I have noticed In the past few months there have been a significant rise in the value of Ultra Rare Altcoins.
By Ultra Rare Altcoins I mean altcoins that have a total production cap of fewer than 7 million coins.To highlight this, just in the past month two altcoins -
Footy Cash (FOOT), and
Tatoocoin Limited Edition (TLE) both have seen 5000%+ highs and increases in their market valuations:
https://www.cryptopia.co.nz/Exchange/?market=FOOT_BTChttps://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/footy-cash-foot-coinswap-decentralized-fantasy-sports-1374929https://www.coinexchange.io/market/TLE/BTChttps://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/anntattoocoin-tattoocoin-ltd-ed-running-on-twin-chain-first-time-ever-1853071Both altcoins have fewer than 4 millions total production capacity.
Of altcoins developed of late (January 2017) I have noticed a trend in the departure from high coin counts as developers seek to reap short-term gains made from ultra-rare altcoins.
On coinmarketcap, the next highest valued coins after Bitcoin are the Ultra Rare Altcoins such as
DASH (with a cap of fewer than 7 million coins) among others.
The newly re-developed
Torcoin with a total cap of fewer than 1 million coins, reached a market increase of more than 10,000% in just a few hours after being introduced before controversy over a developer caused a price drop.
It would seem that there is a market for potential investors seeking ultra-rare altcoins.
Most ultra-rare altcoins have market valuations of between $2.00 and $100.00 USD per coin (with the exception of
Footy Cash (FOOT) which is undergoing a market correction - hence the meteoric rise in valuation the past month).
There are some exceptions; take
Dreamcoin (DRM) for example: Dreamcoin is POS coin with a total cap of 2.4 million coins - but it's valuation remains low despite its rarity. The DRM may be undervalued but the fact remains that the coin is only available on YOBIT exchange which is notorious for taking altcoin wallets offline for months at a time, leaving investors coins stuck on the site. That fact alone may be having an impact on Dreamcoin valuation. I guarantee that moving the coin to another exchange would see an increase of 5000% or more in the short-term.
One the other side of the argument there is
Dogecoin. Dogecoin started as a joke,
has over 110 Billion coins, and was not taken seriously; but now
Dogecoin has over $150 million dollar market capitalization, and has become a pillar in the altcoin market providing the best liquidity to all altcoins markets.
Are "Ultra Rare" altcoins really more valuable than other altcoins?