I can just laugh at these all day long. No research,no statistical data,just assumption based on what people call thinking.
Just the beginning,definitely,for its your say,right. Where exactly do you think bitcoin will fall? Pits? Drains? A bit huge hole,if you know what I mean..
More large-scale projects,you mean ICOs? Yeah surely they will be the ones to defeat the streak,if only they are legit enough.

Tron,Ripple and Stellar were pumped ,in case you did not know. If one gets pumped ,the other gets dumped. Do you know why ripple is struggling to recover ever since that pump. Here's the math. Ripple's total supply is 38 Billion. Bitcoin's supply currently is 16.8 Million.

38 Billion * ripple's all time high price,     =38,000,000,000*3.84= $145,920,000,000
16.8 million * bitcoin's all time high price,=16,000,000*20,089   = $321,424,000,000

From the above data*,ripple almost came to such a position where its market cap came to subject that of bitcoin,people dumped it in fear. My point is ,if any altcoin comes even a little bit close to ,here in this case its 1/2.20th of bitcoin's market cap,people tend to react than respond. Panic selling in other words.
Speaking of Tron,yeah its whitepaper itself is plagiarized.*
And Stellar was hacked,a couple of weeks ago.*

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*Resouces:-
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/historical-data/?start=20171029&end=20180129
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ripple/historical-data/?start=20171029&end=20180129
https://hackernoon.com/trons-whitepaper-is-copied-plagiarized-cefce74335ce
https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackwallet-hack-400k-in-stellar-stolen-hosting-provider-possibly-at-fault

One ,they moved to South Korea after the Chinese bloodshed. South Korea is known for regulation. So your details are not only with Huobi,but with the regulatory authority of South Korea most probably. The security flaw can be from your side too,before you blame anything,provide proof that make sound.
Its not a Bot,its how freaking quick markets function,Huobi is one of the biggest exchanges of crypto,people are going crazy for its tokens. And those Vip fees are especially for Korean whales who like things to function quick,and Huobi makes a hell lot of profit from it. The reward system ,its technically not exactly a reward ,we all know who benefits from such rewards.

It is poloniex that you're contacting here. They were known for being a good exchange with worst support, and now that status goes to worst exchange with worst support. All you can do is wait and wait and wait, until they change their mind and respond to you, don't piss them off by sending multiple support tickets, one of the main problems with users. Hopefully you should get your money back in one month's time.

Problem with exchanges? Accounts are getting disabled? Servers are going offline? Too bad, there is one good exchange which solves all such issues. Use  shapeshift.io for your trades, you don't have to worry about anything other exchanges having their wallets under "maintenance".
You should never store your coins in your wallets. Use the wallets which gives access to your primary keys.
Exchanges never were, never has and never will be stable enough for users to trade without the fear of them losing their money.

He was being sarcastic in other words he was joking. Use C-Cex at your own risk, read more about them in scam accusations, just use the search bar and type any exchange's name, you'd find what all scammy shit they have done.
You want to deposit fiat and buy bitcoin, use localbitcoins.com , they are the best when it comes to security of funds when you buy fiat, then you transfer your bitcoin to any other exchange and trade or whatever, and for selling you do the exact opposite. If the fee is high don't get disappointed, it's worth for what you're getting.

Not only that, South Korea's second largest banks is integrating a new feature called virtual bank accounts for crypto users where they can send and receive their currency directly with their exchange,or at least something like that. Here is a link on what it is more precisely :- https://bitcointobanks.com/blog/2018/01/20/developers-in-the-desert-googles-oasis-for-startups-in-dubai/

The system is great, one of the best things ever, finally theymos did something that everyone was asking for.
The merit system is not fully into its effectiveness but surely over time people will start using it. But what is the purpose of this thread? There are tens of threads discussing pretty much the same topic, criticism and suggestions are happening all around, don't see that there is a need for this thread as it is not bringing up anything new.
Edit : Even if some people use merit points to formulate a new business plan, this would not be possible much, the merit points records are open, so they shall be tagged accordingly.

It depends on demand and supply forces, aka the market forces. Things happening all over the globe related to bitcoin also help in determining the factors. The price is relatively lower and is diminishing because of reasons like futures getting expired, rumors of South Korea banning crypto exchanges. All that matters is on how people  chose to react to the market conditions and subsequently how they respond to it. If they panic, they sell and if they don't, they decide to make a more smart decision .

Change in Humanity? Nah. Humans are assholes,mate. They would remain to be so.
Bitcoin is just,a thing,which a few people "like" and use it for ,I don't know,to get rich? I see no other reason why.
Why are people scared of it? Well,we all know that,they don't know anything about it and they don't want to risk their money into it. They are afraid that their stupidity will lead them to lose all their money and they instead want to blame it all to bitcoin,its existence,its users.
Some don't like it just because of the fact that it is decentralized,so they misunderstand it to be illegal and they might end up in jail and a criminal record or bullshit.
Fucking people!

Well, not only newbies anybody who is in a state of mind filled with greed and hunger for more and more money would fall for unrealistic, quixotic and starry-eyed schemes and what not. No one wishes to do due diligence, they just see the offers the websites are "willing" to provide to their very good and loyal customers and they fall for it and later they come whining and bitching about it. People use internet as a medium to get scammed instead of learning something new and something that would benefit them. Two types of decisions that people make that either ruin them or build them up. 

