Didn't see a definition of an altcoin.
Some are competing with BTC and providing better throughput, better scaling, etc.
Some are targeting a completely different niche (ETH, EOS).
And some are simply tokens built on top of ETH that give holders some benefit in using the software of a small startup.
They all have their place.

Lol, as if positive thinking can influence price.
I'm positive but that comes from the fact that EOS dumping their ethers completely crashed the market, but we have seen a double bottom and I doubt we'd go as low as $50.

Yep, unless Binance actually move us to a Binance-owned DEX, I can't see liquidity moving to DEX-es.
Also it's questionable how decentralized DEX-es actually are. IdEx had no problem blocking New York residents from participating...

Liquidity is more important to me than its decentralized status. But if a big exchange decides to go the decentralized route (Binance have hinted this) - then I'd certainly prefer to move to a decentralized one.

Used to be bitcoin, but the bitcoin I remember turned into Bitcoin Cash and not bitcoin... Then Bitcoin Cash got fractured as well, so I'm not even sure anymore.
I like Universa because of its high-tech advancements, throughput, active leader and actual potential to revolutionize industries - but I don't see it as a top 10 coin.

Given how old-school Polo is and given who acquired it recently, I think it's a pretty safe bet.
But I don't use it simply for UX reasons - there's simply better alternatives on the market.

Given that BTC didn't need fundraisers it's pretty obvious that epic projects don't need an ICO - even if the money would help.
Now ICO-s are mostly small-business/startup type companies and if you don't perform an ICO while your competitors do - you're behind.

The work of a bounty hunter is not worth the USD value of tokens they receive - hence projects will most likely not start paying in USD, or if they do, the payout would be lower than the payout in tokens.
A cleaner solution will be locking BH tokens and unlocking some percentage every month.

It's part of a learning process. You send some scammer your life savings only once 
In all honesty, it doesn't look like people would learn from posts on bitcointalk, reddit or whatever. They need to get burned once.
Once we have a community of burned investors, they'll learn how to do research due to necessity.

Dude, the average person is not your average crypto enthusiast. If that were the case Steemit would be more popular than Facebook. If FB push a coin to the masses it could easily overtake the entire crypto market combined.

I don't think that with Ethereum's upcoming move to PoS, coins that are existing now can actually challenge its #1 PoS coin position.
Maybe a new contender will come in future.

ALL IN ETH is a solid position at the moment, because the coin is totally underpriced due to 2017 ICO-s selling their last coins.
Now that in 2018 ICOs were not that popular, this is a problem we won't have to deal with in the future. Inflation will also be lower. Overall, ETH is absolutely amazing long term.

Zilliqa mainnet comes tomorrow with the first sharding implementation on a blockchain. Could be a hype-fest, and the price is lower than a week ago now.

Well, we haven't seen issues due to popularity since 2017, so at least that's a sign of optimism  . I'm joking of course, but in reality that's not exactly bad news.

Looks much better than before, it's also a step away from "digital silver" which was the dumbest meme in crypto.
Not a fan of their community (there isn't much of a community anyway) but if they can start being productive we should all congratulate them, so best of luck.

It's probably much more, many hacks happen to reputable companies and they're trying to hide the fact so they can keep their reputation.
The network is secure, but second layers (exchanges, storage services and others) if not made by the right people are always subject to hacking.
And some individuals just don't know how to keep their coins safe despite our constant reminders.

Discouragement is an emotion. Emotions are what led you to losing money in the first place. Leave them aside and only allow logic to guide you.
You lost money because you put money into silly investments. Start learning and be more cautious next time.
The cryptocurrency market has a lot of good projects that will appreciate in value, you need to put in the effort to find them though.

Miners will hate it but PoS will allow for a healthily low levels of inflations in Ethereum, not to mention that staked ethers are not really tradeable, so the float will be lower and any buying pressure will positively influence price more than it does not. I'm bullish.

I see last night's heavy dump as a good opportunity to start looking for an entry point. I just bought some ethereum actually.

Bear markets hit alts harder, just like bull markets pump up alts higher than BTC.
Sucks for decent ICO projects that can't get enough funding, but to think that there used to be $10,000,000 ICO-s in 2016 when ETH was $40 a piece and they held until $1000 - it might work out if you perform yours while prices are low.