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If you look at the cryptoccurency market situation lately it is very disappointing and even the opinions of observers become divided, some consider this to be common, others consider this situation very dangerous for the development of the crypto world.
The most important question of the condition is whether such market conditions will affect investors, or is this a situation that investors want?

It affected already the investors and most of them are the newbies, they all think that there's no more hope to the market. That's why a little by little they are staying away from the market already.

Don't be disappointed if the market condition isn't so good at this time, this isn't the only time that we experienced this.

crypto almost dies at the end of the year, so is the risk of crypto and ico investments lately. if at the end of the year it doesn't improve, I think the end of crypto is indeed near.

The crypto market has always been characterized with people who are divided in their speculation and outlook. Whether the market is on the rise or falling, a united view will never be achieved. There will always be diversity in perspective. The market right now is good to those who are very eager to fatten their portfolio. But to those who bought later in 2017 and earlier this year, they are on a waiting game, and, I admit, it is a bit painful.

currently the market condition is bearish of course very risky if you want to make profit in trading so to avoid losses but monthly income still exists I prefer to hold altcoins that provide dividends every month ie; NPXS, KICK, and MNX the result is not much but enough to buy food and pay a monthly bill, I will do this at least until the market is bull run

It has died before also but it has come back and rise more, that is the nature of investing, you see a price dropped and you see a price pump,
what's necessary is that you stick with your strategy and a good strategy includes long term investment which would help you to hold.

This is just common situation. We had similar condition earlier also yet who did not give up gained a lot last december. I feel this is the situation investors need now.

Cryptocurrency is a new business, where most investors are beginners. Maybe there are some who have long been in the world of other investments and then tried to jump into cryptocurrency investment.
Market conditions like this are common for senior investors, they fully understand how to deal with market conditions and beginner investors will start leaving the cryptocurrency because what they expect is not in accordance with what they imagined, for example like a hundred percent profit in an instant.
This is good, because the market will show the stability of selling and buying prices if the novice investor is gone. If the selling and buying prices are stable, I'm sure cryptocurrency will be a good business for the long term.

I think in the world of investment conditions like this are reasonable and if your investment becomes restrained because of conditions like this, my advice is to be patient and wait and I believe that in the next few months the conditions will return to be even better.

Disappointment in the cryptocurrency market applies only to speculators. To know that whales don't panic, the future of cryptocurrencies is bright, you only need to choose the right coin. Buy plenty of patience. The market will definitely give you a positive future.

As far as I had observed in the past months in the crypto market, I would say that the current market condition is just very low and almost stagnant that it had never surpass the resistance to grow forward. However, I believe that many btc investors are just holding their btc's since they know it will pump soon and the question is when will that bull market will take effect.  In my opinion, I strongly believe that this bullmarket is near enough and will just have to wait few months from now. Don't stress yourself in to this situation as cryptomarket will recover soon.

Even the market looks like embarrassing you must not give up your crypto life activities. Remember, winners never quite, quitter never win.
You must move on and have more faith to overcome the current condition. We are near to cross the 2019.

In general and honestly, the cryptocurrency market conditions have been a mess, of course that made investors run by holding their shoes. I do not consider this situation dangerous, but a condition that is set back. When will this end soon ?? ???

There will always be an argument on the market because it favour some and don't to others and for that reason their reason will be different and bring more chaos, but this year has been an opportunity to the investors to get in for real profit when the market will fully takes it's shape again but for those who hold or join late in 2017 will not be happy definitely but have to move on and learn a lesson for next season .

I hope that in long term period this market situation is good for investors. But now it is not so bat, could you imagine that someday digital asset will cost more than 6000$?

Newbie investors were affected, they don't have experience and invest in wrong projects, as result their money gone. In 2017 they could make profits by investing in any projects, because the hype of market. Now crypto market become worse, only a few projects could give profits, but newbie don't know what are these projects. So, what is lesson for newbie now, learn, gain knowledge, know deeply about the project you're going to invest.

When the cryptocurrency market is in a long-term downturn, speculators will disappear and they will not be able to make a profit in the market. This is a good performance of the market. Only real investors can get rich returns, and opportunities are usually reserved for those who are prepared.

Whenever I learn more about cryptocurrencies, I am more anxious about the current state of the cryptocurrency market, as most new projects have become scams, and old coins have lost investors because they cannot create more profits.

We know, many things that affect the market situation.. 2018 i think a lot of holder (including investor) loss his money because price some crypto is going down significantly.. nobody want this market situation, including investor.. IMO

I think that there are big forces able to reverse this trend when they will want it.

In my own opinion, this current crypto market situation will affect investor as they dont get the profit they want because of the deep market price value. But investors is already know how to handle this kind of risky situation, some are buying and hodling for the future bullish of price value.

In any kind of down trend or bear market the ones that are really affected are the small time investors / players that entered the market while its at its peak because the have seen their assets plummet to the point that they cannot compensate for their initial investment and become in debts, however if the investor knows when to enter a market even when the market is in a down trend then they can have profits. The problem and negativity that we are experiencing right now is not because of the current situation of the market but what the small time investors are experiencing because of lack of knowledge.

Personally i think that everyone is disappointed due to months of bearish market and now months of ranging market, everyone is missing the bulls as well as the volatility that crypto was famous for, so both the investors and traders are not happy with the market aituation at the moment but at the same time everyone is waiting for a big breakout and recovery in the market that can start by the end of this month or the start of next month.

Investors want the asset to constantly grow, but it cant last forever, I am calm about the current situation.

Seeing the recent cryptoccurency market situation is indeed very disappointing, and certainly with the current market conditions it will affect investors, to invest in cryptocurency. But there are also those who might take advantage of this situation.

There's no bull run yet this year, this means the chance of getting profit is high. Market is still in low condition. Best time to invest for me.

Risks of cryptocurrency in 2018 weren't repaid. All have lost very big money buying cryptocurrency in 2018. Hopes for the next year.

it seems like I need special mass media for crypto market analysis ... so that we all can't just guess, but can think more logically. anyone have information? >:( :o

you never know exactly when the best time to invest is. one can only guess. Well, at the market for cryptocurrency for sure you never knows.

dont worry man,this time is to buy more your holding coin. be patiently and move on from your feeling now. we know crypto invested are very risk, but this time are good moment for you buy more and more until 2019 when crypto price move on moon

Not all type of investment is up all the time, there is a time a type of investment is on downside and there is a time for investment to be on upside, not all the time its Up sometimes it needs to go down because bitcoin is volatile and it haven't experience correction when it was on 20k, who knows when will the price go up again, you dont get instant profit from any type of investment it requires time and also you need to take a risk, naturally cryptocurrency has the highest risk because of how fast it goes down.

Alot of so called ''investors'' are teens who watch youtube videos about how crypto can make you rich very fast . Just take a look at telegram channels when you see Token price drop from ICO price like 10 times , they will call it scam or failed project . Always before investing in any project you should do some research on project and invest only what you can afford to lose . So when your tokens value goes from 1k to 50$ you will not make dumb decisions , like most people do =D

certainly affects, there are those who worry that there is also something they consider this is the right moment to invest. Maybe for those who dare to make clear money they will immediately invest. but somehow there must be a study of the current market

The electronic money market is down. It has a big impact on the profitability of investors. This is not the situation that investors are aiming for. With the introduction of many ICO projects are considered fraud. Investing in ICO projects is really dangerous for investors in 2018. I think the market will continue to decline until the end of this year.

Cryptocurrency at the moment is not favorable to all lovers of crypto, as the market is totally down at the moment. K just hope the market blooms as soon as possible. I've lost a lot with this present bad market era. I believe next year will be better.

Yes, I agree with you, it is volatile and constantly as per the time it grows up or similarly it fall down. So don't you think about the crypto will die. It will recover soon according to the time and start to pump up.

I think many investors of Bitcoin are not ready to flip it, they are of the opinion that it will moon soon and this make stick to hodling it. With the way market is for sometime, am also of the opinion that the bull run is very near and one must not throw away its assets.

I don't think investors expect the current market situation. because I'm sure all investors also feel a huge loss. but I'm sure they don't panic, and they don't directly sell their shares. they also hope that market conditions will recover soon

The situation affects everyone. Not only investors suffer. Hunters also do not receive their coins. Because companies simply do not want to enter the market. All this is very bad.

The current situation of the market today is far better compared from January 2018 to September 2018. Those months showed sharp falls and continous declines. But, the market today is way better because of the stability for almost 2 months. However, investors are not satisfied with the stability because it is stable at low prices compared last year. Though, this stability might be the period for the market to build momentum for next year.

The situation on the market is really not the best, and many investors are afraid to invest in crypto-currencies because they do not consider this profitable at the moment, and by the way, nobody knows how events will develop further. But for the cryptocurrency market, this recession cannot be something critical, and I am sure that the market will recover sooner or later and investors will again buy cryptocurrencies.

Experienced investors took a waiting position. Few people sell their coins. Most are waiting for an improvement in the market situation in the near future.

