XRP and XLM have really been on moon rides in past few days, the major reason for XRP sky rocketing is the development progress and upcoming SPARK airdrop for XRP holders. In as much as I'm bullish for most top coins, let's always know when to take profit for altcoins generally. I remember setting buy orders for XRP and XLM hoping they fill, but to no avail. However, I'm happy fpr those who are enjoying the pump, I'm also happy with my portfolio presently.

I was also planning to buy, just to take advantage of the airdrop but there was no clear official information about the SPARK airdrop. The price action on XRP due to the upcoming airdrop really marveled me. Recently, I read an article about it from Kucoin, but I think there will be massive dump after the airdrop. This is the issue with airdrop related pumps.

I really do agree with OP that taking the right decisions (doing the right thing) while investing in crypto is expected of every wise investor. Presently new money is coming to crypto market since the crypto market is very bullish with BTC trying to attain new ATH. If we invest in any coin, we should understand the risk involved, it's either you make profit or lose, but to limit the loss, it's advisable to use stop limit. I usually use stop limit at support levels, so that when support is broken, I won't start blaming myself since I might get very emotional at very bad dips. Any decision a trader takes is solely his/her responsibility, hence we should be careful when taking decisions regarding crypto investment.

The hype around DEFI related projects has died down considerably, compared to when it just hit the crypto space. I remember when every old project added DEFI milestones to roadmap, some even rebranded to DEFI projects. Many new projects are taking advantage of DEFI while executing their scam exploits, that's so true, especially now that uniswap has made it easy for projects to add pair / liquidity to enable trading. Most new projects do not worth investing in, but a few are really amazing hence we shouldn't conclude that all new projects are money grabs.

Ethereum is the pace setter of smart contracts and the most trusted and efficient smart contract platform at the moment. In as much as I don't like the fact that transaction fee is high comparatively (compared to other blockchains with smart contract like TRON and BSC), it's still the most used. Countless projects have built on ETHEREUM blockchain and still building, ETH 2.0 is gaining massive traction even before official release. Holding ETH long term to me is a wise decision.

When you say refinement of Bitcoin, did you mean a modification to BTC? I agree partially because it's a fork of BTC with faster transaction speed, but still BTC remains unique, its truly decentralised hence there is no better refinement which serves as its replacement. I'm considering to buy some BCHA at this low prices, but not really made up my mind to do so.

I've been following ANKR for sometime now, and their development progress is top notch. With the release of STKR, More attention is driven to the project. However, till the platform starts operating and people start staking on STKR, then I'll give my own views about it. New projects should emulate STKR, with unique products so far, and constant updates. Not certain if I can stake my ETH via STKR platform come 1st December, but hoping to do that.

Best time to buy BTC was during the dips, but since investors are usually scared when prices go down, since nobody knows the bottom, investing at dips is really not an option for many. Presently I'm holding the planned amount of BTC I hoped to, but if I want to buy more BTC, let's say with 10,000$, I will divide the funds into four (2500$ each portion) and invest at intervals. This will enable me to be in profit if prices go up or buy the dips if prices go down to even up.

Very true, at least 70% of new projects utilizes Ethereum blockchain, especially DEFI project due to its smart contract feature and ease of creating tokens on top of ETH blockchain, mainly ERC20 and ERC721. When it comes to DEFI projects and NFTs, they heavily rely on ETHEREUM blockchain, hence its essence. I think ETH is a very good coin to hold long term and as OP wrote, it's King of altcoins. Uniswap for instance which is the biggest DEX presently is hinged on ETHEREUM.

Many people do not follow the rule of "buy the dips", they always FOMO in when prices start going up, hoping the uptrend continues like that. However, there must be ups and downs in chart, there is no precise pattern. I remember when BTC went as low as 3k+ due to Corona virus, many people kept panic selling and postulating it will touch 1k. Only very wise investors took the chance of buying at those low prices, now that BTC is trying to reach a new ATH, so many people are buying. Nobody knows the top, this is the bitter truth in crypto. If holding BTC long term as investment, there is no need to worry. But if trading it for profit, like OP mentioned "stop loss is like your seatbelt"

It's true that most crypto projects are baseless, some are copycats, most are scam since most developers just have the sole aim of making money and do not care about developing the project. There are no governing rules restricting developers from copying already existing concepts without modification, or using same project name, just to mention. This is because crypto is not legal in most parts of the world, but this doesn't mean adoption has not been going on over time, it has. We all are aware of these shortcomings but yet we invest because we are optimistic that someday things will be much more better, with reasonable regulations to curb these drawbacks.

