My roommates and I are all blockchain/cryptocurrency activists. We each put in a lot of hours in research weekly, and every night discuss and decide where to put our investments. Going to keep everything simple on here, if any questions about these coins feel free to ask So here's a jump into our nightly discussions, and here's our top 5 talked about coins of the month:

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**1. EOS (EOS)** - Allows creation of decentralized apps on their network - "ez mode Ethereum" - Great team heading the project ie: Daniel Larimer, Brock Pierce - Clear [Roadmap](https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/Roadmap.md) - "3rd generation blockchain technology" - https://www.eos.io/

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**2. Salarium (SALPay token)** - Just finished ICO, USA not able to participate in ICO - Will start to be listed on exchanges in January - 1st to be listed on Bitafex (confirmed by employee) - Established company, already handles payments for many employees in multiple countries including the Philippines - https://www.salpay.com/

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**3. Hempcoin (THC)** - Marijuana still illegal on a federal level, thus not allowing banks and dispensaries to work together - Can't accept visa - No way to store money, dangerous to hold that much cash in a dispensary - Growing industry in the United States - Practical use for transactions - Created back in 2014 - Showing signs of steady growth - http://hempcoin.org/

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**4. Ripple (XRP)** - Shows no sign of slowing down - Signing multiple contracts with big banks in Asia (Japan/Korea) - Held a conference, and were very proactive at CES 2018 - Just had a big correction great time to buy - Now listed on Japanese exchange where you can buy XRP with Yen - https://ripple.com/

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**5. Litecoin (LTC)** - Mainly based off trends, next in line for a big spike - Stagnant at about 20% under all time high - Next new all time high will be a 20%+ increase - Graphs showing signs of bullrun incoming - https://litecoin.com/

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