Probably the most common question people ask once they’ve heard all the hype about cryptocurrencies is which coins they should buy. The other commonality among the newbies is that unlike me, they don’t spend 12+ hours a day every day listening to opinions of popular cryptocurrency personalities and experts, analyzing markets and doing extensive research.
Even if a seemingly trustworthy and knowledgeable self-proclaimed “expert” does tell you that you should invest in X or Y cryptocurrency, you have neither the technical skills nor the business experience to evaluate whether or not that person really is a top expert.
However, one thing which is hard to argue is that a beginner probably doesn’t want to invest in a coin which has huge volatility and an unknown future, meaning that it only makes sense for you to invest in coins which are built on solid tech (a working product, agnostic tech, multiple/efficient programming languages), a strong team (social media presence, connections on LinkedIn, strong reputation, past successes with blockchain projects) and solid business plan (big market potential, limited competition, team with business experience) which holds long term value.
That’s when I got the idea of compiling this list of not just one expert’s opinion but instead ALL the ‘experts’ opinions of recommended coins to invest in with a focus on long term value. Note that some of the personalities mentioned below have more knowledge of than others when it comes to technical analysis/understanding of the technology/investing experience. Also note that I use the term “expert” lightly since it’s not like any of them have received qualifications from accredited institutions.
In addition I added several discussions on the topic of the best long term coins to hodl (if you’re new to this, hold means to buy hold onto long term) from various social media platforms.
If you can think of any notable personalities or experts who I’ve missed, then let me know in the comments below. Note that I’m not responsible for any losses which you may incur from investing, I’m simply informing you about the opinions of a variety of well known cryptocurrency personalities.
Here are some no-brainer tips before I present to you the top recommended coins:
Tip 1: Only invest what you can afford to lose
Tip 2: Use a website like CryptoSwim to see how someone’s recommended coins performed in hindsight but be weary that when the whole cryptocurrency market cap rises (as it has for the past 6 months), it’s almost inevitable for someone with a balanced portfolio to make money
Tip 3: Every expert has an incentive for you to invest in their coins since when you buy what they recommend, the price goes up and increases the value of their portfolio should they be holding those coins which they usually are.
So below I present to you my findings and although this could be used as a quick guide as to which coins you should invest in, I hope watching the videos and reading more on the topic encourages you to realize that you should always do your due diligence before investing.
(here is a Google doc with identical content as this steemit post which includes hyperlinks to all relevant channels/posts https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RgqBaWSUxzk01GMaUVtPChWzXgRx1mZWufrlPInbphI/edit?usp=sharing)
James Clayton
Co-founder of Expanse (EXP)
Admin of CryptoCurrency Collectors Club - FB group with 33k likes
Owns a Porsche
Request to join CryptoCurrency Collectors Club for beginners to view his original post, below is the text from that post:
These are my favorite long-term cryptocurrency underdogs, in order of market cap.
#1 ANTSHARES ANS / NEO
They have already solved the scaling problems that Bitcoin and Ethereum have, Turing Complete, strong alliance in China and China is most of crypto and should not be underestimated. The first (serious) Crypto of China. They are up against Ethereum, but with the alliance in China and the tech, and the relatively low market cap I think they have a strong chance at great success in the long term. The rebranding should also help later as it did for Dash.
#2 NUMERAIRE NMR
This is still new so an early favorite, but I really love this project. They are up against all the Hedge Funds, and they literally want the scientists to “manage all the money in the world.” The data results are very strong, I fully understand the system, and I think the odds of NMR going up massively in value is worth the risk. Some scientists are great at the predictive models and I do believe they will buy NMR and stake it to make fortunes in the future, if nothing else, this is a very exciting experiment and the potential is too great for me to miss out on it.
#3 MONACOIN MONA
Seemingly just a silly project, this is one of the main cryptocurrencies of Japan and the first crypto of Japan. BTC/MONA ATMs are all over Japan, it is used as a currency. Lightning Network is being tested. Low Market cap and a strong community. I do not see this as some global currency, but the potential of it becoming huge in Japan is there. Halving is coming up shortly, a new Electrum lightweight wallet is being built and Lightning Network will handle scaling just fine.
#4 EXPANSE EXP (extra bias since he works there)
This is the project I am working on personally. We do not have the blockchain bloat problem of some projects, TX scalability is still something we need to solve, even though it is not an issue for us yet we plan on being a top project in the long run. We do have some of the most experienced Blockchain devs and we are also working on early concepts for a new way to scale Blockchain while remaining proof of work. We have lots of news coming, and we are the first stable Ethereum fork and by far the cheapest.
