Cointime (March 8) — Bitcoin’s value has always been volatile. March 8th sees Bitcoin hits a new low since February 8th. Bitcoin’s price barely hits $9,000 on Thursday.





However, nine blockchain industry participants suggest on Finder’s survey, the top 12 cryptocurrency's value would see triple-digit gains in 2018.









Consumer product and service comparison website, Finder, conducted a survey. The panelist for the survey included Alisa Gus, the CEO of Wishknish, Clayton Daniel, Fintech founder, Jen Greyson, CEO of Neureal, and six more.





Panelists predicted Bitcoin would trade at $29,533 apiece, and they also predicted that Ethereum has the highest growth.





“The panelists predict the price to reach between $950 to $1,950 by April 1, 2018. By the end of the year, Ethereum’s price is predicted to increase by 192.00% – the lowest prediction a drop to $1,500 from Schebesta, ranging up to a high of $6,000 from Jen Greyson, CEO at Neural.”





Tim Lea, CEO of REFFIND and director of Verdictum, explained,





“Ethereum has positioned itself well as a well-networked cryptocurrency with the Ethereum Alliance and a crypto with a strong value-added value proposition (smart contract platform).”





One concern both panelist and critics pointed out was Ethereum scalability. Kevin Loo, Co-founder and Chief strategy officer of CryptAM, told South China Morning Post,





“As an example, in November 2017, the ethereum network saw a new craze for Crypto Kitties, a virtual kitten game with lets players buy and breed ‘crypto-pets’. This slows the network down and highlighted one of the challenges facing older blockchains- a lack of scalability.”





Ethereum is now facing challenges and competition from newer platforms like NEO and Stellar.





However, none of the challenges these cryptocurrencies are facing deter investors and panelist. As cryptocurrency value continues to sway, many investors are still “HODL-ing” on, and hoping they get to see the day when cryptocurrency sees triple-digit gains.







