2017's so far been the most active year, I wonder if it will come down for a bit or keep with this frenetic pace.

Unfortunately, I didn't benefit much from all this, but anyway, for good or bad, the fomo sure did its magic.

Unless you are trying to profit with every up and down the market has, it's probably best you don't look at it so often. Like with everything, there's going to be risk, but you might want to look at something less volatile if it's too much for your nerves.

With the scaling developments, it could grow a bit. Although, the market doesn't seem to care too much about upgrades when picking. Or at least it doesn't look that way to me.

You should mind that ETH has a much larger supply than BCH, too.

I still see the ones I pay attention to higher than where they were, say a couple weeks ago. While they might not have done as well as the likes of LTC, still good.

Existing crypto could do that, too. Well, maybe not the volatility part.

Thing is, virtually everyone perceives incomes in fiat, heck a huge number of people in developed nations work for the government, etc.; fiat has an established circulation, while crypto is attached to this existing system.

If they trade it for other crypto, it would probably just inflate the market further, but if they try to trade for fiat, then it should crash the market.

People with that much stand to become some sort of crypto monarchs by just keeping the crypto at this point. Assuming it just keeps growing and growing.

My tiny portfolio is diversified into alts as it is. In any event, no exit plans from crypto as a whole.

I'd certainly diversify outside crypto if I had more assets.

It is that way for us small people, but it should be more predictable for the whales with access to massive amounts of liquid. Although, they could intentionally mislead us too.

Anyways, us making predictions this long term would be just for fun imo.

You should check how large the gap in price is even among major exchanges right now. The Korean ones are usually ahead in all these bull runs, but never seen such a large difference before.

Fair point, but then again trusting an exchange or anyone to hold your crypto isn't any better, it's actually riskier with the lack of regulations.

Not to say there aren't risks in having access to all of one's own funds at any given time, when there's many out there willing to harm you for them.

Yes, I think these are more likely to work than straight up asking for the keys as suggested by the first post. Due to laziness, careless or convenience a lot of people might use the same logins and fall victim due to that.

Buyer confidence, but it does make one wonder why is it favored so much over the alternatives.

Is it really that much more people getting in or the few rich buying more?

It's not impossible, but even in less democratic societies, the elite should also among the biggest btc holders and proponents. So, they might not care to go against it, and instead see it as a way to help cement their position in society.

Well, yes. Still, I'd disagree with the negative impact, its usage at all, even if for negative purposes, grows its relevance through circulation.

Maybe. I'll tell you as soon as I find my crystal ball.

Unless you are a big player, with tons of funds and capable of influencing the market, what one can do is just an educated guess, which often isn't all that reliable.

One way or the other, the path isn't going to be a straight one.

I don't think there needs be one specifically for it, it could be contemplated within existing courses, or added to them rather.

I could be wrong, but I think crypto is more likely to replace some payment processors rather than banks per se.

While it might play out well for you, this is almost akin to gambling with someone else's money. It's your life though.

I think so, but currency as we know should in time become obsolete as well. The future isn't all that predictable, just look at how much it's changed in mere decades.

The singularity.

Personally, I'd like to see more energy efficient coins at the helm.

The added privacy makes it one of the best coins to actually use as money. I still find it to be among those that are mostly good for people making larger transactions, given the relatively large fees transacting with it involve.