All must be influential but do not know which is happening, investors can decrease or even add new investors because of the arrival of buyers with low prices to start investing

I think this kind of situation makes investors think long and very careful in making coin purchases in ico, many I observe coins which after openmarket prices are far from ico and many even after the project is finished there is no guarantee of entering coins into the market (maybe waiting for the right time )

Risks have always been and will be. No one is ever insured against anything. But then again, the less you know about the market position over the 5 years, the more chance you have of staying with a poor wallet

Investors find there way to make profit no doubt. But when some one loss other gain profit. Just that person won who take the smart decision at the right time no matter what's the situation of market.

Once we did not even think about it, we will survive, there is still a lot of hard work ahead and patience will still be needed

Yeah, we know that the cryptocurrency market situation is bad now. But I don't think that this will endanger the crypto world, it's just a cycle that must be happened here and I believe that the situation will get better in the future.

Yes, I think too that it will still take a bit to come out from the bear market, but when it happens, we will probably experience new all-time high for bitcoin and some good altcoins too.

I think we are in the situation that many whales wanted, so as a community we have to support ourselves to avoid falling into their game, many times whales benefit from these low prices, to be able to buy and make another pump, we do not have to fall into that game and try to make the best decisions.

the situation with the fall of the market has already affected the investors. many have stopped investing and waiting when the market will begin to recover, this is reflected as well in the new ICO projects which are unable to gather the sum to run their projects.

The investors only want to make profit in cryptocurrencies and we don't care really for the risk as we see that the market is bubbling since before. This is the reason why many investors without knowing how volatile crypto's are keep on investing. While some investors are worried with their little investment because its the money that they have worked for. "No risk, no gain", this is a very simple and short quote and very applicable to all of the investors not only in crypto's.

You should feel more confident, I think that the market will recover soon. Maybe in the next year situation will be very different.

I am sure that you are right, that this is a situation that investors want. When the market is red, investors buy cheap coins, and they can hold them and play the market.

For investors, the current situation may not be that bad.
Good investors can currently buy cheap coins and profit later.
But that is just my assessment and not a professional opinion.

Perhaps from the condition of the market during 2018, we could gain some positive things, that is we are able to purchase many coins in a cheaper price, that way we could keep it and wait until it rise up again to make some profit.

situations like this quite honestly give a lot of influence. It's just for those who have been long in crypto see this regular occurrence for crypto because of it needlessly from this kind of crypto. But if you look at a lot of panic with this certainly when they were here only expect fast results without process.

Actually, this year is the year for us to take the opportunity to invest, if we are sensitive, then take and hold for the future.
The red market makes investors ready to hoard coins and an opportunity that is unfortunately missed.

I think with selling in Cryptocurrency will be highly risky. because selling is able to also lower development present at Cryptocurrency.
 so this year it is more advisable to avoid holding because it is very risky in this period.

For me this is certainly influential for investors who are going to invest, the market is currently unstable and certainly influential for all, even though it takes a long time but I am sure this condition will recover and the cryptocurrency will return to life

Cryptocurrency who makes a lot of profit in each year make Cryptocurrency that rely on. in this market is risky enough when the State of the market decline would be very risky for great trading. so I suggest not to run trading when things decline.

I think within the world of investment conditions like this square measure affordable and if your investment becomes restrained thanks to conditions like this, my recommendation is to wait and wait and that i believe that within the next few months the conditions can come to be even higher.

for me this is not unusual because the current fall in market prices lasts very long from month February - November 2018. indeed this situation is very dangerous because if it lasts too long the crypto's future will get worse. it seems that I think investors don't want such a market condition at all because of the benefits they get when buying tokens or trading is very small.

In my opinion, the cryptocurrency market situation has already been stable for 2-3 months. We can especially compare it with the affairs before these months in that year. And if this state of affairs has lasted for a long time, it will be beneficial for investors.

The risk that exists today in the cryptocurrency sector is of course very serious risks for the loss of your entire deposit, but you need to understand and correctly assess these risks before you count on something.

Opinions of observers can be divided into 2, due to different experiences. at this time the coin is in a bad condition, there is a continuous decline, even many have lost 90% of their assets in the Crypto world. But if we see the increase that occurred at the end of last year, in just two weeks coin coins could rise more than 100%, this proves that coins cannot be predicted in detail. do not need to attach importance to the opinions of others, just convince yourself, if someday a coin can provide benefits to its users.

The low risk solution for cryyptocurrency investment would be to invest in for medium to long term in the cryptocurrency which has a huge technological impact and also has a huge demand.

in my personal opinion the current market situation affects investors because they fear that investing will lose their assets. but it does not rule out the possibility that investors also expect the market as it is now because the price is cheap and will be profitable if long-term investments.

the more removing the coin, will further improve the risks accepted on Altcoin in the future. making off his main effort will make as Altcoin will be ruined indeed with the State of the coin would result in huge losses in the future.

Why 2018 is really a bad for the market?
WHat are some reasons why the market is falling?

There are to many regulations for many country for bitcoin.
Bitcoin popularity gone high and many wants to cut it off.
Scam ICO and project adds more bad reputation in cryptocurrency.
ETF is not being approve for many times now.

That's just some of the reasons, but there are reasons behind, I believe there are whales who keep lowering the price through their power to manipulate
so the institutional money could come, they are smart, they don't think like a typical investors.
We worry so much of the dump recently but we will not complain once the price begin to skyrocket again.

Yes, this is really a bad situation this year for cryptocurrency, many ico scams, the value of all coins goes down, but we can't do anything because this is indeed a volatile condition which, of course, will happen at any time, remain wise in reacting

Yes, your opinion is exactly like mine, that right now is the best investment time of the year. It will be profitable if you know when to invest, and I choose to end this year, so I have invested a lot ;D.

It is evident that today the market is very severe and has a large enough crash because many people are panicking in making their decisions in investing or the number of fud intentionally created

As of today bitcoin price goes down to 5000$ plus which is the first of this year ,its really awful but at the same time its good for investors ,I don't know whats the course of the drop but its still a best time to buy ,I hope by next coming year we will see a real satisfying market prices

Before the fall, it was also possible to say that the price is good for a purchase, nevertheless, it’s better to buy today, than to buy yesterday. What if tomorrow to buy even better than today, suddenly the price will go even lower

Risks have always been and always will be, because these are cryptocurrencies and they will not cease to exist as long as we are able to use cryptocurrencies today, so I would probably say that there is always a risk of losing money.

if not there is a risk in investing in cryptocurrency, then everyone in this world is already rich lol. as long as you are willing to accept the risks and believe, I am sure you will get a big profit, besides that skills too really very needed and patience is also needed in investing or trading in the cryptocurrency. looking at the current market conditions I think people will not want to take risks because they will only get big losses.

Market condition will definitely affect the capital flow to cryptocurrency market or other cryptocurrency imvestment and infastructure! The market of cryptocurrency is unpredictable and very volatile. However, some things will never change and that is tge ideals of cryptocurrency and decentralization!

Yes, this year is be more dangerous than previous year and it's look like more scary when the price drop without reason. Long term investment is very risky and i'm done with that method, just want to try to get profit from short term investment. It's depends, some investors see this is a big opportunity to buy in the dip and another investors think this time for them to quit from crypto investment.

maybe you mean like the top 10 coin rankings in CMC, which can be used as a guideline to assess that the coin-coin has good potential for the long term. I agree if it becomes a guideline in investing, because it minimizes the possibility of a coin scam

Risks in crypto this year are very varied and many feel lost because the market is red and there is no good. In this case, we are required to be patient and wait for a good moment, long-term investment is the right decision.

And there is no risk for those who managed to sell the majority of their wallet, but for the others I’m just sorry that they didn’t choose the right time and thought it wouldn’t be long. And now, all the more so, the losses have reached a maximum.

Crypto currencies contain a lot of risks and it does not matter what year it is. There were risky in 2016, 2017 and they are even more risky in 2018. The only thing that is left is to store your tokens safe and wait for the better times.

sell too many Altcoin on this year's much at risk for the development of the Cryptocurrency market circumstances. so to bring in a small risk should not sell too many coins are indeed greatly influences on the development of the market Cryptocurrency.

in my opinion, a bad market will affect crypto buyers, if prices drop investors are afraid to buy crypto, because they will suffer losses

yes in 2018 we saw only the bear market. but lot more positive things are happening but still market is bearish. so i think we dont need to worry about crypto. some newbies are saying crypto is over. but even stock markets have this type of dumps. so holding is the best thing to do

As of today it's confirm bear, we have seen significant dropped recently and this resulted to big loses to people who panic and dump.
The fear is here now, so I guess it's right time to pump this price, as expected, there are further dumps and bitcoin dropped to $4K+ and I think it's
so cheap and it could give us a little profit once market will be back alive.

