I can list 3 cryptocurrencies that i hold this year.
Waves - team quality and quantity of investors.
IOTA - project quality, a good alternative. a revolutionary new transactional settlement.
ETC - cheap and popular.
I agree with you about Waves, but ETC? that is crazy man, this coin does not exists.
Can you explain to us why do you recommend buying this coin? This is the result of the fork of Ethereum, its an useless coin, it has been freezed between $13,5 and $15 for three months, i dont see it popular since it does not even have more volume than monero.
I advise you to follow Barry Silbert. He is trying hard for ETC project. And yes it is popular. So many investors follow ths coin. And going to be more expensive in the future.
Ethereum Classic beginning to release of new mantis client to make a difference from ethereum. If you check a bit you will understand that Ethereum Classic will no more be in the shadow of ethereum.