The current bear market has placed a lot of selling pressure on a significant number of coins, and the recent Bitcoin rally inspired by ETF speculation saw most altcoins lose out comparatively to Bitcoin. BTC has been able to increase its dominance over the last few months and move from around 36% to a yearly high of 48%. The following coins are some of the best bets for the next four weeks.

Bitcoin (BTC)

With BTC moving close to market dominance of almost 50% every serious portfolio needs to be significantly weighted with Bitcoin. The recent rally was inspired by traders looking to take advantage of the SEC’s ETF rulings, and despite the outcome looking less positive, Bitcoin is showing no signs of pulling back in value compared to altcoins.

Regardless of the direction the market takes, BTC will remain the most dominant force and altcoins will suffer heavily if the market takes a downturn, and also lag behind if things pick up and Bitcoin begins to take off.

An altcoin rally usually follows a surge in the value of Bitcoin and it makes sense to pick up some BTC in order to strengthen your portfolio.

BTC is currently trading at a price of $7,510.

Binance Coin (BNB)

Binance Coin (BNB) is a token used by the Binance exchange, and the coin enables customers to enjoy reduced fees when trading via BNB. In addition, BNB can be used to pay for exchange, withdrawal and listing fees, and for the first year, there was a 50% discount rate on trading fees, which dropped to 25% in the second year, and halves again in each of the subsequent two years.

BNB has been one of the most solid performers over the last few weeks, and continues to prove a viable hedge for anyone looking to offset the current downturn. BNB has maintained its value compared to BTC and the exchange incorporates a regular token burn, and has relocated to Malta, and begun to offer fiat to crypto trading options.

Binance is also the top exchange in terms of volume and processes just under $1B worth of daily trades, and has a 30-day trading volume close to $35B.

BNB is currently trading at a price of $13.45.

Stellar Lumens (XLM)

Stellar Lumens is a crypto platform that’s designed to enable the fast and secure transfer of money at a low cost. It is aimed at both individuals and enterprises and also facilitates cross-border transactions and low-cost remittance payments. As one of the older and more respected currencies in operation, XLM has been moving from strength to strength recently and received a boost when it was named as one of the currencies Coinbase is looking to integrate in the near future.

The team also received a Sharia compliance certification for the Stellar network, from the Shariyah Review Bureau (SRB), a leading international Sharia advisory agency licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain.

In addition, the Stellar team recently released the LOBSTR wallet, on the App Store, and XLM is poised to perform well over the next month. XLM is currently trading at a price of $0.26.

Zcash (ZEC)

Zcash (ZEC) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses Zk-snarks technology to keep certain elements of each transaction private such as the identity of the sender, recipient and amount sent. Anonymity is optional and users have the ability to determine just how much privacy they want to assign to each Zcash transaction they make.

These elements, in addition to being backed by an academically distinguished team have made ZEC a candidate for a Coinbase listing, and observers rate the coins chances of being listed as being very high.

ZEC was recently added to Gemini and being incorporated by Coinbase, even if transactions must be public will result in a significant appreciation in the price of ZEC. ZEC is currently trading at a price of $188.

0x (ZRX)

0x is a token trading platform that retains its own native currency, ZRX which is an ERC-20 token that operates on the Ethereum network. 0x allows the trading of tokens and other digital assets on the Ethereum blockchain, and the platform’s decentralized design facilitates p2p trading. 0x works as an open and non-rent seeking protocol and allows the trustless exchange of Ethereum assets, and the 0x protocol acts as a host to projects such as Radar Relay, Paradex, and Ethfinex

Coinbase looks set to launch its own decentralized exchange and has already begun to explore the possibility of listing the ZRX token, the market has already responded positively and ZRX looks set to enjoy some positive price action over the next few weeks. ZRX is currently trading at a price of $0.97.