This is Altcoin news, from the world of Cryptocurrency. Today we look at the cryptocurrency new year ramp up and what this means for 2018. Litecoin is surging. Here is why the cryptocurrency is skyrocketing in value. Bitcoin is near that key level at $10,000/ Litecoin, Ripple, Ethereuem and a whole lot of other cryptocurrencies are on the comeback. Bitcoin Foundation Lew thinks that bitcoin will reach $40,000 per coin in 2018 and 90% of other cryptocurrency projects will fail. South Korea responds to cryptocurrency petition. We also look at updates from Verge, Electroneum and Ripple.