In everything that you'll do if you are in deep panic or fear never do or make decision for you might regret it in the future. I guess most of us have tried making bad decisions specially when we do panic selling. Panic selling is very common to emotional investors. Those people always tend to panic sell the coins that they are holding because of huge dips. In order for you not to become an emotional investor you should spend some time to research about the coin or token that you want to invest your money in for you to have faith and believe in its technology. Lack of knowledge about the technology that you invested will always result to panic selling.

I've been an emotional investor few years back. Sold during huge dips and regretted when the market starts to recover which is always the trend and just a normal cycle of the market. Right now when I see bloodbath or huge dips from the market I just ignore it and try to hold on to my coins or tokens which I believe most. I know that sooner or later the market will correct itself and will go back to an uptrend which will make me more profit.

It has always been the trend when it comes to the performance of the cryptomarket. If value of bitcoin will go down so as with the other altcoins. It's like every value of an altcoin is dependent on the value of the bitcoin since bitcoin is the basis of its price and it is the king of all coins. The good thing right now is we do have Tether where in it is used as a safe haven for some investors that wants to avoid the bloodbath that's been happening in the market right now. Some investors make a stop loss using tether since its value is somewhat stable compared to other cryptocurrency.

Once again don't be afraid of this fall of values since what comes down must go up. Sooner or later the market will correct itself and we will again see the an uptrend performance. Goodluck with all of your investments and have a good one!

This is mainly because there are people who uses bitcoin in there ponzi schemes to scam money. I can't blame those people since they lack knowledge about bitcoin and the blockchain that's why calling it such. Sometimes lack of knowledge into something will make people become skeptic and just talk shit to things that they don't actually know about. I myself talk shit about bitcoin few years back since I don't have any knowledge about the technology thinking that it was just merely a scheme to scam peoples' money but I was wrong and regret that I never invest in bitcoin, it could've made me so much profit.


I concur. You just have to show them your portfolio and the profits that you've made from crypto and its their loss if they don't believe in you.

This is the right time for us to profit more by buying altcoins that we believed to skyrocket by the end of the year because I'm quite sure that crypto values will increase and the market will recover from this huge dips. Just try to pick the coin that will have great performance by the end of the year. Here are the coins that I highly suggest for you to add up in your portfolio.
I'm not an expert but I do believe that these coins do have potential to increase or double its value by the end of the year.

1. IOST
2. EOS

Those are my top 2 altcoins that I really believe in when it comes to technology and they do have huge potential to skyrocket in the near future. Thank me later. Goodluck with your investments and have a good one!

Common platforms of elected officials in improving the people's way of life but those are just merely promises specially if you live in a third world country where in lots of corrupt officials sitting their ass off just to steal money from the government. Sad but true, this is the main reason why lots of under developed countries have been struggling to attain financial freedom even in their homes due to less job opportunities that should be provided by the government for the betterment of their people.


I concur but there are lots of things in life that isn't taught in school. I know education is the key to success but I've known some people that are already professionals with good degrees that are still in a rat race.

We need to teach our young ones how to manage money and don't spend more than what they earn. It's financial management that could change our lives.

As long as there are still idiots that's gonna invest in shady ICOs they won't stop scamming. There are things that needs to consider before we invest our money into ICOs. Aside from reading the white paper which is where the persuasion part is allocated, we need to research as well if the people behind working the project are real. You need to assess as well if the project that they are working is realistic that can be used in the real world and not just all promises. I know lots of people made money through ICOs but we need to spot the legitimate one to avoid any loss of investments and always invest an amount that you can afford to lose.

You can refer in here as well on how to know if the ICO is a scam one. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1963768.0

Don't worry about it, take it as an opportunity to add your investments. What goes down must come up. Sooner or later all the cryptos will be on uptrend we just have to be patient since we all know that crypto is very volatile. I'm not an expert but I'm positive that by the end of the year all cryptos will increase its value. We just have to wait what the future will bring and take advantage of this dips for more profit in the future.

If you believe in the technology of the coin that your holding then hodl. Don't let your emotions rule over you and regret in the future and always diversify your investments.

Around 3,000 cyber-Swedes have small, rice-sized chip implants. They’re part of a study to monitor microchips embedded under the skin on the back of a person’s hand.

