1-2 years is a long period of time. EOS may be listed in that timeframe if it has Ethereum-alike status up until then. But I highly doubt it will be one of the next coins. And I highly doubt they will manage to trick investors in their whaling games for such a long time. So it will be a move downward for EOS after they launch the platform.

Holochain caught my attention today.

New Tech. Respectable investors. 3x already on IDEX today. Some call it the new NANO/Raiblocks.

I am FOMOing, still not buying because I have to do the research, but it seems interesting for now.

Skycoin seemed to hold steady through the whole bear market. I think they have the potential for a big move soon if they get traction. Project is very old and years of development have been put in up to now.

What do you mean "the first hashgraph project"? Hashgraph is a patentet technology by swirlds, so only franchisees can use it. Everything else wouldn't be considered to be "hashgraph".

All of the projects right now are creating hype with announcing news, because it is a bull market and a lot of money move around.
I am in love with Ethereum for a bunch of reasons.
From the smaller ones, Waves seems a solid ecosystem.

France is definitely going pro-crypto. They took a liberal stance on ICOs and now reduce the taxes for cryptos. There seem to be quite a battle between European countries for attacting the crypto money in their ecosystem.

The social platforms Minds is starting a token on the Ethereum blockchain. I really like it and prefer it over Steemit, although is it 8 times lower in traffic and views, but I see bigger potential there.

Hedera Hashgraph if you are OK with a patented technology and permissioned blockchain. On the up side, they bring innovation in the ecosystem.
ICO is only for accredited investors, but there should be some pooling going on I guess.

Maybe not anytime soon. Or maybe never. The total market cap of currencies is non-camparable with other assets. And Bitcoin is going for exactly that market.
Other coins will exist, but the market potential for them is lower.
There is nothing to do with devs, brand or anything else. This will just make Bitcoin will in the currency sector. But the sector and its potential is the fundamental factor.

Advisors' role is very controversial, because a lot of ICOs abuse the advisor list. I can easily imagine a deal with some mercantile advisors who agree only to be listed on the site in exchange for some tokens.

Some advisors do a lot of work for the projects, others barelly show up.

John McAfee was listed as an advisor for Sether. A while after that, it turned out he charges $105,000 for promoting ICOs. Do you think he did any real advising and work for Sether? I don't.

I love Amazix. They are clear and consistent with their rules. No surprises. Everything is delivered as expected every time. Plus the projects they manage are really good and raise money.

It can be dangerous:
1) for your finances, if you are not careful enough where you are sending your money and how you store you passwords/private keys
2) for yourself if you are bragging too much how much money you have made.
3) for your mental health if you are not used to risk/reward situations and volatility

Shivom is pretty hot right now. Over 32$M raised and still going.
XYO network and Essentia also seem solid to me. They are starting soon.

There was some problem. I noticed too. Couldn't deposit tokens for a while and missed a trade at a good price.
Small exchanges are buggy. Will improve in the future I guess.

It's an interesting portfolio. I see you like data coins. You probably have too many of them, so you are bearing some risk there. SelfKey and TheKey? Why both?

I am curious how you got with exactly the number 19K USD. Are you refering to the ATH Bitcoin price? Because they have nothing in common.
Will Ether reach 19K USD? I doubt it. Probably if it is one of the 2-3 majot platform in 10 years, it may be possible.

It is tough to predict what will happen. There is still over a month to the platform launch.
If we use the past as a sign, usually there is a pump before a long anticipated event and a qucik sell-off after it happens.

I have heard and read so much disturbing stuff about the whaling in Steemit, that no new facts can surprise me.
The question is, whether this is just a small game on a low level, compared to the really useful platform for users they are creating.
If they create something better than facebook, who cares if they split some millions.

Experts or pump & dumpers? Nobody can be an expert in 30 different coins. You can know what 30 projects are for, but to be an expert you should be very deep in the project or invested tons of time researching it.
I am seeing pump & dumpers getting active again as usual in bull markets when dumb money enter the market.

Dive all in! Today! We are still all newbies. Even Buterin, Antonopolus and the other big guys are very conservative in predictions when talking about the future. Everyone waits to see how this will play out.
Learn the ecosystem, identify your skills and how you can contribute. Money are everywhere in the ecosystem now. Just do something of value and you will be rewarded generously. Don't just sit and trade coins and read news.