Top cryptocurrency 2021 by value: Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, BinanceCoin and more

 Top Cryptocurrency 2021 by value and future predictions, 100 times profit?

Cryptocurrencies And Their Symbols With Price

Cryptocurrency Symbol Price(May 24)

Bitcoin BTC $38,364.92

Ethereum ETH $2,437.13

Tether USDT $1.00

Cardano ADA $1.53

Polkadot DOT $21.38

Ripple XRP $0.8878

Uniswap UNI $21.33

Litecoin LTC $168.26

Chainlink LINK $24.74

Bitcoin Cash BCH $667.95

-ETHEREUM

Ethereum Classic market cap: $9.1 billion

Ethereum Classic value: $71.78

The Ethereum Classic story: As you might expect from its name, Ethereum Classic is a spin off from the original Ethereum. In fact, it was formed in 2016, after a hack on the Ethereum network that resulted in the theft of 3.6 million Ether coins. The Ethereum community was split on how to deal with the hack, with most wanting to upgrade the blockchain with new features — and that's the Ethereum that sits at number 2 in this list. However, the original version was kept running and renamed Ethereum Classic. 

Ethereum Classic performance history: After steady growth over the past few years, Ethereum Classic has soared in recent months, jumping from $13 at the start of April to more than $130 at one stage. However it's almost halved in value since then and is currently worth around $70.

How to buy Ethereum Classic: Buy Ethereum Classic on major crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance and Kraken.

-POLKADOT 

Polkadot market cap: $21.1 billion

Polkadot value: $22

The Polkadot story: Lots of the top cryptocurrency projects have lofty goals, but Polkadot’s is one of the loftiest: to “enable a completely decentralized web where users are in control.” Launched in 2020, Polkadot is the flagship project of the Swiss Web3 foundation. If Web 1.0 was commerce, and Web 2.0 was social, think of Web3 as decentralization. Polkadot’s technology stitches together different blockchains, enabling them to exchange information and transactions and operate together seamlessl

Polkadot performance history: This crypto was trading at about a nickel until late 2020, when it took off (stop us if you’ve heard this one before) and was recently trading at around $41. However a big fall recently has seen it drop back to around $2

How to buy Polkadot: Buy Polkadot on major crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance and Kra

en2.y..6d Kraken

-DOGECOIN

Dogecoin market cap: $46.3 billion

Dogecoin value: $0.35

The Dogecoin story: Dogecoin bills itself as “the fun and friendly internet currency.” Launched in 2013 by software developers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer as a satire of Bitcoin and the exploding popularity of crypto, it’s basically a Bitcoin clone with a cute dog meme for a mascot. 

Dogecoin has no real use (though some people use it to give small tips on social media), but it’s developed a growing fanbase that’s boosted the price of a Dogecoin from less than a penny a few months ago to about $0.40 today, making it one of the top cryptocurrency performers by market cap if nothing else. Dogecoin also started what is now known as the “memecoin” space. If you’re looking for the next big memecoin, it could be SafeMoon, which launched in March 2021 and already has over a million users. SafeMoon encourages investors to buy and hold by imposing a 10% fee on anyone who sells their tokens.

Dogecoin performance history: In early 2021, Dogecoin crossed the $0.05 threshold for the first time, then went to the moon in April, recently trading at an all-time high of $0.70. It dropped to below $0.45 following Elon Musk's appearance on Saturday Night Live, then rallied slightly, then plunged again, then jumped back. It's been quite the ride. It currently stands at around $0.35, but who knows where it will be tomorrow.

How to buy Dogecoin: You can buy Dogecoin on Robinhood and many of the major crypto exchange like Binance and Kraken, but it's not available on Coinbase.

-BITCOIN

Bitcoin market cap: $726 billion

Bitcoin value: $38,790

The Bitcoin story: Bitcoin has been around since 2008 and is the blue chip cryptocurrency. It has, by far, the largest market cap, the highest coin value, and the largest network of users. 

Bitcoin was created by an unknown person or group who goes by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. It was supposed to be the cash of the future, and although you can use it today to purchase many goods and services, you wouldn’t use it to buy a cup of coffee because the cost of the transaction would be too high. 

Think of Bitcoin instead like the gold of the future: not really useful for daily transactions, but you want to have some for its stored value. It’s also like gold in that it has a limited supply, which is one of the things that makes Bitcoin so attractive to investors: a total of 21 million Bitcoins will ever be released, which makes Bitcoin inflation-proof. 

Bitcoin performance history: Like all cryptos, Bitcoin started out worth virtually nothing. In 2017 it took off from under $1,000 to over $20,000, but within a year was down around $4,000. In late 2020 it began skyrocketing again, this time from around $10,000 to a high of more than $60,000, before dropping in the past few weeks, mostly due to various Elon Musk tweets. Further falls last week culminated in a major drop on Wednesday (May 19); it's currently worth around $38,790. 

How to buy Bitcoin: Bitcoin can be purchased on crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken; at Bitcoin ATMs; on PayPal; and on Robinhood. Don’t be put off by the high price of a coin: you can invest as little as $25 in Bitcoin on Coinbase.

Home » Classroom

Top 10 Cryptocurrencies To Invest In 2021

By Sneha Kulkarni

Updated: Monday, May 24, 2021, 18:10 [IST]

Cryptocurrency is regaining popularity as interest in it increases. The term "crypto" in the context of cryptocurrencies refers to the complex cryptography that enables the development and processing of digital currencies as well as their transactions through decentralised systems. Cryptocurrencies are almost always intended to be resistant to government exploitation and control, though this fundamental feature of the industry has come under fire as it has increased in popularity.

Apple, Google, Tesla, Samsung, Facebook, PayPal, and Deutsche Bank are only a few of the well-known companies that have recently included cryptocurrencies in their long-term strategic plans. Since Bitcoin's price has soared, there has been a sudden excitement in the crypto-industry about altcoins, and people are more interested in seeing which tokens can earn a spot this year.

This list aims to introduce you to the top ten cryptocurrencies for this year, which have experienced significant growth in the past and will continue to be in the mainstream, especially for their pricing graphs or R&D. Here are top cryptocurrencies based on market capitalisation that you can consider investing in 2021.