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Before diving in, you need to be aware of the fact that your cryptocurrency portfolio structure will largely depend on the type of investment that you are after. Are you in it for a short-term gain? Or are you placing long-term bets on the industry?

Investing in cryptocurrency in the short-term is extremely risky due to the wild price fluctuations and you if that’s what you want to do then you should focus more on TA (Technical Analysis), rather than the fundamentals of the coins you’re investing in.

On the other hand, if you are playing the long-term then you need to pay close attention to the fundamental value of the cryptocurrencies you are investing in and you need to make sure that you have a well-diversified portfolio.

Prior to 2015, there weren’t really any legitimate cryptocurrency investment alternatives to Bitcoin. However, that has radically changed as the cryptocurrency space continued gaining momentum. Today there are thousands of so-called “altcoins”, which are alternatives to cryptocurrency.

These coins can be quickly found on platforms like CoinMarketCap, which displays the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization and also lets investors check cryptocurrency prices.

With that in mind, let’s now explore what types of cryptocurrencies there are, which ones are the best to invest in, and how to properly diversify a crypto portfolio.

I guess long term investment may be more risky. This volatility can shorten the long term for a short time. So, you trade with signals in short term trade, and do not lose big. But it is very difficult to know what will happen in the long term.

I always favor long-term investments.Because people got a bitcoin from $ 1, $ 10, or even $ 100.and after making a small income, they sold it.If they had more courage to wait, most of them would be billionaires today.I prefer to wait.

you need to seperate your portfolio as much as you can,

main coins %40
%25 btc
%25 usd
%10 shit coins

also you need to seperate these percentences too, you shoulnd invest all your money to 1 main coin,

ı prefer platform coins like waves, vet, ether, because of their tokens, you can avarage and trade main platform coin with alttokens of that platform, for example you can trade at waves dex and you can rise your waves portfolio, but if you buy just a coin from binance or any exchange you just have to wait the bull for that coın, you dont have any chance to rise your portfolio.

The cryptocurrency one should buy should be solely dependent on the project and the real life value it has to offer, we have a lots of projects that seems good in the market, but are not really good because they have no real life purpose, what I mean is that, no one can make use of them for someone special or unique. For example, Bitcoin is known to be a store of value just like gold but it is better than gold since it's transferable digitally.

My investment strategy is always the same. I make long-term investments on low-value coins that haven't shown a significant rise to date. I have no interest with Binance tokens, for example.

It was because on the HYPE. the HYPE would actually bring bitcoin to get into more popular. Hence nowadays everyone would like to have their own smartphone and internet, people just can actually search internet about bitcoin and boom. The more people know, the less whale to get bitcoin to get moved the up and down so easliy.

Well. Your package must be of the best coins. To get profit in such a market in the long term. It all depends on. Togo on how much you are willing to take risks.

This kind of investment is just a way to earn profits in a separate way, but, there are some kinds of risks if you invest in that separate way.

In my opinion, both short term and long term investing is risky and good too. You may get a coin for short term and mk much profit from it while you can get a coin also g or long term and you hold for years without profit. Crypto is a two way thing.

Analyzing current situation.  I don't suggest you to buy any shit token/coin. Still if you want to diversify your portfolio,  you can add some good coins like LTC,  XMR,  ETH,  TRX etc.

Guess the coin that will make the most profit in a year or two is almost impossible, so you have to diversify the portfolio. You always need to have BTC and USD, the rest is at your discretion.

I think everyone lost money. One correct tip. Do not invest in the fact that tomorrow may disappear. So we choose the best projects for this.

It's not always about the best coin but we must try to pick a potential coin that backed by a trusted company, there was a lot of undervalued coins like enjin in the market which can give us a lot of benefits in the future. The best coin is about a coin with a bunch of potentials.

If you're looking for a long term investment, you should be mindful of the coin that you're buying. Try to do series of research to help you decide what to buy. There are lots of potential altcoins these days but well-established coins would fit for a long term investment. Eos, Eth, Ltc and of course btc are the best choices.

