It's nice that KFC is undertaking such a thing, but realistically, who is going to pay for KFC with bitcoins? I want to buy a $20 bucket, I have to spend $20 in fees for it as well. And who knows when my transaction is going to be confirmed. From a practical point of view, this initiative will not bear fruit, at least not in the short term.

Was the ripple price that high 6 months ago? I bought ripple about 2 months ago at the $0.42 level, and I sold at around $3.30; almost 800% of the price. I'm seriously wondering how you got that little profit after purchasing ripple that long ago.

I'd recommend binance. They have a nice app, offer a bunch of coins and the transaction speeds are generally really nice. One problem is that when you trade altcoins, you eventually leave some "dust" behind, which you can't trade further, since the amount is too small. That's the only thing bugging me about binance, other than that it's fine.

I'm hopeful about both TRX and XLM. The time for TRX to fulfill its potential is approaching, and I think the FUD is clearing up a little bit. In terms of XLM, the price has been fluctuating for some time now, and I'd really want another pump to happen soon.

And it's already back in the store. Until the price settles for good, we may see things like this, where vendors who were accepting btc previously stop doing so because the price is so volatile. But the fact that they picked bitcoin back up shows how important bitcoin is. So no need for additional FUD right now.

I think $5K in BTC is too little. It depends on how much risk you are willing to take, of course, but you shouldn't forget that altcoins are very volatile and their trajectory can change very suddenly. Leaving 5K of 35K in BTC means you are leaving around 14% of your investment in btc, which I think should be increased. I'm a rather risk averse person, so I would go for a 50-50 split. As always, you should decide for yourself.

I think it's a good time to buy. The price has been stable around $0.16 for some time now, but I think the next push towards $.30 is going to happen soon, the market has been testing it in the past few days. I feel like $1 is not impossible for XVG in the near future.

I'm not entirely sold on Ripple keeping the second place, there is simply too much uncertainty and speculation surrounding Ripple, and I feel like the price of Ripple can crash very quickly in the right circumstances. I think it's not a safe investment in the long run.

Even though the price of a single coin may increase due to coin burn, I saw an increase of like +300% within a day, which simply looks impossible to me. The pump period is about to end, and when the dump inevitably comes, a lot of people are going to be unhappy about it.

How much will Oyster Pearl rise though, realistically? It's already sitting at around $2.4, and major increases from that point on are rather difficult than buying a coin at like 5 cents and then waiting for it to reach 50 cents.

I'm definitely not thinking about Ripple in terms of a long term investment, but I think the price will definitely increase once again, we will probably push towards $4-$5. I would definitely hodl until then and sell when the price is high again.

Coins that are providing good anonymity solutions are going to be very important this year, so I'm waiting for the price to go back up. I had already bought some XVG when the price was low so I have already made some profits, but I'm waiting for another price pump so that I can unload some of my coins to buy XSPEC.

I think it will definitely go back up eventually. I was thinking that the price would have immediately hit $5 if coinbase had started listing ripple, but even though this didn't happen, the hype around the coin is too much for the price to just fall back and stay there.

Depends on why you do it though, people may be in the bounty game for some quick cash. Depending on your situation, $500 today may be more important than $5000 in a year, so I don't blame people who cash out their tokens.

This thread goes on to show you that the price increases and decreases constitute a circle. People are probably pulling money out of alts and investing in btc (since the btc price is increasing), but do not panic sell, the prices will eventually come back up.

I don't think of altcoins in terms of their long term prospects or their valuations and so on. I'm concerned with rather short term trajectories, like what will happen within the next year or so. As such, based on the stuff I read on different forums and twitter, it looks like the price of TRX will continue to increase.

I think in terms of the timing of the investment, now might not be a right time to invest in altcoins, since I also feel like the price of bitcoin will start to increase soon. So I think people will start to pull money out of alts to invest in bitcoin, which will initially lead to a price drop for altcoins, but they will eventually increase again.

You have to stop checking prices every second, otherwise you will go crazy. Read up, buy some coins which appear to be logical buys, and just HOLD. Do nothing, don't try to day trade, don't try to outsmart the market. Never panic buy and never panic sell. Up until now, every major coin has bounced back from drops, so unless you have invested in absolutely useless coins (which, based on your portfolio, you haven't), just be patient and don't panic, even if your numbers are red right now.

Don't listen to people who say $60 is not enough money to make a meaningful investment. Altcoins go crazy from time to time, so sudden increases like +100% within a day are to be expected. You can increase your money very quickly that way. It's just a matter of patience and making the right decisions at the right time.

I haven't seen anyone who is well informed about the crypto scene speak in a hopeful manner about Ripple. It has obvious fundamental flaws but no one cares because they are making money at the moment. I myself had purchased some when the price was still low, and I'm waiting for the nice price push so that I can make some good profit before the price crashes.