This month
For our June report, 10 panelists predict the movements of 13 coins. These include the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap — bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Cardano (ADA), Ethereum (ETH), EOS (EOS), IOTA (MIOTA), Litecoin (LTC), NEO (NEO), Ripple (XRP) and Stellar Lumens (XLM) — as well as three top trending coins, Monero (XMR), TRON (TRX) and VeChain (VEN). Opinions are solely those of our panelists.
What about other up-and-coming coins this year? Check out our panelists’ comments on new coins at the end of this report.
Which coins are expected to see the biggest rise this month and throughout 2018?
Of the 13 coins, our panelists forecast that TRON will experience the greatest price growth this month (731%), as well as by December 31, 2018 (1,532%). EOS is expected to have the second-highest increase by the end of the year (206%), followed by Cardano (145%).
Cryptocurrency
Current price per unit (as of May 30, 2018) (USD)
Price prediction on Jul. 1, 2018 (USD)
Price prediction on Dec. 31 2018 (USD)
% change to Jul. 1, 2018
% change to Dec. 31, 2018
Bitcoin
$7,517
$8,487
$14,638
13%
95%
Bitcoin Cash
$1,018
$1,058
$1,752
4%
72%
Cardano
$0.2073
$0.2083
$0.508
0.49%
145%
Ethereum
$572.88
$659.00
$1,045.44
15%
82%
EOS
$12.49
$18.00
$38.25
44%
206%
IOTA
$1.62
$1.49
$2.48
-8%
53%
Litecoin
$121.04
$130.17
$149.00
8%
23%
Monero
$158.89
$148.25
$164.50
-7%
4%
NEO
$52.93
$60.00
$105.00
13%
98%
Ripple
$0.621
$0.635
$0.753
2%
21%
Stellar Lumens
$0.293
$0.310
$0.417
6%
42%
Tron
$0.065
$0.540
$1.060
731%
1532%
VeChain
$3.500
$4.500
$8.000
29%
129%
Comparing the forecast market capitalizations for bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum — the only coins of the 13 with a reported number of coins available by December 31, 2018 — our panel predicts that bitcoin will see the greatest increase in market cap growth by the end of the year (99%). Ethereum follows with a 91% increase, while Bitcoin Cash is picked to come in at 76%.
We calculated market cap predictions using the number of coins expected to be in circulation by the end of the year and our panelists’ forecast of each coin’s value by the end of the year.
Cryptocurrency
Current market cap (as of May 30, 2018)
Market cap at Dec. 31, 2018
Market cap % change to Dec. 31, 2018
Bitcoin
$128.3 billion
$255.4 billion
99%
Bitcoin Cash
$17.5 billion
$30.7 billion
76%
Ethereum
$57.1 billion
$109.1 billion
91%
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Bitcoin (BTC)
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As of May 30, 2018, bitcoin’s price was $7,517. WishKnish CEO Alisa Gus predicts the highest price for July 1, 2018, at $10,700. As for 2018 performance overall, here too Gus forecasts the highest value at $25,000 by December 31st.
Gus is optimistic about seeing a rebound later in the year, saying, “Often, these dips come about when fundamentals are fairly strong, and are perpetuated by market panic.”
The lowest end-of-year prediction of $5,778 comes from Kunal Patel, council member of GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group).
The number of bitcoins expected to circulate by the end of the year is 17,450,250 (based on 1,800 coins mined per day). From here, we can work out the estimated market capitalization for December 31, 2018. Based on our panelists’ forecasts of value per coin by December 31, the predicted market cap for bitcoin by the end of 2018 sits at $255.4 billion.
Bitcoin predictions
Clayton Daniel
SPROUTSUPER.COM.AU
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$10,000Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$10,000Market cap by
Dec. 31, 2018US$174.5 billion
MY PREDICTION
“The sideways movement is still in full force. There has been a lot of talk around turning NASDAQ into a crypto exchange, and there are multiple trade sales of crypto exchanges to the incumbent finance world. So things are slowly becoming more ‘normal.’ With that said, still holding $10K prediction until we see results of these changes.”
Fred Schebesta
FINDER.COM + HIVEEX.COM
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$7,000Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$22,500
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$392.6 billion
MY PREDICTION
“Bitcoin’s been on a downward slide lately. I’m expecting that there’s still room for it to fall before it bounces back by end of year.”
