bitcoin is already subjected to regulation, while some country have decided in completely ban the crypto some countries are taking strict measure to regulate the coin citing the effect of what such coin will have on the economy of the country but most importantly we should not forget that there are still still some countries such as australia that are exploiting the potential of the blockchain technology to distrupt some local technology which are already in existence. furthermore regulation or no regulation nobody can kill crypto except the internet is shutdown.

if you dont want to take a risk I doubt if you can make it in life. you see all those millionares you see today they have one way or the other risk alot of thing in their life. so is crypto also involve risk. sometime you gain sometime you lose. people spreading FUD are those that have not invested because nobody will invest and want to lose. This happen to be the one of the qiuet moment for all crypto investors but we should not worry keep holding your coin but never forget the lesson you have learnt.

what affect the price of token is the trading volume. when there are many buy order than sell order, the price of the token will increase which is what is generally refers to as pump but when there are so many sell order, the price will fall. in the case of token allocated to bounty hunters, ones they are paid, most bounty hunters (I said most but not all bounty hunters dump coin) go to exchange to sell there coin which make the price go down. this may get worst if the amount allocated for bounty is much higher. however organic growth will start after token are being dump by hunters.

I think crypto investors are random set of new investors that are new to investing in cryptocurrency. many of them do ask some general questions which shows they are new to investing in crypto however there are still some old investors that still believe in ICO. I do not think investors can get tired of investing in ico because new investors are entering the business however negative news about crypto and ICO may be the major reason for low turnout in the month of may.

I do not understand your definition of a scam project. you think because the price of the coin you are holding is not pumping up as you were thinking which make them a scam project. secondly I do not think you understand what coinmarkepcap do. coinmarketcap is an online crypto market capitalization listing site. they rate crypto based on the volume traded daily. crypto generally are facing alot of challenge especially since the beginning of this year and that is the reason it is becoming tough and tough for even ICO to be successful talkless of already existing project.

ranking up is difficult since the introduction of merit system but it is never impossible because I have seen some member earning merit. if you want to earn merit you should be ready to deliver something that you believe will be generally be acceptable and helpful to members here on bitcointalk. especially the senior to legendary member because they hold higher merit and they may decide to merit your post if they find it helpful.

This is normal. it happens everytime there is deep drop in the price of crypto. I feel the market is just recovering and no body can say maybe the pump will go a long way before we will see another fall in price. this is what crypto has been witnessing since the beginning of this year now and you maybe right if you say the bull is running the market (if not whale ) however the same bull will dump coin in due time

if you want to invest in any ICO I will advise you to do your own research well before investing. you must know that investing in the ICO is not as lucrative as it use to be before but if you want to invest make sure you invest in any  ICO that have a working product. those one are more reliable and you can make decent profit from it. always look out for ICO with a good roadmap and service that will be generally acceptable in the future. you can check my signature for GRE ICO.

In my country why some people do not believe in crypto is because of negative news such as scam accusations that they have heard before about the some scheme that have failed in the past using crypto as one of the payment processor. MMM, bitclub are few of the numerous HYIP that has swindle people in the past. therefore its very difficult to gain attention of such people by talking to them about bitcoin and other cryptocurrency.

well I have been into altcoin investment for a while now and I think it is the best time I wait and get good return on investment before converting my altcoin to fiat and ones i do so I intend to invest in landed property and other real estate business. I was told that land dont depreciate like altcoin. some percentage of by investment will also be use in purchasing treasury bill. although the interest is not much but it is more reliable and nothing like scam will surface at the end of the day

This day reaching soft cap is becoming tougher and tougher for ico and that is the reason why they are extending the date. just for them to raise the more money for the platform. and that in turn is responsible for increasing the deadline for bounty as well

depending on the ico. listing a coin in exchanges comes in different way. there are some exchange that demand for huge amount of money before listing your coin and there are some that does collect small money while some may be free. I think most ico this days do not want to list their coin on time especially when the coin is not an utility token. some of them will continue with their roadmap and list the coin if they discover they have reach certain level of rigidity.

six month is goddamn too long although i have witness this before. not up to 6 months but around 2 month (60 days) after the ICO. most of them will explain that the reason for this is because they dont want their coin to be used and dump but the most important thing is communication. if the ico is still much active and they always provide answer when you ask them anything then you may have little confidence that your bounty will be sent after six month provided the ico is not dead

that is the reason to do research for yourself. do not just jump into conclusion base on what you read on listing platform. some top ICO listing perform do not list for free. they are being partronize by ICO company to list their ICO on their site. there are agreement which both party will need to fulfil and that is the reason why you see favourism in ico listing sites. forget about rating, they are being bought. if I want to get high review plus good rating on my ICO i will pay listing site good sum of money to get it done.

almost all token being introduced to the market today have some similar token which is already available on the market. cryptocard, exchange, markeplace, AI etc. are few of the numerous ones. you can access the future value of any new coin by comparing it with the value of the already existed similar project. also the general acceptability and popularity also determines.the most important thing is to know when to buy ones you find any coin that interest you. I love to buy when the price is deep

if you are accessing the level of risk, i will tell you bitcoin investment is more risky than bank investment but the profit margin is very high. sometime you may not have full figure of how much profit you can make from investing on bitcoin due to so many factors which can be positive or negative. the higher the positivity the greater profit and vise versa. bank investment profit can be calculated even before you invest and this profit is fixed and may not appreciate or depreciate except something extremely terrible happens in which the bank will be held responsible.

You sound mentally defeated but if I am you I will not totally put my mind away from bitcoin but have it at the back of your mind that what is happening today is nothing unusual it happen even in traditional stock market. I do not write off what you have written but all the same always invest what you can afford to lose. I joined crypto investing after working for crowdworking (crowdflower) platform for 4 years and I must tell you i am not regretting this. Even though sometime things get tough but above all crypto still pay my bill

bitcoin is structured around decentralized system but it can be make centralized by third party and that is exactly what we are witnessing today. many exchange platform have succeded in making trading of crypto to be centralized as traders are not in control of the asset on their system although there are still decentralised exchange but. the same thing applies to other ecosystem and merchant that accepting bitcoin or make use of bitcoin as they can have control over customers account.

of course the volatility is one of the factors that have great influence inacceptability of the coin for making payment. and this is actually limiting some great merchant and ecommerce from accepting crypto for payment but however, It does not stop them also from making crypto as part of the payment. volatility has its pros as well the most important thing is how are the crypto recieved by merchant being managed. when i sell crypto for local exchange, they pay based on the price of the coin at the point they want to send my payment.

you speak so emotional but you must understand that cryptocurrency investing is not do or die affair. just like any other investment, cryptocurrency as well is also risky. we are all limited about what we know about the crypto. many of the reasons given for limited rise and sudden fall in price of cryptocurrency are subject of concern. to me it is just hoax. nobody have proves of so ever about this. my advise for you is not to invest what you can not afford to lose to prevent yourself from emotional breakdown.