You do not recommend BTC for real? Well, I just added 0.3 BTC to my portfolio yesterday after selling some shitcoins. Bitcoin is the future, most altcoins are good to make profit, and put it in BTC. This concept has been working well for me, so I stick to it. Well, I concur with your point that, now is the time to buy altcoins, but not just any altcoin. I think crypto enthusiasts are becoming wiser, hence those altcoins with good use cases and proven trustworthy for long term are doing great right now.

Honestly in my opinion, altcoin season just started, with ETH, XRP, LTC and some major altcoins doing really good. I think firstly, the big caps will pump, then small caps will follow suite. I'm not sure if we can have similar alt season like in 2017, but who knows, we might even surpass that and make a new ATH for most altcoins. My main happiness is that I've got a big ETH bag, and it's doing pretty well. 😊

This is a very vital principle in crypto, some people will never sell their coins even when in massive profit, then watch it dump below entry. I think the essence of buying coins is making profit, hence it's wise to take profit when necessary without being overly greedy waiting for more gains. I regret holding PAZZI and not selling after it did almost 120% from my entry, later it dumped - 2x below my entry so now I'm a bag holder. The only coin I can hold long term without having a second thought is BTC.

Very nice choice of words, I'm not disputing the fact that name doesn't matter a lot in crypto since some projects use funny names and horrible names yet still Excel and some use cool names but still fail. But in my opinion, a name which matches the project atleast goes a long way to make it look catchy for some investors. For instance, personally I would appreciate if a sporting project has a name related to sports, rather than having a name depicting finance and other sectors. This is just my point, doesn't mean I won't invest if name is not nice. Provided team, product, and other factors meet my expectations, I'll invest.

I usually use the mentioned URL or https://ethgasstation.info to check current gas fees and then use standard fees to send. Imtoken has a way to set gwei and gas limit depending on user preference and current gas fee. I think it doesn't matter whether sending from MEW, TRUST wallet, imtoken or metamask, most important thing is using required gas fees for the transaction and there won't be delay issues. Actually I only set gwei and gas limit when the transaction is very important or urgent.

Nothing happened to ETH, it's increasing at a good pace, even though I expected a bigger move considering the fact that ETH 2.0 launches 1st December. However, I'm holding ETH for very long term hence I don't bother about current prices. I do think long term holders for BTC and ETH will smile, requires a lot of patience anyway. There is no point comparing current price with what happened 2017, I even think bigger uptrend than 2017's is on the way.

Lol Saying Ripple will replace Bitcoin is like saying "dogs will lay eggs" which is impossible. I wonder why people make such unrealistic comparisons and postualtions, I'm not a holder of XRP and not exactly against it since I'm impressed with the development so far with Ripple, however saying it will replace BTC is hyperbole. Ripple is cool when it comes to speed of transaction and negligible fees, but BTC is the pace setter. Both are unique in their own ways anyway, Ripple being good for cross border payments, and BTC now seen as store of value in crypto. BTC is king, the difference is clear with respect to market cap.

Many projects over time have been acclaimed "ETH killer" including EOS, but with time the hype dies down and all attention goes back to ETH as usual. I think what ETH needs to improve on truly is fees and speed of transaction which also points to scalability improvement. But however, this doesn't mean newer projects are better off, they need to experience the kind of traffic ETH network experiences before we can term them as "ETH killer". ETH in the real sense is far better than most of them.

Impressive update! Binance keep building and taking remarkable steps to maintain number 1 crypto exchange with innovations. Many FIAT pairs already compared to other exchanges before the newly added BDT to P2P trading, makes a lot of sense. CZ and team keep up with development progress to draw in more users to Binance, with awesome track records. Hoping to see other exchanges emulating these steps. Aside Uniswap being my best exchange (of course I'm a DEX degen), Binance is my second best exchange presently.