Jon Nielsen, Publisher at CoinCodex

As new entrants continue to flood the crypto market, keep an eye on these three coins.

Ethereum has been the latest beneficiary of the early 2018 Bull Run and has hit a new all-time high price and broken the $1,000 mark for the first time in its history.

As one of the fastest growing asset classes available today, digital currencies provide investors with the ability to realise significant returns in a relatively short period. If you had put $1000 into a number of different cryptocurrencies, one year ago on January 1, 2017, here’s what you would have today.

Keep an eye on these two coins at the beginning of January.

You should keep an eye on the two coins featured this week.

As the year comes to an end, it’s already time to look into the future and try and pick out the coins that will be the most influential in 2018. While currencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum will always be major players, the following coins will also make serious moves over the next 12 months.

You should keep an eye on these three coins featured this week.

We selected three coins that should be on your radar next week.

Bitcoin continues to grow in importance and a variety of factors are pushing the digital currency further into the public’s consciousness. As a result of the continued growth in interest, it has become necessary to scale the Bitcoin network in order to allow it to handle a much greater quantity of transactions. A number of scaling solutions have presented themselves, and we take a look at the Lightning Network, which has emerged as one of the most viable options.

You should keep an eye on the two coins featured this week as both might importantly increase in price in the short term.