Most of the risks that we are taking when we are investing in cryptocurrencies have already being surpassed in the year, there is still some risks of the coins falling further down so you want to keep that in mind when you are investing in the coins. That way you can be ready for whatever happens after you are done buying the coins. Also you want to keep your wallet safe from hackers

Risks will not only be in 2018, you must understand this and accept if you are willing to work further, because cryptocurrency is probably one of the most serious places where risk is normal.

in the short term, maybe most of them do not see a history of fluctuations in BTC prices, but hope the chart will occur and recur every year is something that does not make sense, the chart occurs every year because there are indeed important investors, but now, BTC already a concern of the world economy, this certainly can change the chart drastically

I believe that investors always want to buy an asset, as cheaply as possible, and sell, as expensive as possible. Based on this simple formula, we can conclude that now when the price of crypto assets goes down, interest from investors only increases and they are definitely purchased. Moreover, if we proceed from the rules of investing, then you need to buy exactly when the price goes down. So investors like this situation only. But we are talking about investors who were waiting for this moment, and those who have already entered the market before, of course, such a situation in the market will cause at least irritation.

This situation affects only financially uneducated people and those who approach investments emotionally. Everything in the market goes cyclically. Now the period of the bear market, after it will be bullish. You see what happens in the global economy. Do you now see growth in the stock market? Therefore, be patient or do not meddle in investments and entrust your capital with professional.

Of course at first glance the situation is very terrible in the market. But seasoned pros understand that the way it should be.  this period is needed in order to really earn a lot! After all, such a correction needs a lot of shopping

Aim for long term goals, this investment platform can bring good profits if you know how to handle pressures and you can adopt the each trends, make yourself knowledgeable and be responsible enough to have good judgement, changing trends can emotionally threat your investment as what is happening right now, the bear are still stronger than the bull but if you have trust inside this market you will hold and wait.

It seems to me that now the risks are exactly the same as in previous years, just growth will now be incredibly slow. I guess I shouldn't delve into this topic, and you should try to use the situation

My opinion is that the situation is dangerous, we are on the verge of total panic and the death of the cryptocurrency. But that is exactly what we need investors, because someone buys bitcoin at $ 4,500, and that means believe in him, we just need to stop selling and force the investors to buy at a higher price, then it will give the necessary impetus for the market.

I assumed that one day ordinary people will be forced to leave the crypto market and in their place will come to work big players, it seems that this time has come.

At the moment, there is a correction in Bitcoin in 2017-2018! After this, there will be an accumulation phase, and after that the growth phase will begin! But there is one question: how long will the bitcoin price change phases last?

New investors who only in crypto with in this year like me really dis appointed how crypto market is performing I am loosing more than 70% of my portfolio but still I am holding my coins such as btc eth nem and Adam only xrp are quite break even rest more than 60% loss. I know time soon this will be over and I will patiently wait that time to earn profit.

Common people are panicking, they are selling and want to leave this market. But smart money is buying, slowly, constantly, hide in shadows.
Why do you think that Bakkt postponed its platform launch? Because they wanted to dump market more to buy more cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin especially) for extremely cheap price.

The market situation in the period from September 2018 to mid-November 2018 began to stabilize and show signals to a better development. But today the market has begun to cause mistrust again. The most annoying thing is that I believed in stabilization and future growth and resumed investments in Altcoins, which I trust. Assumed that the end of 2018 will bring success. Of course, I don’t want to be disappointed in this, and of course I will not panic and sell. Still, I will believe that the market will gain momentum in 2019.

Are there any investors that want their investment sinking? No none wants to waste their money. So why investors want the market to be down? In some cases, there is a strategy however to make the market go down so that they can get more profit by buying at lower price and selling at higher. In case of the recent fall of the market, it is due to volatility of cryptocurrency.

You said absolutely right. Cryptocurrency in risk in this year 2018. Year of 2017 was best year of cryptocurrency but now everyone in disappointed. Cryptocurrency was great in the past. We have special dream for our hold currency. Bitcoin and altcoin day by day falling down very fast. We don't know when the market will up.

I totally agreed to you, I have invested in the crypto market over 3 years experience, this is the first time I have disappointment in market, they price have decline everyday and I have lost all my fund in this year.

I agree. Newbies did not experience things such as a huge pump to the current price, therefore i is hard for them to realize that there will be a pump at the end of every dump. Everything will change and cryptocurrency only needs time. All we can do is t wait for it to happen.

As for me ,  with this market situation, there will be many investors who want to enter the market because the market price is very low, it will be a good opportunity for them to participate in this time.

Of course, now there is such a situation in the market about which no one investor who entered in January - February will begin to dream. Now is a good opportunity for those who have waited and did not buy cryptocurrency until this year.

For those investors who just go into this game, prices are too attractive,because there was 90% decrease and there are lower chances to go down.

At the moment, the phase of the fall of Bitcoin. I would really like it to change into a growth phase. There are many hopes for this and my confidence is growing stronger every day.

such a nice question my friend! i guess here we have two sides, let's say some of investors want it to be this way and some of them just hate it. who win i wonder ;) we should stay calm anyway

Yes, unfortunately the credibility of the crypto market is falling every day, it will be very disappointing if such a prospective market for private investors suffer because of scammers!

Of course this year very big risks to go into coins this year , I think if you wisely invested in a good coin then don't worry too much

I am very sure investors will not be too crossed with the present situation but it will be a lie to say they won't feel sad about the present market situation which happen to be one of the worse we have seen in the history of cryptocurrency. The goal of every investor is to make a whole lots from his or her investment and the present market situation is not the one that can give one that but also on the other hand investors can make a whole lots investing in this deep so that why I said earlier in that they won't be too crossed with the situation. I believe we will get back up from this present down state we are.

It is risky for old investor, but I think it is a great opportunity for late investors. I mean,i would love to buy bitcoins at less than four thousand dollars, right now. Same for ethereum at 10p dollars. It lloks like a bargain. Sure the market could go even lower, and might even go to 0 at all but I think chances are that the total market cap and the cryptocurrency market as a whole will go higher. Maybe not back to all time high, but surely on the way up, myfirends

Many are really quickly disappointed in the market if they get to it in 2018, so do not be surprised. I hope that soon this stagnation will end and everything will be fine. No need to exaggerate

The price of cryptocurrency right now was so devastated. Its price is going down to down and no nonstop on it. Ethereum is at 120 usd when I last checked it. It is totally wreck. Many miners also are backing out right now because they already have negative profit because of the electricity cost. All we can do is wait for this dump to be over and maybe start fresh again.

For me even though cryptocurrency this year 2018 is not well good because of bearish market, we the investors, traders and holders must not give up on this situation. Always be positive, this current situation will be over soon, and the rise of crypto will come out soon.

Already influenced and most of them refuse to holding, realizing that the future of the crypt is very vague. Although it is clear that they will solve small problems and we will again be on a new stage of development and forget it like a bad dream until the next time.

Cryptocurrency have experience serious downtrend and we have seen prices suffer as a result. The whole market is depressed and fearful Cryptocurrency holder are selling at any price. 2018 is coming to an end, I am looking forward to 2019 for any positive change!

of course, this kind of crypto conditions not be the expectations of anyone. However, any existing conditions should be converted into opportunities to get results in the crypto. When all prices are falling like this now is a good time to multiple assets or coins as an investment. profit will be seen in the long term when many cryptos begin to experience price increases.

I think now there are manipulations in the market and they are beneficial for large investors. But it is in the order of things, the correction should be on the market, it would be more suspicious if the price is constantly increasing. Eternal growth does not happen, and in older markets it can be seen.

The market situation already affecting investors because many of them have lost so much money during this bear period,however we are very much optimistic that the crypto market will recover very soon.

No! no investors want their investment collapsing by wanting the market going down. But there maybe a strategy to manipulate the market so as to earn money. But none can predict when cryptocurrency will go up or down. The only thing is it is volatility and its prices will go up or down from time to time. The year 2018 is not so good for cryptocurrency, but the year of 2019 will be good one lets hope.

People who have been in the crypto world for a long time are familiar with these situations and know that it is temporary. I think the situation is going to work for some investors because it's time for them to collect coins from dip prices.

if they sell their coins they suffering lot of loss.but if they still hold it maybe after several months its value could be recovered.this condition would not run foreover.trend always changes.

Cryptocurrency always have risk at any moment
because this field is very young and there can happen any non expected returns

for my opinion maybe we can buy now caused the price is low but don't sell just hold for long term, we have to wait until we can see the future  :D

the biggest risk this year is investment. I am currently seeing a decline that continues to happen, there's even a coin who suffered the fallout. with conditions like this extremely capable of making the Cryptocurrency continue to weaken and makes many people edgy in taking decisions in increasing progress to be achieved.

In my opinion, the current situation in the market is created artificially and this creates ideal conditions for large investors and funds that have long been eyeing the cryptocurrency market. At the moment, all the necessary tools are being prepared and waiting for the launch of the platform. But suffering for the ordinary investors who are, this situation is frightening and causes panic.

Personally, I believe that such market conditions will of course affect investors. And in order for the market to start growing, you need to move the market forward, you need the technological potential of growth or the increase in the price of the high price itself. And for this purpose, the market is specially manipulated so that Bitcoin falls very low and then for whom it is profitable to buy it for more.

Investors never like a high volatility in the market and they always sell their assets if the situation become dangerous. Even the majority of traders do not like high volatility and they live market in that situation.

already from the first time the creation of cryptocurrency has had a very high risk, only a few people know about cryptocurrency and when knowing the cryptocurrency the price is too expensive and when it enters a very expensive price it will make you lose because you will definitely be stuck at expensive prices like which happened at the end of 2017.

