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Current Market state

During last week the crypto market did not suffer a lot from the price fallout. Overall total market cap is $114 billion, nearly the same as a week ago.

Bitcoin had a tough week as the top coin slid 3.3% this week. The positive fact about Bitcoin is that it still holds itself close to USD 3500.

Ripple (XRP) still holds second place again with a market cap of $12,4 bln but Ethereum still stays in close vicinity. On the top, this week the prices of XRP were at USD 0.333835 and towards the bottom, it quoted USD 0.285888.

SWIFT Reveals Plans to Launch Proof-of-Concept With Blockchain Consortium R3 Major global banking payments network SWIFT announced plans this week to develop a Proof-of-Concept of a gateway that will let blockchain consortium R3 link to GPI (Global Payments Innovation) payments from their platform. According to SWIFT, users of the R3 platform will be able to authorize payments through the new GPI Link, settling GPI payments with the users’ banks, with the credit confirmation reported back to the trade platforms via GPI Link.

Iran Plans Release of Digital Currency With Aim to Avoid US Sanctions
Iran is soon planning to unveil its state-backed cryptocurrency, local sources reported this week. The so-dubbed crypto-rial would potentially serve as a way
for the country to sidestep sanctions, the most debilitating of which is the lack of access of most Iranian banks to the SWIFT payment system. Iran is also
currently reportedly in talks with eight countries to discuss the possibility of using cryptocurrency for financial transactions, but the local sources were unclear if it concerns crypto in general or a state-backed coin. Also this week, Iran released a draft of its crypto regulation plans, noting that some aspects of
crypto would be banned.

Read more news in ICObench Weekly Digest for the week #5 of 2019
➡️ https://icobench.com/digest?utm_source=report

The news from Iran along with the news that coming from Venezuela, that there is an open military invasion from the US may increase the cryptocurrency market cap. No one wants a war in order to push the prices up, but it is a fact and can be true. We should watch the events closely as there are many variables that may affect the market prices.

The current state of the market can actually be described in two words: a "steady decline". Even some experts say that the same bitcoin could fall to 2500.

It is likely, but still do not leave hope that Bitcoin will start growing in the coming year and we will get at least some profit. But something tells me that I have to endure the bearsmen for a long time.

With the way bitcoin has been hanging around $3469 I am afraid it is about to drop further as the whole market is in bearish condition.  If Iran ban some cryptocurrencies activities as the op has said then we should expect bitcoin to decline further in some days to come.

Steady decline could be the right word to classify the bitcoin right now,but this isn't the first time the price has been unsteady and it has recovered numerous times likewise.
No one can know if the price will fall further,so debunk such assertions.

If Bitcoin keeps hovering the 3,500 or 3,000 then potentially it can easily be drag down if it break outs lets hope for a miracle, I don’t wan’t to be negative but I guess this is a long bear battle for all of us long term holders except for swing traders.

I'm afraid you're right, it will take more for a long time. Everyone hopes for the year 2019, but considering that no one is trying to somehow restore the price, there is little that will come out.

Yes, I think that could happen, because at the moment the price is at $3400 already 1 month. and it is possible that the price will fall to $ 2000 if the price remains as it is now, because indeed there are always 2 possibilities when prices are stable as they are now.

Due to stricter rules by several countries related to Bitcoin trading, Bitcoin investors have significantly declined dramatically. Current conditions are inversely proportional to the Bitcoin conditions that occurred at the beginning of last year. So that there was a mass sale by several large investors, especially Bitcoin investors from China

That's one of the reason but we cannot expect only bad news will be within the market.
It's getting bigger now, we should not only look at the price, the adoption still at a great rate and once people were already in the space and they leave
afterwards, I don't think it's hard for them to invite again. Time will come that everything will turn good and even if there are bans from certain countries, let us not consider that as permanent as it could change as things improve.

Yeah that would be the case if the holders will going to sell their holdings due to panic after the downfall and considering that it may fall for more then expect more panic selling. I know more of the investors now stilll holding with worries in their mind on what will probably will going to happen on bitcoin market price.

The fact that both the announcement of the SWIFT & R3 partnership and also the Govcoin for Iran dubbed crypto-rial had no significant impact on the price is very good for Bitcoin.  8)

You should think that the market would have reacted on this news, but I think they know it has very little impact on the global market. SWIFT are not currently using Bitcoin for global banking payments, so it is not taking away market share from Bitcoin and the same goes for the government of Iran.   ;)

with unclear market conditions, it is appropriate for them to worry. but if the investment uses free money, I think it will be more calm to face an unclear market, one of our beliefs that btc will succeed

So to summarized, the price of Bitcoin and the rest of crypto is still stagnant and not moving on any directions.