Ryan Lee
Youtube Channel with 13k subscribers
He doesn’t have a video with top 5 long term altcoins but every week he picks the coins which he thinks are the most promising over the next 3 to 6 months. Note that Ryan has one of the highest like to dislike ratio for his videos compared to any other Crypto Youtuber I’ve come across and is definitely one of my top 3 favourite crypto Youtubers.
In his most recent video he picked the following:
ETC
LTC
XRP
XLM
HMQ
XEM
WAVES
High Altitude Investing
YouTube Channel with 9k subscribers
He gives more detailed performance results from crypto investments than any other YouTuber I know. Check out his most recent Monthly Update where he also mentions the top 4 coins he’s most excited about for the next month and tells you exactly how much money he made.
Here are his top 10 picks for June
XMR
LTC
DGB
BTS
XCP
MAID
RADS
ETC
STR
XRP
Ameer Rosic
YouTube Channel with 100k subscribers (not all crypto videos)
Focuses on problem that protocol of the coin is trying to solve. Strong leaning towards fundamentals of a coin, i.e. focus on long term.
Here is his two month old video explaining his choices
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Monero
Golem
Factom
Trevon James
YouTube channel with 10k subscribers
Video from Jan 7th 2017
DOGE
ETC
DASH
ETH
MONERO
Crypto-Bit Brothers
Youtube Channel with 6k subscribers
Top 5 Cryptos Youtube Video
DASH
BURST
LTC
XRP
CLOAK
ChampagneCrypto
Youtube Channel with 6k subscribers
Top 5 Cryptos Youtube Video
1 Siacoin SC
Web storage cloud storage similar to Google Cloud and Amazon
http://sia.tech/
2 Golem GNT
Worldwide supercomputer where users rent out computing time.
https://golem.network/
3 SysCoin SYS
Online marketplace similar to Ebay and Amzaon. Users buy and sell.
http://syscoin.org/
4 STEEM (Biased)
Social media platform where users get paid for posting content.
https://steem.io/
https://steemit.com/
Young And Investing
YouTube Channel with 5k subscribers
Top 5 cryptos video from April 13th 2017
In order of best to worst:
XRP
BTC
NEM
ETH
BELA
Nugget News
Youtube Channel with 565 subscribers
YourLegitGamingVids
Youtube Channel with 32k subs (but mostly gaming videos)
Video from May 30th
ETH
LSK
PIVX
NEM
STEEM
Boxmining, Ivan on Tech
Unfortunately neither of these channels have created any “Top Coins To Invest in” videos but I would be silly and feel crazy not to mention these guys because I have learned so much from them and they are highly respected among crypto Youtube viewers. Also noteworthy is that they both have 16k subscribers, they’re some of the top crypto Youtubers and certainly among the most liked. Here are their channels:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxODjeUwZHk3p-7TU-IsDOA
https://www.youtube.com/user/LiljeqvistIvan
Reddit threads discussing best LT coins
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Steemit threads discussing best LT coins
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@capgains/top-5-cryptocurrencies-for-long-term-investments
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@jrose1010/my-top-5-favorite-cryptocurrencies-6-20-17
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@cryptowarz/my-top-4-altcoins-june-2017
https://steemit.com/dash/@b1ble/what-s-the-best-cryptocurrency-to-invest-in-long-term-why
https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@hilarski/what-crypto-currency-are-you-holding-long-term
Quora thread discussing best LT coins
https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-Cryptocurrency-to-invest-in-long-term-Why
Great job, it's nice to have one place to get so many crypto enthusiasts' opinions on the their top coins.
Thanks for the addition
Great summary.
I'd remove the CryptoGrandpa Brothers from the list and add Crypt0 instead.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUSSt-IEUg2eq46rD7lu_g
Cheers!
Interesting post. I was about to post a similair thread. In my opinion blockchain is here to stay. A proper investment for the long term. I was researching a way to do better investment analysis on the current cryptos. I was wondering if anyone of you uses: https://www.coincheckup.com It's a great site that gives in depth research on every tradable cryto in the market.
wow that's a lot of analysis stats on their website!! I'll compare them with some coins I know of to see how similar their ratings are to mine. Thanks a lot for reminding me of that website, I heard of it before but didn't understand how useful it was.
UPDATE: It seem I cannot edit this but if I could I would remove Suppoman from this list because although he has a decent following, I do not deem him to be an expert and do not recommend anyone to follow his advice.
Great list - Just one point I would say is needed for the next one(s) though if I may, feel free to tell me to f-off though as you've put in far more effort than I would have.
Put the Ticker of each coin picked + the name. i.e. in some you say Monero and on others XMR, I'd say put "XMR / Monero".
*Also, XLM and STR are the same coin, XLM on Polo, STR on Trex.
On another note - I just went through the coins above, and each time a coin is mentioned I gave it 1 point - See picture below for an "in order of most picked" list.
