Pity for anyone on this forum who is caught up in any exchange issues regarding keeping their coins in them is a waste of time and emotion. This is one of the first lessons that I learnt when I joined this forum, that we should not keep our coins in exchanges, if it's not your keys it's not your coins. The recent issues with top exchanges, like you mentioned is very worrisome, another example is Patricia, an exchange, in Nigeria, that was hacked sometime this year, till now their customers can not get there funds.

Thanks OP for this important reminder, it is good that we hear it once in a while, so it'll always be fresh in our memories.

The resistance has broken and as of today bitcoin, price is over $43k, it is amazing, because it has exceeded many people's expectations. As you predicted people are are still buying, this is probably why the price is going higher everyday. There is high expectations next year because of ETF, halving that'll be followed by ATH bull run, I'm expecting the price to hit $120k, that's me being modest, it could go higher. So far, despite the massively pumped price, it's still not too late to accumulate in readiness for the coming bull run.

Although I didn't have crypto knowledge in 2018, but I really don't see how bitcoin, pump and dump will affect the forex market then and now. They are quit different, one deals in fiat currency, while the other is crypto currency, and except it's the same people that are trading in the both markets, I don't see how the market trend of one will affect the other.

When you talk about the cryptocurrency market, bitcoin is undeniably the king and pacesetter, other crypto coins depend on it's trend to determine their outcomes. Now that we're going into bitcoin, bull run, altcoins, will be preparing to experience bull run too, because bitcoin investors will be happy and willing to buy altcoins, because it will be very profitable.

It is not good to be Jack of all trade and master of none, so as OP talk e good say make we de prioritize our needs in the order of dem importance. Meaning say no matter di pressure for your work place, make you first concentrate on di one wey you de effective pass, so you go fit de productive at di end of di day. No be how far but how well, so in order to give your best, make you no come de busy for nothing without quality output or productivity, na to face di work wey you sabi pass. If you be carpenter no go de do electrician work, because at di end of di day, all your busyness and efforts go be in vain.

Your information is a new angle for me to look at memecoins, all you need do is know the factors that drives each one. In this case as you've said it is privileged information from whale pump and dump groups, although how to get this information still beats me.

For this Wojak memecoin, in question, I'd say if it lives to see bitcoin, ATH, then hopefully the bull run will rub off on it with new investors, and it'll revive again and be profitable.

Everybody in the crypto space can not deny that bitcoin is the king and most outstanding of all crypto coins, so one can not go wrong in it's investment. And if a person wants to diversify their options, it's more preferable to do so in old and trusted top altcoins, they'll give near assurance like bitcoin, better the devil that you know than the angel that you don't know. Normal profit that I'm sure will happen is better than high profit that I'm not sure that I can cash in. I like to minimize my risk, instead of aiming for maximum risk, that cannot guarantee my ROI.

It shouldn't be a problem, so far a gambler has alternative sources of payments, other than bitcoin, it's to take advantage of stable coins and altcoins, to make deposits. Bitcoin high transaction fees is a big disadvantage for it's usage to make payments for now, due to mempool congestion. It's only advantage for now is perhaps that it's somehow compelling people to keep accumulating and  holding, so they'll have surplus to sale and make huge profit, during bull run.

User protection fund is good, it at least gives their customers some assurance that their funs is secured, no matter what happens. Assurances like this are necessitated by the fact that people are loosing confidence in exchanges, even the well established ones, due to obvious observations that have been happening lately.

Truth remains that even with these features, as you've observed, as long as their customers do not have control over their coins in the exchanges, then there's no full assurance, in the case of the exchange shutting down.

It's sad that these terrorists and mentally ill individuals use religion as an excuse to  commit these murders, I believe that there are also monstrous individuals that stay in the background that brainwashes these mentally ill individuals to kill innocent people for no justifiable reasons. If I didn't have Muslim friends who are very responsible, I'd have ignorantly associated Islam with terrorism. The activities of terrorists in the world are increasing, so nations should increase their security alertness to protect lives from thethi hands of these murderers.
 

He's now in the right place to learn everything there's to know about cryptocurrency, all he needs to do is stay active in the forum. I joined this forum without a single knowledge about anything related to crypto, and today my knowledge has increased significantly, now I can give advice to the extent that I know. Besides following and engaging in discussions of areas that interests you, there are also numerous helpful links in the forum to increase crypto knowledge. When OP is ready to put money in crypto, I'll also advice him to start with bitcoin, as his knowledge increases, he can decide to buy altcoins, but he must consider the risks involved in choosing the right altcoin, to buy.

Choosing a right investment option is very important, because there are a lot of hyped projects out there that are not worth putting money into. So it's very important to make a thorough research before investing your hard earned money into anything that you're not very sure of. In cryptocurrency, bitcoin is the safest option, besides being the first crypto coin, it has proven to be the pacesetter in terms of leading in bull run, where other coins follows it's part, and your money is safe and profitable in it.

