It is like a giant celestial Pinàta. You've got to build a massive proton baseball bat to hit it and see what goodies come out 

If you want to genuinely help bettors, educate them about how to measure the accuracy of tipsters and their claims to profitability.

Bittrex listed ART at the end of March, adding much needed liquidity though the spread is still huge as is volatility.
https://twitter.com/bittrexintl/status/1111320203525267457

Hearing a lot of good things about 'The Bitcoin Standard - The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking' by Saifedean Ammous. Anyone read that and recommend it?

Worst N00b mistakes

Checking the BTC price every 5 minutes on coinmarketcap.com....not good for the soul.

Anyone know if Maecenas are likely to be listed on any exchange beyond HitBTC and Idex? Volume has dropped off a cliff over the last 3 months.
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/maecenas/historical-data/?start=20180723&end=20181023

Leicester City vs West Ham United 1:2
Southampton FC vs Newcastle United 1:2
Barcelona vs Real Madrid 3:1
Hannover vs Augsburg 2:2
Torino vs Fiorentina 1:0
Genoa vs Udinese 0:0

The huge number of altcoins with no real world application don't invalidate the small number that do. The very nature of open source software means that all actors (the good, the bad and the ugly) can and will get involved, I just hope that is doesn't become a tragedy of the commons.

Crypto is very new, but greed is timeless.

Luckily I wasn't adversely impacted financially in any explicit way. The biggest impact was on my interest in macro-economics. Anyone with a curious nature surely had to ask how it was that the architects of the biggest economic meltdown of our generation would be bailed out and average tax-payer pick up the tab. Some huge lessons there, not just about banking but about power and behavioural psychology (rational economic theory has gone out the window).
 
I don't think those lessons haven't been learned though which is why I am bullish about cryptocurrency as it can provide the paradigm shift we so badly need.

If you want a suggestion on when the next crisis will come, read this today. Have to laugh that one of the contributors is called Gary Shilling. https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-14/next-financial-collapse-according-4-who-called-last-one

I think this is the most sensible response so far. Investors are driven by one thing - Yield. Right now the Dow Jones is like a slot machine that just keeps paying out and investors will keep pumping in money while that yield is there. One thing is for sure though, that run will end and investors will stop playing that game and look elsewhere for yield. If interest rates don't rise - they were near zero after the 2008 crash - they may turn to crypto to make money. I don't think bitcoin is a natural hedge to the stock market though and rather than look to a crash as a catalyst to price rise I would rather sees its value increase because it has utility and people are spending it instead of fiat.

I have brought great shame on my family [hangs head].
Thanks.

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Not clear on the entry system but grateful nonetheless.
May the coin be with you!!!

I have read "Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor's Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond" (Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar). It is an engaging read but the key is in the title, it focuses on how to assess cryptoassets for investment. As such it does go into a lot of detail about trading theory and risk appetite so don't read it as an intro to crypto.

I can recommend 'Bitcoin: the future of money' by Dominic Frisby an English comedian/financial journalist. It is a few years old now but does a good job of explaining what money is, how fractional banking is problematic and what crypto offers. It does become a 'who dunnit' as he tries to figure out who Satoshi is, which is kind of redundant. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bitcoin-Future-Money-Dominic-Frisby/dp/1783520779

Jim Rickards has written some good books about the inherent problems of modern economic models. Though not about crypto - and he is a declared gold bug - they certainly provide plenty of ideas about what might precipitate the next economic crisis and therefore open the door for a new paradigm. He has a huge axe to grind but the content is interesting.
'Currency Wars' 'The Death of Money' 'The Road to Ruin'

I recently dowloaded a free PDF of 'Debt the first 5,000 years' David Graeber. This has achieved cult status among crypto enthusiasts. It is by no means an easy read - and I am only part way through - but if you want a deep-dive into mankind's relationship with debt from a monetary, psychological and theological perspective this will be right up your street.

Remember that you can make money on the way down as well as the way up. Sell as the price falls...buy back the same level of holding and pocket the difference as profit. 
The difficulty is of course avoiding the bottom. Not investment advice....just showing that falling price isn't always bad news.