Market Overview.

As Bitcoin continues to get more mainstream media attention, after the last futures launch Bitcoin has broken all time high severally, taking the market above $500Billion mark peaking at $515Billion. The market gained $14.97Billion a 3.01% rise to close (GMT+11) at $512.764Billion while volume traded was a huge $35.76Billion a drop of 8.02% from the previous day. A total of 1355 cryptocurrencies and 7399 market pairs were traded. Bitcoin's market dominance dropped to 54.5% of the total market cap.

TOP 10 BY MARKET CAP

RANK	COIN/ASSET	MARKET CAP (BILLION$)	%CHANGE
1	BITCOIN BTC	279.856	-1.58
2	ETHEREUM ETH	70.384	8.21
3	BITCOIN CASH BCH	32.002	20.53
4	RIPPLE XRP	21.638	21.16
5	LITECOIN LTC	16.394	-0.02
6	IOTA IOTA	11.302	-4.33
7	DASH DASH	7.227	3.10
8	BITCOIN GOLD BTG	5.782	23.65
9	MONERO XMR	4.961	-0.14
10	NEM NEM	4.833	0.92
-	TOTAL	454.379	2.46
-	OTHERS	58.385	7.43

BTG was our biggest gainer recording a 23.65% growth with a 51.71% rise in volume moved up two spots claiming the No.8 spot. While IOTA recorded the biggest loss of 4.33%, all other coins retained their spots. BTC lost 1.58% losing about $4.4Billion with 38.61% of the total market volume traded. The top Ten cryptos combined market cap rose by 2.46% to close at $454.38Billion controlling 88.61% of the total market capitalization, while the remaining cryptos market cap also rose by 7.43% to close at $58.38Billion.

TOP 10 BY VOLUME TRADED

RANK	COIN/ASSET	24HR VOL (M$)	%CHANGE	DOM PAIR
1	BITCOIN BTC	13,807.00	-5.09	BTC/USD
2	ETHEREUM ETH	4,774.27	-7.94	ETH/USD
3	LITECOIN LTC	2,747.21	-52.58	LTC/USD
4	RIPPLE XRP	2,613.03	-17.41	XRP/KRW
5	BITCOIN CASH BCH	2,515.48	85.32	BCH/KRW
6	TETHER USDT	2,295.75	-7.82	BTC/USDT
7	ETHEREUM CLASSIC ETC	768.50	-15.58	ETC/KRW
8	EOS EOS	630.50	15.75	EOS/USD
9	IOTA IOTA	461.45	-9.44	IOTA/BTC
10	BITCOIN GOLD BTG	414.79	51.71	BTG/KRW
-	TOTAL	31,027.98	-10.78
-	OTHERS	4,732.11	25.85

BCH was our biggest gainer with an 85.32% volume growth, while BTG returned to the board evicting QTUM to claim spot No.10. LTC recorded the biggest drop in volume of 52.58% as BTC also lost 5.09% of trading volume. Our dominant pairs show a high 90% CRYPTO/FIAT pairing, with a positive effect on the market cap. Combined top 10 volume was $31.027Billion a 10.78% decrease, and an 86.77% of total volume traded, while the remaining cryptos traded $4.73Billion a 25.85% rise in investors attention.

NEW LISTINGS

COIN	SYMBOL
Filecoin [Futures]	FIL
HollyWoodCoin	HWC
SmartMesh	SMT
Ignis [Futures]	IGNIS
ProChain	PRO
MediShares	MDS
Uquid Coin	UQC
SportyFi	SPF
COMSA [XEM]	CMS
COMSA [ETH]	CMS

FRESH ICOs

• AppCoins is a cryptocurrency for app stores that gives users app purchasing power, unleashes monetization potential for developers and increases app safety. It has been built to create an app economy with a new universal language that ensures trust, transparency, and openness by moving to the blockchain three of the most critical flows of app stores: advertising, in-app purchases and developer’s approval. By redesigning the transactions inside an app store, creates efficiencies by disintermediation and redistributes the value released in a way that creates incentives for the AppCoins supported stores dissemination. A cryptocurrency will be created to enable transactions based on the AppCoins protocol: AppCoin Tokens. This ICO was launched 13/12/17 For more HERE

• Lendoit is decentralized P2P lending marketplace platform based on Ethereum, which connects borrowers and lenders from around the world using the advantages of Smart Contracts and the Blockchain technology. Loans can be given in any of the ERC20 currencies. The platform provides all the elements a lending market needs to function, namely: professional scoring and verification APIs for each country, a loan marketplace, where lenders bid interest rates on loan applications and a default market where failed loans can be traded. The Lendoit Smart Loan Contract also offers important functions like syndicated loans and the ability to sell a loan to another lender if needed. This ICO was launched 13/12/17 For more HERE

NEWS

-2018's Big Question: Can Bitcoin Forks Deliver Value?-CoinDesk

-Bitcoin is No Longer Just a Man’s Game -CoinTelegraph

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SOURCE:CoinMarketCap