well, this is a trick question as it depends on a lot of factors, besides, there are several types of investment to be considered...
I tend to split my portfolio in several levels and allocate a budget for each level. Everyone has to adjust their investment profile to their own context, preferences, possible holding period, etc...
For top coins I like for example tron, ltc, btc, eth, monero
Lately there are some new coins that are showing a lot of promise and are approaching some global issues more effectively, like Veles and Veil.
Veil is maybe one of the higher potential new coins out there as it mixes the best existing privacy technologies (RingCT and Zerocoin) and puts them together into a solid privacy coin with no known holes... and privacy coin market is huge... and they are self funded, with a well known team and working structure...

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That's right, this is common sense... the eggs shouldn't be all in the same basket, not only concerning other investments, but also within crypto... invest in diverse coins, use several wallets, use several exchanges... this way, you'll be reducing the risk
In crypto, it is important to check the field of application of each project and select a few from each field, refining the list while checking team, project details, etc.
I have a few areas/types I usually focus: Dapps platforms, exchanges/wallets, privacy, POW/POS, financial, misc
Lately there are a few new projects worth checking, as they are offering a fresh view / fresh tech solution that is plugging a lot of holes from previous pioneer projects.
Worth noting that on privacy coins I've found Veil project... I was a bit discouraged with privacy coins as on Zcash only 10% of the transactions are actually private and Monero is full-time private, but RingCT has been found to have flaws as it is dependant of the network size/number transactions to provide the mixing in an effective manner. Well, Veil has mixed the two techs, delivering a 2nd generation privacy coin... worth checking Veil project if you don't know it yet...

The smell of crypto-ruble is in the air...
Esy to see where it could come handy to ban BTC all over the world and come up with a "different kind of crypto"
But, who knows... who can trust the news?! 

by now, it has already shown strenght... but I believe there is a lot more to come ... BTC might loose it's crown sometime in the future... but it will not be soon...
Let's just expect the end of the year 

I have no doubt that digital money will be the future... but which cryptos? the existing ones? maybe....
It will be easy for the fiat system to create governmental cryptos and just put everyone using them... don't believe they'll be giving away control to the btc holders 
Anyway, there are a few new generation privacy coins that are lining on a very good position to mimic the features we need to find on money... mainly fungibility, auditability, privacy, anonimity...

Projects like Veil offer you a bullet proof privacy with no compromise, the hability to choose the privacy level of each transaction, the hability to stake anonimously, a combined Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake, in order to combine security and distribution, fungibility... indeed a 2nd generation coin, one of the projects that represents a significant evolution on the crypto space...
(besides having no hidden premines...well, no premines at all) 

These last few months I've been wondering about the future of ICOs, it looks poor, and I found myself searching for projects with a different model of funding that is not so prone to scam or easy exits...
There are several recent POS/POW coins that are built with a more solid approach and have a very promising potencial based on all experience learnt on the last couple of years.
One of my favourites is Veil, that uses a hybrid POW/POS consensus system combining security and distribution. No ICO. No premine. Already traded on exchanges. With a working use case.
A different kind of investment that allows for a passive income through staking and unlocks all the potencial that a new generation privacy coin offers...
People investing in ICOs offering countless tokens that have almost no use or that are just coying what others have already done, continuously exposing themselves to scammers... these people should definitely consider learning a bit more about this type of project...

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There is a whole new generation of privacy coins that is overcoming some of the major flaws of the older competitors and offering a solid and flexible private asset.

What exactly are those flaws that Veil is overcoming?
Is it more private than Monero?
Does Veil has something more to offer than Dash which is also widely accepted like Bitcoin?
It would be better if you could provide a comparison.

By combining technologies, Veil offers full time privacy and also anonymity. The hybrid POS/POW system makes the project decentralized, secure and in my oppinion both solid and flexible.
Besides, with support for the Dandelion protocol makes it nearly impossible to trace a transaction back to its source node on the network.
In my oppinion, this one is part of the new generation of privacy coins

Why the mainstream private coins are not my favourites?
On Zcash, only 10% of the transactions are actually private because it is not private by default, nevertheless Zerocoin protocol, provides superior anonymity.
Monero is full-time private, but RingCT, however, based on sophisticated mixing, has been surpassed in terms of strength of anonymity by advanced cryptographic methods. Monero blockchain is also terribly heavy, facing scalibility problems.

With Dash you need to trust your privacy to the masternodes that mix the transactions, there is not much more to say...

A true private coin needs to be scalable, easy to use and as private and anonymous as a dollar bill

Thanks. I still a lot in my plate right now but this got me curious in Veil. It's been added to my "For research" list. If you can provide a link for a start, I'll highly appreciate it.

   sure thing, it has also been resting on my "research" list for some time. Still haven't finnished reading about it though... it is a very interesting approach and in my oppinion, it has great potencial...

Link for the website: https://veil-project.com

Would supply you also with links for Btt, but not sure if I can post this here... PM me if you need them

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