Kunal Patel
GERSON LEHRMAN GROUP
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$5,968Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$5,778
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$100.8 billion
Vaibhav Namburi
FIVE2ONE
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$8,000Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$12,000
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$209.4 billion
MY PREDICTION
“Provided some technical changes come into place, I see bitcoin as more of a passer coin for the future. Sure, it set this all up, and we all set similarities between bitcoin and gold. However, the volatility in the market doesn’t support this too much. My prediction is at $~12K end of year, as I see the market recovering from the hit it’s taken recently. However, not in a manner that will see massive spikes, but a more stable and sustainable bull run.”
Aaron LePoidevin
EVERY CAPITAL
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$7,000Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$15,000Market cap by
Dec. 31, 2018US$261.8 billion
MY PREDICTION
“While I am positive on the longer-term prospects, in the short term, BTC might have some downward pressure, as it looks like it could close below the 50-week moving average, with bears pushing prices lower. There could be a corrective rally, but perhaps not until Q3. The Consensus summit in New York showed the strong underlying interest in BTC and its applications.”
Joseph Raczynski
JOETECHNOLOGIST.COM
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$8,200Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$9,500
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$165.8 billion
MY PREDICTION
“These are tough times. Everything that the Negative Nancys can toss at BTC is being thrown. At some point, the downers will be lost to the institutions, which are creeping into the space.”
Craig Cobb
TRADER COBB
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$9,000Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$16,000
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$279.2 billion
MY PREDICTION
“I am a technical trader, so predicting something as volatile as bitcoin a month out is hard in the current market. Based on the monthly bitcoin chart, we are in an uptrend. And although the market is currently having a hard time short term, the long -term trend is still up. Unless we break down through $6,245, I think we will see a recovery by July 1st to $9,000.”
Alisa Gus
WISHKNISH
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$10,700Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$25,000
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$436.3 billion
MY PREDICTION
“Often, these dips come about when fundamentals are fairly strong, and are perpetuated by market panic. This latest round I see ending at $6,800 or thereabouts and then taking a month or so to rebound to between $10,500 and $11,500 (in the absence of major news).”
Adrian Przelozny
INDEPENDENT RESERVE
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$9,500Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$15,600
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$272.2 billion
MY PREDICTION
“Growing institutional interest will see prices rise toward the end of the year.”
James Lynch
CASTLECOIN
BITCOIN PREDICTIONS
Price by
July 1, 2018US$9,500Price by
Dec. 31, 2018US$15,000
Market cap by Dec. 31, 2018
US$261.8 billion
MY PREDICTION
“The expected influx of institutional money and increased adoption of cryptocurrency as a whole will likely lead to an increase in the value of bitcoin. The market is moving toward a state of maturity, and it is unlikely we are going to see the explosive increase we witnessed at the end of last year. I have seen predictions of up to $100,000 US by the end of 2018; however, I believe this is a bit too optimistic. Modest and sustainable growth in value is a more likely scenario. The recent state of the market has led to a change in the pattern of traders and investors, whereby they are more regularly taking profit after a price rise. aAnd without a considerable increase in volume, it becomes difficult for the market to sustain a regular increase in the price of the coin. Another key factor to consider is the crypto/fiat pairings, which we are seeing more of on the major exchanges. In the past, bitcoin and Ethereum represented the primary means of access to a number of coins. However, this particular component of total demand is likely to decrease. That said, bitcoin does, however, remain the gold standard and the cornerstone currency of the market. And as adoption improves, so will the value of bitcoin.”
$7,517
Current price per unit
as of May 30, 2018, in USD
$8,487+13%
Average price prediction
for July 1,2018, in USD
$14,638+95%
Average price prediction
for Dec. 31, 2018, in USD
Note that our panelists have holdings in the cryptocurrencies listed below.
Alisa Gus
ETH, XLM, BTC
Joseph Raczynski
Have had most of the Top 10 in the past
Kunal Patel
BTC, ETH
Vaibhav Namburi
ETH, BTC, ADA
Adrian Przelozny
BTC, ETH, BCH, LTC, XRP
Clayton Daniel
NEO
Aaron LePoidevin
ASTRO, C20
Craig Cobb
DRGN, ETH, BTC, OMG, VEE, CVC, NEBL, HST
Fred Schebesta
ETH, EOS
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