NEO is a smart contract blockchain that is contributing to the Web3.0 movement. NEO currently hosting over 100 development applications seeing some traction with the development community. Although NEO does not have the user adoption or the on-chain transaction volume of Ethereum, the project is growing. The project has active communities supporting the project in 20 different locations, the project is supported by over 20 different wallets, has a developer tool kit, and is actively making protoSee full review

Cardano claims to be the first smart contract blockchain that has been developed in close coordination with researchers, academics, engineers, and existing financial institutions. One of Cardano's first markets is targeted at the subscription based market where the project aims to be a solution to the problems felt by this industry by enabling micro transactions powered by blockchain technology. Cardano is making a blockchain upgrade in May 2020 to transition from a “static” and federated systemSee full review

QTUM is a smart contract platform built from Bitcoin core and forked to include Ethereum type smart contracts and proof of stake consensus. QTUM has some very strong competition from Ethereum to compete for developers to build on the QTUM platform, and thus far, developers for the most part have decided to build on Ethereum. Until QTUM sees some increase in projects, active developers, active addresses, and transaction volume, and proves the platform has advantages over Ethereum and real-world uSee full review

TrueUSD is a stable coin on the ethereum blockchain that allows users to easily transact on the blockchain with a stable value which makes great as a means of exchange. The stable coin is fully regulated and compliant with country rules and regulations, and has been gaining users as evident in increasing market cap, active addresses, and transaction volume. The one down side of this stable coin much like Tether, USDC, and BUSD, the token requires custody in a centralized entity making it not truSee full review

Poloniex is a top crypto exchange trading over 80 million dollars of crypto assets each day as of April 2020. Poloniex has wall street backing from Circle who has backers including Goldman Sachs. This exchange is safe to use, will fulfill your exchange needs, and is launching in the near future a tool to launch your own intial equity offering. The IEO's will be fully compliant with local laws and regulations and will open up a new era hopefully of crowdfunding startups. See full review

Gemini is a high quality exchange that you can have confidence your funds will be safe, your trades will be regulatory compliant, and the organization will serve you with high quality customer service. Gemini sells itself as "Crypto Without Chaos" and targets traditional mainstream investors which is looked upon from the dedicated crypto community as corporate. All in all, a very high quality exchange. See full review

Kraken is a very popular exchange that has strong community support because it holds a very high moral and ethical standard lead by the vocal CEO Jesse Powell. Kraken does not allow wash trading on the platform like so many other exchanges and the trade volume. In April 2020, CEO Jesse Powell has announced he is hiring an additional 350 people to support the growing exchange. He stated that due to Covid-19 and peoples interest into digital alternatives, business has never been better for Kraken.See full review

Bitfinex was founded in 2012 and is now based in Taiwan. The 24 hour transaction volume is 52,000,000 USD USD with exchange liquidity of industry leading 87,000,000 USD. Bitfinex's leads all exchanges on liquidity with 13,000,000 USD more than the second most liquidity exchange. Bitfinex has high quality real trade volume confirmed by Bitwise and the Blockchain Transparency Institute. In April of 2019 BItfinex the New York Attorney's office was investigating Bitfinex for using Tether funds to cSee full review

Bitstamp has been around for a long time started in 2011 and based in the United Kingdom. Bitstamp was the first exchange I purchased crypto with, and even back in 2013 they had quality KYC to ensure compliance. All transactions went through and going in and out of the exchange was a positive expereience. Bitstamp has high liquidity and transaction volume. As of April 2020, the 24 hour transaction volume is 74,000,000 USD. BItstamp has high quailty real trade volume confirmed by Bitwise and the See full review

EOS is a smart contract blockchain launched in 2017 to improve on existing smart contract blockchains by improving transaction speed and utility. EOS has gained adoption in the gaming and gambling sectors. As of April 2020, EOS has 25 applications that have at least 50 users per day. Some of the most popular applications on the platform include the EOS destiny and Dice games with over 4,800 and 3,800 users per day respectfully. See full review

Bittrex is a top 10 crypto exchange that is fully compliant with US laws and regulations. Bittrex has a very impressive user experience with a fast, elegant desktop website for trading as well as very advanced mobile applications for Android and iOS. Bittrex is a trusted exchange in that it is one of the exchanges that has been profiled for not having wash trading and as of April 2020, has grown to serve more that 32,000,000 USD 24 hour transaction volume and maintain over 15 million dollars of See full review

The Huobi token is utility token for the Huobi crypto exchange that is one of the largest crypto exchanges of the world. As of April 2020, Huobi has over $70,000,000 USD of liquidity making it the 4th most liquid exchange. The exchange also has a wide range of crypto offerings and sports ~1,000,000,000 USD of 24 hour trade volume. The token utility is derived from the success of the exchange. Although the exchange is not available in the US, the exchange is popular in many other countries. See full review

Zilliqa is a smart contract blockchain project aiming to improve on other blockchain application projects by focusing on scalability, security, and support for developers. The project is currently working on 14 different projects and has a roadmap. Of interest is that the project has already included sharding for scaling before Ethereum, making it a more advanced smart contract. See full review

Dogecoin was started in 2013 as a fork of the Litecoin blockchain and uses the similar proof of work scrypt mining algorithm. The project has strong community support and loves the meme culture of this alt coin which started as a joke. The token has been popular in recent years for internet tipping. See full review

Pundi X is deploying point of sale hardware solutions to allow crypto users to easily purchase goods and services just like you were using a credit card. This project is an important product to realize in the vision where crypto assets become a large part of everyday transactions and truly complete with credit card companies. Great project!See full review

Digibyte is a proof of work crypto asset that aims to improve upon bitcoin's protocol by improving transaction speed, security, and making the blockchain more decentralized by creating a mining algorithm that will ensure more decentralized mining. See full review

OmiseGO is working to help companies to make a open financial system to all by utilizing blockchain technology. OmiseGO has landed large partners such as Burger King offering end to end solutions to improve loyalty programs, reduce transaction costs, and improve efficiency of payment systems. It will be interesting to see if OmiseGO can land additional large corporate partners to help move their business to the digital age. See full review

VeChain is a highly touted project that aims to revolutionize responsible supply chains by implementing blockchain technology to track products from production to delivery. The project has high potential, but I'd be cautious of the project until more companies begin using the protocol to manage supply chains. See full review

Decred forked from the Bitcoin protocol to improve on two apparent deficiencies of bitcoin including governance and long-term funding. The protocol implements a dual proof of work and stake model to balance the interests of governance and rewards to fund the project. The project has become more popular and has had an increase in adoption and community support. The project has a solid start. See full review

Dash is a fork of the Bitcoin protocol aiming to be digital cash and providing extremely fast, cheap transactions. The project has been around for awhile, and has become adopted on many exchanges, has high liquidity, and transaction volume is respectable. A crypto asset that is trying to be the medium of exchange will always struggle because it will always be volatile compared to stable coins pegged to national currencies. I would recommend Bitcoin over Dash. See full review