Bitcoin (BTC): It is the first cryptocurrency in the world, its open source technology allowed anyone in the world to have their own Bitcoin in their possession if they wanted to. It is thanks to this that we have more than 2,400 cryptocurrencies so different from each other today.
The first months of Bitcoin had no real value, it was given away on forums and web portals. The first record of the price of BTC is obtained in 2010, when it was first listed in an exchange office. Its price? about u $ s0.003 for each token.
11 years later, the first cryptocurrency struggles to exceed US $ 10,000 again, which leaves it with a return of more than + 33,000% and the title of the best investment in the history of the decade and humanity.
Ethereum (ETH): Ethereum is currently the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, with a market capitalization of $ 26 billion ($ 26 billion).
It was the cryptocurrency that introduced the Smart Contracts (Smart Contracts), which like a traditional contract is a compromise between two or more parties, but with the difference that you do not have to hire expensive lawyers, you do not have to go through any bureaucracy , and most importantly, once the terms of the contract have been fulfilled, it is closed instantly.
On the day of its launch in 2015, ETH cost about $ 2.77, while today it is around $ 241, which represents a return of 8,600%.
But, this value is far from its historical price, since this crypto managed to reach an astonishing $ 1,432 in December 2017, which means that it came to have a return of 51,596%.
Ripple (XRP): Ripple currently occupies the third position in the crypto market, with money
currency equivalent to US $ 9 billion (9 billion).
This cryptocurrency, unlike the others, has focused on bringing the benefits of Blockchain and cryptocurrency technology to traditional banks and payment systems. These benefits are the almost instantaneous transfer of money to any part of the world, and the very low costs of this type of transaction.
Since its launch, when each XRP was trading at $ 0.005889, until today, when each token has raised about $ 0.203622, it has left the third cryptocurrency in the world with a performance of more than 3,300%.
Litecoin (LTC): Litecoin was the first cryptocurrency to be born from the same Blockchain as Bitcoin, in what is known as HardFork. Where a group of developers originally from Bitcoin decided to follow another path, and divided the Bitcoin Blockchain in two, one would continue as we know it until now, and the other, Litecoin (LTC) would be born.
Born in 2011, with a price of approximately u$s 30, until today, which has a valuation of u$s 46, LTC has a historical performance of 53%.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH): Bitcoin Cash is another HardFork of the original cryptocurrency. Like LTC, some developers originally from Bitcoin decided to go their own way, so they again separated the Bitcoin Blockchain into 2 equal parts. In which one of the two BCH would be born.
BCH was born in 2017 at a price of u$s 554 per cryptocurrency, in a matter of 3 years, to date BCH is the only one of our top that has had a negative behavior, because today it is quoted at u$s 255, which leaves Bitcoin Cash with a negative return of -53%.
