Obviously, in hindsight, it would have been best to enter 8 years ago with Bitcoin. But there's still so much potential (in terms of tech & price) for cryptocurrencies in general, so now is fine too. 

Yes, they can be a great investment, especially if you manage to get in on the pre-sale. But you really need to do your due diligence which can be very difficult because there are so many ICOs.

I think Cardano is often overlooked. It's a very ambitious project and it's got some of the most cutting edge technology.

My advice would be to familiarize yourself with the technology and go through the whitepapers and other research diligently. This will enable you to understand the potential of various cryptocurrencies and projects better.

My lower risk choices would be ETH, XRP and XMR. Higher risk portfolio would include ADA, ARK, WTC and QASH

There's RaiBlocks [XRB]. It also DAG based.

That's too bad. You must have leaked your information in some manner. Perhaps you fell for a phishing site?

Cryptokitties have revealed the scalability problems of ETH. Raiden can't come soon enough!

Looks like a ponzi. There are so many of these popping up.

MyEtherWallet is a perfectly suitable wallet service. Ideally, you'd want to combine it with a hardware wallet like the Ledger Nano S.

This latest bull run went a lot further than I anticipated. But the answer to this question will come when the new wallet is released and the Tangle can function without the Coordinator as a crutch.

I've been looking at Monero for some time but couldn't decide on an appropriate entry point. Thanks for this Elliot Wave count.

I've found the rippex wallet to be quite good. No problems and quick to set up. Here's a link: https://rippex.net/carteira-ripple.php#/

You need to do your own due diligence and not simply believe anyone who recommends investments.
That said, for lower risk, you could look look at: BTC, ETH, LTC and XMR.

This is an interesting project. Going through the whitepaper now. 

I think Substratum is worth a mention. It's a massive undertaking but their alpha tests appear to have gone well. SUB might surprise many people next year.

For a more conservative approach, you might stick with the best known coins - BTC, ETH, XMR, LTC. A very high risk portfolio might consist solely of well known alts or even include ICOs. Ideally, you might want to mix the two approaches for a better risk-reward. 50% in well known cryptos and the other half in high risk alts. Keep in mind that true diversification is very difficult due to Bitcoins impact on the market.

ICOs will likely thrive as an alternative model alongside VC next year. The article doesn't say that ICOs as a funding model will fail, only that ICO projects that fail to take certain precautions are likely to fail.

Cryptokitties is like a proof-of-concept of what is possible on Ethereum - imagine kitties replaced with other in-game items etc. Unfortunately, it's also revealed that Ethereum, once again, can't handle high volume. 

I have no experience with Kucoin but Binance has been great. No issues with deposits or withdrawals. And you get a 2 BTC limit if you're unverified which is far more than BitTrex's 0.04 BTC for basic verification.