Please don't listen to these so called experts. They are just like you and me, making wild educated guesses. If the price falls then so be it.


For now there is a strong support at $3200 so I don't think we can see the price hit another all-time-high but this bear market will go and continue unless there's some catalyst to push the price significantly higher.

The current market situation in my opinion is down so that we as bitcoin users must patiently wait for the value of bitcoin to rise again. Rest assured if someday bitcoin will rise and become high in value.

Here and confidence is not necessary. This is an obvious fact because people will not let disappear or fall to 0. Human greed works in both directions, judge for yourself.

Obviously its down but if you look at the market in the last couple of months, not that much selling off so I would assume that we won't see any dramatic price fall, well, I hope so. Yes, we all know that sooner or later the will slowly pick up and then recovery followed by a massive panic buying again. But it will take months for it to happen so everyone should stay tune.

Seems that this cycle ends, so I hope new cycle will be uptrend...

If that will help to make SWIFT payments faster and cheaper, I am definitely supporting it. I know that bitcoin and other cryptos and be faster and cheaper, but sometimes you need money on your bank account for formal things like applying for visa or officially transfering money to some company. I had so spend a very significant amount of money on that last year, and I wish I didn't have to do that in the time to come. Blockchain could definitely make these things easier.
I wonder why ICObench is talking about the current market state in general, rather than popularising news on ICOs.

Swift's action I guess is the result of XRP's drop and they though SWIFT is just going to die without a fight but I think it will kill XRP instead. So its possible for a country to really create their state-backed cryptocurrency. How do you think will be the consequences in avoiding US sanction?

If they'd be successful as I think they will since their Economy lies much on oil, more countries will follow.

You never know when an old whale will come along and decide to dump his bags.  Even though the price looks fairly stable this can happen anytime.  We already saw what happened with the Bcash war and the mass dump that followed.

Yesterday all crypto was almost red, this situation was getting worse because we were in Q1 for the new year. regarding your statement about the plan to use crypto as a financial transaction, I think indeed the state will only support one coin that they support, and may not have a big impact on the overall market situation. unless they support 100% bitcoin.

but if in my opinion the market from the beginning of the year has begun to change quite well. and if many countries support one coin such as bitcoin then it is likely that it will make the market like 2017 if in my opinion

I doubt it would make sense for Iran to have a cryptocurrency since even with USA sanctions at the end of the day how would you cash out without breaking the sanctions ? I mean you need to buy the Iranian cryptocurrency by paying either fiat or bitcoin or whatever (which you can buy with fiat) and when you have the Iranian crypto currency you need to turn that into fiat or bitcoin (which you can turn into fiat) and all of that comes down to depositing or withdrawing from a BANK which will not allow you to do so.

Hence, Iranian sanctions can't be really broken with a crypto currency if banks do their due diligence and exchanges are KYC approved places that government keeps a track of. Is it possible? Yes but it will be quite difficult to achieve and would involve a lot of risks to even attempt.

no one can predict all crypto currencies and crypto markets until now because it has become a risk and the nature of the crypto currency itself the confidence and patience of investors remain the main capital in investing in crypto currencies

right, trust is the main capital for us to be successful. of course with that capital we are not affected by outstanding issues, so that we can consistently face the market

I think that soon the prices will stay in place, well, and then we don’t know what will happen, well, I think there will not be a fall, though it’s not known when exactly everything will move.

Hodlers are tired on predicting now and just waiting for the right time. Personally, I feel the pressure for bitcoin to pump since almost all of us want it but still bitcoin and other coins are just taking this market easy and they know when is the right time to pump. Its ok to be negative sometimes, we can’t control to feel sad but always think for the reason why you are keep on holding and why you are still in faith with cryptomarket.

in my opinion the current market price is not good we can remember that in 2017 it was a profitable year for the market and the price was stable at that time I thought that way

Bitcoin slid 3.3% due to the news that CBOE withdrew its VanEck/SolidX ETF application, but I believe we're safe from the panicking sentiments of market-makers currently due to the fact that CBOE refiled an application with changes according to the requirement of a new rule proposed by SEC. I think that this ETF issue looks to being over hyped. As well, QuadrigaCX CEO died in an Indian hospital in Jaipur, leaving everyone fruitless as with him, died all the passwords of the wallets where INR 1000 Crore (avg. CAD $190 million) of investors and company claimed they won't be able to continue running the platform and pay their workers. And from the trading point of view, major traders are forecasting a huge probability of BTC going near $2000 to set new lows before a major bull run takes place.

