However, none of us are able to accurately predict
the future value of these coins at any given point.
Buying any form of cryptocurrency is a speculative move, and there are many complicated factors that can affect
the future value of a coin.
HODL is used to mean that a coin owner believes in
the future value of their coin despite current situations.
Not exact matches
Unlike the case
of initial public offerings, where much
of the
value is already priced in at the IPO launch, or even the traditional venture capital system, an ICO allows investors to not only become financial backers but also early adopters, since the investment
coin's long term
value is in
future products or services.
This XRP
coin is listed on 50 exchanges, which means that the Ripple platform will develop its own Internet
of Value in the near
future.
A similar strategy adopted by Binance, saw the Binance
Coin shoot up in
value by 22,000 percent in the first six months (the past performance
of a similar
coin is no guarantee
of future returns
of course).
This might become a problem in the
future if NEO's
value increases, but exchanges already have their own methods
of dividing the
coin.
In making its point with respect to utilizing by a case - by - case assessment, the CAS provides an example
of «
coins / tokens that allow him / her to play video games on a platform» versus those «whose
value is tied to the
future profits or success
of a business.»
«Unlike most
of the ICOs which deliver
coins for a
future value or service, these
coins will represent a real security issued for a specific purpose,» Jain said.
This might become a problem in the
future if NEO's
value increases, but exchanges already have their own methods
of dividing the
coin.
In fact, the Bitcoin Cash
futures market is pricing the new
coin at 10 %
of the
value of Bitcoin.»
The next 10 days could see some
of the capital flowing back into altcoins as people start slowly accumulating before the fork but for the most part alt -
coins are expected to see major recovery only after the fork after people have acquired the free Segwit2x
coins which is currently trading as
futures on Bitfinex at 2X / BTC = 0.17; 1X / BTC = 0.83
of the
value of Bitcoin.
Non-profit entities are generally received with skepticism in the ICO world: how would the
value of their
coins increase and sustain themselves in the
future?
There are four goals
of price stable Smart
Coins (bitAssets)-- a relatively reliable solution to predict the
future value of a token, a predictable stable price with reduced volatility, hedging against volatile cryptocurrency markets and price action, and a unit
of account distinct from assets with capital gains or losses (which has increased tax liability).
As an investor or any ordinary man who follows the latest in cryptocurrencies, it is very hard to judge which
of the new
coins are going to be
of any
value in the
future or are going to fizzle away.
However in the weeks leading to the proposed split, Bitcoin
futures market hinted that 1x
coins have the potential to retain 85 %
of Bitcoin's present
value compared to 15 % retaining by 2x
coins.
Those gains have led some observers to predict a dire
future for many
of these smaller
coins that may not offer any new
value already provided by the more established
coins.
Instead, we mostly speculate on the
future value of various
coins and tokens.
«In the years to come, we expect the vast majority
of issued digitized tokens to use the ACCoin system, much in the same way that the majority
of Blockchain applications currently use Ether,» explains Lin, «so by anchoring both Bitcoin and Ether in the A-SDR, we are actually adding
value to these
coins for the
future, as they will finally be able to be quantified in terms
of a «basket» bound to real things.»
The company's Steve Strongin said most digital currencies were unlikely to survive in their current form, and investors should prepare for
coins to lose all their
value as they're replaced by a small set
of future competitors.
The best indication
of how that price might look like are
coin split
futures markets on several exchanges like Bitfinex, which roughly
value a
future Segwit2x
coin at about 15 %
of the
value of a bitcoin.