If you are a smart (and sometimes lucky) trader all conditions can be profitable. It is still early days for crypto, lots of profit still to make, just need to be mentally and emotionally ready for the big rollercoaster ride we all take. Don't pressure yourself to be profitable every day or even every month/quarter. If you don't trade out of your coin it's not actually a loss, so if you are patient many coins will return to their previous value and even higher - unless you buy shitcoins... then you're just gambling anyway.

I put little faith in ICO ratings given ease of manipulation with bounties. etc, although I do consider specific aspects and generally aggregate the scores across all the platforms to help inform my decision, but ultimately it is a small part of my process.

Facebook's biggest PR threat is being seen as a platform for fake news, and part of that is misleading ads. FB determined that crypto ads have a higher rate of lies and deceit. Until they get their platform and public reputation in better check on the fake news front, I don't expect the crypto ads ban to be lifted, and I don't think it has anything to do with an FB coin/token even if that does happen.

At this point hold, the market has retraced too much for a sell with potential lower buy-in to be worth the risk of missing the bounce and the potentially large ride back up.

Most airdrops are crap, but it's often hard to know as a project is likely to airdrop earlier in development than an ICO. I have had one very successful airdrop where each coin is now ~$100 USD but most go nowhere or only earn a few dozen satoshis each.

corrections are normal and after the late 2017 major bull run, it was inevitable and necessary. I have very little long-term faith in Bitcoin - its tech is subpar and governance a mess, but it is currently the cryptoland medium of transactions and primary entry point, so that will be enough in short-term to buoy the price, let alone the incoming massive institutional players who will see anything below $6K as a steal, so folks saying $4K or even $1K on this downturn are foolish. It is not the end of crypto - although for those who bought near recent ATH (especially if first entry into crypto) it might be the end of your sanity. This is a great buying moment, and if you didn't get out at an earlier price, just hold and let it come back. If you have doubts about Bitcoin (like I do), get into better projects with more upside and better longevity.

I'm definitely concerned about the size of the ICO but I suspect it will be at least modestly successful as the crypto community is all over Telegram and the remittances market is massive and growing fast with lots of up-side. I'm thinking to put a small amount into the ICO as they do have a solid product and seems a clear plan to integrate their coin into their product.

it really depends on the specific coin, but generally I wait out market dips as they have always come back. There have been specific coins though where I have sold at a loss when I have much higher confidence in a different coin to either maintain its value during the rest of the decline or bounce back quicker, often based on the fundamentals of the project - but you should already be investing in coins with solid fundamentals to help avoid scams.

nice find! good alternative to heading to ethgas if I'm on the go and already in Telegram

They replaced their trading engine and the swap did not go smoothly. They warn that it could go down again with no warning - https://support.kraken.com. As an apology all non-margin trades are free until Jan 31. Withdrawals were disabled until at least now (said at least 12 hours longer, 12 hours ago), and potentially longer. Fiat or crypto deposits require minimum 2 days. I was never happy with their UI and slow approval process more than a year ago so moved onto greener trading pastures and never looked back - happy I did!

No country is free of corruption. A few have done a great job reducing it - Northern Europe in particular. Most are pretty terrible for corruption. Transparency International publishes a Corruption Perceptions Index that will provide an overview of any country's perceived corruption level.

https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016

Only it's original concept and implementation - nothing else does now that so many alts surpass it in tech and governance.

Definitely good to have some IOTA in your portfolio, but don't go anywhere close to all-in. It's a decent time to buy now too, maybe even slightly better in a day or two. It hasn't moved much lately, in consolidation, but seems to be priming for a jump similar to Nov.

I am definitely picking up more TRX and DBG, maybe some XLM if it comes down some more, IOTA and QTM if they come down at all.

MM is only for ETH + ERC20 tokens. Offline wallets are ALWAYS more secure than a wallet connected to the internet. Be sure to keep your key in a safe place, such as Lastpass. Nice thing about MM is it's ready to go for decentralized web apps and works across other browsers than Chrome such as Firefox, Opera and Brave. You can also run the same wallet in both MEW & MM. I'm not aware of a browser wallet for non-ERC20 so I'd recommend using a versatile wallet such as Jaxx, Exodus or others out there if that's your requirement, or use multiple wallet apps for different coins as no wallet handles all 1400+ cryptos and tokens.

Most days, multiple times a day. Key is a good app to set notifications and easy quick views with a good selection of indicators. I happily use TabTrader which also has API connects to biggest exchanges so I can quickly trade on the go if big news / moves on a coin.

Decred is also my fav since airdrop, much happening soon.

I'm a Neo convert, dropped most of my ETH for it. I'm also big on QTUM, IOTA and TenX.

Systemic governance issues will eventually lead to its demise, although it will be a long decline into obscurity. First to market and network effects can't indefinitely insulate from competition, and better tech with better governance is flourishing and just needs more time. I haven't encountered a convincing argument as to how BTC holds top 10 over next 2 years, and fizzles out over next 5-10.

I doubt any Korean peninsula conflict would become a global conflict and thus not be WW3, although the US Gov't is likely to be quite twitchy in a regional conflict and prone to mishandle high-level sensitivities with China, especially given their significant interests in N Korea and longstanding feuds with Korea and Japan. I still don't see much likelihood this leads to a hot war with China, at least not in short-term.

Estonia appears to be preparing to launch a national cryptocoin and may do an ICO - they appear to be most advanced government, although others are dabbling. For example, The Bank of Canada ran a pilot in 2016 to test feasibility on interbank transfers. Some governments have joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, such as the Indian state Andhra Pradesh. Many governments are experimenting with blockchains more generally, as the vast opportunities beyond currency are more enticing and less risky to their fiat money systems that serve them so well (for now).