That said, we should warn you: ICOs are highly risky endeavours and you need to mitigate any potential losses. Treat it as money you’ve lost the moment you contribute to the ICO. We are not responsible for the ICO’s performance. Today’s featured ICO / New Coin is:

Squeezer

For flipping Neutral.

For long-term holding Neutral.

What is it? 

Squeezer is a platform that helps software developers build apps easily without tackling the entire blockchain infrastructure. It is also a powerful tool for providing high-quality blockchain software components to large enterprise organizations. Squeezer uses world-class microservices platforms, such as AWS Lambda, Google Functions, and Azure Functions.

What is our verdict? 

What we like: Great vision and already have an MVP

What we don’t like: This is an already saturated market

Website: https://tokensale.squeezer.io/

Whitepaper: https://tokensale.squeezer.io/docs/white-paper-final.pdf

  Coinigy is a great tool for determining prices on each exchange, however I may not have access to the full suite of tools on TradingView charts. I am currently not using it as a front-end GUI for my exchanges, which it supports.I also use Blockfolio to give me a quick snapshot of my holdings, and find that it does an excellent job to aggregate all of my holdings into one easy-to-read snapshot of my cryptocurrencies, which are typically located in many different places.

I will also be experimenting with the Profit Trailer app which might be useful in this choppy market. I hope to share results and tips/tricks with you in here once I get this bot up and running.