I like this token and have been holding since early Dec. Some forum members I believe were in at the ICO price or close.
Price has skyrocketed in the last month. Unless a black swan event occurs or a terrible bear market that plunges crypto, I'm planning on holding for 2018.
I like the team and project, they are transparent and give bi-weekly updates. They've hit or been ahead of their deadlines on their road-map. The token has great use cases, and there's a lot of hype surrounding it.
Y-Combinator support is a plus in my eyes. It doesn't guarantee that they will be successful, but it does increase their chances. From what I hear the people in companies that come from Y-Combinator tend to stick together like Ivy League grads. This helps with networking and partnerships by running in the same circle.
This is speculation, but one thing to research is the GDAX/Coinbase framework for listing new tokens. There was a line in there that caught my eye.
"This technology is accessible to use by anyone with a smartphone or access to the internet. It contributes to the broader mission of building the on-ramps to Finance 2.0."
Here's NewMeta responding to my post about the possibilities of REQ getting on Coinbase.
thread-66185...pid1699854
Just a guess at this point, but he makes solid points.