Yes they are, as all upcoming projects are now going for IEOs. Since this year, I can hardly see any project doing ICO,. The truth is, people always move with what they see, now after seeing that IEOs offers a better chance of raising funds project teams chose that path, on the Investors side since IEOs to an extent secures their investments they tend to move towards that direction too.

To be Frank with the way IEOs is growing, ICOs now seems to be dead and gone forever. Come to think of it, who will risk his money in ICO when same can be channelled to IEO with a little hope of getting instant good returns, just like IEOs in most top exchanges.
ICOs failed investors and now they have found refuge in IEOs, and they seems to be doing well.

In as much as there is risks in every investment in life but that doesn't mean one should do blind investment. In the crypto space, owing to the fact there are many scams, investors should be ready to study each project they want to invest in. They should not mind what people say about the project and do their own research, as it will help a lot.
We need to reduce fraudulent activities and it starts from us.

Having come in contact with Veil, I chose to go for it apart form the ones you stated.
A careful study at the project really to an extent opened up the limitations of most privacy coins. That is, some offers privacy without anonymity, while some offers anonymity with little or no private transactions. But Veil on the other hand, offer full-time privacy and 100% anonymity, in addition to using advanced techs to ensure their goals is achieved. Staking is also possible.
Maybe for now it is my favourite privacy coin until there is advancements in others or a new one comes up.

Yes that's true, most projects has even gone to the extent of cancelling their ICO and moving over to IEO, that's to show how serious it is. From the look of things, IEO looks like a better choice and yes, I would invest in IEO instead of ICO, at least I will be sure of my funds unlike the case of ICO projects.

Before thinking of using cryptocurrencies as a store of value or rather to store your money, you should always remember to put the volatile nature of cryptocurrencies into check. Bitcoin has always been good for long term, there is no doubt about it and can also be used to pay for most services as most platforms recognise it more.

You did well by starting the issues or factors which tends to limit the growth of cryptocurrencies. The truth is, all these issues can't and won't limit cryptocurrency from disrupting this world.
Yes, all these factors caused the price to dump, but did it remain that way? No, thus that shows an ecosystem that keeps growing despite all odds.

Comparing this target with the current price its hard to believe the coin will reach that target before the year ends. I think the pressing question should be what's the latest developments within the platform that can spike a good growth of the coin?
Investors like to see a project progressing and only then, can they invest.  So the rise in price of Monero depends to an extent on the team.

From my experience, Cryptopia never worked well for me, I only traded there once and stopped.
Also, there are many exchanges now while only few knows what it means to be an exchange; that is where others helps to promote a coin other exchanges tend to be a dumping ground for any type of coin, while using bot to fake volume.
From my experience Idax is good so with Kucoin.

Funny enough I have not heard much about this coin and now it will replace a coin like ETH.
Most times, I think the reason why we get scammed is that we fail to study these projects to know if the goals are achievable or not. How can a coin like this replace ETH? How experienced is the team? How long have they been in the crypto space? Questions like this will really save a lot.
ETH is not anyhow coin.

I think the easiest DEX I have used is IDEX. Of a truth, to a great extent it is far better than other DEX, both in terms is operating, UI and so forth. The reason I always prefer Decentralized Exchanges is, they are easy to use no need for registration and KYC.

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Yes I agree with you, holders of potential coins like BTC, ETH and so forth will always be hopeful as they are sure of the underlying benefits that awaits them in the future.
A good example of this, are those who bought BTC or ETH early this year or late last year, they took the risk and hold and today, they are in a good profits.

Many have asked this question, infact on the lips of almost everyone in the crypto space is, are we in bull run or when is it starting?.
The hard truth is, no one actually knows when the bull run will start.
But we can be hopeful as the market is showing serious signs of recovery which is good for this space, in addition to this most institutional investors and platforms are also getting on board which is also an additional feat.

I don't think we are in Bullrun yet, in as much as I might be forced to believe. To me the crypto market is just recovering gradually which is a wonderful sign while the result is those who left have seen that the crypto has come to stay thus coming back also.
The "full" Bullrun will set in, but when is what might be hard to tell in the same way, it might be sooner than later.
 We just have to keep doing our thing, either holding or trading etc.

Yes I am happy because I listened to a friend and bought more ETH early this year and also am not selling it yet as the market is recovering gradually thus showing signs of more growth and Profit.
Secondly, am happy because platforms like Samsung is getting involved with the blockchain world, that is to say many projects or platform will soon get in line because blockchain technology is a promising technology with great potentials.

In as much as I want confidence within the crypto space, I don't think regulation might bring confidence.
In my own understanding, the only thing that will bring confidence in this space is real-world uses of cryptocurrencies which will lead to mass adoption too. We need to start using cryptocurrencies in real-life so that those still in doubt will believe, this will also bring more investors.

I can see you lacking the right knowledge about trading thus not knowing how to make a good entry and exit.
If you don't learn more or rather at least 80% of what trading entails then you might still be making same mistakes.
Seek the knowledge first, I bet you it will worth your time, attention and sacrifice because you will know what you are doing and as at when due.

You really nailed it, its about time people starts understanding that in this space anything can happen as it is highly unpredictable. Investing everything in one project with the hope of it giving huge profits isn't always a good idea.
In fact to live long or later last long in this crypto space, one should always invest what he can afford as well as lose.

Welcome to the mining world. First it will be wise you know exactly what you are getting into; that is what mining is all about, the benefits, issues, cost of electricity etc.
Secondly, if electricity cost is friendly in your location, then forge ahead and get mining equipments (can't advice on cloud mining).
Also, you need to know the type of coin you want to mine, so as to get the adequate equipments and guidelines as there are privacy coins like Monero which can be mined using GPU as well as CPU. So the coin you want also determines the mining equipment you are to get to an extent.