If you are new to crypto trading you should try and find out about the most traded cryptos across the globe. The Bitcoin surely grabs all the headlines especially if one considers its sharp increase in the last few weeks. But there are now thousands of options besides the Bitcoin. These are some of the highly traded cryptos today which you could consider for investment purposes:

• Bitcoin (BTC) remains the leading crypto in terms of market cap ($1.3 trillion) and a value of $68,000 and more. It ushered in the crypto era and is still the most talked-about crypto around. It had been created by a mysterious individual or group of people called Satoshi Nakamoto. Prices of this crypto have experienced many rises and falls but the Bitcoin has always been trendsetter and continues to hold its sway.
• Ethereum (ETH) ranks second only to the Bitcoin in terms of market cap. It is decentralized software platform facilitating smart contracts and dApps which can run minus any fraud, downtime, or third-party intervention. The idea behind this crypto is to have a decentralized suite of products which all can access regardless of faith, nationality, or ethnicity. Ether was created in 2015 and trades at about $4000 in November 2021. Ethereum was split to create the ETH and Ethereum Classic or ETC in 2016 after an attack on DAO.
• Litecoin (LTC), created in 2011, is the first to follow closely on the heels of the Bitcoin and was founded by Charlie Lee. Litecoin is founded on open-source payment network not controlled by any centralized authority. It uses “Scrypt” as its Proof-of-Work that can be coded using consumer-grade CPUs. It generates faster transactions compared to the Bitcoin and has many merchants accepting it.
• Cardano (ADA) is a Proof-of-Stake crypto founded through research by mathematicians, engineers, and cryptography experts. Because of a rigorous research process Cardano is unique compared to other PoS peers and larger cryptos. It is known as the “Ethereum killer” because its blockchain is far superior. As of November 2021, this crypto ranks 6^th in terms of market cap, recording about $57 billion.
• Polkadot (DOT) is a unique PoS crypto for delivering interoperability amongst blockchains. The protocol connects permission-less and permissioned blockchains and enables multiple systems to work in sync. It also allows “para chains” or parallel blockchains having native tokens. Apart from creating decentralized applications like Ethereum, developers also create blockchains using the security which Polkadot’s blockchain has already.

• Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is important amongst the altcoins as it is one of the first and most successful Bitcoin forks. Forking happens because of debates between miners and developers. Because the cryptos have decentralized nature, any change to their code must be approved by a general consensus. If different factions cannot agree, the currency can be split. The original chain sticks to the original codes while the new chain is a new version of the earlier coin with code-related changes. BCH emerged in 2017 because of a split in Bitcoins centering on scalability issue. BCH assures faster transaction speed and enjoys a market cap of $10.5 billion.

These are some of the most highly-traded cryptos this year and these are likely to attract investors in 2023 as well.