I really like this observation. I remember vividly when I buy in projects which have plans to move to binance chain or immediately after moving to Binance chain because of pump, then I don't joke with that FA. Right now it's crystal clear that the hype has died down drastically. This is how we follow trends in crypto, they come and go so always make the most of any.

You don't need very technical knowledge to write a Whitepaper. Some projects just fine-tune what's on other white papers, or write what they can never achieve on it. Reason why if you only rely on what's on Whitepaper when making research about a project, then you are good as someone who didn't do any research. In essence, if you are a good writer, why not, you can write a peper. Some writers who know nothing about a particular project from onset get paid to write their whitepaper because that's their job, the team then provides information needed.

On the list I go with Kucoin, Okex and Huobi since I trade with them regularly and I'm impressed so far. I also trade on Gate.io and it's fair. Bittrex used to be my favorite but not anymore. Kraken is cool too even though I don't use it regularly, but coinfalcon and okcoin 🤔 I doubt if they are supposed to be on the list. Why didn't you add Bitfinex?

Nice read 👍 Crypto.jobs looks interesting to me, maybe I'll check it out thoroughly soon. I keep thinking if there will be a platform for crypto related jobs that will compete with the traditional freelance platforms mainstream? This will take time to be achieved anyway. Also, this forum (Bitcointalk) have some very cool sections for crypto jobs, talking based on my experience and earnings so far.

And you took mcaffee's prediction seriously? Well, personally I followed his project hypes wayback, even though most end up being crappie, and it got to a point that most people didn't take his predictions serious anymore.

Damn, only ignorant or greedy people will still fall prey. So people still do crypto ponzi schemes? That's weird kind of, since by now I believe crypto enthusiasts will be wiser. Or maybe they defraud those who have no idea about crypto? I'm still trying to figure this out. Onecoin really ripped many people off their hard earned funds, I read an article some time ago saying their founders have been apprehended.

Nice points but for now the war threat died down already so has no impact on the market. I also think it's organic growth, but we have to be careful from 25th January to 8th of Next month since Chinese new year might cause a dump, I'm not sure. However, I'm impressed with the market lately, it gives hope.

LSK is cool but not in my portfolio anymore because I've been waiting to see projects who will use their platform but none till date. I've been following them, they've been giving steady updates but it's not enough. I'm impressed with the LISK CORE V2.1.4 and LISK wallet updates, yet projects have not started building on LISK platform.

Obviously true because most IEOs are still crappie. The truth sometimes is like a bitter pill, very hard to swallow, I like the fact that you pointed out their similarity. Well, IEO is still better than ICO if and only if the IEO is done on a reputable exchange and not otherwise.

I was holding BTC, ETH, XLM and few altcoins but converted to USDT today. After the Chinese new year which spans from 25th January to 8th February, I'll buy back my holdings. Aside BTC, ETH is the best coin to buy with huge potentials in my own opinion.

In as much as blockchain technology has impacted many sectors positively, the governments still see crypto as currency for crime, tax evasion, and associate it with many unlawful scenarios. It will be a hard nut to crack for government to accept crypto mainstream because they claim they are protecting their citizens. However, crypto acceptability is slowly creeping in, from merchants accepting crypto for goods and services, to crypto being used to purchase property etc. It's just a matter of time but won't be easy to come true.

Most altcoins to me provide short to mid term profits, not long term comparatively. It's a good thing OP pointed out that Bitcoin influence on altcoin is still very obvious until now, which is the more receive why a wise man will have a considerable portion of his portfolio in BTC. Just very few altcoins give more long term benefits when you hold.

Scam and hacks, are too major reasons why centralized exchanges are questionable, that's true. But we keep using them to trade because for now decentralized exchanges still have a very long way to go in order to replace centralized exchanges (I sincerely doubt if it's ever possible anyway). BCNEX withdrawals above 50$ can't be paid, it goes to pending state without a cancel option. It's clear that everything is not right with this exchange. Most times we preach "do not keep funds in centralized exchanges" but in the real sense, many people are caught up unawares when they trade on the exchange and they get affected.

If history is to repeat itself, Bitcoin halving stands out as a very good catalyst to cause market uptrend leading to bullrun. However, I like your choice of words. The market uptrend presently is great, I really like the slow and steady movement even though the upcoming Chinese new year might cause a retrace before the actual FOMO due to halving.

The issue is not whether it's cool to pay with crypto for gas, but the main hindrance is that use of phone is forbidden in gas stations. Maybe if this will be implemented, it might require a better approach, but if not competitive with the traditional FIAT payment for gas, then it's somewhat baseless. Well I'm impressed with OP's thoughts on crypto mainstream use case, even though this one is questionable.

Central Bank coins to me will be stable coins, with very negligible fluctuations, hence not threat to cryptocurrencies. The more reason why they will be stable coins pegged to FIAT is because the government won't want speculations to affect the price obviously. Well, I don't really have a deep insight on this for now, till any central bank coin is officially launched, then we will know better.

Definitely halving and other amicable news are really causing this uptrend. Well, honestly I will soon convert to USDT to avoid history repeating itself amidst the Chinese new year coming soon. By February, I will get in BTC and some ETH, big time. I really hope things will continue going well this year, it's a very good start.

Lol All these so called deflationary tokens are fake projects, I wonder the dummies who hold such tokens for long term. After BOMB, so many similar baseless deflationary tokens were created mainly to make money and nothing else. Most have no use case, the deflationary concept in the real sense doesn't solve any pain.

BCNEX is likely scam. I was so astonished getting the mail for the bcnex giveaway. I didn't bother to click it because I'm already obsessed with the exchange. My USDT is hanging there, I was trading BCNX/USDT earlier and when I decided to withdraw, it was "mid summer nightmare" for me. I don't know what kind of system maintenance is that, probably scam. Now they want people to deposit for the giveaway 🤔 All these new exchanges with credibility issues.

BSV is in no way comparable to BTC in terms of acceptability, recognition and blockchain architecture, even though Craig Wright claims  BSV is a revamped version of BTC. The massive uptrend for BSV is not a good reason to wonder if its better than BTC or will in future. I think some guys who bought in after the huge pump might get trapped soon at dip, just my opinion.