In a gesture that’s as simple as a handshake, participants can swipe or wave a hand to pay for shopping, book train tickets and access buildings. The tiny implant can effectively replace credit cards, physical keys and tickets.

“The biggest benefit I think is convenience,” said Patrick Mesterton in an interview with the AP. Mesterton is the co-founder and CEO of Epicenter, Sweden’s startup hub for technological innovation. “It basically replaces a lot of things you have, other communication devices, whether it be credit cards or keys.”

Signing up for cyborg tech
Microchipping has been around for years. British scientist Kevin Warwick received an RFID implant in 1998. He used it to activate lights and open doors. Companies such as Biohax and Dangerous Things make near-field communication (NFC) chips which can be used to store Bitcoin wallet addresses and other sensitive data; unlock their cars and start their engines; or log onto their computers easily and conveniently.

It may be difficult to justify having an implant surgically wedged into the flesh of your hand, between your thumb and forefinger, when the sole purpose is for easy access to the gym – when you can just keep carrying your access keycard – but cryptocurrency wallet addresses are not as easy to remember.

Meet Martijn Wismeijer, the marketing manager at Bitcoin ATM manufacturer General Bytes who calls himself the first man to become a “human Bitcoin wallet.” In 2014, he decided to store his private Bitcoin keys in chips that he had implanted under his skin. He explains how he made his body a walking Bitcoin ATM in this mind-bending TEDx Talk.

And there’s Patric Lanhed, a software developer at DigitasLBi who embedded a small NFC chip under his skin so he could transfer Bitcoin between two crypto wallets – all with his hand, no keys required.

Today, bio-implantable Bitcoin wallets are still considered cyborg-creepy, despite social norms that have made lip implants, cheek implants, butt implants, breast implants and many different cosmetic injectables everyday procedures.
With 3,000+ Swedes turning the tide toward embedded chips, it may not be too long before crypto enthusiasts, mired in wallets, passwords and strings of digits, decide that the best way to keep track of their digital assets is with the flick of a wrist.

source: https://dailyhodl.com/2018/05/22/cyborg-technology-can-put-bitcoin-in-every-body/

This is a very interesting and awesome innovation. I just don't know if how secure will this be, given the fact that the chip is in the back of our hand and we all know that there are some hacking devices that can just scan chips that are near to it. Will this put an end to some hardware wallets? What do you think of this invention? Will you risk your life bringing huge amount of bitcoin at the back of your hand?

I've tried participating few years back. Invested a decent amount of money and because of greed I wasn't able to convert it back to btc hoping that the token that I'm holding will skyrocket but instead goes down to the drain. I don't want to disclose the name of the token since right now its performing quite well and I was so stupid of not holding onto it for long term instead sold it at a lower price and never profit from it. The worst thing is that I've had my family and friends invested on that token and they lost as well.

Earlier this month invested on that token then suddenly it went to an uptrend so I managed to gain some profit from it in just few weeks. I thought I wasn't able to get back what I lost but luckily was able to profit some more from it.


I admire your patience when it comes to that. If I'm on your shoe I'd definitely give up on that particular bounty campaign. 9 months of waiting for your pay out is not really worth it knowing that the token is not that promising. Most of the promising tokens will just have few weeks or months of ICOs since lots of investors believed in the technology accompanied with good advertising strategy and a brilliant team behind it.

Reading the whitepaper alone is not an assurance that an ICO is legit. There are lots of things to consider like the devs working behind the project, what the project can offer to the public, is it realistic enough to be used in the real world?, does it have many supporters or real people participating in the telegram?. There are lots of scammy ICOs now so better do your own research regarding the project that you wanted to invest. You can check this link on how to spot a scam ICO. It has already been discussed in here and it might help you spot one and avoid being scammed. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1963768.0

This is a very good news to all of us. This is one way of getting the word out about cryptocurrency. There are some people in here that doesn't want to use their credit cards to purchase apple products as gifts to their loved ones for them to be surprised. At least there are lots of payment options to acquire an iphone or any other apple products on the market. Just imagine if those 8 percent of the population will grow to even just 30 percent population in US that will actively invest in crypto so there's a huge possibility that crypto values will skyrocket few years from now. As we all know crypto values depends on the acceptance and adaption of the society.