Be very choosy when it comes  altcoins, because many will come and disappear with investors money, so I'll advice that you choose from the list of top altcoins, that'll give you the same long lasting and profitable guarantees as bitcoin.

Bitcoin is the king of crypto coins and you're very safe to stay in bitcoin, especially now that bull run and ATH is around the corner, so you can't go wrong with it. But if you must buy altcoins, I'm old school, so I'd advice you to stick to it's top coins, like ETH and BNB, they will not promise you very high ROI in the shortest time, but you'll still get high value for your investment. But if you have the shock absorber for high risk, then you can gamble with new coins, they're profitable, but you never know the ones that'll diminish before you cash in.

I have limited choice when it comes to altcoins, so I won't know much about the ones to forgo, it's only top atlcoins for me, even so, I can only narrow it to only two, ETH and BNB. So I don't have much on my list to scrap out. As you said, best time to acquire more is when they're undervalued, they probably can't sink lower than that, it's to wait until they start to pump again, then sale. But I won't take the same risk with new altcoins, despite their hype, because I like to buy into what I'm sure that'll stand the test of time, even for lower profit, not the ones that'll
promise very high profit, but probably be dead when I'm ready to cash in.

I'm guessing that OP must come from a wealthy family or is very rich that he doesn't understand that because he has and sees food, clothes and luxury items in abundance, that there are millions of people who don't have food to eat, clothes to wear, not to talk of the privilege of owning luxury items. For his information people still buy second hand clothes, cars, household items and they're grateful for it, so having these things in abundance shouldn't make anybody to feel that life is that rosy everywhere.

This is the mindset of some people who are brought up in a palace, they think that life is a bed of roses, they should go to the other side of town and see what hard life is about.

This is wield to us that have understanding of how gambling works, we know that gambling is risky, and it depends on luck to win. I bet that some people who don't have this knowledge will fall for this kind of scam, because people wants sow very little and reap bountifully. The trick can work if you're ignorant about how gambling works and someone you know comes along to sale you the idea that when you invest in gambling, within a short time that winning will happen and you'll gain ×1000 of your investment. It'll surprise you that naive people will buy the idea and put in their money, but it'll take a gambling addict or a scammer to ask someone to invest their hard earned money in gambling

Me and OP now have a better understanding about Bitbavo, they're affiliated with bank, that means that the government is in the know about your crypto transactions. Exception of trading, if it were bitcoin investment or a payment method, OP should have just relied on p2p, to hodle and sale, and evade government interferences. In my country, the central bank placed ban on banks to facilitate crypto transactions, but this is not a problem for us, we rely on p2p and exchanges for our crypto transactions. Although cryptocurrency, is not yet regulated in my country.

This is a very sad development, I sympathize with the families of the victims of this crime. Terrorists are unleashing their terrors on innocent people in the name of religion. I have Muslim friends and all of them do not support the activities of these terrorists, who commit these barbaric crimes in the name of Islam. The fight against terrorism is a global concern, so every nation needs to show concern and offer assistance to nations that these wicked humans are terrorising. I believe that the sponsors of these terrorisms have hidden agendas, they're just using religion to cover up their real intentions. Let the whole world rise up to these responsibility to crush these terror enemies.

Thatnks for the precautionary advice, especially in this Christmas season, scammers will want to capitalize on people's ignorance to enrich themselves. It is very important to verify the sources of links that is sent to us, that promises tremendous rewards, because at the end of the day you will be the one rewarding these scammers.

I've always been skeptical about new altcoins, because of the unpleasant experiences of forum members that have lost their investments. We should look beyond the hypes of these projects and consider if they'll be durable in the crypto market, because most of them will end up shitcoins. This is why my preference will remain bitcoin, and of course top altcoins that have proven their worth.

Your talk make complete sense because di rate wey we de take see links for our Facebook, WhatsApp, telegram and others, di thing no get mate. So na to just de ignore dem be di thing, or make sure say you verify di source very well before you enter di site, because most of dem wey de promise rewards na scam dem be. No be only through phishing links, some na through our family and friends, dem go tell you to take money register to de eligible for money wey one charity organization wan share, I don lose 2k registration before through dis kind scam. Person wey wan help you no go tell you to bring money to collect di help money. This scammers go collect registration money from thousands of ignorant people and disappear.

I agree with what you said, if an investor has the capital then there's nothing stopping him from investing in the top and new altcoins, altogether. Like you, I'll also advice to give preference to the trusted altcoins, then invest what he can afford to loose on new altcoins. No doubt that new altcoins, are more profitable in the short term, but you don't know how long they will last in the market, they can diminish with your capital while you're waiting for them to increase more in value. But with top altcoins like ethereum, they might not promise 20× pump, but you're certain of your ROI. Bitcoin, remains at the very top, indisputable.