When we consider the cryptocurrency space, there are more than 6,000 cryptocurrencies that are actively traded.
Cada criptomoeda é diferente e, muitas vezes, o valor de uma criptomoeda não vem necessariamente do ouro ou de uma moeda fiduciária do banco central, mas vem de uma variedade de caminhos, como:
- Tipo de token
- Equipe Fundadora
- Design of Tokenomics/Supply
- Comunidade
- Negócio / caso de uso
Tipo de tokens
Tokens não fungíveise tokens fungíveis têm oferta e demanda diferentes, o que afeta seu valor. Tokens fungíveis são tokens que podem ser usados como moeda ou meio de troca. Esses são os tokens que as pessoas negociam no mercado aberto, usam para transações do mundo real ou para comprar produtos digitais na web.
Por outro lado, tokens não fungíveis ou NFTs são como peças colecionáveis, arte digital ou colecionáveis de jogos. E porque não é fungível, não é divisível ou substituído por outro NFT. Cada peça do NFT é única.
Owning an NFT is like having the Mona Lisa in your living room. To the right buyer, one will be able to sell a NFT for a high price. To someone else who is not able to appreciate art, it is just another bunch of pixels.
Equipe Fundadora
The founding team is the brain of a crypto project. Like any company or business, having a strong founding team can point the project into the right direction and create value for its community. Strong founding teams usually have a clear shared vision, a mix of technical, marketing and management expertise, and years of experience in the crypto industry.
When a project has a weak founding team, or a team that is only thinking for themselves, chances are, it usually ends up in rugpulls or exit scams.
This is not only detrimental to the community that the project has built, but also the crypto community as a whole.
Design of Tokenomics
Tokenomics is the economics of a crypto token. This covers the Token use case, Token Supply, Fund Raising and most importantly, it affects the supply and demand of a token.
When investing in a new token, one of the most important things to look out for is the token use case, or in short, “What problem is this project solving for the world?”. To create value, the token should be able to solve a problem that is affecting a huge number of people and not only for a niche group of individuals
Em essência, um projeto que pode resolver grandes problemas terá mais potencial de crescimento do que projetos que estão resolvendo problemas menores.
Quantos tokens estão disponíveis?
The other important metric to look out for will be Token Supply. When a token has higher supply, it does not mean that it is a bad project, it simply means there are more people who can hold this token. For example, Ether (ETH) does not have a max supply: this means miners can continuously mine for new ETH, as compared to Bitcoin (BTC) which has a maximum of 21 Million Bitcoin.
In ETH’s case, to counter the oversupply in the market, a few measures were taken, like the introduction of a mechanic for burning ETH during the London Fork Upgrade and increasing the difficulty of mining ETH.
Comunidade que o token possui
Se a fundação é o cérebro do projeto, a comunidade que o projeto possui é a espinha dorsal. As comunidades são fãs leais do projeto. Eles ajudam a evangelizar o projeto e compartilhar informações sobre como torná-lo melhor.
When Ethereum had a hard fork into Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, this cause a split in the community as some believed that Ethereum Classic is the way to go, while others believed that Ethereum was the one to back.
Lively, engaging communities help to bring in more investors, increase adoption, and provide liquidity for the token in the market. Therefore, do not underestimate the power of community as they are an integral part of the cryptospace.
Negócio / caso de uso
At the end of the day, every business and every token project exists to solve a problem. Does this project solve a problem? Is it a significant problem? Is it a good and elegant solution?
These areas of evaluation will give a clue as to whether a token is perhaps entering an already crowded marketplace, or which other projects it is competing with. Investors will need to decide if it can grab market share, or if it is trying to solve a prblem that does not exist or does not require blockchain technology to solve.
Qual token é o melhor?
Não há melhor token no mundo porque cada pessoa é diferente em termos de caráter, hábitos de investimento e situação financeira. No entanto, com essas dicas, ele pode servir como um guia para ajudá-lo a localizar projetos em potencial que podem ir para a lua ou filtrar projetos que não parecem certos para você.
Sempre faça a devida diligência antes de investir em qualquer investimento!