It really depends on the bounty hunter. As we all know that most of the bounty campaigns will pay their bounty hunters when its ICO is done or their project is being launched so some of the bounty hunters are waiting a lot of time for them to get a price for the effort they've made and then convert it to BTC or Eth before anything else might happen to the token or altcoin that they have. There are some altcoins that experienced dumpings after their ICOs and because of this, most of the bounty hunters tried to evade that kind of scenario where in the token that they are holding will have no value at all. The main reason why bounty hunters are participating in such campaigns is for profit or earnings from the tokens they received not for the main purpose of getting a hold of the coin that they are promoting.


People will always hold onto a coin if they do believe in the technology that it offers but as we all know that it needs time and community support and adaption is needed for a particular project to increase its value in the market. Even if the words or promises written in the white paper is so promising there are still cases that people won't be able to adapt to it or even use it in real life.

They've finally see lots of potential profits in trading crypto. Back where the days when banks are too skeptic about bitcoin that they say its just a hype or even a bubble and yet now they are engaging themselves into crypto. This is the moment that we've all been waiting, so we can buy and sell easily our crypto using banks. This will create big impact on exchanges that has so much withdrawal and transaction fees if banks will create their own trading platform with lesser withdrawal and transaction fees.

This news will help spread the word out about how profitable trading crypto can be. We'll just see if everyone is at the same page that we have right now for the future success of cryptocurrency in the whole world.

If you believe in the technology of bitcoin then you don't have to worry about your investments. Bitcoin has already proven its worth and showed its performance for the past few years.  For you to be secure about your investments in bitcoin you need to research about the price trends from previous years and might as well take into consideration that bitcoin's value is very volatile. This is just a normal behavior when we talk about bitcoin's value fluctuations.

For me bitcoin is the most trustworthy coin to invest your money in. Aside from the fact that it is the king of all coins, it has a mining difficulty over time that could make it more valuable after a decade or two from now.


I concur. It's always by the end of the year that bitcoin's value will increase a lot and goes back down in the first quarter of the next year. I hope history will repeat itself for bitcoin's value so that we can gain more profit and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Yes indeed. We can't ignore for the fact that the gaming industry is so vast that even in Dota 2 they raised more than $5 million  for The International 2018 prize in just a day. There are lots of crypto enthusiasts as well in here that are into online games. This will be the next big thing that could rock our world and yet its not that well adapted to the society. Soon lots of investors will change the way they look at the gaming industry when these tokenized virtual goods will be a trend in the future. We just have to see what the future brings when it comes to tokenized virtual goods. Hoping that this will make a difference and drive more excitement to the public.

It will create a positive effect to Bitcoin since it is the first cryptocurrency ever created and none of those altcoins would exist if Bitcoin wasn't invented in the first place. Even if there are millions of new altcoins coming in and trying to replace bitcoin or correct bitcoin's flaws, BTC will remain the king of all coins because of the mere fact that it has already proven its performance in the market and it is considered as the best store of value of all the cryptocurrencies.

There are still lots of people who have no knowledge about bitcoin, so its one way of advertising bitcoin through a new cryptocurrency or project. In every cryptocurrency that is being made, bitcoin will always be the basis of them all. Those altcoins were made out of bitcoin's flaws so with these new innovations ( new altcoins or project ) it is one way as well of getting the word out of how awesome blockchain technology is as well as bitcoin as the first application of this greatest invention.

I'm not really certain whether those big companies are already accepting cryptocurrencies as payments but there are some car dealers that are accepting cryptos in exchange for the cars that they are selling. You can visit this link http://spendbitcoins.com/places/c/car-dealers/.

We are moving into the digital world and I'm pretty sure that in the near future almost all businesses big or small will be adapting to cryptocurrency to make consumers' lives more convenient.

If you are in Japan you might want to check this link as well since one of the largest Car dealerships in Japan is also accepting bitcoin or maybe some altcoins. https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/japans-largest-car-dealership-now-accepts-bitcoin/

I'm hoping as well that after 3 or 5 more years I can buy my own car with all the cryptocurrencies that I've accumulated and profited. Hoping that my portfolio will get more profit few years from now. Happy hodling everyone and have a good one!

When values of coins are going down its an opportunity for us to buy some more. What goes down must come up so expect a rise of value few weeks from now. This volatility of crypto values made it more interesting as well as profitable if you will take advantage of the fluctuations perfectly. It's not that easy though but if you are lucky then lots of profits will be generated.


