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Finding A 50X Coin: The Ultimate Guide To
Finding A 50X Coin: The Ultimate Guide To
FINDING A
50X COIN
By CoinDiligent.com
Disclaimer 2
Introduction 3
Market capitalization 4
Value capture 6
Reputation and progress 8
Risk evaluation 9
Other factors 11
Final words 12
Disclaimer
This e-book does not constitute investment advice, and is
for information purposes only. Please seek a duly licensed
professional for investment advice.
Introduction
Bitcoin started trading for under $0.01, and reached an
all-time-high of (so far) $20,000 less than 10 years later. This
is a 2,000,000x increase - meaning that an investment of just
$10, would have been netted the investor $20M at the
Bitcoin all-time-high.
While this is a fascinating story, it’s important to stay
realistic. The crypto space is significantly larger today, which
makes it highly unrealistic that there will be another coin
performing a 2,000,000x price increase. However, as “alt
seasons” have proven over and over again, returns of 50x
are not only possible, but indeed very achievable if the
investor has the right skill set.
Digital assets like NEO, Ethereum, Binance Token, Stellar,
Cardano and Tron are living examples of how 50x returns
can be achieved in just a few months. And this list goes on,
and on, and on.
In this e-book, we will show you how to increase your
chances of finding a 50x cryptocurrency, and some
actionable next steps that you can follow after reading it.
Market capitalization
The first major concept that cryptocurrency investors must
grasp in order to find high-multiple coins is Market
capitalization.
Market capitalization is the value of the total outstanding
supply of a coin. You calculate it as follows:
Market capitalization = price per coin * total supply of coin
Some investors see a coin with a low price and think it’s
cheap. That is NOT how it works. You always need to check
the market capitalization.
Example:
At the time of writing, Ripple (XRP) is sitting at a price per
coin of $0.45. Some investors may think: “Hey, that’s cheap!
After all, BTC is at $6,000.”
That is an incorrect thought process. The total circulating
supply of Ripple is 40 Billion XRP (Bitcoin is capped at 21
million BTC), which means that if Ripple was ever worth
$6,000 like Bitcoin, it would be worth MORE than the entire
global money supply.
In order for Ripple to 50x, it would have to jump from its
current valuation (market capitalization) of $18 Billion, to
over $900 Billion, which is rather unlikely.
Therefore, you ALWAYS need to watch the market
capitalization of a coin before investing, not just the price.
The lower the market capitalization of a coin, the more room
there is for a 50x price increase. Ideally, you will want to be
looking for a coin with a market capitalization below $100M.
An excellent tool for checking the market capitalization of
cryptocurrencies is c oinmarketcap.com.
Value capture
After checking the market capitalization and making sure
that it is moderately low, the next step is to see if the value
capture model of the token/coin actually makes sense.
Ask yourself the following questions:
● Will the coin/token value increase as the adoption of
the platform/dapp grows?
● Are users of the platform/dapp incentivized to hold the
token for the long-term?
● Does the target market of the platform/dapp justify 50x
growth for the token from the current market
capitalization?
If the answer to all these questions is YES, then that’s a very
good sign. See below for an example of how a bad token
value capture model looks like, and another one of how a
good model looks like.
Example of bad value capture model:
Basic Attention Token (BAT) is used to reward people for
watching ads. There is no incentive for holding the BAT
token after receiving it.
Example of good value capture midel:
Republic Protocol (REN) is a protocol for creating
decentralized dark pools. In order to match orders on the
protocol and obtain fees, users need to own at least 100,000
REN. The more REN they own, the more $ from fees they will
receive.
Reputation and progress
If the value capture model of the coin makes sense, then the
next step is to do a background check on the reputation of
the team members, advisors, and investors. For this,
LinkedIn and Google will be your friend. Check the following
aspects:
● Do the founders/lead developers have any relevant
past experience?
● Is the team reputable and do they have a healthy
following on LinkedIn and Twitter?
● Does the project have a fairly large and engaged
community?
● Has the project or team been mentioned in any major
magazine, or have they published any academic
papers?
Ideally, you will want the project to answer YES to every
single of the above questions.
After you completed the background check, you will also
want to have a look at how development is going so far and
if the team has been meeting its milestones. For this, you
should check development updates, their GitHub activity,
and any software that they may have shipped already
(Alpha, Beta, Testnet etc).
Risk evaluation
Evaluating the risk of an investment is a crucial step to make
before committing any capital. There are several forms of
risk for a cryptocurrency, but the most important ones that
you should keep an eye on for now are regulatory risks,
network security risks, and risk of project discontinuation.
Let’s unpack each of these points and dive a little deeper:
Regulatory risks
Does the structure, business model or goal of the project
potentially infringe any regulations? If so, then this is a risk
that needs to be kept in mind. Titanium Blockchain, for
example, has been shut down by the SEC for violating
securities laws in the United State. The Titanium coin lost its
entire value and is not being traded anymore.
Network security risks
This is mainly a risk to be vary of when investing in Proof of
Work coins. If a PoW coin does not have enough hashing
power securing the network, then an attacker can fairly easy
start a 51% attack. During this 51% attack, he can create
coins out of thin air and sell them off at the open market.
Project discontinuation risk
Is there a risk that the founders or lead developers may
abandon the project? This risk can be evaluated by checking
if incentives are correctly aligned for core team members, if
the management team is competent, and if core team
members show that they truly believe in the project.
If you have the slightest doubt that core team members
could be abandoning the coin, then you should stay away
from it.
Other factors
The final point is to look out for other factors that may affect
the performance of your chosen coin.
Ideally, you want to be looking for a coin that is listed on a
few medium-sized or large exchanges with enough liquidity
to quickly exit your position if necessary.
Furthermore, you should also keep an eye on the inflation of
the coin and on the vesting schedule of coins allocated to
the founding team. If a coin has a very high inflation, then
fundamentals will only rarely be able to push the price up,
since there is so much new supply being added to the
market on a daily basis.
Final words
Thank you for obtaining this free e-book, and I hope you
found the information in it valuable!
Now is the time to start applying the knowledge you just
acquired. Head over to coinmarketcap.com and start looking
for that first 50x coin!
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In crypto, it pays to be diligent.
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