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How to find the maximum potential of any altcoin?

Figuring out altcoins maximum potential
The less known altcoins we buy, the more we hope that the price will go up gazillion times and our expectations can be very optimistic. However, sometimes your expectations can be 100% unrealistic without you even knowing it.
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Maximum potential of altcoins

What do we mean by crypto maximum potential?

When we are talking about the maximum potential of an altcoin, then we are only thinking about one simple thing.

Do you already now what it could be?

No, I'm not thinking about potential. Yet.

By maximum potential I mean this - how much can the altcoin's price go up until it would have to overtake Bitcoin (BTC) and become the most popular coin the world.

Obviously, any coin could easily pass Bitcoin, but in most cases it's rather unlikely.

So when we say altcoin maximum potential, we mean that how many times can the price of the crypto grow until it's as big as Bitcoin.

Why is the crypto's maximum potential important?

These days there are many people in Twitter asking what's the next coin to go up 1000x.

Let's be honest, that's something we'd all like to know.

But then there are numerous people who say Shiba Inu (SHIB) or Polkadot (DOT) or something similar.

Now, don't get me wrong, those are not bad cryptos at all. I personally love Polkadot. But the chances for these two to go up in value 1000x are pretty much impossible.

At least within the next 10 years (I have to confess, the 10 years is a totally random number I just made up).

It's impossible because they can each gain "only" about 30-40x in value before they have to overtake Bitcoin and become the most popular crypto in the world.

It can happen, but still, there's a big difference between 30x and 1000x.

And that's the reason why we should always consider the maximum potential price of any altcoin we buy.

Just to keep our expectations realistic.

Look at this list below, just to get an idea of the maximum potential price of some coins:

Click on list headings to reorder the crypto list. All prices are in EUR.

Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
Circulating Supply
Max Potential Price
Max Growth
Current Price
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
120078892.26055
Circulating Supply
120078892.26055
Max Potential Price
€10111.9
Max Growth
3.12156x
Current Price
€3239.38
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
103415164358.39
Circulating Supply
103415164358.39
Max Potential Price
€11.8111
Max Growth
12.8474x
Current Price
€0.919334
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
572141806.22965
Circulating Supply
443887361.72814
Max Potential Price
€2763.9
Max Growth
15.9625x
Current Price
€173.15
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
153856150
Circulating Supply
153856150
Max Potential Price
€7974.08
Max Growth
16.1677x
Current Price
€493.21
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
99987798943
Circulating Supply
54800189217
Max Potential Price
€22.2891
Max Growth
36.7749x
Current Price
€0.606094
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
9782409.2275181
Circulating Supply
9782409.2275181
Max Potential Price
€121380
Max Growth
38.631x
Current Price
€3142.05
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
31192698255.337
Circulating Supply
31009968957.361
Max Potential Price
€39.3888
Max Growth
42.8099x
Current Price
€0.920087
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
436001299.22519
Circulating Supply
377311659.22519
Max Potential Price
€3251.58
Max Growth
59.6402x
Current Price
€54.52
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
45000000000
Circulating Supply
35246552423.232
Max Potential Price
€34.581
Max Growth
57.6087x
Current Price
€0.600275
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
143525376383.7
Circulating Supply
143517386383.7
Max Potential Price
€8.54852
Max Growth
68.5818x
Current Price
€0.124647
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
999982365709440
Circulating Supply
589265361634080
Max Potential Price
€0.00206058
Max Growth
83.088x
Current Price
€0.0000248
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
5104400084.4613
Circulating Supply
3469072831.5917
Max Potential Price
€353.657
Max Growth
103.712x
Current Price
€3.41
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
1423672530.8684
Circulating Supply
1342723396.9608
Max Potential Price
€913.711
Max Growth
105.145x
Current Price
€8.69
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
87831331234.476
Circulating Supply
87831124359.176
Max Potential Price
€13.8246
Max Growth
121.524x
Current Price
€0.11376
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
1000000000
Circulating Supply
587099971.30834
Max Potential Price
€2022.47
Max Growth
125.23x
Current Price
€16.15
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
155434.89201022
Circulating Supply
155434.89201022
Max Potential Price
€7811820
Max Growth
125.802x
Current Price
€62096
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
10000000000
Circulating Supply
9282943566.204
Max Potential Price
€131.301
Max Growth
141.054x
Current Price
€0.930861
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
1000000000
Circulating Supply
753766667
Max Potential Price
€1627.64
Max Growth
153.696x
Current Price
€10.59
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
21000000
Circulating Supply
19672281.146651
Max Potential Price
€62364.9
Max Growth
175.904x
Current Price
€354.54
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
1181939185.143
Circulating Supply
1039156880.1147
Max Potential Price
€1180.63
Max Growth
186.219x
Current Price
€6.34
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
84000000
Circulating Supply
74326076.983471
Max Potential Price
€16506.5
Max Growth
214.481x
Current Price
€76.96
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
516132975.21432
Circulating Supply
461010435.01434
Max Potential Price
€2575.63
Max Growth
237.167x
Current Price
€10.86
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
516132975.21432
Circulating Supply
461010435.01434
Max Potential Price
€2575.63
Max Growth
237.167x
Current Price
€10.86
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
1086501195.0243
Circulating Supply
395248358.10383
Max Potential Price
€3104.03
Max Growth
243.453x
Current Price
€12.75
Cryptocurrency
Total Supply
985239504
Circulating Supply
926938243.9
Max Potential Price
€1323.56
Max Growth
248.323x
Current Price
€5.33

You can see the maximum potential prices of many other coins here.

But the maximum potential price doesn't actually tell you anything about the coin's real potential.

What doesn't the maximum potential show you?

While knowing the maximum potential price of an altcoin does help you keep your expectations realistic, it does not actually tell you that the coin has the realistic potential to grow that much.

It only shows how much the coin would have to grow to reach Bitcoin's height.

The maximum potential doesn't tell you whether it's actually a good coin, or whether it's a scam.

It doesn't tell you whether it actually has what it needs to even go up 2x during its lifetime.

Step by step: how to calculate altcoin maximum potential

The formula to calculate the maximum potential of any crypto coin is this:

BTC price / (Current supply of altcoin/ Current supply of BTC)

Note that should any other crypto like Ethereum (ETH) actually overtake Bitcoin, then you would use Ethereum's price and circulating supply instead of Bitcoin's.

And that's all you need.

Other factors to consider when identifying altcoin potential

If you're looking for altcoin's actual potential, you should research each coin you're thinking of buying first.

Important aspects to consider:

  • Team
  • Adoption
  • Tokenomics
  • Technology
  • Community

Read more about how to identify a good altcoin.

Conclusion

All in one - stay two feet on the ground even when knowing that only the sky is the limit. Crypto prices can go up a lot, and I mean a loooot, but even there are realistic limits you should always keep in mind.

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Author: Siim Einfeldt
I became interested in cryptocurrencies only a bit more than two years ago. Since then I have been in investing in cryptos using different exchanges. And I also launched Cryptolorium.com when I started trading, just to share my crypto journey and my results.