I agree with you on this since the prices are low so let's go shopping some coins and take advantage of the future profits. Just make sure that you only invest an amount that you can afford to lose.


Buy low sell high strategy. The only problem if the coin that you wish to buy will go down the drain forever. I know its impossible but you need to consider the altcoin on which you wanted to invest your money in to avoid loss. There are lots of altcoins that are only used for pumps and dumps. So better have a good pick of altcoins to invest in.

Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee clarified that this bullish prediction for Bitcoin’s price after Consensus did not come true, saying that it was “very disappointing”.

Consensus took place from May 14-16th earlier this week. It boasted an attendance three times more than its previous iteration and is a testament to the growing mainstream interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Therefore, Thomas Lee predicted a bump in price over the last week. This did not come to be.

Lee took to Twitter to mention what he thought were the reasons that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies did not gain price over the past week. He said that it was a “week of generally positive news for crypto”, including various institutional adopters and infrastructure developments that came to be during the conference.

The uptick seen in the aftermath of the 2017 conference was not seen, as Bitcoin had a 1.35x growth between 20th  May and 25th May 2017. It grew from around $2000 to a high of $2700 before correcting to around $2500. This year, Bitcoin was facing a bearish market before Consensus and did not recover but stayed at around the $8200 mark over the week.

Lee said that cryptocurrencies were, and have been suffering from an “overhang of regulatory risk” and a hostile reception from financial institutions. The opportunity was offered at the conference to strengthen the community’s conviction. He said:

“Conferences are chances for the community to gather in a centralized place and meet constituents new to the community, it seems natural that the combination of “sanity check” plus “new interest” should strengthen the crypto-community’s conviction.”

He gave the reasons for the rally not happening as the “Consensus sell-off”. Even major announcements were made on the front of institutional investors, with Nomura working with Ledger and Global advisors to provide a crypto-custodian bank service.

Lee predicts that a conclusion must be reached on a regulatory framework, from institutional regulatory parties like the SEC, and that a cultural buy-in must occur by the institutions themselves. The “Blockchain: good, crypto: bad” mentality must be broken to allow for a rally in price.

He mentioned that multiple institutional service providers and institutional custody solutions were released, which indicated progress. However, he said:

“It is obvious that crypto still faces significant internal resistance and hurdles within traditional financial institutions. In our many conversations with institutional investors/banks, we find that specific teams may be enthusiastically committed, but widespread internal acceptance of crypto/blockchain faces hurdles”

He also mentioned that it was encouraging that a large share of the incremental addition to attendance were financial institutions.

Zcash [ZEC] was the major rallying crypto this week as stated by Lee, due to its addition on the Gemini trading platform operated by the Winklevoss twins. Consensus was a great growth for the community.

Lee said that even though Bitcoin has been stated as being boring, and that many offices are looking for the “next bitcoin”, it will be one of the two primary onramps for major institutional trading along with Ethereum. Even as a currency, through payments, it is seeing growth through companies like BitPay and Square.

Lee gave a bottom line on the conference, saying:

“While there was not a Consensus bump, our conviction on cryptocurrencies strengthened during the conference.”

https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-fails-increase-consensus-tom-lee-clarifies/

Lots of people is expecting that there will be an increase in bitcoin's value after consensus but it didn't happen. Good news or bad about crypto won't really affect its value in general. As what Thomas Lee said as per his own opinion that the reason for the bitcoin's value not to increase is because its been suffering from "overhang of regulatory risk". Is this really the main reason of it all that's why bitcoins not going for a full uptrend until the end of the year? Are there any other reasons that we could possibly point out why bitcoin's value is not skyrocketing unlike the previous years performance in the market?

I guess the main reason for all of this is that, the bad news that is tied to bitcoin's name specially when it comes to money laundering and other illegal transactions using bitcoin. If only the government will focus more on the good side of the technology and not try to destroy the image of bitcoin then there will be a possibility that bitcoin's value will break the $20k resistance by the end of the year. It's just my own opinion though since the performance of bitcoin last year is really incredible and with this regulations being added and lots of FUD, bitcoin is really striving hard to get back to even $15k value.

Please share some of your thoughts about why bitcoin's value is struggling to go up right now aside from the regulations that are being imposed by the law regarding cryptocurrency.

This is a very good news to all of us. We waited patiently and here it is being extended. Thanks for the update Madz! More power to IOST team!