Funny you mention that because I did the exact same thing as you did. I chose not to post it though as I have a lot more faith in some of the crypto experts mentioned compared to others, which would mean creating a weighted average of certain coins which was not the intention of this post.
Furthermore I hope that crypto newbies or fans can get more acquainted with many of the crypto YouTubers who I love to watch, so I decided to focus the post on that.
Thanks for your comment though!
Thats certainly understandable and I do agree with the weighted average thing. Personally I think anyone saying to buy DGB should be discredited completely :p
That said, the ones in the "top 5" are very strong contenders in my own opinion.
You do have to wonder, are some of these guys just shilling their bags though...
Looking at these picks, and you being a former poker pro, is it safe to say:
"Never go all in?"
Diversifying might seem boring, but I think it is the safe play. Thanks for sharing, cheers.
Definitely diversify. I personally have about 10 coins in my portfolio.
Very, very nice article a lot of useful information.
Certainly helpful for newcomers, being one myself I found some of the same people that you mention also.
You may wish to check out also:
Scrembo Paul
Chris Dunn
bitcoinmeister
cliff high
Here is also article I wrote regarding suppoman, you might want to check that out also: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@weareourdesires/crypto-youtuber-debunked-could-it-be-that-suppoman-is-lying-to-us
Thanks!
Yea I'm subbed to all those guys too, just didn't include them because they didn't post any "long term coin" picks within the last month.
I bought the Cliff High ALTA for 24 bucks but pretty much a scam, simply not enough valuable information there unless you just want to believe his predictions blindly.
Thank you for replying :)
As far as I understood Cliff ALTA for 24$ is basically something for general public, there is other one for 99$ "bare naked Wealth #3: for speculators", I heard some good things about it and am thinking to buy it.
Some interviews of hes I watched, Cliff seemed as a decent source of information. So, since am thinking to invest a bit more, 100$ might be worth it to me hear another opinion. Thank you for your input, it's pretty valuable.
Great jobs, That is amazing. Thanks
I'm also very excited about numeraire and antshares.
great job on bundling all those sources!!
This post is awesome bro.thanks for sharing this.
You're welcome. I'm thinking of making a new post reviewing the top YouTube crypto personalities, might that interest anyone?
I for one would be interested in that article!
thanks for sharing. Great info! I love Ryan youtube as well!
yea Ryan Lye is awesome, you should join his telegram chat if you haven't already too. He's got less subscribers than he deserves for the quality of his content, that's for sure:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEhFzdgTPR8MmeL0z-xbA3g
Much appreciated. Up vote and a follow for you :)
Awesome post, upvoted. I am just curious if you believe in the potential in iconomi just as much as you believe in numeraire?
Hard to say since I'm not that knowledgeable about ICN. I hold both coins and although I know more about Numerai than I do about Iconomi, I've heard more widespread support for ICN among the YouTube channels that I watch compared to Numerai and ICN has been around for longer. It was partly due to the video below by CryptoBaren.
Go to 6:30 in this video by him:
Awesome help, thanks mate!
Edit: James Clayton does not own the Porsche, he financed it. He does not regularly give recommendations on coins to invest in.
If I would say a underdog coin right now that is not getting hyped. I would say ZenCash that is worth investing.
i got some ZEC at the lowest dip yesterday and planning on HODLing it
@steamon just realized you wrote ZenCash, not Zcash. In any case I recently decided that PIVX has greater potential than Zcash, largely due to the high inflation rate of Zcash.
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Nice! Really great list. Happy to see my Friend's channel is mention!
Great post and I like how many varied viewpoints are presented!
Thanks @blockchainttmft!
thank you for so much information!
Promoted with my hard-earned steem backed dollars! THanks for sharing!
Thanks, much appreciated!
Funny how nobody has IOTA on there list, guess its still to fresh of a project to be recognized.
Thanks for sharing
Well organized and informating
Thanks! This is one of the most useful posts I have read in a long time. There are so many "experts" around that it is sometimes difficult to find the real good ones. I was already following most of those on your list, but I see there are more good experts around.
Very good article. Really appreciate you bring this to our attention. The Trustworthiness the cryoto space brings with it one thing nobody seemingly cares about. I was wondering if anyone of you uses: https://www.coincheckup.com. They give great insights in the team, the product, advisors, community, the business and the business model and other techincal insights. See: https://www.coincheckup.com/coins/Numaraire#analysis To watch Numaraire Analysis.
i seem to remember this comment, are you posting this same thing multiple times everywhere?
Great thread. I fully understand what you're talking about. You read this stories about people selling their cars to buy cryptos and I think to myself: Don't invest money you don't have. We do need more indept investment analysis. An interesting website I found: https://www.coincheckup.com It's a great site that gives in depth research on every tradable cryto in the market.