In my opinion the current market conditions are indeed down, considering the price of bitcoin is lower than in previous years. But I'm sure if bitcoin will be at its highest peak if we want to be more patient again.

of course it will not be possible, bitcoin will not always be at that nominal value, because as we know the cryptocurrency market movements are very fluctuating and may not always remain at a low price. for now the bitcoin price movement is undergoing a big correction long enough so that there is a possibility that price movements can increase again in a long time

but if in my opinion this year the market did not experience a decline because from the beginning of the year until now the market has begun to have good changes. so this year seems like a very good year for the market

The most significant problem right now that the market keeps falling is that we don't have any positive news with regards to the regulation system that countries establish and set barriers to the market. If there were some countries that would relieve their policies then people will start buying easier and bring some capitals in the market.

Movement is good, although the market is still relatively red many are green, although the increase is small but will improve slowly.
Slowly investors return to crypto activities and create an improved market.

You're wrong. Now the market is still suffering from bearers and does not plan to soar upwards. Moreover, everyone is just “waiting” and no one is investing.

It is still awaiting and most likely if the country provides a good policy, a positive impact will be seen, but there are still many countries that remain in their position on crypto. The market remains red and this makes many investors more resilient and vacant.

I think many countries have planned to regulate cryptocurrency, like in my country. although not yet realized, at least this is a big step to include crypto into the stock market. if this is realized and followed by many countries it will certainly be a big movement and can have a positive impact.

Seeing this situation, indeed many countries are starting to plan good steps to be able to take a position on crypto. Government expectations and policies will be a positive attitude for crypto lovers and the public so as to be able to influence the crypto market.

for me, the current market situation also doesn't really show a good trend, but I will patiently wait for a better price increase, so I will also make a lot of profits with market prices recovering.

the problem is if the government wants to adopt massive crypto it is very likely to experience a large market increase very easily, so the government does take great opportunities and good steps if in my opinion

I wonder why Iran need to avoid US sanctions and then suddenly I think it's because of war, no more no less. US are really using their power at their own interest that even this country that they are calling terrorist in their own perspective are getting bad in the eyes of the whole world but thanks to the revolutionary Blockchain, I'm not supporting the act of terrorist though but the conspiracy theory about the US versus the middle east is impacting me.

Maybe this Crypto-Rial will be next big thing, who knows...

We cannot deny that a country's policy really influences the steps of the Bitcoin movement for the future and that is a fact, I believe the current market price is also caused by one of the government regulations.
I hope that the State can place its rules as fairly as possible against the use of Bitcoin so that it does not harm each other and bitcoin can become the future of the currency.

I doubt that the government would do that since whales could actually manipulate the market. I wonder what kind of moves does the government would do because i think they already know that there are bigger whales waiting for them to eat if they tried to enter the market.
If there is another FUD because of Iran banning cryptocurrency we should expect a deeper bottom here.

It seems that people here are not following the prices much. There was a serious spike in the markets today. After a period of no movement it suddenly hit the roof. Perhaps the Iranian government is starting to stockpile

The bear market may still linger but there are some surge of prices from different coins recently and this includebitcoin, litecoin and ethereum. These price surges, especially the price of bitcoin, is due to some positive news in the bitcoin market and the possible approval of bitcoin ETF. I believe that the crypto market this year is not all bearish and it is better than the market situation last year.

The price of the bitcoin increased 7% today and I can say that it is a good progress for the bitcoin. There is a high possibility that the market will comeback to normal like 2 years ago. There are many investors like me who keep hoping that the cryptocurrency market will continue to become green.

This bear market situation is somehow similar way back year 2017. My colleagues and I have a strong feeling that the market will slowly recover in the middle of the year. And as of today, we are now seeing a bit of improvement in the market, and hopefully it will continue to increase little by little.

2017? As far as I know it was the start of the massive bull run that ended at the end of the year so I don't know what are you saying here.

Currently, we have seen the price spike up a little, and everyone has very happy to see the price pushing 7% daily as we have not seen this for such a long time.

But don't get excited though, it might be a bull trap for all we know.

For all pieces of advice that encountered that was most likely I am heard, probably a bull trap. Yes, it might be, but let's think positive vibes through bitcoin price spike on this time. There are many perspectives on how to look at the market price movement, some say it is manipulated by whales and others say to trigger the people in massive adoption on upcoming ETF and BKKT implementation or it is a normal fluctuation on cryptocurrency.
So, who knows? Well, let the time can tell about this.

