Large-scale and regulated ICO
The impact of ICO on crypto-currencies since last year will only increase. More legitimate ICOs will lead to greater interest in Ether, which has already been proven by the billionth ICO Telegram. Most likely by the end of 2018, the market capitalization of Ethereum will exceed $ 200 billion, and the price of the crypto currency will double.
Regulation Many believe that regulation is harmful to markets, but this position is erroneous. Ultimately, companies need a summary of rules for legal stability and confidence. Regulation gives consumers and institutional clients the confidence to invest.
Similar things happened when Japan began to regulate Bitcoin. At first the market fell, but in the end it grew. The same was observed in Australia.
Ease of use There are several start-ups that offer crypto-currency debit cards. This means that in 2018 the number of users will increase dramatically, also because more and more companies-providers trust crypto-currencies.
There are still misgivings, many stories of failures and complete collapse, but people will always be attracted to winners, and there are plenty of such in the crypto-currency world already.
https://goo.gl/ENu9CLInstitutional investors The last reason that 2018 will be a star year for crypto currency is that it will be the first year of 'sure' institutional investment flowing into the ecosystem.
According to some data, about 10-12 billion US dollars have been received from the investment funds in the ecosystem of crypto-currencies. The next $ 10-12 billion, which is a trifle for some funds, can significantly affect and double the market capitalization in 2018.
Summary The probability that all factors will play a role is not 100 percent. But the probability of 70 to 75 percent remains. And each of these factors individually can increase the total volume of the market from 50 to 100 percent, and maybe all at 200.
If these factors play together, the prices for crypto-currencies can increase by 7-8 times. 2018 may be the most successful for the Crypto-currency. In addition, the news background will no longer affect the indicators.