The next final weeks in 2018 will be riddled with sharp drops and pumps, but I think it would be in the range of $400 - $600.
And any proper rally, could be the catalyst for a cryptocurrency summer period.

The list looks very spurious and lacks credence in my opinion as most of the names on the list are very unfamiliar, notwithstanding it's not a new idea that ICOs has been on the decline and majority are either outright scams, poorly developed, fail to raise any significant amount or just a replica of some other project.

I once heard a saying that, trading is the process of taking money from the impatient and giving it to the patient.
And one has to lose for another to gain.
Even during the bullish run, others had to lose out for one to win, it's the nature of trading in any area.

It is mostly inexperienced traders and investors who panic at every drop in price. Volatility is a common n factor in cryptocurrency, and while we are optimistic about a pump in price we should always consider that it could go the other way.
And try to predict the market movements, that way you would not be caught in the middle.

Selling and cutting your loss is not the best decision in the current situation.
The ideas and prospects you saw when investing are still very much present, also market circles were a distinct possibility.

If you have zeroed down on shifting over to stable coins, you have effectively narrowed down the options, a quick search could give a clear description of all, and you select whichever you choose.

I do not know of any global legal action in the works which plans on regulating ICOs.
The Security and Exchange Commission, SEC, exercises a degree of control, but that's is hardly a new story.

Regulations would surely be ideal to protect investors, but there would be side effects as well.

I do not agree with this argument, and cryptocurrency is not held back by investors, sure a shake out of all panic sellers is ideal, but how actual is that concept, we have had so much pumps and drops,to greater degrees than we are witnessing now. That should have been sufficient to shake out all weak hands.

We need all kinds of investors in this space.

I never subscribed to conspiracy theories about Bitcoin and peoole in dark suits manioulating the entire system.
Bitcoin is an asset which has a speculative value.

Your topic is directly related to bitcoin, you might want to move it over to Bitcoin discussion

Hope and optimism should never be adopted as a strategy to approach the cryotocurrency market.
It doesn't look good at the moment and considering the present situation this year would not see a bull run.
This is the nature of the Bitcoin market

Cardano is a good currency with a working product and use case. And it has been free falling during the recent Dio with no upward movement. This is about the lowest it has been in a while. And a good time to invest.

One step would be to not take recommendations from ico rating sites, and do your own research before venturing into any investment.

Ico investment is at a very low at the moment with investments dropping. And reported scam cases rising.

Ripple seems to thrive better in a very unstable market and this is the time it usually usurps ethereum. I wouldn't call it a war. Such movements happen in CMC but not as often at the very top.
Ethereum would regain second spot when the market levels.

I have always approached each coin as a unique investment and the generalization of all alternative currencues is an idea I have never taken up.

Bitcoin set the pace and we have had a.couple of successful fast followers who took up the baton and entered the race.
Some also saw an opportunity to get quick profit and hence we got scam projects.

Projects are of different rates and the team has different levels of experience and expertise.
A super project with a standard team could pull of their olans even in the bearish market, as it is at this time that enthusiasts are looking for quality projects to hold on to.

As for the lesser projects which pushes back their timelines due to the unfavourable market, it doesn't automatically make them bad projescts. The market has been very unfavourable.

Also some scams hide behind bad market to make an exit while the project is dumping and abandon the project mid way.

It all depends on the conditions in which the holders acquired the coins.
Bounty hunters who did not buy their tokens but rather earned them through taaks are more likely to dump on exchanges.
Also some projects offers large bonuses and this compels investors to dump as they would profit even selling at a lower price.

But an investor is unlikely to sell lower than s/he got the tokens for.

I believe you are referring to the market capitalization of all cryotocurrencies. Well when it decreases or increases it is not as a result of withdrawal.
Market cap is gotten from the product of the total supply and market price, and when the market price goes down, so does the market Cap.

ICOs have come under bad publicity of recent with an increasing rate of scam projects.
Of course the market is partly responsible as it limits the progress of a project, especially those handled by an underqualified team.

In the midst of the rocks, there are a few precious stones and they are wont to stand out especially as everything else is falling.

'Worth investing' is a very ambiguous term.
Your desire in aoroject depends on what you want from that project.
Quick return on investment
Practical use and application

As a newbie you would be do best to avoid ICOs and go with already established coins which are high on the ranking in terms of market capitalization.

I personally use blockfolio, it's an easy to use and with a wide variety of information on coins.
Market chart which can be adjusted to different durations.
You can also use it to compare prices on various exchanges.
It also provides signals on projects.

Well this is very helpful and would help give others tools to arrive at their own conclusions about the project.
Your post is probably better suited for the reputation board.
Nice analysis and research.