A surge that can make all crypto lovers excited, optimistic and think positively that this is not a trap. Even though the market starts to improve, we remain vigilant to monitor the market in order to make the right decisions, and time will provide answers that make us doubtful.

Trust me your patience will give you better result, it will help you having good life ahead as since long it has been giving better opportunities, it is down but there is no need to be worry as bitcoin has decentralized nature, it will increase and decrease so buy at low and sell at high, I am trying to buy more and more for this golden opportunity.

It will give a better result if they will have a good savings, it is better if they can adapt coins from the market while it is on the floor the patience will be worth it if that will happen.

for now the market situation has begun to have a good movement so that there are already several coins that have increased continuously so that in 2019 this will be a crypto better than the previous year

Yes, hopefully this month will be a good start to see Bitcoin prices rise again, because Bitcoin has been under the normal price for a long time, so I think that if Bitcoin is now the beginning of the resurrection.

Normal price based on what? If we look at the hashrate and the current price range, it seems pretty 'normal' to me. Not extremely under or overvalued, which is the exact type of price activity you would expect in current cycle.

If I have to guess, you consider the speculative bubble prices to be normal, but they aren't. Without another craze it will be hard to go back up to the levels a lot people entered the market at.

I do however think that a lot of these people panic sold their coins at various levels above or just under the psychologically important $10k mark. They did better than some of those who kept hodling in terms of value preservation.

Let's remain hopeful despite seeing bear most of the time.
We are given a good run recently and most coins have experience some gains, so let's hope it's just the beginning
and hopefully we will see an aggressive price growth by BTC as altcoins will just follow in time.

ETH now looks good and going to the hard fork schedule, I guess people will be bullish.

yap, that true mate.today total market cap stable above 120billions.and we hope it will not drop again.we need more positive news that comes to this market so there will much investors and new investors spend their money into bitcoin and altcoin.

At present Ethereum shifts XRP capitalization again at the level of $ 12.68 and XRP $ 12.56. Good improvement in the Ethreum, there is an unexpected surge in current conditions, hopefully, it will be a positive thing for the future.

The market starts to improve and looks green, seeing this will increase investor confidence and will get better. Eth's journey was also able to return to competition, after a few days positioned under XRP and now back again with capitalization not too far away with XRP. There is a lot of hope that if all can provide a positive movement, Litecoin is also quite good with its current position, a movement that can shift EOS.

The cryptocurrency markets turned better last February 8, which saw the overall market cap add a whopping $9 billion in less than 24-hours. In addition, Ethereum climbed to the number 2 spot in coinmarketcap.com. Pleasant news don't you agree. Although there are still many conflicting signs about which way things might be heading, i'm hopeful that this year may still be an exciting year for all of us.

Yes right, the situation is very good so far, maybe Investors have begun to take a position to buy a lot of Bitcoin at the current price point, because we know that the price is very cheap for Bitcoin, so it's only a matter of time to see prices rise again. hopefully.

If US military taking action on venezuela, it dont give big effect to cryptocurrency price. Venezuela Petro not used by many people. But last week, cryptocurrency market cap rising more than $10billion and its good sign for crypto community

It does feel like something is cooking and will soon be served to those who stayed strong under the storm. I can see the price of altcoins starts to rise, its a good sign. Its not enough to say bullrun is starting but investors are beginning to come in again and slowing trusting how stable to market price this time. A good time to actually grab a stash for the preparation.

The crypto market seems to be doing a bit better this week, unlike the past weeks. The price went up to $3,600 plus yesterday and just this morning it got down to $3,595.

But, I have seen some people predict $2,500 for this month of February and next month March, but I don’t know if that’s true, but I wouldn’t like it to be true. I just want the price to keep going up till the end of this year, cause it has gone down a lot.

The crypto market is not all decline this year and even bitcoin experienced some slight uptrend in the past days. Several well-known altcoins and tokens are also in uptrend and not affected by bitcoin's declines. I believe that the state of crypto market in this first quarter of the year is better than last year because it is more positive.

Yes there are those who predict if in the near future the price of bitcoin will drop lower, hopefully it will be a wrong prediction because the market should show a more positive movement even though slowly, it is time for the crypto market to recover. But with the market improving recently I pay more attention to Ethereum which seems more significant to recover quickly even though the price of bitcoin was red in a moment.

The current market situation is very good and very feasible to buy more Bitcoin, because the price is very cheap. If at the current price point the lowest then it can be said that prices will rise slowly and will not touch the price of $3300 again.