If you are addicted to the fact that now there is a long-term action for manipulators on the market, then you are completely right, today many people have already managed to buy themselves a lot of BTC, which will be of great value in the future.

One of the causes of the cryptocurrency market collapse in 2018 is that many investors have lost money to bounty hunters. partly it crashes because of the movement of the crypto.

one of the risks and disadvantages of cryptocurrency this year is that it may fall again as many investors stop and investigate before investing in ico or project.

there are many and big risks and fears of cryptocurrency this year so many have appeared in crypto and many do not recover their losses as well as many holders of coins and yet have not earned because the price is low.

Cryptocurrency is at risk from the start, not only for this year, so before making a decision to invest in cryptocurrency, you have to be mentally prepared to deal with the risks involved in cryptocurrency.

everyone would want their assets to continue to rise in price, but all kinds of investments must also experience the same thing. price increases and decreases will definitely occur, and now there is a decline, and that's when we start investing

This year 2018 I think is the risk and not good year because its experience a long period of time falling. But im still hoping for the good news about it before end of the year because I believe that some crypto will rise but if not I will continue to believe even it take months again to rise. I keep waiting even I'm not sure what might possible happen in crypto.

i think it's not risk anymore because we've been at the lowest price of bitcoin , I think there will be many investors who will buy bitcoin at the beginning of the year. we must always learn from history bitcoin and cryptocurrency will never die.

I agree.  The market situation is sad, but if you look at the future perspective, it seems to me everything will pay off the main thing not to sell when it falls, especially worthwhile coins!

I think disappointed those who did not take profit in time, and those who do not fully understand the cryptocurrency and do not evaluate the prospects of this market. All that is happening in the market is an artificial price reduction, which is beneficial to very large investors. Therefore, investors are sure to come to this market, just need time. In addition, cryptocurrencies are experiencing similar falls not for the first time.

Electronic money is more risky, we have seen significant drops recently and this has led to huge losses for panicked people. The fear is here, so unfortunately the credibility of the cipher market is decreasing every day, it would be very disappointing if a potential market for private investors is affected. by the scammers

I think this year is very risky for us holders if we let go of our holdings, we are all affected of this market fall down and we don't know until when it bounce back, I can say also that this year is good for thus new comer in crypto because they can buy crypto at very low price, this year is not good for us so we need another more year and maybe 2019 is a year for bitcoin to become $20k, just keep positive.

We are affected with any market condition. Happiness if the market has been good and high and sadness if the market is keep on dropping low.

Many doesn't say anything on how disappointed they are but they know what to do and that is buying when there are bloods on the street.

of course not at all, I even invested in some ico, I think the value will drop after entering the exchange, because almost most of it is like that.
but I'm sure growth will occur even on a small scale, and now the opportunity to buy alt and bitcoin is very reasonable compared to last year. so it's time to buy a lot

Any finicial market all has three kinds of investors : short-term investors (usually follow to advice of someone and join in market), small and medium investors (using their capital to trading or holding) and a few remaining is sharks and these are people who are controling this market.

I think it already affecting to the investors association which they loss more than a half of there capital investments in todays bearish year and the most affected by this trends are newbies which they believe in so much speculation occurs during month end but sad to say its not good for the year 2018.

In my opinion there is nothing dangerous in this situation, because it has been repeated not for the first time, so I think that the risk manifested itself only for those who tried to invest money for a short time!

After 2017 all ico's that i always review this year seens like an scam project spreading for bounty alts. Maybe next year they will change the rules from bounty and lots of bounty managers get red trust by promoting scam project.

if you look at the fundamentals, I am increasingly optimistic about the future of crypto, more people are noticing it, the technology is undeniably faster and cheaper than traditional banking. Its like comparing the postal service with email, no competition. It is here to stay, we have just gone through a rough year. Our time will come.

Guys, it's gonna be okay in the crypto world. Now there is a screening of weak investors, when the market will be in the right track, they will regret that they left it, when on the contrary, it was necessary to buy more assets)

If you are talking about investors who buy coins on the market, then the situation is really acceptable for them, but if we are talking about those who invest in ICO projects - for them, of course, this situation is alarming and frightening. I very much hope that the market situation will improve soon.

There are two sides of investors in this area,the first is those investors that buying to gain profit when its on growing stage,and the other is those investors that waited for the downtrend and buy coins for another sets of holdings ,so what youre asking is depend on what investors are we talking here.and i believe that those you called investors thats been affected by this kind of market movement are mostly noob and greed.those are cant wait for any longer just to profit

Lack of proper investment led the market to decline. In the future everything will be fine with the market, but in order to restore it, large investments are needed that no one is willing to invest. Therefore, we will fluctuate in such a state for a very long time.

noticeably affect, investors are in no hurry to invest even in very successful projects
no one wants to risk their money
and deferred profit is also not a very attractive thing.

At first, I thought this dip is just as the normal once we've been experiencing, but this is way beyond my thinking, as I never thought it would just go down this low. It's really disappointing to all lovers of crypto. I already lost quite a lot of money, and I can't just sell my coins off at this time.

There are risks not only this year, the risks in cryptocurrency are quite normal situation because cryptocurrency is known to be a constant risk since there is a manipulation factor that the community constantly says.

I think that the biggest possible risk in 2018 is that if the cryptocurrency doesn't show any growth, it will scare all investors for a long time.

It may have experienced downtrend, but certainly that downtrend is something that is practically good for those who know how to handle themselves in the market, which is one thing I believe is hard for a lot of people to achieve. If you understood the risk before investing in the market, you will learn to know how to take advantage of the risk to always be at a better advantage. A lot of people instead tend to panic when it comes instead of preparing for it before it happens and now that there is an opportunity in the market, they are still not taking advantage of it and then they end up missing it.

I was also surprised by this condition but what I could do was only be able to survive and believe that one day the price would rise.
this is indeed a bad year for crypto but this won't continue so it's better to keep holding it forward.
I am sure if there will be an increase next year, all we need to do is wait.

The risk of crypto is currently very sad, and the price decline has shocked many to lose.
But this situation must be faced to make us stronger and ready to move into the future.

Yes, as we see this year cryptocurrency is really down, in my opinion this also affects investors, maybe investors think twice about investing in crypto because they don't want to take more risks

You are certainly right, but I would highlight this in a more global conclusion. It seems to me that many investors are simply afraid of losing their money, because the risk of losing a deposit in cryptocurrencies is critically high, especially this year.

This dip is also the normal dip as others in the current market which we saw all over the year of 2018. But we have to stay in patience and have to wait for the good time. I am seeing this type of dip from the start of the year and I am sure that it will end up sooner and all of the prices of all the coins will recover in the upcoming ETF approval.

not only when 2018 is this cryptocurrency actually has a very high risk, this is because of the cryptocurrrency price movements that cannot be guessed so that cryptocurrency has a very high risk because it can make you rich and can make you poor.

I think the current market situation will greatly reduce the number of investors in projects. We can already observe the outflow of investors. Many projects carry ICO drains or reduce Softcup size

Perhaps this risk of crypto currency in 2018 is a decrease in crypto prices that cannot be predicted and that can be a drastic decline. But with that happening there also began to be a good start. Actually, buying crypto currency now is a very good time. And holding it back for the next few months I think it will benefit.

Cryptocurrency is in the state of survival due to his price of dumping at the market, it is on critical stage but this time it is starting to develop and begin to recover from the downfall on what happened crypto is not at risk it is just happened in this business...

Current market conditions are not investors' desires and this is definitely not a good situation for everyone, indeed this is a common thing because of price fluctuations, only now the decline is very severe.

investors will feel worried if they experience losses due to the poor market
but there are also investors who are happy with this because this is an opportunity for investors to buy

2018 is almost over. As for me, the main risk of this year was the decision to buy the cryptocurrencies when they were expensive, in January. However, that time nobody could expect the greatest bloodbath and the bears.

The present situation is very dicey,for old investors in the crypto market, it's a welcome development for them however for the new investors who have just come into the market the situation is not encouraging for them.

2018 is almost over and going to an end. The market didn't go well this year. However, I hope the coming year will be great for cryptocurrency investment.

I think that very soon there will be a new influx of investors in the market who will be able to raise prices on an cryptocurrency

Anytime,it is in risk because each one of us are anonymous and as you look in market it was unstable of price which it changes quickly from time to time. I hope it will remain profitable by the next more years and continue crypto in terms of,earning.

I think that the most difficult times are over and only the most persistent people who invested at the beginning of this year remained on the market !

Naturally, each man, who invests in the cryptocurrency, take risks, and I guess everybody is aware of it. Nevertheless, if you wish to make money, you need to do it (I am speaking about the risky investments).

I also think that now working with the crypto market involves certain risks. After all, the current fall in prices could trigger a massive panic and active sales of coins in the short term. I continue to believe in crypto, but in the coming months there may still be strong price fluctuations.

