Being online is not safe and nothing is 100% secure especially where there is money and second factor authentication or two-step verification is just another step to more secure accounts.
You have to do what you have to do and take all security measures and hope you don't get hacked because if you don't, you have better to stop dealing online because you are afraid of thiefs.

I am sorry to tell you that you are wrong.
Many people became so rich because of Bitcoin and they still investig in cryptocurrency and even those who are famous and already rich started to invest in Bitcoin market because they know how Bitcoin is changing the financial world.
Another point, if you presume that Bitcoin have no effect, why governments are making such effort to control it?

"Some analysts believe its price will continue to rise over the next few years following its recent split into two different cryptocurrencies in an event known as “hard fork”."
As most members answered, no one can predict Bitcoin price since many factors can affect the price. If you know about the butterfly effect you can understand what I am talking about "small causes can have larger effects".
Anyway, even if someone can predict what the price of Bitcoin is gonna be, I don't think he will tell us about it.

They would if they could. But it's hard for them to track all transactions made from all over the world, more than that, the concept of Bitcoin is based on anonymosity, so it will be really hard to know who sent wich transaction.
But as we all know, governments will not let such a big market go away without taking a share of it. They can never accept that and maybe in the near future Bitcoin market will be more regulated and controlled. 

You can do some researche. Start with the official website and see if it is done by professional. Then, read the white paper. The most important factor in the success of a project is the team, that is why you should visit their profiles and know more about them and see if they are reliable or no.
Many factors interfere in the success of a project so be careful.

Just read the white paper and road map and learn all you have to know about the coin you wish to investi in. If you think that everything is OK and that the project is promising then invest. If no, look for another projection. No one can predict wich coin will succeed so it is up to you to decide.
Trading is not that easy but when you become an expert then you will gain a lot of money.

Forget about that, it's not profitable anymore and focus on something else.
Most of online faucets or browser mining are scams so don't trust them. If you have money and low electricity cost, buy some rigs and start mining by yourself.
Mining these days is being done by big companies that invest alot of money that's why it is hard to compete with them.

Yeah, that happened to me many times especially when I was a beginner and when I started using Bitcoin.
I lost many wallet's password with some satoshies because I didn't master their use.
Also I couldn't connect to some online wallets because I lost my phone and then I couldn't recieve the verification sms that many online wallets require.
But now, things have changed and I keep all my important data in secure place where no one can access it but me.

Keep your coins in a wallet that you completely control and that gives you the private key.
Sure, you will have to send some to an exchange wallet to be able to trade. So, the wise thing to do is just sending the amount you will use in trading and withdraw it back to your secure wallet as soon as you nolonger need to use the exchange platform.
Anyway, most exchange platforms are trusty and well secured just choose the one you trust more.

Every post equals 1 Activity, but you can 14 Activity maximum every two weeks. So if you post more it will be not counted as Activity till your first post in the next two weeks.
30 Activty: junior 1 mounth
60 Activity: member 2 mounths
120 Activity: full member 4 mounths
240 Activity: senior member 8 mounths
and so on.. focus on reading articles and interacting with other members and be an active member and your rank will be upgraded with time, don't rush.

It's simple, to make a Bitcoin transaction you need electricity and Internet access. If one of those is missing you will not be able to send or recieve Bitcoin.
But, such think is so rare, So, have no worry, and if it happens, maybe due to natural disaster, that will not last forever and everything will be fixed soon.
Not only Bitcoin can be affected, but all online deals even credit card payments, but no one gave up paying with credit card because he fears the loss of electricity.

Don't look anywhere. What is going on now is affecting crypto more than bitcoin.
The wise move is to buy more now while the price is going down, it is the opportunity every trader waits for.
I will buy as muxh as I can because the price will pump again and I don't want to regret that opportunity. 2 months ago the same happened and Bitcoin recovered soon and all those who sold are regretting it now.

You should always exploit opportunities and buy when the price is very low, I think it was like 2700§.
Any way you can buy at any time, because bitcoin price will be always rising even if it knows sometimes some dumps, heve no fear and buy you will be a winner at the end.
Holding is the best strategie. Those who fear and sell their bitcoins are loosers.

"Governments can ban Bitcoin, but the ban cannot be very effective. So, typically, they use other means to discourage Bitcoin ownership and trading." That's what say everyone, and I am 100% convinced that it is true and  many arguments can be montioned to prove that fact, you can take the Chinease government ban on Bitcoin as an example.

Any crisis will not last forever and bitcoin is strong enough now to go over crisis.
Traders, most of them, know that and they will not sell their Bitcoins but will buy more.
Chinease government or any other government can't ban bitcoin forever since it's a world wide concept and banning it is a stupid move and they have to find another way to control and monitor their local cryptocurrency investors.
After every crisis Bitcoin become stronger.

We all hope so. But, in fact that's really difficult if it's not even impossible.
First, you have to convince the hole world to use bitcoin, and that's something really hard since there are many people that don't even have Internet or know how to use it.
Second, do you think that goverments and banks will allow people to make all their transactions without controlling them or getting some of the profits?
That remains a dream and we have to work hard to make it true.

Now, I use blockchain.info online wallet. It's really easy to use and the most important it looks so secured with email verification and double factor verification.
It does not need big knowledge to use it to send and recieve bitcoin. Myetherwallet is good too to save your ethereum but the good thing about blockchain.info is  that it have an ethereum wallet in the same time. so you will have no problem making your transactions in ethereum.

Of course any country will concider bitcoin as a threat since it's not under their central banks control and they cant track transactions.
Anonymous transactions are a double edged swords since it can be used by criminals to finance criminal activities without any trace to comdamn them.
But goverments will, sooner or later, be convicted that bitcoin is unstoppable and they will have to find a way to deal with it.

As the OP montioned "Facebook stakes are calculated manually each week." You have to wait untill all shares and likes have been reviewed to get your reward. I think it will be on friday, I am not sure about that the OP can answer wich day of the week he validates FB.

Sure, many ways to transcend Chinease ban as you montioned using vpn's fake ip's or even opening acoounts on other countries. Everything is possible these days.
You can never stop someone with a computer and access to the Internet.
I am sure Chinease government will realise, soon, that banning ICO's have more disadvantages than advantages and they will cancel it.