The market starts to give a positive signal now so investors begin to believe and value increases. Bitcoin is slowly developing well and will continue to increase. At the current level of $ 3650 Bitcoin, Eth is able to shift the XRP and EOS again shifting the LTC, a fairly good shift in the CMC, and provide a positive signal that the market will continue to move.

indeed at this time with the current market conditions and situation is very decreased but if the investors understand and understand all the risks in investment and of course the beliefs that can make us remain confident in the investments we follow

I am also expecting this market will sustain from the current levels and will start slowly toward bouncing back to previous peaks. Like many people here speculated, we can expect market to stay sideways for sometimes because it is currently failing to attract new high level of investors like institutional funds. They are the real player who are doing all the pumps and dumps. We can be sure about they have all done with their dumps and it may be a time for pumping out.

The exact current market state is sideways. It may trade in range between $3300 to $3650 levels. But, the positive thing about sideways market is, it will usually break up at the upper side and almost zero chances to fall further than lower side.

I am optimistic that the news coming from these countries would in a way drive up the price of various Cryptocurrency.
Which in itself will boost the market and increased the hope of the investors and even potential investors .
Generally, it would increase adoption rate.

which is considered by investors not only from consideration of risks that might threaten investors but losses and must be able to read the price movements of cryptocurrency is the key to being able to benefit when conditions like today.

In my opinion the current market conditions are very good and very green, so it is very feasible to conduct daily trading at this time, because prices are gradually rising, and this is very good for trading.

they maybe green but the percent that they rise is only less to little . i can say that the overall crypto market is still dump until no major price recoveries  . the only thing that we can do so far is to buy and hodl . i wont suggest anyone to do trades because it is risky  . you can loose more than what you can earn .

the decline in the price of Bitcoin at 2500 is the best price for those who can't afford 1 Btc, every time there is a positive and negative increase and decrease in the price of bitcoin for crypto traders, this risk has become commonplace in the eyes of crypto traders, and for future price estimates , I think there are still a lot of green candles coming back to the crypto market.

I am agree. Its depend on our perspective. If we are looking on opportunity perspective, we gain many opportunity by buying more coin at lower price. Crypto market will survive and growing bigger because in internet era, peer to peer transaction will grow

and I think it's not too late to start now, because the green candle will continue to crawl (in my opinion), even though we don't know when the pump will occur. at least it gives a sense of security to invest

I already feel bored with speculators who have given a lot of opinions at a price that is completely wrong at the moment they say there is an increase but the fact that the current price is still the same there is no substantial increase

much person suddenly be cryptocurrency expert eventhough they just beginner, or atleast haven't any crypto assets.and unfortunately much people trust them and loss alot of money.

Its true that the best think we can do is buying more coin or token and hold it. Trading very risky because the price fluctuation very high and need more knowledge to understand market

One guy here on the forum posted 3 options for the further development of Bitcoin price movement for the next half year. Unfortunately, I forgot the name of this post. But the most likely option for me at the moment seems to be a rise in the price of Bitcoin to $ 6,000 and then a fall to $ 2000–2500 for Bitcoin. Of course, no one knows what will happen next, but now this option seems to me the most likely. Unfortunately, large investors are not yet ready to enter the market at the current price or they are purchased in very small lots. True, in the last 2 weeks the volumes have increased significantly, and this is good news.

Then just ignore those speculators and go on with that you believe about the current market. As of the moment, the market prices are steadily increasing even if it's small at least we see some light.

dont believe them, we have to confidence with our skills and opinion about market.if we dont we could easily wavering when another people have different opinion with us.

Don't listen to them, they'll give their own speculation to convince people, if they are expert then they should be right but not all people who are saying they are experts are really true, some just need some public attraction. We have the sources here, news and the price action, we can analyze that and have our own.

No increase?

You need to compare the price chart of recent month with bottom level price then you can find there is some serious growth happened in very short term.

Hmm, it's a decent growth at best but i'm not complaining. Though it would be much better if we can stay above 4k consistently now. I think i like this kind of market movement better than bulls runs. Makes me feel that the growth is normal and won't have any severe corrections.

That's very common sense, whether we pay attention to it or not those speculators. Like I'm a pretty confident upcoming trend. If you don't want to buy now, that is alright. Simply remember not to jump in when it gets to 20k once more. At that point, you'll be too late. Let's make your decision smartly.

Bitcoin steady growth is quite encouraging, I am optimistic that the next  bull run will be steady unlike what we experience in time past, several speculations that has turn to be false, My strategy is to invest and wait patiently, the bull run is sure to commence .