Seriously ,investing more than 10,000$ in C-Cex? The blame is just as equal on the person who did so ,along with C-Cex.
This account,C-Cex has not been online since 4 days. They have hardly posted anything since 20th December. They just came back from vacation,so I guess they are taking care of the issues or whatever.
And I respectfully say that it is your mistake to use that exchange even after they misplaced funds,knowing that you "trusted" the exchange ,well then that's something you should have thought about before depositing your money in it. However its of no use of arguing as that is not going to solve anybody's issue. You're angry and you are right on your place,but before you say anything,think twice,think in the bigger picture.
Had they not been a trusted exchange,they would have gone down long back but yet they are still alive. Do you see what point I'm trying to make here? I just wanted to warn those users who didn't know about it about the real Verge . Here's link to the discussion about it:-  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2646189.0;all
I'm placing  blame ,giving a fair warning to users of not only C-Cex but for users of any exchange. Look I had been using bittrex for far too long and one day all of a sudden they reduced my withdrawal limit from 3BTC to 0.4BTC. I didn't want to trust that exchange anymore,hence I moved to a cold storage wallet.

I know that plenty of people have lost their holdings of verge for more than a month. They went for vacation immediately(?) and they returned a week ago. C-Cex is a very old exchange,had they wanted to scam someone they would have done it long ago. And you think they will run away with Verge,like seriously? Verge is a shitcoin and is a coin with fake rep. Also,you people are not realising that only a few members work in a support team and the more tickets you send,the more likely is the chance for them to get ticked off and not answer your queries. If you really want your money back,wait for a few more weeks,stop clogging their network with annoying same tickets over and over again. They should answer you in some time,*hopefully*. I don't guarantee that everyone would get their funds back,but you have got to hear the other side too.

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This is their address as per walletexplorer.com :- Old one though,new one is not updated (?)
https://www.walletexplorer.com/wallet/C-Cex.com

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Time and time again people have been warning users not to use an exchange as your permanent wallet. Use electrum,or ledger or trezor, the last two are paid wallets,but its totally worth it. Plus,stop using verge. Its especially,only for pumps and dumps.

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Man,patience. If C-Cex really care about their reputation,they shall respond soon enough. P.S ,don't mistake me to be their sock puppet or something,I have had issues with exchanges in the past,but I was patient and my situation was solved soon enough.

You have got to be kidding me. You create a thread in the exchanges board, to find out if you're scammed or not or whatever. Now you want someone else to create a scam accusation thread for you? That's preposterous as well as asinine. This is a forum for discussions and you're free to create a thread with some cause /reason. Just ask the users who lost their Verge in that exchange, and make a scam accusation. But be sure to hear from the exchange first.

Only one thread right, that's good to be honest. People thought bittrex and poloniex was better and just look at the number of accusations against them.
Please do provide a valid proof, create a new thread and see what's reason for the issue. I'm sure DT members would help you out in some sort of way by giving C-Cex  a negative trust, though that won't help much, they wouldn't want to ruin their reputation, so they should probably respond soon enough. I didn't look much into their case, so I'm not guaranteeing anyone.
If you really think that the exchange is bad, don't use it, don't you not do your own due diligence before you use an exchange? If you don't, then the blame is on you too.

To help you two out, do the following :-
Contact the staff of C-Cex here in this forum, send them a pm: - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=220467
Wait for a couple of weeks and see what they have got to answer. Don't send too many support tickets in their exchange, limit it to one per user, the more you people send the tickets, the support team's burden increases and the response from them would get nothing but further delayed.
If they do not answer at all for weeks, open a scam accusation against them here: - Scam Accusations
They should probably reach out soon before that, so anyhow I wish you people good luck. Please don't use exchanges as your wallet. It's a terrible mistake. Use shapeshift as your exchange, you don't need to make an account , you just need to have a to and fro address of two cryptos.

Hey,welcome to bitcointalk.
Try pming CEX's staff in this forum. Profile:- CEX.
CEX should solve your problem in a few week's timespan. Until then,sadly you have to wait. Also do not send several support tickets to the exchange,your original request will go further more down,the staff will get clogged with requests which may not be good for you. Have some patience,bud.

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I'll give this a whirl. Will set things up if I get accepted.

You seriously think bitoconnect would never come back? I highly doubt it. They would be back with another ponzi so, shady and scammy ICO sortish thing.
Bitcoin takes a dip so be happy, you can buy again. Regulation is a concern but don't worry about it for sometime, they still don't figure out on how they plan to implement regulation on crypto.

Well said! Striking words. I'd seriously suggest you to firstly move this to serious discussion board before people spam the shit out of it.

Moving back on the topic. Money is political, very much agreed. Politics is all that matters now, not only for money but for the survival of the entirety, like say the possibility of the third World War. People want money, leading them to get pride alongside glory and honor to themself. Money makes a person wild.
Technical attributes of money is just for debating and arguing with one another. At the end of the day, if one has huge share or has tie up with higher authorities or if he himself in such a state that he can influence decisions as per his will, then no one actually cares about the technical aspect.
I'd like to contradict this very point for one sole reason, this is totally influential. The purchasing power of people comes to play here. If you're in favor of the political party, then you don't have a problem. You're rich, given other factors obviously. We live in such circumstances where people are producing luxurious goods and inferior goods are becoming costly because of such. Eventually a day shall come where essential and giffen will price the same.

People thought bitcoin would make a difference but think twice its not doing any help. The same is happening over and over. People say gold is not owned by any country specifically, yeah sure why not. Keep telling that to yourself. A day shall come where we will come into a situation where even we would say yeah sure bitcoin is decentralized.