We've been in bull territory for a while now. The question is whether BTC will lead or whether alts will go up at the same time. It's been a bit of everything recently. One thing worth noting is that a lot of alts fell harder than BTC did, so they may rise higher in percentage terms.

ETH is a good long-term hold, but if you are switching between alts then I suppose it depends which alt you are moving to - they all have up and down cycles against each other, so do it when ETH is at a high.

It's a difficult situation. More and more ICOs and exchanges want KYC now, which makes anonymous coins more valuable in theory, but the problem is that there are fewer and fewer places to exchange them anonymously. I think they will always be around and always serve a purpose, but there is a big effort underway to remove anonymity, it's just an inevitable condition of mass adoption.

As of the last few weeks, we are back into cautiously optimistic bull territory, so I would say the coins to buy now are those that were hit hard by the big dip, so any good quality alt will do, so long as the price drop is purely the market falling and not anything specific to the coin itself.

It was oversold... finally!
Just as when prices rise, they tend to rise and then drop back, so when prices fall they tend to fall too far and then bounce back up a bit. We had that after the December low, a rise and then stability for a while, and now that is translating into more bull-like sentiment.
Nothing more to it, I think. Just that sentiment was bound to turn eventually once we had fallen too far, and now it has.

You need to supply more convincing evidence - or at least some evidence at all! Nice try though
I do think some alts will be huge, but certainly not every alt. There are bound to be some good ones flying under the radar, but people need to be aware of what these coins are offering before they buy in.

If it could only be one coin, then BTC - maybe it won't grow as much in percentage terms as some others, but it's far lower risk than anything else in crypto.
If I could split across three coins I'd be boring and say BTC, ETH and XRP - different use cases and all good projects.
Extend it beyond three coins and I'd start picking some lower cap stuff.

I agree that hardcap and softcap are definitely useful indicators when assessing an ICO. Quite often they do look unrealistic, and more about grabbing money rather than building funds for a project. Having said that, sometimes high caps are legitimate if a team has very ambitious aims and a clear roadmap of how these will be delivered. It varies by project, but extravagant hardcaps can certainly be a warning sign.

TBH I don't like any of these coins from bitcoin forks. I don't see the point of any of them. Even Bitcoin Cash has absolutely no use or purpose. I expect over time they will drop to very low prices; the only thing keeping them up at the moment is speculation.

Yes there are still good projects out there. Do bear in mind though that even the ones that succeed often fall in price when they first hit the exchanges. But these are of course all projects that are just starting out, so don't expect huge prices straight away. It will likely take at least a year from ICO before any working product is available and the coin starts to see any rise.

I'm still undecided about EOS, I don't know how much of it is hype and how much is genuine potential. It is certainly an interesting project though. I have a few different coins at the moment, and if I decide to diversify further, then EOS is certainly one of the most likely I'd buy.

We have come quite a long way since this post. ETH dropped below $100, and has now returned to the $160s... signs are still encouraging that the market is becoming more bullish. I would expect ETH to push up beyond $200 fairly soon, probably at the same time that whole market cap moves up past $200b as ETH price is still largely dependent on how the rest of crypto performs. But I do expect the recovery to continue.

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ETH has encountered some resistance around $180 a couple of times recently, but I think it should be able to push through. Long-term I'm very bullish on ETH, it is still the number one smart contract platform, and competitors still have to prove themselves.

I like Cardano/ADA but it is one of those that is heavily hyped, whilst still being in the early stages and not really properly tested live and at scale.
I would say be optimistic about this project, but also wary of the hype.

Personally I am happy that the market is growing slowly and steadily - we have seen what happens at the end of 2017 when there is a sudden huge rise.
I would say the general trend is bullish now, especially with the higher volumes that we've seen recently.
This is all short-term stuff though. The question is what do we think crypto will look like in say 10 years' time? I am convinced that it will be huge, and a part of everyday life (even if largely unseen because of automation). So I see any dips (and also any peaks) as just steps towards this long-term position. It is easy to get discouraged when there has been a fall in price, but long-term (at least for good coins), I think the outlook is very bright.

Yes, different countries have different rules (or even no rules at all). And plenty of people ignore it anyway. But it is always good to be informed of what the rules are, so that we can all make informed decisions rather than being unaware.

One reason is tax considerations. I am from the UK, and here a crypto-to-crypto trade is a taxable event for capital gains. If you buy $1 of BTC, then it goes up and is now worth $1000, and you then sell that $1000 of BTC for $1000 of ETH, then you have made a $999 profit on your BTC, which is taxable. This is why I no longer trade very much. I know a lot of people ignore tax considerations, but I'd prefer to play by the rules rather than gamble that crypto trades will never be traceable. If you do pay tax, then you're gambling that prices won't drop - in the example above, if the $1000 of ETH dropped to $1, then you have assets worth $1 and also tax on the $999 earlier 'profit'.

I think the bull run has started already, we have seen upwards movement since December last year. It is going well at the moment, but a long way to go until we return to ATHs - can't see new ATHs happening this year, but maybe next.

I'm not sure about this. The way that money moves from fiat is mostly through BTC. Yes it can be done direct with LTC, but it's not the main route. If I see LTC price jumping then I would expect this to be in large part because of people selling BTC, so driving BTC down.