I like investing in the short term, with tokens that are relatively priced below 0.001 usd, by buying a lot and a few days' hold, the possibility for prices to grow is so convincing, even though only a few percent grow. example of HBRS

If you are expecting people to feed you then you will be buying their own bags, what you need is research, most people come into the space because we come across BTC and started researching it, the CMC is there, check for undervalued good projects and position yourself for good news to pump the price

There are a total of 2129 coins available in the coinmarketcap and lots of choices for everyone during this time but to be able to earn higher profits, you should choose new coins like NEW, TOP, MTV, BTT, FET because these are projects developed in the form of IEO and are listed in large exchanges. In my opinion, investing in these new projects may be risky because there has been a strong price increase after IEO but if you want to earn high profits it is the choice for you.

I use both short-term and long-term trading, and so far, it works well for me. In the short-term, I use altcoin to trade, and I can make a profit from that. Besides that, I still hold some coins from the last year because the price is going down too deep and makes me still hold, but I am sure that soon, all of the coin prices will increase again.

In the long-term, I choose bitcoin, etherum, litecoin, dash, zec, monero, and other coins as my investment. I did make a lot of money in 2017, and I don't buy too much in the last year but I start to buy again in this year, so I can expect to make a profit again this year or in the next year. I always diversify my investment by choosing the right coin from my analysis because that is my chance to make a profit in the short-term and the long-term.

Here are some of the altcoins that I recommend for you.
ETH, BNB tokens, Litecoin, Pundi-x, and Enjin.

specifically for BNB tokens, you can buy as much as possible because this coin has a good future. I personally have it since last year, if it counts I have already gotten more than 100% profit only from BNB tokens (fyi : I bought it at a price of $ 10).

all the coins I recommend are suitable for long-term or short-term investments.

I am always prefer for long term investment, just focus to coin that you want to invest. For me Bitcoin and Ethereum is the best choice, but now BNB coin have a good increase and be a good investment.

Well i will also choose Bitcoin and Ethereum, and maybe some of altcoin from top 100 on coinmarketcap, but maybe you should see how much the price will be and set how much you want to get from and when to sell.

If you are serious investor and are not in a hurry then you can pick your coins from perhaps top 30 coins by marketcap for example of you want to select 10 for your portfolio then you have to read about them, know them, research and compare and then finalize your 10 coins and invest and do take some profit when bulls are dominant.

I would have to disagree with you, long term investing is the risky one by far.
A set trading strategy with specific parameters is actually very reliable.
The whole buy low sell high thing is time tested and works well in a market with wild price fluctuations.
The reason why so many people lose money on it is because they are too greedy, too emotional, or don't set their parameters on specific data and numbers.

Here's the most basic strategy that if you stick with will guarantee success.
When btc dips 3% buy, then immediately list for 5% more.
Rinse and repeat.

The reason why I say long term investing is risky is because a coins success is dependent on so many factors out of your control.
developments in techonology, market penetration, regulations, global recessions, all of these can make a promising project go bust.

BNB and EOS are best coins to invest and make profit for long term profit. Last few weeks this BNB has increased bigger than altcoins in the crypto marketplace and EOS is emerging coin which coming up with many updates and security features also.

So these both coins best as I know.

If you wish to make the investment on bitcoin and Ethereum also you can do it. Those are all time best coins.

Not all the coins which has good market cap value might give profits in long term because there are coins like BCH dumped too hard when compared to other coins so it may not survive for long time so just pick the coins if they have good potential and practicality usage in future.Coins like LTC,Monero looks undervalued for now so it may give lot of profits at the next bull run.

spend all your money to buy BNB tokens. You will get customs profits in the future, I'm sure of that. or you can also buy beberaoa ethereum, some days etherwum is good, so it doesn't hurt to try.

More than buy the top 20 I prefer to buy some hidden gem that it's far beyond to be in the top 20 now. Before was more secure to buy something with a low supply, but now a lot of good project has more than 500mln or even some bln supply, but I prefer to buy coins under 2/3 bln supply, the I check what't the actual price and what price it can reach if it pumps to 1$ and I compare it to the top 20.

It pays more to buy and hold until the price becomes stable and there is defined growth rate, than to rush into selling what you have.
Well, if you do, those who appreciate the coin you are disposing, are ready to buy and hold. This is where you should give it a rethink.

Plan to diversify your portfolio? Then the most practical and wisest thing to do is to stick out into top 10 coins in the entire Coinmarketcap.They are quite cheap and still on lower levels

when we do talk about into their previous ATH's. If you are going for long term then buying simply those coins and store it up on a hardware/paperwallet would already do but if you

are trading actively then choosing those top altcoins will suit you out due to volume and volatility as expected.