The market is sluggish, so you have to set a new strategy to deal with the future, while the coins you already have at HODL while praying that prices will rise quickly.
I prefer an affordable price for bitcoin, because it will excite the market compared to overpriced prices that actually cause jealousy from fiat currencies, the impact can be negative because there can be a conspiracy to drop bitcoin. But if if the price of bitcoin in the range of USD 5,000 is actually safe because it is considered a reasonable price.

Your right the growth is indeed steady but i dont think that the bull run will also became steady as we all know that bull run only comes in a short time due to the fact that many hodlers are also waiting for this moment to sell but who knows ? Maybe this year will turn out be different , maybe whales will counter the dip because they want the bull to last a little longer  .

That's right, now that the prices are cheaper then it's time to buy. What makes others mistaken is the buy when the price go high which is not suitable for profitability.

We are reaching towards that state,we are not going to see the price of bitcoin sitting at $3xxx too long even if that falls below $4000.When we have a steady market condition then it looks more convincing to invest on it so more people alwao will have that feeling will lead to next level growth.

In my opinion, the market is still in the midst of being aware of the price decline that will happen every time, because now we know that at the beginning of each year the price is still below, so patience takes a few moments to see prices rise.

true if you want to get the desired benefits this year you have to be confident that the market will quickly return. because from now on the market has started there is a pretty good increase

The current situation is confusing and very critical to take decision this will be the main thing running over again and again in my mind when you want to take a decision about investment or exchange it will definitely need to change otherwise it give huge stress for me.

Would you rather they prefer idle? lol. I too am tired of speculations and these speculators are the ones affecting our right thinking in facing reality, they are the one making us feel that our investment will by all means yield result in few months’ time meanwhile the reality might be in years to come.

I am not saying that we should lose hope but we just have to invest for future and forget now, let it just be that prices increases by itself when we least expected or when our mind is already off the investment, better still, if we know how to do trading, you can just try it out, at least those trader that knows how to trade doesn’t bother about speculations that much.

The market is not what it was last year and at the end of 2017 but is very possible, in next months something will happen and market will grow again higher then ever if a lot of investors will come and put money on crypto.

That's why it's really important to buy in this dip and just hold for the long haul.

Although the state of the market is not what everyone wanted to be, we can't do anything except to take advantage of the prevailing market and buy top 10 coins because they are all cheap.

And when the right time comes for the market to make a rally, at least you have prepared yourself for the imminent bull and make a lot of money again just like 2017.

If you're saying this based on the past experience we've had, then you're wrong. If it's that way, then there should have been a bull run since December 2018, but we didn't see any. But I'm not really worried, it hasn't been long that I invested in some coins. And the reason I'm not really worried is because I believe that this is the bottom price and the price will continue to be stable at this rate till there is a bull run.

What I'm seeing at this time is not really what I was expecting to see. Just look at how the price has dropped from that four thousand dollars and down to $3997 :(. I wasn't expecting that this week, I thought that the price of bitcoin will continue to go up as it has reached $4000 already, why the drop again? I won't be surprised if it continues to go down from here and drops to $3600 again.

as we know that the current market is very different from the market conditions that were at the time in 2017. because what I know of course is that there are certainly a lot of people who ask for bitcoin so of course it was different from last year both the movement and the demand.

We grow a lot from the previous pump even though we are still down. We grow in terms of users and demand for cryptocurrency, bitcoin also move differently this year. 2019 will still make good run to all of us we still have 3 quarters to work on this one so keep on doing good things.

Yes, we are all looking forward to a better market situation than in 2018, because this year prices are stable and very cheap, so the opportunity to go back up is big, so you still have to wait and see.

It is better to ignore the speculations and do a personal research into the market. This year has started on a good note with much resistance agaisnt the bear market. Good news like the Central Bank of India's cryptocurrency authorization and the like are hitting the crypto space. There is more chance that another bull market may happen this year looking at the frequent green light shown by the market.

at this time, the market is slowly beginning to delight, many tokens start to go in plus, I assumed that after BTC starts to grow, other tokens will follow, only now this growth will be slow and long.

When you compare with the previous year the prices are very cheap but value of the coins decreased a lot in the market, in order to recover the prices it will take many years. At the current level of the bitcoin the price is kept struggling which many people are starts dumping the price of bitcoin which nobody have any clue how long it is going to take to increase the price.

actually this can't be considered a bull run, because there hasn't been a significant increase. only a small number, and may not go up high. the market is currently in a bear market.