The risk in 2018 is higher than last year. The market has declined for quite a long time, so it has an impact on many programs that are in crypto. The enthusiasm of the community in ICO has declined because many ICOs have failed to achieve their targets, angering their communities because they have not got results. On the other hand, this is a good moment to generate high amounts of profits from today's low coin purchases.

Risks at there everywhere not only with cryptocurrencies. If you want big returns for your capital then you must ready to accept the risk involved with that investment opportunity. This is what exactly happening with the crypto currencies right now. Only people who are able to withstand the current situation will get chances to make big profits in coming months.

Unfortunately many people are currently losing significantly due to the decline in the prices of cryptocurrencies. The market size was $ 130 billion. There is high expectation that the decline will continue...

high hopes that the decline will continue? can't we see that at the moment prices are experiencing very fast fluctuations, every time the price is always changing, they don't continue to decline, believe this disaster will not continue

Of course this year is the worst year of crypto currency because bitcoin has experienced a deep correction even myself have experienced a big loss from the decline in the price of bitcoin. The risk is definitely big but I can only be patient and wait for the market return good condition.

I think such situation as current is specially made for a small number of big influential investors and they wanted it but a huge number of small investors suffer from it

Not just new investors, almost all the investors are getting impacted due to the downfall of entire crypto space. If you look into the past history of bitcoin then you will get a clear idea how the cycle of market is working. It keeps going ups and downs and right now the downs are happening. Before investing into anywhere, we must understand the risks. So, nothing new in 2018 in cryptocurrency as mentioned by OP.

I think this condition is what some investors want and this is also not wanted by some investors. So even though the crypto condition falls, there will still be people who benefit because they can buy coins at low prices. But some people also suffered losses.

We need market always move not sideways mode and never lost demand. Meaning up and down must have regular and significant time, if running on long term period investor strategy will fail. Prepare for the worst condition always needed and most of us only depend stop loss but never see trends. Be careful with your asset and good luck to you.

It was quite influential for investors. of course this might be outside the predictions of those who hope there are at least a rise in days this year. but in fact quite a lot of speculation that it is incompatible with the existing conditions. but on the other hand, many investors are also waiting for such a condition to increase their assets at the price of a cheap crypto.

This year have a big risk for every people who want to invest in cryptocurrency, and they need to know that the market for cryptocurrency is going to down especially for the bitcoin market. But for people who are new in the cryptocurrency, it is the best time for them to invest in bitcoin because they can buy bitcoin at a very low price and they can hold it for a long-term investment. But don't forget that we can do another thing like buy and sell to make more profit from bitcoin market because of the price still up and down in every day.

Of course, this year was too risky and exciting for all investors. After all, such a long and strong fall in prices violated the confidence of many investors, provoked massive sales. But personally, I see in such conditions the possibility of earning an income - you need to buy good coins at the lowest price.

The cryptocurrency market was very risky for investors because the market was falling and everyone who invested since the beginning of the year lost a lot and you need to understand that investing for a long time is not relevant now as trading  :(

maybe it will affect because it can be difficult in the future to develop. on the other hand this is a good thing because the price is cheap and in the future it has increased you will profit, but in the future no one knows the condition. You have to wait for this condition to improve to see future movements improve.

This year 2018 has give us a full experience in dealing volatile investment. This could be our baseline not to get involve our emotions in our decision. Getting rich in overnight is not possible in crypto. You need knowledge and capital to compete with those whales that control the market.

As it seems to me, the situation for the crypto world is quite ordinary, and does not carry any danger ...

I believe some people are very happy with he present situation of the market. They do not mind throwing their money in now, by investing, despite the situation of things. As a matter of fact, even if some of them invested in ICO, they would still sell at just any price, look forward to more people who would dump their at prices lower than theirs and then buy back.

haha that is the question that we all wonder. because things are not always what they seem. all in all, even in these conditions crypto is more or less asfe, i don't think it would be disposed of

Most people are certainly disappointed in the market, but I think those who are looking for a long time is definitely a good time for investors , but most people look at the time which is now, but I believe that the market can recover very quickly

I think that no risks in investing in cryptocurrency. There are lots of positive news in the Q1 2019. I think the next bullrun will start soon. We just need to wait some time and forget about our wallets. All projects don't have problems with money they fixed in stable coins their crypto.

Sure they will. The main share of investors will come out of the cryptocurrency. Because the chance of losing everything is very high. The main problem of cryptocurrency is a speculative market. Cryptocurrencies must be tied to the product. And then we won't see such price range.

There are a lot of risks in this industry, especially at the moment, because the market is still in downtrend and nobody knows when everything is going to recover. The only opportunity that is left is to be patient and to wait.

In any case, you need to recognize - the crypto market always involves a lot of risks that must be taken into account. In any year, certain risks and price fluctuations are possible due to panic, manipulation and external factors. But you need not to panic, but look for opportunities - for example, now, when prices remain at a minimum.

For only 2020?

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There's a wide potential for the cryptocurrencies and that pump is just phenomenal and temporal. The risk will be worth it and it will be taken seriously by most next year.

there are also advantages to these conditions, namely by adding investment assets when almost all coins fall very deep. because I'm sure next year will be the year of crypto revival.

Just another post bubble scenario which favors those who waited to invest now and didn't just buy into the massive craze of late 2017 / early 2018

If anything the market should become more and more promising to invest in from next year as it matures so it's certainly not lacking in future potential

A year passed by the digital market has nothing to do with the hope that 2018 could be considered as a year where the price of ethereum and bitcoin prices are slightly fluctuating compared to 2017.

If you want to get rich, you need to take the risks of the crypto currencies industry. That maybe after 1400 USD per Ethereum we will go down to 80 USD per coin. That there are a lot of scam projects out there and so on.

The anticipation for a market this Dec was an excessive amount of and appears to be a tributary issue for the continual call in market value daily of this month. maybe as a result of some investors haven't seen any sign of market this month as they anticipated, they like to withdraw no matter the loss incurred so as to assemble some cash for the vacation.
From the planning of things, the market can return somewhere among next year. correction and reduce in interest i feel in 2018. the amount of scams and hackers is one amongst the influencing factors besides the prohibition on mistreatment crypto. but, once a significant correction, i am positive all can recover.

It seems to me that at the end of 2018 there will be a minimum number of those who want to invest in cryptocurrency. People just don't want to deal with a failed business.

Well the situqtion for the investors is not the beat but we have to remember that basic of the market is buying low selling high. So if this is the low than its time to get in to the market. But I think majority of investors are scared that means they will not invest but thay hold or panic selling. At the end we will see those who invested now make a fortune in 1 or 2 years and again a lot of people who would dream "ow if I could buy it back in dec 2018".
IMO real investors are not afraid of what market is doing but are waiting for the righ time to enter. Like I said majority are not investors but people who put some money in and hope to get rich over night  they are getting scared and are now saying its all a scam. Well people realise yiu can't get rich in 10days and no one got their millions without some risk!

The current market situation has a great impact on investors, the old investors are not salty but the market and new investors very little. It may take a long time for the market to recover and then new investors will appear.

We need to be positive because for sure if we look at the market we will be disappointed. I think better times are coming and we shouldn't be afraid of any risks.

People always look at the situation in different ways, as well as in cryptocurrencies, and although the situation on the market is really a bit disappointing, I nevertheless think that the situation will get better soon!

every business is risky. it is enough for people to consider cryptocurrency a business and hence operates on the laws and conditions that governs businesses when they are presented on any form or forum for investors to consider. it is all risky and every business man knows that.

2018 was one of the worst. There were no steep jumps, except down. Now I just want to forget all that was in 2019 to see something different, positive. It is very much affected

Investors - hold on! Turning away from the market early! Soon, it can still change dramatically for the better!

The uncertainty in the cryptocurrency makes investors inexplicable, while speculation on the one hand directly affects the prices and decreases the market volume every day. hopefully 2019 gives positive results for the crypto world

2018 is a bad year for crypto currencies and the market conditions are getting worse, maybe this will be the beginning of crypto again and I know that this is a risk that I have to face

I think the market situation gives a second chance for those who did not have time to enter the crypto market. Bitcoin has already fallen more than once and has shown more than once that after a fall it can rise higher.

before making the decision to invest in crypto currencies we must know and be prepared for the risks that might occur, and 2018 I think it is a bad year for crypto currencies

Risk is a given in any situation.  However, crypto may have started as a supposedly noble endeavor, only to fall due to scams and whatnots..

I couldn't imagine that 2018 is risky as a matter of fact risks is always present everywhere and every time. Risk means always whether in crypto or out of crypto. The year 2018 is not what the majority predicted to happen most specially now as we are in December expectedly bull run to happen. We can see that there is no sign yet of bull run. But still choose not to give up, be positive and do your crypto job as well.

I think this is normal for the market. All who on a wave of a Hype wanted to earn quickly got off the train and now they should just wait for the best times.

This is not about the risk n 2018 this is about the total risk that we faced during all time of our investments on this market.

I doubt that many investors want this situation in the cryptocurrency market. The only exception is the whales that manipulate the market, because this decline will only benefit them.

Already iam also lossed 10000$ value coins due to this bad market condition. Now i cant predict anythings with this situation. I hope in 2020 all top coins will be up.

