Often referred to as “PayPal 2.0,” Request Network is a new type of payment system platform that allows anyone to request a payment (a Request Invoice) for which the recipient can pay in a secure way.

It is built on top of the Ethereum network, making it an ERC20 token. All of the information is stored in a decentralized authentic ledger. This results in cheaper, easier, and more secure payments. It also allows for a wide range of automation possibilities.

Request Network is a decentralized platform that enables anyone to request P2P payments, and makes business to business or business to client invoicing easier and cheaper as well. Request Network will definitely impact existing online payment systems such as PayPal, Stripe and powerhouse credit cards institutions (like Visa, MasterCard, etc.) by providing a cheaper and faster alternative.

Another thing to note here is that the Request Network is designed to work with any currency, fiat and crypto, and the receiver can decide to receive it in a specific currency.

The downfall of altcoins that were mainstream media darlings at the start of the year, REQ among them, can be attributed, in part, to novice investors getting scared off once the bear market kicked in with a vengeance. Every resurgence of bitcoin in recent period, was met with the, for the most part, inability of altcoins to rally with it.

Reason for that can be rookie investors learning from their mistakes, while smart money that was previously watching from the sidelines has begun to enter into bitcoin.

These entities weren’t about to buy BTC when it was trading at an all-time high, but they’ll take a look now, having missed the boat the first time around. None of them, it seems, are interested in altcoins however, despite the fact that many are trading at a 5x discount. Institutional investors may be cautious, but they’re not foolish.

Some altcoins will continue to have some speculative value for the foreseeable future. But just like the now infamous tulips, the hysteria will eventually subside. We are already witnessing the first phases of that slide and even though most of the bag holders react emotionally to articles that criticize their coins, I am just observing the developments on the market. You better start emotionally detaching yourself from your “great sounding” coin because if goes nowhere, ideas are worthless without execution and real users that see value in the project.

2018 was a very interesting year overall for the broader DLT community, “ICO projects” came and burst in a similar fashion to the firework that painted the evening sky tonight.

While the mass death of barely-alive-in-the-first-place projects causes some uncertainty and skepticism among the newcomers, it is something veterans and pioneers of this space have been longing for.

In order for DLT to become established, we need quality over quantity, we need convergence on standards and consolidation of communities to bring to life what we’ve been working on for years. With less noise, 2019 will act as a Darwinian selection mechanism, much like that of which the IT companies post-dotCom Bubble experienced.

This is a good thing and absolutely necessary for the real maturation of the space.

REQ, as the rest of the market, is tied at the hip of bitcoin’s price action. If bitcoin embarks on another bull run, REQ can hope for one as well. Since that is very unlikely, don’t expect much to change for REQ price-wise in this year. So 2019 will be a year of boring sideways action with minor bitcoin ignited jumps and slumps.

In general:

The main currency in cryptocurrency markets is Bitcoin and given this, altcoins tend to fuel Bitcoin runs and Bitcoin tends to do the same in return. Given this relationship, Bitcoin price movements (or lack thereof) tend to effect altcoin prices.

When Bitcoin goes up swiftly, it will likely:

In cases when Bitcoin plunges, it will likely:

When Bitcoin moves sideways, it will likely:

To summarize, Bitcoin is the focal point of the crypto market in many ways, and with BTC trading pairs on every exchange, the gravity of Bitcoin is hard to evade.

Overall, the price change of any altcoin token is explained by the dynamics of the bitcoin-influenced market. However, there are also fundamental reasons for the individual token rise and fall in price, which can be pinned down to a big tech upgrade or more often, big partnership.

The majority of projects will fail — some startups are created just to gather funds and disappear, some would not handle the competition, but most are just ideas that look good on paper, but in reality, are useless for the market. 

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum said:

“There are some good ideas, there are a lot of very bad ideas, and there are a lot of very, very bad ideas, and quite a few scams as well”

As a result, over 95% of successful ICOs and cryptocurrency projects will fail and their investors will lose money. The other 5% of projects will become the new Apple, Google or Alibaba in the cryptoindustry. Will REQ be among those 5%?

Very improbable.

Use case is definitely interesting but the implementation is miserable. The team appears to be incompetent to pull off what they jotted down in their whitepaper. Add to that a very toxic and disappointed community, REQ seems to be heading to zero, dying a slow death.

Most of altcoins simulate activity to prevent exit-scam accusations from holders but they are well aware that their project is a dead end, a sinking ship with a crew that left it long time ago. REQ looks like one of those projects.

All of this summed up means one thing: REQ might live through couple of orchestrated and, for a regular trader, completely unpredictable pumps but the majority of time will be murky sideways trading with small volume and no significant interest from the market.

Price will heavily depend on what BTC will do and since many analysts think BTC will not be making big moves in this year, it is hard to expect REQ will do them either. The price will probably stagnate and record slow-moving depreciation or appreciation depending on the team activity, potential technological breakthrough or high-level partnership.

With the market being completely unpredictable, forecasting the cryptocurrency price is really more of a gamble and luck rather than a data driven guesstimate.

Let’s throw a glance at the eminent publications and personalities, and their predictions regarding the REQ price, which will give us another point of view to consider:

Cryptoground.com is cryptocurrecy prediction algorithm that is moderately bullish on most of coins, similarly on REQ token as well. The forecast REQ to climb up to $0.09 per token by EOY, which means a 4-5x increase in comparison to the current price.

Walletinvestor is a popular website that does technical analysis-based price predictions of various cryptocurrencies and traditionally has a skeptical outlook for most coins, including REQ. According to them, REQ is expected to drop and be two times less valuable $0.012 per token in one year.

Trading beasts is much more bullish on Request Network token and forecasts that REQ can climb to around $0.19 within a year which means it will essentially grow 10x in value in the next year.

Digitalcoinprice gave a moderately optimistic prediction saying that by 2019 end, REQ might be worth two times more than now – around $0.05 per token.

Request Network token (REQ) has been one of the most hyped ICOs. However, despite the big hype built behind it, there is a shroud of doubt around the token’s viability and general competence of REQ team to pull off the laid out plan. The only driving force for the REQ price is marketing gimmicks and speculation; however, long-term REQ doesn’t seem to be a solid investment and price in 2020 might be artificially held around the same level as now – $0.02.

If REQ survives to see 2023, which is highly unlikely, the token would surely be at 10-100x of the current value which means it would be at $0.20 – $2.00 per token.

If REQ survives to see 2023, which is highly unlikely, the token would surely be at 100x+ of the current value which means it would be at $2.00+ per token.

Predicting prices of novel, highly volatile and risky asset classes is a thankless task – best answer is no one knows. Educated guess is that realistic REQ price for the foreseeable future is somewhere between its current price and zero.

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