Which Cryptocurrencies Will Survive in 2019?

2018 was a tough year for the whole cryptocurrency industry. The key players experienced their record highs and lows; struggled in the bearish market; and suffered from hacks and forks. The market ended up with a significant fall in crypto prices and overall capitalization, which decreased from $604 billion to $130 billion in a year! This dramatic drop has brought a new wave of skeptic voices telling stories about bubbles and the upcoming crash of the entire ecosystem. However, it’s 2019 and cryptocurrency is still here, alive. So, what’s next?

Disclaimer: this article doesn’t include exact predictions as the cryptocurrency industry is highly volatile and unregulated. So, don’t consider the following information investment advice.

10 Tools for Blockchain Development

Blockchain, though known to most people through cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, is used for much more than powering cryptos. Recently, a lot of companies have been coming up with innovative ways of putting this technology to use, from using it as a decentralized voting system to managing a global shipping system.

Even big companies like IBM and Samsung have adopted it for use. So it's natural that all this interest in it brings about the need for blockchain developers. In fact, according to a report from Upwork, blockchain happens to be the fastest growing skill on its platform, surpassing skills like TensorFlow and machine learning in the top 20 list. This means there are a lot of jobs for blockchain developers.