It looked like a rally with prices rising for around a week but it was not sustained so it is therefore categorised as a small correction following a massive dump. The rally is likely to begin after the bakkt next month

Most people will tell you not to store crypto currencies on an exchange, but of all the exchanges coinbase is the most trusted. Overall i would say it is safe to store it there as a beginner, then move it to your own wallet later

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This is usually the reason for the dump because people need extra cash for Christmas gifts. However, it has already crashed so I wonder if it will go further to help pay for Xmas

Each coin has it's own use and bitcoin is for investments as a store of value until converted into a usable coin. Altcoins are usable, bitcoin is for big transactions until lightning is released

The game is not currently on, you will find that the game is on pause. The prices are either going sideways or down but when the pause button is released it will pump damn fast

Crypto is already banned in India so does it matter if they switch to this bitcoin hating finance minister. I don't think it makes any difference globally, but in India it will take a long time to gain acceptance

It's only for business based miners with a warehouse style setup, or for people with free electricity and don't want to bother with other altcoins. There are are serious miners closing shop due to the price drop but that will change next year as the market recovers

I often wondered what happened as well, the default fees can be rather high but I was too worried to push it down. If there is no urgency i'll lower the fees if they won't be lost

The problem with open source is that it leads to copy cat clones and forks, but without open source you will find malicious hidden programming where parts of your funds are shipped to someone else address

Being discussed in the media and also searched for on Google is a good sign that bitcoin will not death spiral. There is too much interest and demand for it to die completely

Although there is no definitive guarantee the almost guarantee is the bitcoin halving event which will take place in 2 years time. However, I'm sure it will pump before then

It's not something long term investors should be worried about. For those that trade on a weekly basis they will be experiencing hard times, but if you can wait it out, just have patience as it will rise again

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I wish i had lots of spare money right now, i'd buy up everything and not just bitcoin. Lots of alts are on sale as well, anything below $4000 is really cheap! Coinbase has just released OTC trading so it might not be cheap for long

2018 is most certainly like the great depression, it is making me depressed and probably many others as well. At least there aren't any stories of suicide, or none that have hit the media yet. Lets hope bakkt will turns things around

The bottom is probably around $3500 as it is too cheap to let that opportunity pass. Most of us will buy as much as we can at that price, even if everyone just buys fractions of bitcoin the price will hold or perhaps even rise

With bitcoin and other crypto all of these transactions can be traced, all they need to do is force them to provide the bitcoin wallet address and it can be traced showing how many coins have been paid for whatever transaction. Better than these shady banks and their hidden deals

It is pumping again but as we all know those market manipulators can be real a holes. This is likely to be a dead cat bounce with prices plummeting again after a few days. Watch out for the bull traps

By immersive technology I am guessing virtual reality which has nothing to do with bitcoin. It is up to those companies to accept btc as a form of payment, some icon's are introducing their own alts for this service