There are over 1400 assets on the market therefore to name the best coin of January is just impossible. I would look at new altcoins like CyberMiles, Utrust or SingularityNET. Market recovery has began and investors looking for new assets to make money.

I think bitcoin going to hit 50K by the end of 2018. It may decrease to 8k before rise but it won't take long to recover. January in the last few years became the dumping period for cryptocurrencies. Many newcomers will get burnt unfortunately. One way or another we all learn our lessons what will make us stronger.

I would hodl instead of sell bitcoins. Unfortunately I don't have tens of thousands BTC to dictate the market value therefore selling bitcoins at this time would be very dangerous. I've got the feelings that BTC going to recover from this quicker then ever before. I maybe wrong but 2018 is the year of FOMO and whales gonna take advantage of it.

Have a look at ArcBlock.  ABT - Born For Blockchain 3.0 solving todays problem like poor performance, not consumer friendly, lack of features and cost. ArcBlock is a platform service, rather than a standalone software package or set of APIs.  ArcBlock is one of the best ICO of 2018 with over 28k of followers on Telegram.

The the number of followers on Telegram gives a good insight if the project was drawing enough attention to the potential investors. Interaction with the team is crucial pre ICO. If there was any red flags can be raised and answered to build up a trust between the team and participants. A crowded Telegram channel of an ICO is always a good start IMO.

what do you mean by AI? does artificial intelligence has anything to do with cryptocurrencies or is it a general prediction?

It does actually. SingularityNET had one of the most successful ICO last month selling 36M worth of tokens in 66 seconds. SNnet is going to be the first decentralized AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) platform offering AI services for the community. AGI tokens will be used purchasing AI. Costumers can use multiple AI service using this blockchain technology. These AI-s will need blockchain to be able to work together using nodes.

It will burs definitely. It's a shame for Ethereum. ETH doesn't worth $1350 at all. I like Vitalin Buterin because of smartcontract but don't like the way these contracts been handled. ERC20 tokens will ruin ICO unless Exscudo or other professional team step in with audited smartcontracts where investors are all protected. It may be the year of 2018 the end of ERC20
mambo jambo. Sorry for legit start-ups like ArcBlock or SingularityNET.    

SingularityNET ICO raised 36 Million dollars in 66 seconds!

The demand for AGI-tokens surpassed the expectations: participants were ready to invest about 360 million dollars on pre-registration stage.

AGI tokens currently frozen due to being audited internally.

Tidex exchange officially announced to list AGI after the audit. There is over 20 BTC buying order already.

My prediction is about £1 after AGI will be transferable?
What do you think guys?

These artificially created fake news to drive BTC price down haven't got as much impact as it used to be. I'm not saying there won't be any fluctuations but not as bad hopefully. I regret those days when I sold my bitcoins by being week-handed instead of hodl. I'm sorry for newbies entering this game and get ripped off like this. It's a painful experience to learn this way. Steady hands, patients and reading news can save a lots of money to us all.

Most of my friends refuse to invest into cryptocurrenies due to their lack of knowledge what the blockchain technology is. They believe it's a pyramid scheme. Since bitcoin became mainstream they approach me more often with questions. People getting more educated giving them confidence to invest into these assets eventually. It took me a few months before I actually decided to purchase few bitcoins back in 2013. Binance exchange reached 5 million users in less then 6 months. It's unbelievable how fast this ecosystem grow.

CyberMiles is a good altcoin IMO. It's a new blockchain platform designed and optimized for commercial applications. It's first strategic partnership with leading peer-to-peer marketplace, 5miles. Google Play has ranked it a top 10 shopping app. There is a lot of potential investing into CMT no doubt.

I believe in innovation of the blockchain technology. There are about 40 ICO every day therefore it requires more time and effort to study them then ever before.There are always very profitable ICOs like Ethereum, Dash or EOS. I've participated in CyberMiles's ICO last month with 10 x ROI. I'm currently following ArcBlock and GoNetwork. Never give it up bro!!! 

DOGE is a community coin. That's separates it from the rest. Sponsoring Josh Wise at NASCAR or the bob-sledge team in Sochi made many of us very happy and proud. Helping people in need with donation made DOGE to stand out. DOGE has given something what other coins may never will. Over 80k members on reddit tipping DOGE with tipbot changed the way of how people thinking about cryptos as a whole. We felt the power what crypto is capable of. I myself have a few minted Dogecoin from shibemint.  

I don't think investing into bitcoin is dangerous. In early April 2013, the price per bitcoin dropped from $266 to around $50 and then rose to around $100 in July closing $1,242 on 29 November 2013. There is a possibility to hit 50k or more by the end of 2018. There is never too late to buy BTC as long as you willing to hold them long term IMO.

ArcBlock-Born for Blockchain 3.0.Bounty campain sarted on 6 January with a rapidly growing community. ICO pre-sale will start on 12 January following by pubic sale on 3 February.

Ledger Nano S 100%. If you are thinking to hold cryptocurrencies for long term you need the safest hardware wallet you can get. The private key of desktop wallets can be lost or stolen easly by a tiny almost invisible application called keylogger troyan that creep onto computer easily and record everything from keystore to clicking model. There is no need of such an unpleasant surprise. Stay safe and get your nano s,mate. 

I agree with most of the previous comments to follow social media, reading whitepaper thoroughly. Research CEO and team's portfolio. If there was something dodgy then it would pop up on Telegram IMO. To give you an example Signatum turned out as a scam. Discord channel went quiet. CEO went missing within an excuse of vacation. Very first signal. Communcation channel to follow projects is a must. Scumbags can trick many investors but not every single one.

I would definately invest into ICOs. There are so many great projects with an amazing ROI. There was a mind-blowing ICO hosted by SingularityNET offering a platform for AI-s. There plan is to work like an agent to trade AI-s among themselves using APIs. There is another unique ICO by ArcBlock offering a platform service by enabling Open Chain Access Protocol connectivity over multiple blockchain protocols. Pre-sale on Jan 12, 2018 following by pubic sale on February 3, 2018.

CyberMiles has a great future to grow in value.  5 miles and 5xlab working together to adopt  blockchain  technology to their already existing 12 million US customers. ICO ended in 24 hours raising 84,146.5727 ETH and many investors couldn't participate. My second choice would be an ICO like ArcBlock. ArcBlock - Born for Blockchain 3.0. A platform service, rather than a standalone software package or set of APIs. ICO pre-sale on Jan 12, 2018 or the pubic sale on February 3, 2018.

If you looking for a great ICO I suggest you to have a look at ArcBlock (Born for Blockchain 3.0). ArcBlock solving current problems like cost, lack of features or poor performance. ArcBlock introduce a new Open Chain Access Protocol enabling open connectivity over multiple blockchain protocols. It's more like a platform service, rather than a standalone software package. ICO private sale starts on Jan 12, 2018 following with pubic sale on February 3, 2018.