Those three coins if talking about long term goals can provide much higher value, ETH always followed the path of bitcoin while BNB with their successful platform also getting much attentions and investors support, adding this coins inside your assets portfolios will lead you to a good and decent success in terms of valuations.

Were Talking about Altcoins then go to the coin that you most trust and a long history in the market and will have a potential to go even beyond what it reaches, So Ethereum is for the long term overview in my portfolio other Altcoins that I suggest will be Binance, Monero, Stellar, Electroneum, And Presearch there are Coins that came and go that I take off from my portfolio, I am just trusting a small number of coins to sure lessen my losses if something happens with its value.

Cryptocurrency future is like making the one way so if you want invest now you need to trust a single investment for your future and it will be like you need to be get convenient profit at the future of your life so I think the best investment in today's situation and in all situation is bitcoin

As a newbie I find your post a little confusing; you need to slow down
At first I saw your post encouraging everyone to dyor and not rely on anyone

But here again you are asking for opinions to build your portfolio.

Is it that you do not follow your own word regarding research works ?

Once again I encourage you to dyor and build your portfolios

Buy only those crit forks that already have very large productive opportunities. Such cryptocurrency projects will have good opportunities and great growth in the future. So keep that in mind.

I think that half of the portfolio should be Bitcoin and Ethereum. For the rest of the money, you can buy promising altcoins. I would not recommend buying exchange tokens now.

Everyone should understand and study the project that comes in.

My top coins:
1. Bitcoin
2. ethereum
3. bnb

You should buy waves, stratis and oax because future centerless exchanges will be much needed in the future.
also I think you should get bnb coin.

For short term gains you need to find a coin with a high trading volume otherwise there won't be enough trades from which to make gains from. For long term look at the lower end of CMC for high risk high gain coins which can go 10x very quickly

It depends on the you. This market is highly volatile. If you don't have much knowledge then you can stick with Bitcoin. But if you know how this ecosystem or market works then you can invest anywhere. Whatever you do short term or mid term or long term investment. If the project is good it will give you profit in mean time. And if you know which project to hold which to lose. If I have to make a portfolio then I would pick 30% Bitcoin, 25% high cap coins like ethereum ripple Eos BNB , 20% mid cap coins which backed by great project, and 10% small cap coins with greater risk and rest of them in stable coins or maybe Bitcoin again.

Depending on how much time you can devote to controlling your assets.  If you have enough time to trade short-term positions, this will allow you to make a profit by monitoring the market and the behavior of coins from your portfolio.  With a lack of time for constant monitoring of the market, a long-term position is needed, and only very serious coins for investment.

From what we discuss now, I learn about important things about investments that people do differently. There are 2 types of long-term or short-term investments and of course all have risks because each coin has weaknesses, on the contrary if we can understand coins and good quality like Ethereum is better in the long run. Everything is not easy, but if we are serious in analyzing and having extensive knowledge, it will succeed.

Depending on the investment strategy buying the cryptocurrencies can be various. Long term investors usually invest in reliable projects while short term traders prefer to trade with small market cap cryptocurrencies.

First this is a wonderful post and informative. Yes, I agree with you short term tends to be risky while long term offers a good potential or chances of good benefits. But before going long term, due diligence is needed so as to invest wisely. Many altcoins out there have no value.

From the very beginning, it is necessary to build a framework of the most promising cryptocurrencies. This will be the basis of your basic income. Offer XRP/ETH/LTC. Then you can add a variety of little-known cryptocurrencies and trade in a short time. It is important to understand that such a cryptocurrency portfolio needs serious control. Because the prices are very dynamic.

I would closely follow the new, revolutionary technologies in the blockchain, which offer something especially, something that was previously impossible or difficult to implement. These are currently MIMBLEWIMBLE tokens - for example, GRIN. Especially now its price is at the lowest point and this is a good time to enter.

It is good to buy crypto now that are listed on the top 10 exchange or top 10 list at the coinmarketcap.
It is because for sure all of their was very good and its an advantage for the coins that a high volume and high buy support
to the coins listed in the market, isn't right?

This is a nice way to make money in the token speculation. The best thing about making money in speculating in tokens is that you get to own so many tokens at a very low cost and even a small rise gives you incredible value addition due to large number of token holding. About cryptocurrency, I prefer to still speculate in BTC and ETH. It is an undeniable fact that they will rise again. I prefer long term.