Right now about 80% of my portfolio is comprised of Bitcoin and another 10% is Bitcoin Cash. The proportion of Bitcoin has increased during the last 2-3 months, due to the fall in value of some of the altcoins I own.

Eastern European (especially the former USSR) countries are infamous for the difficulty in doing business. Nothing moves there if you don't want to bribe the officials and the bureaucrats. I just hope that the situation in Belarus is different from that in Russia and Ukraine.

The biggest issue with China is that the news coming from there is unreliable. No one knows whether this news is fake or not. The Chinese authorities have for long opposed ICOs. Why should they change their views now?

You are such an experienced user (made the investment in 2015), and still kept more than 500 BTC in an exchange wallet? What would have happened if Bitfinex was hacked and the coins were stolen? Now coming back to the topic, I don't think that their demands are unjustified. A lot of hacks are happening now and they are being cautious. Just prove your ownership and get back access to your coins.

As of now, the long-term prospects look pretty good. The basics are strong, with the trade volume remaining stable and the user-base increasing at a steady pace. The only weak spot is the legal hurdles faced by Bitcoin users in a few nations such as India and China.

In India, the mobile payment options (such as PayTM, Mobikwik, JioPay.etc) are very popular, as they are very easy to use. If Bitcoin can offer a better deal when compared to these services, then definitely Bitcoin can be a major alternative.

What you are saying is correct, but at the same time there is no guarantee that the prices won't fall any further. The overall trend is downwards, and a better option may be to wait until the prices get stabilized.

Saving coins for your children means that you are going to hold on to these coins for as long as 15-20 years. For a volatile digital asset such as Bitcoin, I wouldn't definitely recommend this. It is not meant for such long term investment.

I don't understand why GCC nations such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar can't take any of these refugees. Most of these refugees are Sunni Arab, which is the native ethnic group in the GCC nations. Despite that, Saudi Arabia till now has taken less than 10 Syrian refugees and the other Arab nations haven't taken any of them. They are saying that they have given work visas for 200,000 Syrians. But what is the use of this work visa, when the adult men who get it can't being their wives and children along them?

As far as I can see, North Korea is exercising a lot of restraint right now and they are even trying to repair their relationship with South Korea and Japan. But on the other hand, the Americans are needlessly trying to provoke the Northerners again and again.

I hate it when people post here without knowing the facts. It is true that one of the reasons for global warming is the release of green-house gases in to the atmosphere. But I wouldn't term it as pollution. Because green-house gases are released as a result of natural processes as well.

Government interference is a big problem here in India. A few months back, they even tried to ban all the porn sites!!! Hollywood movies are shown in the theaters with at least 100 cuts and as a result a 90 minute movie is reduced to 60 minutes.

Background checks are already in place, but the problem is that due to the bureaucratic hassle, sometimes mistakes are being made. Even then, I would like to point out one important thing. The vast majority of the shootings within the United States has occurred in Democrat states such as California and Oregon, where strict gun laws are in place.

He has about 2 years and 8 months remaining in his 4-year term. But I find your argument funny. It is true that Trump is caring more about the Americans. He is supposed to do that, right? I don't know from where you come from. What will be your opinion, if your government puts the immigrants before the citizens of your country?

It is going to happen only if the electric cars get cheaper. As of now, the electric cars cost as much as 20 times more than a gasoline-run car with the same configuration. Not many can afford them at these prices.

Fortunately for this guy, everything turned out well. He invested in October 2017, when the exchange rate of BTC was only around $4,000 per coin. BTC investment has given him around 70% returns, while the LTC/ETH investments have given a higher percent return. It was a brave decision to invest using all the savings. But in the end, it turned out to be a wise decision.

Bitcoin looks under-priced at $7,000 per coin. An asset which is having 100 million users and protected from inflation deserves a better exchange rate and market capitalization. So I would recommend a strong BUY advice for Bitcoin at the current levels.

Without a trigger, it is not going to happen this year. The basics are still strong, and the user-base continue to grow. But that alone is not enough. If one of the Bitcoin ETFs get approval from NASDAQ or NYSE, then it can act as a trigger.

I am residing in India, and here the authorities are trying every trick in their book to harass the Bitcoin users. The income tax authorities are sending tax notices to crypto-traders and the RBI has banned banks from dealing in crypto. So I would say that Bitcoin is having an impact here, but in a much negative way.

There is no guarantee that Bitcoin will do better during the second half of the year. Normally when a correction phase ends, there will be a significant recovery. We are still through the correction phase, but no one knows how long it is going to last. It may last for 3-4 months, or it may last for 3-4 years.