Early of January was still good enough but the downfall started after few months.

Let's have a better vision for 2019 and all these months full of bad experience, forget about it. We're not the very market that has this bad year, check out stocks.

Maybe we will get to see new heights in prices. I believe it will, especially ethereum as they are now developing the ethereum 2.0 which includes point-of-sale products for merchants for them to start accepting cryptocurrency payments.

it is the market in general.. the good side is that, this is the good time to buy..

The highest risk is on this year. We could not relax because we know that bitcoin is still not accepted by the government around the world. If you will invest now consider it that you can lose it all the way. The best thing to know when to invest is when bitcoin will be accepted even if it means that it should be taxed.

Bearish market is a risk for existing projects and for upcoming ones.
For example ETCDEV due to funding constrains stopped the the activities early December.
Steemit also announced structural reorganization laying of 70% of employees due to bear market.

But why risk? why everyone can make some panic? Its normal situation. market mooving always. today its falling down but tomorrow its will rise. so im waiting and hold coins

In my opinion, this can be what many investors want. Because at prices like this, all coins fall. They can invest again with very low coin prices. But many are also influenced by the decline in this coin. Many people experience losses, then they sell coins in panic. Actually, this price decline has a negative side and there is a positive one.

I think that the fall of the market will open an opportunity for other small or medium investors to join this space, they can acquire a lot of altcoins right now because of the market condition.

it's true that the crypto situation in 2018 is so disappointing and sad for us, but you have to remember that there is a risk that we must dare to take that risk

I don't think it's a situation that anyone wants, but unfortunately, it's the one we have and we have to adapt to it, it's important that we know what to do to survive in this volatile market since there are still many things of benefit here.

It's been a hard road this year, there'll be a quiet zone and then the growth will follow. Take care of your mental health, otherwise, you won't need any money. Don't beat yourself up about your mistakes.

My opinion is that with the very low prices reached now by Ether and Bitcoin, the big risk is a desinterest of the masses with a confidence crisis that could bring cryptoworld into a new "hidden period" like 10 years ago.

I do believe the tide can turn quite fast. Many people that are in this space for years remember those moments vividly. When things couldn't seem to go lower, it suddenly spiked hard. I am not sure if the bottom is in sight though. So many are taking advantage of these low prices. And right now more and more whales are playing the our money.

the worst fears of cryptocurrency in the year 2019 are the threat and the crash of the crash. because the collapse or decrease of all the coins affects the cryptocurrency market. much more and more investors are losing because of market collapse.

the risk of cryptocurrency this year is the destruction of cryptocurrency due to its downfall of nothing to be recovered and bitcoin increases many are afraid of destruction.

yeah is right, this kind of crypto conditions not be like i hope, i think carypto its can growing again in the end years, but is not happen, all coin decrease, all market are crash, very risky if you want to invest now

As of this time risky is in as always it is because their is competetors we as an Investors we need to be SMART. Like Specific for what we need to aim, Measurable for the goal Attainable, Realistic and Time bounded so that everything will follow in order.

Yes, we have to be smart to do the analysis, by analyzing various existing data, we can reduce the risk of experiencing losses. 2018 is indeed a bad year, this year we face a bad situation and even all things related to crypto are very risky. Pay attention to various data and we must be smart in utilizing the best momentum. So if we lose momentum, we will probably fail. Believe that the more we are smart then we will be able to get closer to success.

It's simple - this situation is very disappointing to investors that are already in crypto and hodling from the beginning of the year. And it's very desirable and delightful for those who was looking for a chance to enter the market)

Cryptocurrency in 2018 was high volatility. Investors are still panic in the total overviews of the market situation. Old investors now keep patience because they can't sell in this bearing market. We are hope that in 2019 everything is start newly i mean market will be come back past destination.             

of course market conditions like this will affect investors. especially beginner investors, most of them start panicking to sell because they think the crypto market will soon be over. but the different things done by their senior investors are familiar with the fluctuations in the crypto market. so they think this is actually a good opportunity to add coins. because coins are at a low price. everyone has a different opinion - we must appreciate it.

The situation is dangerous only for those who purchased the cryptocurrency in the wave of hype for the money. Investors never invest the last money or money they will need in the near future. Thanks to the bear market, all speculators will leave and the market will clear up. This is the perfect base to attract big investors, because now is the perfect position for entry.

When the ball deflates, there are always people with negative opinions about the market. It's like 2014, when the Bitcoin from $ 1000 to $ 200, I also see a lot of comments like the present. And I'm waiting for the market to come back, maybe a few more years

Well, it would be foolish to say that the market doesn't affect investors.
After all, everything that happens is directly related to us.

I doubt you will find people saying, "I wanted this collapse to happen!"
Most want another bull run.
I have heard people say that they are glad it collapsed, it weeds out the bad investors that were hurting the overall market.
I understand this to some degree, it was greed and inexperience that made the market go so high in an unstable way.
Also, I know some who are enjoying the low prices as they buy up some more.

Me personally, I would like to see stability, and then slow but good growth.
Bull runs tend to end more badly.

Well, cryptocurrency in 2018 is totally disappointing specially for the investors who purchased in an early of first quarter of the month as they believe it will ridiculously pump a lot by the end of 2018. Furthermore, its a very bad year for a crypto development which already launched in a market.

I think those who are old users of bitcoin will not be worry about such things as they must be used to now. In 2018 i personally faced allot of fall and rise in market but on the other hand I did not let it spoil my patience and control over emotions so I kept on holding throughout the year because I think risk is part of every business.

In early of 2018 , the price was not bad but then the price fell a lot  . 2018 is really the market for bear  , a lot of people lost when joining this year .

In 2019 , I hope it will be a year for the bull market and it will be an opportunity for those who have lost in 2018 to get back what they have lost

I think the risks of investing in altcoins are as good as zero at the moment. Because during the last year you have never had such a great opportunity to start investing in crypto currencies and earn a lot of money in the nearest future.

No investors do not want this type of crisis. And I think no one can say what will happen to the market. I mean when the market will recover. Given the volatility of cryptocurrency, it is natural for the market to do down and up from time to time. Bad news surrounding cryptocurrency, speculation can affect the market. But one thing is sure that the market will recover in the year, 2019.

I absolutely do not like the situation that is currently happening in the cryptocurrency market. It is at least depressing, and certainly can't instill some kind of positive. I think the risks are bigger now than ever.

Now the massive sales and the rapid price cuts of good cryptocurrencies really violate the confidence of investors in the market. Unfortunately, now there is practically no choice - you need to continue to hold and buy reliable cryptocurrencies at this price, because selling them is not profitable at the moment.

Investing in any field is risky, you can not say so. If people listen to you and they invest, they can lose money at any time

I am also absolutely sure that the market will be restored, at least partially in 2019. A big risk when working with cryptocurrencies is the wrong investment of large sums of money in a little promising coins, which later depreciate. On the forum and other sources there is a lot of information about cryptocurrency, having familiarized with it you will understand that this is only the beginning of a great era of cryptocurrency!

I do not think that there are people who are satisfied with the current situation in the cryptocurrency market. I think she could be several times better and that we could be in a less risky situation

Market conditions greatly affect the condition of investors. And now it's in the condition of the collapsing crypto coin market. Many investors get out of the market because they know that seeking profits is very difficult. But the market without investors cannot grow, so now to invest more often.

This may be the last lunch. I lost confidence in Ethereum. I lost a lot of money in Ethereum this year, so now I will not invest in Ethereum. I think Bitcoin is a good coin, and other coins are not as good as Bitcoin.

   Risk is only in choosing right coins for your investment. Now when there are too many different projects it`s hard to find the good ones. Many projects will collapse
over the time, and that`s the risk we are facing, we need to avoid investing in those projects.
   Experienced people and some experts agree that more than 80% of this crypto-projects will fail. Risk we are facing is to invest in those 20% of projects that will
survive this storm and become representative projects in the future. I`m risking, I know what I`m risking and I think all of us with portfolios are on a good way to
be successful people in the future.

of course both of these are detrimental to investors who have been buying and holding for a long time while on the other hand they are profitable for new investors who want to invest because they are cheap

The risk is now completely over. The year-end cryptocurrency market in 2018 officially rebounded. This time the market will return to $5,000. This is a good opportunity to buy coins. Please ask investors to buy them quickly.

2017 was a year of awareness for the cryptoeconomy, 2018 was a year of consolidation, 2019 would be the year of investors and believers reconsideration, 2020 would be a year of grand rally in prices/government review and consideration, upwards would be the years of adoption and embracement for the cryptoeconomy be patient, 2019 is the best time to start reinvesting! Crypto isn't the only economy suffering, stocks too are having a hard time so brace for the BULL

Now much depends on the US government. If they do give The green light to bitcoin ETFs, then it's quite possible we'll see new ATH that everyone is so eager to see)

I don't know how to say this. Think about it, many people have already invested in cryptocurrency, and therefore they do not benefit from these prices. Only if they didn't sell everything on ATH and now just re-purchase.

It could be anything. It seems to me that the spring is shrinking before the Grand news that awaits us in the 1st quarter of 2019, about maintaining the ETF. That's when it all starts.

