Everyone is aware now that things are being tested so I guess those that are in are in for the long term, Q4 would not surprise me, plenty of time to pick up more.

Haha, I think I might join you on that one, there are worse things you can do when you are rich.

Jeez, a Pre ICO, what's the matter with just an ICO?  I don't think this project will succeed, it is a nice idea but I think it may be just a bit too big of a project.

There are a lot of new 'challenger' / digital only banks coming out and they will probably be the ones to achieve the goal that you have outlined. 

Haha, Crazy how he could get away with that for so long.  He would have made a nice bit back then.

Cool idea, thanks for this, will definitely be looking at this as you said the altcoin world can be crazy.

I remember this coin and had quite a few but dumped them along with some XAI Sapience when that turned out to be a scam, put me in a bad mood, good luck with this I hope it goes well.

Ha ha I remember Quark, he must have made a nice bit of dosh on MAX and Quark, from what I remember I am sure MAX went up as far as $5 at one point.

I think Paypal is winning but Bitcoin is the winner, Paypal has the global acceptance but bitcoin has the most to offer and at some point will overtake Paypal as the leader in mobile and online payments. 

If you would post a bit more information it would help you in receiving a better response, what industry, pay periods and so on.

It wouldn't make sense for someone to use these services if bitcoin becomes adopted globally, these companies would need to completely change to accommodate bitcoin, maybe offer some kind of bitcoin to cash service in order to get their fees.

I have found this to be very useful https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bitcoin.bitcoincryptopricewidgets
Although it doesn't send you any alerts on changes, you can have a small widget for each coin you're interested in and then check them every now and again.

As much as this is great for the individual, I think this is one of the sticking points for bitcoin, the fact that the price is so volatile makes it hard to adopt into mainstrean assets such as this.

Although at that time it was a crazy period, I think there is some serious work to be done if we ever want to get beyond buying an espresso in Starbucks.

Simple answer, depends on the coin and the exchange and how much bitcoin you have, remember the golden rule, only gamble / invest that which you are happy to lose.

haha, calm before the storm litecoin is one of those that you hold and then wonder why am I holding? so you dump and then you go back and ask why am I holding lol.

I think if you hold then loooong term you will be rewarded.

Probably due to the unusual transaction, I think anything above £4,999 is flagged as suspicious and checked to ensure no fraud etc is going on.  I think the best move in future is to find a bitcoin friendly bank or at the least contact the bank in advance to notify them and find out what problems you may face.

I could be wrong but that is my feeling on why they froze your account, I would expect better customer service from them though, from what you have said they haven't been very helpfull.

I think maybe the testing is going very well, Bittrex has seen quite the volume today, haven't seen this for a while.

He could be right, bitcoin develoment is slow and will not really change too much, we see altcoins coming out with new ideas all the time I think within the next two years we might just see that one alt that takes over, bitcoin will not die but would act as an investment rather than a coin for everyday use.

All speculation but it is just a matter of time until something else happens.

I think COVAL is one that shouldn't be ignored, although not a new coin in the true sense of the word it has gone through a couple of name changes and now has a decent team behind it and soon it will be moving over onto Coumterparty, at that point I think they will finally be releasing something.

One other is Chronobank, potentially huge.

There is a list which is maintained here and has links to various place, social, blogs, etc
https://www.ico-list.com/

Please, please look into the coins yourself after listening to everyone here as it is your money you are investing, personally I am interested in Chronobank as it is something new and they have had an amazing amount of marketing going on and I like the idea.

When you list an exchange as one of your goals / objectives I think it's pretty plain to see this is not going anywhere except for a quick dump.  At least it isn't another ICO, good luck.