The biggest media sponsors in general are banks and governments, they have a lot to lose with the rise of cryptos, they naturally try to manipulate information, but anyone looking to learn about it will see how these new technologies have potential and can revolutionize various niche markets.

Bitcoin is multifaceted, it can be labeled currency, asset, commoditie or some other definition, but the important thing is that it has value, people exchange things (fiat currency, products, work for it etc) by Bitcoin, and the more people do it more it will be accepted, we still have a long way to go, but whatever the label Bitcoin has value and has come to stay.

That depends on how much you are willing to invest and take risks. I think leaving a 30% in Bitcoin and investing the rest in altcoins a good strategy. I would bet on different niches, it depends on your targets, whether they are for long or short term. Here is a list of low-medium-risk currencies:

ETH
LTC
NEO
XMR
BNB

And some medium-high risk currencies:

NPXS
ADA
ZRX
EOS
DCR

The risk is great, but the reward can also be. To do all in Bitcoin or some altcoin is something extremely risky, but in an investment portfolio it makes a lot of sense to reserve 10-30% (depending on the profile) to invest in that market. Blockchain has come to stay, whoever hits their bets will surely have big profits.

Anything is possible, but I do not expect a price pump this year unless we have some relevant news, but in the current scenario it's quite unlikely. I'm holding onto my target for 2020, I think the true potential of the price will start from there.

The moment is very uncertain, but it is certainly not the beginning of the end. A slow and deep correction, we do not know how far it goes, but everything fits, and sooner or later what has value in the market will recover.

The Blockchain market is booming, making some bets can yield a lot of profit. I would put 30-50% in Bitcoin, and the rest in strong coins, already consolidated projects and bet on some ICO's and new projects. Following the maxim, do not put more money than you can lose.

Investing in ATH is not foolish but irresponsible, any analysis in any market shows this. Those weeks of insane euphoria have left sequels that are felt to this day. How many came in thinking of making easy money and became hodlers.

The market may fall further, several factors point to this, the timing is pretty pessimistic, but for those who are well placed it is time to buy good projects at interesting prices, cheap tokens, many people in panic.

Bitcoin dies every time the fiat price falls ... Many people have entered the boom last year, whether for hold or trade, and many are losing money with wrong choices, bought Bitcoin to get rich or make easy money, and only then were looking to see what technology was. This move will still happen for a long time, when most people know what Bitcoin is, and the power he has, 100k USD will be a bargain.

NEO - For me it has as much potential as Ethereum, we will not only have a winner in this smart contracts niche, and I believe NEO has a lot of potential to grow in the coming years.

BNB - A good bet, Binance has stood out day by day, and strides to be launched the largest exchange in the world, it seems to me a low / medium risk bet.

These two coins are a good option to have in the portfolio.

Bitcoin is the reference for cryptos, and its price ends up influencing the whole market, the most traded pair is usually altcoin / BTC, there are few pairs in fiat that have an expressive volume, and this explains much of Bitcoin's influence on other currencies. Maybe in the future this will change a bit, but Bitcoin remains the main driver of this market.

I think the price will go up to 20k (and go much further) but not in the current scenario. Bitcoin is still a risky investment, and at the moment investors who can make the market floor are going for the dollar and American Treasury bonds, only in a scenario of higher thirst for risk than this factor would be positive. On the technological development side, everything is quiet as well, and the next halving is in 2020, so unless we have news I only see a strong rise in mid-2019.

It is difficult to get down to 3k, mining would be unfeasible in several places, and we could have a hashpower reorganization, or maybe that's what somebody might want ... the scenario changes very quickly, we need to be aware, but a fall for this price level would be quite painful for the market, certainly a slow recovery.

I think the Coinrail hack and the price manipulation investigations on some exchanges may have affected the price, but we also do not have fuel for new highs, the market was walking sideways for a few days, and with that news had what it needed to fall.

Of course there may be blockchain without Bitcoin, but I do not see a blockchain more relevant than Bitcoin in the next few years, it was the first and remains the most robust and reliable, all this movement that is underway was triggered by Bitcoin, so if a technology as disruptive as it does not emerge, it will be Bitcoin that will stay on top.

It may be a brutal collapse or a slow death, but most coins will be worth little or nothing, only what has a real use will survive in the market. It is possible to compare with the beginning of the internet, many ideas have arisen, some have worked, but most have failed.

This variation in price does not mean that Bitcoin is dying or people are losing interest, the market is very volatile and subject to manipulation. If price falls it is a good time to buy and accumulate more.

This is relative, the initial idea was that everyone would mining with CPU, which was spoiled by Asics. It is very volatile compared to fiat, but 1 Bitcoin is always 1 Bitcoin, this has incredible value. The "problem" is how much fiat it takes to get a fraction of Bitcoin, which makes it so volatile.

It is not possible to do an average, something that varies a lot, you can participate in dozens of airdrops that are worth nothing, and pick one that would yield hundreds of dollars, depends a lot on the project. And lately the demands are very great, including kyc, it is best to focus on signature campaigns.