Whenever the stock market crashes they switch to gold instead as a form of safety. However, there might be a new form of gold in the way of bitcoin. This is going to be the preferred choice, better gains and easier to spend when needed

When pakistan starts to embrace crypto and their economy begins to compete with that of india they will change asap and fire the idiots who decided to block it in the first place. India has a big population, they should allow them to invest however they wish and provide jobs to the local people

They call rising 5 to 15% a good year No wonder people are looking at switching to crypto. They are probably begging for bakkt more than bitcoin hodlers so they can get a chance to put some investor funds into a real market

From the mt gox scam we know that the exchange owners use our funds to invest for their own purposes. Fiat exchanges like coinbase and gemini have enough bitcoins in cold storage and cash that we pay in to cover any major dumps. They must be using any spare for investing

The dominance level is still very healthy, it allows for growth in the altcoin sector and for a better crypto market these altcoins need space to thrive. These alts offer much more than bitcoin and developers should be encouraged to continue their own blockchain projects

OPEC will increase / decrease production to ensure that the price of gas is continuously high. Bankers aren't bailing out just yet, there is still money to be squeezed out of these sheep. When the stocks start to fail, they will switch to bakkt crypto markets 

When bitcoin becomes mainstream across the globe paper money will be useful as toilet paper. Paper is easy to transport in the analogue world, but now we will be paying using our smartphones with bitcoin wallets via RFID

Fed raising rates will have a negative impact on everything. However, it is likely to affect the stock markets more. Crypto investors follow the fluctuations in bitcoin mining difficulty and during special events like the halving

Sounds like a big deal if they can pull it off. Stock traders are just as bad as crypto traders, they would love to be able to trade 24/7. Crypto doesn't sleep, it doesn't shutdown, this could be a win win situation for everyone

Denationalising money is already taking place - in crypto. Gold was a global currency but failed due to logistics, now bitcoin is taking over as the new gold. National money won't be needed if they all adopt bitcoin or create something like the petro

The bear market also tells you which coins get dumped first, these are the ones that people don't really care about - only a punt with a little hope. Most will hang on to major coins like ripple, Cardano and other top 10 coins.

America is already bankrupt. They are trillions of dollars in debt and have no hope in hell of paying it back. Their only hope is to buy up loads of bitcoin and wait for them them to be worth a few million each. This will at least reduce it to a more manageable size

Miracles will happen this year, the BAKKT is almost ready and after that the SEC will have to approve an ETF. The taxman is missing out on so much of these much needed funds, they need to get their act together to get a piece of the pie

Youtubers are either paid to shill from bounties or they are simply shilling what they have just purchased themselves. They are useful for listening about the latest updates about something you are interested in but the market won't move because of it

Bitcoin has experienced several bear markets including ones that last for over a year. In fact the one we just suffered from and are still suffering from has been for longer than a year. There is a slight correlation between the two so hopefully when the s&p makes a comeback so will bitcoin

The malware targeting weak devices is worrying as they won't have any anti-virus protection, also it will have to infect a shed load of devices as they won't be able to mine much with those weak CPUs.

ETF applications got extended last time which is a good sign that they are taking it seriously. Perhaps they were checking the volatility of the price, which sadly went downhill proving that bitcoin is indeed volatile

Crypto is related to the stock exchange so it's not surprising that bitcoin took a real battering in 2018. However, smart companies will buy up cheap stocks and now bitcoin so a recovery will begin in Q1 2019

He is in charge of $12 billion in assets so why doesn't he put his money where his mouth is and buy up all of the bitcoins he can get his hands on. Ask the Mt Gox team for an OTC trade so he can get the highest gains in 2019

Greed is what brought most people to crypto in the first place! Can't say it's the technology when most people have no idea what the blockchain is about, they think bitcoin is the blockchain. Good thing they have coinbase to help them invest