Ethereum's global price broke 1,000 USD today, a psychological ceiling and all time high for the community. The drive behind both the community and developers makes this cryptocurrency one to watch in 2018. Vitalik Buterin's January 2nd announcement of scalability research and development programs backed by potentially $2,000,000 in funding is a positive start to the new year; a call to arms against critic persistence that Ethereum is no different than Bitcoin in terms of scalability limitations.

I'm interested in hearing your opinions on how Ethereum will perform in 2018. Do you think it will continue to increase? Do you think it will take market share away from Bitcoin and Ripple? Maybe you're a skeptic and believe it's already overpriced or that it's technology is outdated. Let me know below!