2018 showed us how much it can be risky to invest in ICOs. I believe that ICO has failed as a form of investment and in the future there will be either regulation or people will abandon ICO.

I think cryptocurrency is not just risk alone, it is a risk and opportunity, lets say it is 50/50 either you gain or loose, but with good projects, it is risk free.

I think it will affect investors, investors will wait for more stable conditions to invest. I think in 2019 there will be a change in a better direction, and that will make investors enter crypto.

The year 2018 required a much more serious risk management from us than 2017. The whole 2017 was bullish and the whole risk was that you get more or less profit. In 2018, everything changed.

Yes people will always buy coin and they will never stop this. In few months price was bit low but it did not effect the number of investors people are still buying and investing. 2018 will make the price so high because as time passing value is again rising. For few months at beginning of 2018 price of bitcoin dropped but now rising and I am sure it will be high again.

Of course, I am waiting for the recovery of the crypto market, but I do not think that a full recovery will occur in 2019. In general, we can remain at these levels for a long time and test the bottoms again, perhaps growth will only begin in 2020.

It is beneficial for whales to squander the market to the maximum so that it is good to buy at low prices. It is clear that ordinary investors like us, this situation is not a pleasure. but for major players, everything is going according to plan

yes, I also think that market recovery will not be that fast, but I still believe that the crypto will not die and there are always investors looking for it so from now on I am still surviving in crypto with hope in the upcoming years crypto price will return the culmination of its success.

yeah personally i acknowledge that 2018 cryptocurrency is risky. all are invest for some profit. but 2018 full year bear market situation, family cost earn so hard. we are hoped that next year early we can see bear market green again, and can do recover our capital with some profit.

I don't know, the market is full of manipulation. Maybe there are certain parties who really want this to happen, to take the opportunity at the lowest price. Such is the world of cryptocurrency, it is quite profitable but it can also be the opposite, we must be able to learn and adapt well.

It will not affect the condition of real investors in the market.

If someone says the market is dangerous, it's for those people that are not aware of the potential reward. High risk should give high reward in due time but its tough if you have a weak heart.

basically investors are also divided into several parts who are happy with the fall in prices and there are also those who are anxious about price is fall, but all are reasonable because without such conditions the market will die because if all are worried then no one will buy coins really still believe in Crypto then stay calm and enjoy the current episode because each episode will be different.

The risk of holding cryptocurrency in 2018 was glaring.  Cryptocurrency have just climbed up to it's all time high in prices,  it is only natural that the correction will be proportional to the highest price reached!

After the uptrend and downtrend of cryptocurrency in the year 2018, the price has gone down and now is continue to rise, and this attracts a lot of investors to spend money on cryptos. Hope that the next year will be better for investing, the cryptocurrency market will recover and reach a new peak.

It's like two sides of a coin, each has a role in it. And those who are anxious is they are that buy crypto coin at high price and get the price dropped after that, while those who are happy is they are that get and hold expensive coins at low prices.

I think the current situation is the decline in market prices that investors want. With a very low price, they can start investing from the start. So if later the market price soars, of course, they will get a lot of profits.

Investors will be actually waiting for the bullish trend while speculators are still waiting for the dump to the crypto as much as they can. It will be there but that needs a lot of support from press and institutional.

The risks that occur in this season are indeed more and more severe, where you are tested for your ability and patience in dealing with crypto situations for a long time. Refrain from selling your current assets to maintain and sell when the price has recovered, so you can get good and satisfying results.

2018 is a long bearish of bitcoin and other crypto currency all over, the price movement of altcoins and bitcoin was stagnant. There were no significant movements of any price. There are many trader, investor and all crypto lovers unsatisfied about this bearish. This is obviously affected investor, there are many investor take over their investment in aseveral ICO they joined, and some trader lost much of their assets. I believe that this is not expected by many people.

I agree this year, I think many people have lost money because of the strategy is still wrong just to keep on the bear market, few people earn , and of course you need to learn to trade in this market so as not to remain in the red

There are several components which certainly have their own goals. Most investors certainly want the market to be bullish soon enough, because when there is a price increase investors can take some momentum to become a profit. There are also people who want the price of cryptocurrency to decline, they are referred to as a speculator who takes advantage of the situation by buying crypto at a cheap price.

Hopefully in 2019 we will get good momentum, when crypto development improves and then crypto prices increase compared to this year. We all have the same hope.

It maybe disappointing for they who bought cryptocurrency for the beginning of 2018, but not for who just joined crypto.
The crypto newcomers now can buy crypto with cheaper price from before.
I think this is not a dangerous situation, just a common situation because cryptocurrency tend to changing, volatile.

The risks in crypto are indeed quite heavy, not only in 2018, from the previous year and for the following year Crypto will have considerable risk. Prepare yourself first before deciding to join. Dig deep and broad information and knowledge about crypto. That way, you can make good decisions and be able to choose programs that you believe can help you make a profit.

I agree with you that it is necessary to keep until the price and price increase again, the risk this year is over and it is still a little bit called a phenomenon delayed by it. As I see we don't need to worry about the price issue, give it a moment ;) I believe in it.

I see this is a situation that investors want. We know that if the market price can fall and this big investor is ready to buy it. By buying coins at very low prices and if the positive market can soar very high, these investors can get a lot of profits.

You may look again right now, the condition already get better than it was. Perhaps this is the perfect time for everyone to make their effort to make the market even better than what it is today.

Pretty hard to say. On the one hand, new investors benefit from this, because they did not even want to enter this market at such prices, and now they have all the chances to do it.

I hope it's like that, because if not the bounty hunter will start losing jobs because there is no good ICO lately and that really makes me disappointed.
I hope that in 2019 more great projects will come

In my opinion i believe crypto is really good, the thing that make's it bad due to hacking, Scamming incidents. Thats why its better to know the risks and safety things that you can do to avoid this two things

2018 was very risky for many investors. But I think that 2019 will be similar to 2017. I hope so.

Really, this year was very risky for cryptoholders. All cryptocurrencies value are decline of bottom level. This situation is very disappointing for investors. I also hope that in 2019 will start newly like rising sun.

i think thst this situation is perfect for investors , if you look at today's prices but prices are not the only problem for investors , there is also the regulation and what will happen with crypto in short time before they invest

If you do take look at early 2018.price of crypto was about high at that time but after april price got slashed like anything. It was bad year for crypto, we had seen so many ups and downs throughout the year, there was conflict on ETF approval and crypto was one of the controversial topic last year. But i think 2019 will be bright for crypto, we can say see new innovations in blockchain technologies.

I guess the risk will always exist not just in 2018, but it's also happening in 2019. We need to know this before we decide to invest in any of investment programs. When you want to buy any coins in the crypto, make sure you can accept whatever will happen in the next days, next month, so it will help you to not feels sad. Many people cannot do this, and they are regret to invest in cryptocurrency, but they forget that the risk can be prevented or minimized and it depends on how we can treat that risk.

The risk of cryptocurrency market on the year 2018 is the change that cryptocurrency will disappear because of its rapidly collapse. also the possibilities that more people will be out of work because of it.

let's see in Q1 at the beginning of this year, the price is now starting to stabilize even though the price is still low, but slowly moving slightly up. always believe in the power of natural law

The year 2018 was given the opportunity to earn to all who were able to tame their greed and in time sold the cryptocurrency. And optimism about the fact that in 2019 everything will be fine will prevent the correct distribution of crypto resources.

I think the current conditions are very influential for investors who will invest their funds in cryptocurrency, a situation that is currently very undesirable for all investor crypto, a market that cannot be predicted by many experts makes it difficult for traders to choose good crypto, and investors now more observing in advance will be a good situation for investing.

On year 2018 the most moment i fear the most is the totally collapse of the market and the distraction  of crypto. i fear because many people will lose job will lose business so lets be thankful because cryptocurrency is still alive.

Have you heard that this is a game from super rich people? they dump and pump crypto as they wish. If they want to invest they start dumping and if they want to sell they will pump crypto.

Right now, we already at the beginning of 2019, at this time we can see the market is slowly increasing even though sometimes it still dropping a little.
But i had a hope that in 2019 everything should get better for the cyrpto world.

In the starting of 2018 we are thinking this year will it be most offer for the development of the increasing value of cryptocurrency but this year will not be giving a huge profit so don't think about time and date it is all about your hard work and smart work being always there it is the only thing that you have to get any help from yourself.

I think this year is very bad. Because many projects simply do not issue coins. Also the problem of the market. The price of coins of new projects is so low that it becomes terrible that it will be next with our favorite cryptocurrency.

I personally want this, because this is a good opportunity to buy coins. We don't need to spend a lot of capital to buy every coin. And in my opinion investors also want that. And now you can see, one day all coins can increase up to 5%. Think about it for the next 5 to 6 months. Prices can increase 5 to 10 times.

People are still sure that they cam raise huge some of money within a short period of time. Crypto has nothing familiar with that. Only with deep research and patience you will be able to multiply your funds on this market.

Investing in cryptocurrency is always dangerous. I think every one of us understood that. But I hope that people will be more careful when investing in crypto.