The current state of the market can not be term as stable cause there is nothing like stability in the cryptocurrency market and at that any one looking for stability should not even come into cryptocurrency. Bitcoin price have been swinging through $3500/to $3800.

The current market situation is quite different because there will be both positive and negative will field in this market equally this will be the main problem and Confused the thing for me to invest and take a decision if it was not been workable then the investment the time it was totally waste and also if I miss this chance again will not come .

the current state of the crypto market is experiencing a deep downturn and it is quite difficult to predict that when the market will return to growth again like last 2017. because indeed the crypto state is very different from the previous situation.

I think right now it's the lowest price position for Bitcoin, because if we see that the decline in Bitcoin prices is very deep in 2018, so when the price is below, we just have to wait to see price increases again.

wow, SWIFT makes me quite surprised. This is really a new direction and it's quite good.
but is the amount of SWIFT daily volume sufficient to pay for investors?
Blockchain-based banks are now quite small and I think PoC is still high risk.
someone have comments on this?

very much needed by investors who have enormous confidence and patience because of the risks involved in investing in crypto currencies and with conditions and situations such as the present market that we cannot predict with certainty the development of capital confidence is the best

We are in good vibe for this whole week, BTC has been stable to 4000 usd and is up by 10% since previous week. I think this week also we can see a substantial change.

Yes, it's good to see the price somewhat settled around the $4k range. But anything can still happen though, this kind of lull in the market might indicate that either the market will grow or not enough investors to push the price at this point. So let's wee, we do hope that there will be a big news coming so that eventually we can get out of the claw of the bear right now. They have been taking this market for so long that we need to see changes.

the negative and positive that you are talking about is already been there all the time  . market of crypto doesnt change and will not be change forever because that is what thier nature  . cryto is volatile and we must accept this fact before proceeding or deciding if we will still continue our journey as a hodler/trader or not


based on my own observation , the market right now is experiencing a stability with some little growths which is a good sign  becuase this is what most of us are waiting for  .

before starting to invest, investors should understand and understand all the risks that will be obtained in investing, one of which is the price or value cannot be credited with certainty of future developments if development is decreasing at this time we will not panic too much with this situation

Let me explain you whats difference between today's and 2017 Market state.

In 2017,  Prices were near 20,000 USD but  in 2019 the prices are near 4000$

But
           The adaption of bitcoin, the usability of bitcoin and the institutional investment is far better in 2019 which surely means that sooner or later we will jump to 2017 prices too and move even further upside.

here our psychology is very tested, with high volatility, it certainly makes our heart beat fast. therefore, if we understand it from the start, it will make us enjoy the art of trading

this is true and this year if I predict that the market will be very good than in 2018 because this year the market has already increased quite a lot from last 2018 which has dropped the price of coins on the market

the market is more stable than the previous years but that's development is not get here to came for any currencies right now so that's why the problem will continuously happened for investment and selling their previous investment so I think it is also not stable it move forward to a good state very soon.

Even though the market tends to look stable but if seen from the trend, the market is still in a condition of decline. Crypto investment is risky, but over time and the growing trust from investors towards crypto, especially with the adoption of more and more blockchain technology by several parties, I'm sure crypto will continue to grow.

no one can predict exactly which crypto or bitcoin currencies will be like and all possibilities will always happen and I still have great confidence in the development of crypto currencies

Currently, the market does not show any active movements. We cannot say whether bulls or bears rule it. It seems to be stabilized. However, and I am sure of it, everything will change.

if in my opinion the current market situation is good enough to change because from the beginning of the year until now the market has been quite good at experiencing movement. so this year the market will get better and continue to rise

Yes, today we can still see prices continue to move very well on the market, so I am sure that prices at the moment are the beginning of a big movement for Bitcoin, because this year there will be a lot of good news to come, like Whatsapp that will use technology Blockchain.

At the end of Q1, prices continue to increase significantly if I look at the current market and it will likely be something good in Q2 later. If this increase can continue in Q2, it looks like bullrun will indeed occur this year if in Q2 there is a higher increase and the price of bitcoin reaches the next point.

Yes, the price of Bitcoin is stable at the current value but if you see the altcoin the prices are kept increasing which makes us to hold the altcoins, once the price of bitcoin is increasing we might see the price of altcoin increase very highly.

As we know if the government currently makes very strict rules on crypto trading, this has a profound effect on the crypto market situation where there is a decline caused by many investors who are resigning from the current crypto stock market that sells their coins in bulk. In my opinion this is very detrimental to the adopters of Bitcoin because of the declining market conditions, although the decline is a steady decline.

