The beginning of the week is always an interesting time for crypto markets. Due to the fact, there is never a break or close in the market action, Monday's are a psychological breakage in the continuous timeline.





1. Factom

Today's major winner is Factom, up 15% at the time of writing with volumes of ~ $585,000. Factom's mission is to make the world's systems honest. With strong aims and a profession leadership team to execute, Factom has steadily made a name for itself. The coin records and secure customer data on its propriety blockchain. The native token of the Factom blockchain is called Factoids.





2. STEEM

With the Steemit social platform showing no sign of slowing down, it's native currency STEEM is maintaining its position in the top 5 largest cryptos. The coin is valued at over ~ $225 million and is up over 4% today in trading. Although the trading volume of STEEM is on the lower range of a top 5 coin, only ~$435,000. We would hope that the STEEM management team is working to address this issue. STEEM's current trading volume is orders of magnitude behind Ethereum Classic or ETH for that matter.