Well, now it is unlikely that there will be growth and especially 5-10 times , I think if you invest now then only very carefully , since the market is still bearish and we do not break the line

the percentage of profit will definitely increase in 2019 and it is the great and good time to invest your money for very low investment and forgetting the opportunity of making higher profit in this field so my opinion is use this opportunity for more profits.

It can't happena and it looks possible. When there was a coin that can create a big hype like BTT and 5x looks so easy then. look at binance and how it was getting a huge perform on its price and so many speculators are joining there.

maybe there are investors who want a situation like this, there are also investors who think if this situation would be dangerous for the development of crypto. but I think if such a situation is common. and surely if the crypto condition gets worse, new investors who come, will think twice for investment.

I think trading is not holding. Trading does every second. If after we buy a coin, then hold it, hoping to make a big profit, I think this is very difficult. But do exchanges every day. This will make a profit, even if a little. Trading is also part of investment.


Yes. I think if we invest it certainly takes a long time. Because every coin takes a long time to increase in price. Not as easy as what we think. But look at which coins are suitable, and have a good future. I think we understand this context.

It was disappointing the whole year, but real investors have already understood a great side of this fall. The prices are really great at the moment and I cannot imagine a better start for new investors and for old as well.

We don't have to start again, the market is here and it's part of the journey that it will undergo a correction.
This is a healthy one for sure, the rise last bull run was really big and due for big correction as well, and I think correction is over, now is the start for a new bull run.

New investors at times easier, unlike those who have already managed to get stuck in the cryptocurrency by buying coins at huge prices, but this is a chance to quickly return the invested funds

2018 made many investors suffer and they lost confidence in this market. I wish I knew this market sooner and I could get more profits

The reality risk of cryptocurrency on the year 2018 is the rapidly decline of bitcoin and altcoins that lead to cryptocurrency market decline.A lot of money was lost by investors by dumping the price of tokens because of the downfall of btc.but the main risk was the totally dump of crypto market.

The risks that were in 2018 probably only increased, because sooner or later the ICO process itself will most likely not be legal at all unless some government agencies stop asking for tax integration in this area.

I think that cryptocurrency is always a big risk. We need to properly allocate our capital due to avoiding big risks. But it is quite difficult.

See crypto which has a stable exchange rate if you want to invest or trade. I think it won't make you lose a lot of money.

The year 2018 is the most not good to happen because the coind decreasing value from the highedt price they down more than 80 percent. During the year 2017 the coins is really become high and I hope this year it will repeat which is that we want to see market or continue increasing market. But risk is always there and once the risk is there better for us to stop it which is happened in 2018 but we cannot do that so we can do this 2019.

the current market situation affects investors to invest in the co-op but, when this is the right time to buy coins because, the price is also cheaper, even though the price decline in the market and the uncontrolled market is normal, so people should not worry too much conditions like that, must remain calm facing the market that is still dropping now.

only experienced investors could fell calm facing long bearish condition.but for new investors that didnt learn cryptocurrency volatility its really make them stress and selling their asset cheaply.dont ever look coins only from cheap price.there is more factors that more important.

in my own opinion, 2018 was the bearish year ever recorded as fingers were crossed and expecting for good stuff to come with the bullrun and it didn't come till the entire year ran out and still hoping. though the early part of 2018 was still a part of the bullrun but then it was not that way all year round.

The situation will surely affect investors,infact it has affected so many investors already because many of them still don't understand how crypto market work especially with the bearish.

our experience we have will make us more mature in facing market fluctuations. we understand how to act as profesional investors when market suddenly crashing.and how to manage it so we could avoid bigger loss.

in the current situation, nobody hope market will down a lot.
Especially investors, They hope the market will begin recover soon.

If we talk about the year 2018, many users of cryptocurrency managed to navigate at the beginning of last year and sell their assets, which today have fallen very high in price. In addition, the year 2018 made it possible to buy ethereum and Bitcoin at the lowest prices lately.

Of course, the market situation is tense now, a huge number of people do not know what will happen to the coins in the future. I can advise you to just wait and follow the news. Now, in general, the Altcoins keep afloat, but the price of the remaining tokens is falling every day.

At the moment, the situation is worse than in 2018. Now investors have left cryptocurrency in gold and more gross stocks. I think this year will be the last of all ICO companies. These three years have given me many skills that will be useful to me in the future.

I think the investors were worried so much about the situation of this market. From a lot of predictions about cryptocurrency in 2019, I think the market will recover in Q3 2019, the price of BTC will reach $10,000 and the price of ETH will outreach $1,000.

Of course, I understand you, because even for me, negative experience is also a useful experience, which I will use in my future activities in the cryptocurrency market. Moreover, I understand that cryptocurrency has a sufficiently large future; we are only at the beginnings of the development of a cryptocurrency market.

The reality of the matter is; the cryptocurrency market of the year 2018 was heavily manipulated. FUD was created all through the year causing so much panic in the crypto space and making a lot of weak hands to sell off their crypto holdings.
Until this manipulation is checked tge market volatility will continue for a long time.

events in the year 2018 are indeed provide us with the most extraordinary experience at the market of crypto. We know there is not much we can do but we could face the same situation like that in the future. It could happen at any time, and because of that experience we can already do the right steps.

very good question, of course, we can see now that most new investors doubt when they want to invest, I they think nowadays more carefully in making their investments, I consider some investors like crypto price situations like this, and most are also hesitant and afraid that they think crypto prices cannot rise at high prices anymore, so we must stick to our own predictions and speculations in making our investments.

in fact no one can know the future of any crypto currency because it is the crypto investor's future that determines with confidence and patience is sure the crypto currency will develop

because on the internet it's very easy to make fake news so crypto is easily dropped.
but I am sure if crypto keeps going down but crypto will always go up because there are many smart people here who are not easily affected by circulating FUD.
so with patience the risk will be reduced.

The only thing is the downfall. Whole of the crypto world was just talking about the market price downfall. But still there were some loyal members of cryptocurrency world who did not let their trust affected by it and are patiently waiting for the rise.

I think that one of the biggest risks is cryptocurrency exchanges. If a big exchange has problems, the whole market may have problems. If users of a large exchange lose their money, it will be very bad.

Cryptocurrency in 2018 does not provide benefits. But many people are caught up in losses. This situation has resulted in a very high increase in 2017. And for 2019 new hopes and low-priced markets are slowly starting to increase.

Cryptocurrency in 2018 is a disaster. The market is in chaos and until now it didn't recover yet. So there are many investors who lost their money. It really affected investors because its been like this for more than a year. At first we thought it will not last that long but were wrong, it continues to decline and the market is still red.

Opinions of different people are vary and they are not bound to be the same. We need to reach a generalization. The generalization about cryptocurrency is that it is a new invention and that it will take time to expand its reach and power across the world. Unlike in the past when the cryptocurrency was highly volatile, nowadays it is becoming stable and stronger.

when the market is in a difficult period where the price of coins falls at a low price it can also affect investors' interest in investing in ico again, why? because they are also reluctant to lose when investing when the market goes down. but I am still sure that investors also know this so don't be afraid investors won't invest in projects anymore. wait because investors will definitely come back again.

of course there is  , crypto in 2018 do have a benefit but only for some traders and investors because they are be able to buy coins at  much lower rate  . those people who loose are id say impatient because they insisit to sell thier coins due to panic attacks .they wont loose if they only know how to hodl correctly . lastly , the risk in cryptos on the year 2018 are still the same as the risk that we experience today and on the past years because cryptos will always be high volatile type of coin  .

People here care about profit only, and not about the amazing technology  ::).
There is only risk loosing FIAT value in cryptocurrencies, this you can avoid by converting your cryptocurrencies into stable coins.

On the year 2018 crypto cant control the rapidly dumped of its market as its continued the downfall until now and cryptocurrency market still on bad condition and cant rise because many of investors left crypto.

Risks did not change for 2018 and 2019. It seems to me that they have only increased, because now there are so many options to invest in projects that are another scam project. It is clear that we need an analysis of the project, but this is not just done.

We have been waiting for this even since the winter of 2018. However, still, I do not see any great changes. Suppose, the bulls will finally come, but it may happen later

The real threat of cryptocurrency in the year 2018 is that of its loss due to its latest and continuing fall from popularity in the year 2017. And the worst of it is that many have lost big money because of the losses invested in the ico projects.

The position of the market now any investor who wants to increase the amount of his own coins will buy at this time due to the low coins prices, but the risk at this time is the emergence of many scam projects that have made many investors hesitant to choose a good project from other projects, but if the investor invested his money in the 20 most reliable coins in the market, he should hold the coins until the pump is in the price and the investor does not rush to sell at this time.

The market situation is already affecting investors as it has given rise to so many abnormalities in the crypto space. One is the rate of scam projects seen on ICO with fake promises of delivering good value when they hit exchange. I just pity investors at this time. I had a terrible experience on investment last two years, so am on hold now when it comes to investment till I see an improvement in the market conditions.

Indeed, those people who invested in ICO projects in December and January 2017-2018 lost a lot of money in these projects