I don't think that's the only reason, the market decline now is cause by the correction.
We are from the all time high and we fall down here, and I think it's not new, it's very normal for a market that is overbought during the bull season.

As usual, many altcoins have the potential to have a significant increase, greater than bitcoin, but for altcoins that cannot develop, it will certainly be a junk coin. therefore don't choose the altcoin

Over the weekend, we see crypto markets keep remain fairly stable and a stagnating sideways movement  for example  Bitcoin   ( BTC) shown common price stability around 4k $.

Alive and well, changing from second to second, growing in all directions. I speak about crypto market here, cause this is forum about crypto currencies. Don`t mix different markets, don`t get confused with global policy, look at the charts, exchanges, numbers, this market is working 24/7 and there is some action in every moment. Don`t be confused, try to find your place, your sources of income, your daily trading routines, there is always something to do here, to earn or spend some, welcome and have a nice crypto life.

After the bubble burst, our crypto market is really exciting and it seems the altcoins have greater motivation to work hard.
This is a very positive sign of the market and I believe the market's recovery time will be shortened.
With the current growth momentum, our market will soon achieve more than $ 150 billion by the end of Q3.

It will take time but market will recover very soon, I know bear will end this year but bull will turn to start, things will change positively, current market is best to invest and to buy the coin you wanted or interested to invest in, low price gives opportunity to buy some coin at good price.. now a day in market its red all over.

Current market is unpredictable, I am just relaxing because I already invested 5BTC and waiting for when price goes up.I think soon the price will increase as expects are saying.BTC price can be gone upto 10K on this year.So, I think I'll be able to make 5-6K per BTC.Though It's just a prediction but I do like to believe bitcoin price will increase so much on this year.           

I am glad to watch this stabilization. For me, this is a good sign that can mean the following stuff: the bull run is very close, all we need to do now is simply wait for this period and hold crypto.

The crypto market is currently in a bear season where almost all the prices of cryptocurrencies go down in value. Also, gradually bitcoin is losing it's dominance over the entire crypto market, so the days where you could see that anytime bitcoin reduces in value almost all other cryptocurrencies reduce in value is fading away.

Yes it's true, but for me the market conditions like anything still have great potential to gain profits, because Crypto is basically volatile, so it's very reasonable that prices always change at any time.

maybe it's good before investing knowing all the risks that we will get in investing with crypto currency and our confidence and patience are the best capital in investing with the crypto currency

yes, hopefully your hopes will be achieved. because sometimes that increase doesn't happen for so long. the problem lately is that the increase sometimes goes up and sometimes it goes down unexpectedly. so most investors are retreating for investment because the market is not yet stable enough.

It's uncertain if the increase will pursue, it could only be temporary and it's bad if after this temporary increase, the next move will be consistent down trend. We should hope that there is a stable increase, what we are seeing now is just a small increase but traders are already happy with this.

I don't think that Bitcoin is losing its dominance. Half an year ago, the Bitcoin dominance was down to around 33%. But this proportion has increased to 50% now. And IMO, it will further climb upwards with every passing year.

How ever without have higher price by bitcoin impossible to get and check altcoin on higher price, we have waiting for when bitcoin raised to higher price and make altcoin will the same price at higher.

Whole crypto market is green, this April month seems to be a month for crypto lovers. Bitcoin is up like 80% and whole altcoon army is following it, just Litecoin seems a bit oscillating.

Isn't it amazing?

The market suddenly went berserk, huge huge gains and pumps not only bitcoin but there are altcoins that have been pumped in the levels that we haven't seen before.

Even BCH and BSV has a true pump.  ;D

So I'd say that the current market state has change now, might not be the massive bullrun that we wanted, but at least it's good to wake up seeing your investment grows and all the patience and mental toughness have paid off.

Current market price looks good maybe will have better day for bitcoin and altcoin to be on higher price, we just waiting when bitcoin and altcoin back to higher price and keep always become expensive assets.

The blockchain technology and cryptocurrency is now gaining public recognition and for swift to get involved in blockchain shows even the banking system will soon adopt the blockchain, and the price of bitcoin and the other altcoins within the last few weeks have really been impressive with price recovery and rise.

  Waiting for too long is not good for those people who are not willing to risk on investing for long term, but in order to gain a massive profits we have to keep our patience widen and be open for every happenings in the market field. Thus, the current market still on red mark and rapidly growing,  we have to be wise on handling the asset patiently.

Positive sentiment is now on the cryptocurrency market. I think that the price of Bitcoin has grown due to the fact that a lot of new coins / projects are planning to enter the market.