Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have surged back through August<\/a> with the combined crypto market again breaking $2 trillion and some small coins making huge gains. <\/p>\n

The bitcoin price has struggled since briefly climbing over $50,000 per bitcoin, however, with its price treading water just under the closely-watched level. Meanwhile, ethereum and its rivals cardano, Binance’s BNB, solana have rocketed\u2014and even the meme-based dogecoin outperformed bitcoin through August<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Now, as a huge solana price rally pushes it up the crypto top ten by value chart, “dogecoin millionaire” Glauber Contessoto has said he’s going “all in” on cardano\u2014the ethereum challenger that now boasts a market capitalization of almost $90 billion<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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The bitcoin price, up 300% on this time last year, has been outpaced by rallies seen by rival … [+]<\/span> cryptocurrencies ethereum, cardano, Binance’s BNB, Ripple’s XRP, dogecoin, and solana, over the last 12 months. <\/span><\/p>\n
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“I\u2019m going to start buying up as much cardano as humanely possible with every bit of money I start making from now on,” Contessoto, who in April claimed he had become a “dogecoin millionaire” on paper, told CNBC<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n
Contessoto, who poured all of his cash into dogecoin in February this year and says he has no plans to offload his doge, said via Twitter<\/a> that he expects dogecoin, ethereum, bitcoin, cardano and XRP to be the “top five cryptocurrencies” in the “next 5 years.” <\/p>\n
Dogecoin, based on the Shiba Inu doge meme and supported by Tesla
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Most other major cryptocurrencies have also surged this year, with many so-called alt coins vastly outpacing bitcoin as investors try to pick future winners. Solana, now the eighth-biggest coin by total value, is currently soaring thanks to sky-high expectations swirling around September announcements teased by its developers. <\/p>\n
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The cardano price has added over 2,000% during the last year, making it one of the best performing … [+]<\/span> major cryptocurrencies this year and putting it behind just bitcoin and ethereum by value. <\/span><\/p>\n
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Cardano, created by ethereum cofounder Charles Hoskinson, recently became the third-largest cryptocurrency by total value, behind bitcoin and ethereum, and knocked Binance’s BNB from the top three. In September, cardano is due to undergo a long-awaited upgrade that’s designed to give it smart contract functionality similar to ethereum, with some predicting the upgrade will send the price of cardano’s ADA token soaring<\/a>. <\/p>\n
Cardano is the “next best bet” after ethereum, according to Contessoto, who said he didn’t get in on ethereum’s ether tokens early. <\/p>\n
Last week, the chief executive of financial advisory group deVere, Nigel Green, said he expects ethereum to continue to outpace bitcoin this year but is more bullish on cardano, giving its ADA token a September price target of $3\u2014up from $2.81 today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n