It's true that newbies fall victim to these scams and deceptions most. Without proper market knowledge and experience, this is very likely to happen. It's also vital I mention that, as a newbie we must control our greed before it takes us down.

I have been using shapeShift and I think it is great. But if you don't like it there are many others like CoinSwitch or use google for getting the one you like.

Everyone looks for different characteristics when it comes to ICO investment but there are some common principal. Like the development team, business plan, innovations, community support etc.

This kind of speculation is always being made by many experts and till now no situation is suggesting such kind of crash. It is advised not to listen to such absurd predictions.

Almost a decade has passed. It's amazing how bitcoin has started to change the world. It has done a great job and all praise goes to the amazing Satoshi Nakamoto.

There are a few sayings that in the market there are whales who control the market. But its a decentralized market and there shouldn't be any person or singular thing that controls the market.

As long as they are not scams and they do have very good business plans with innovative technology, why not? China resides one third of total crypto miners but that didn't stop people investing in cryptocurrencies.

Sometime ago I came across with one of their blog posts where it was illustrated how to store in offline wallet. I dont have the link but I guess you can just google.

There are subsequent amount of risks but Bitcoin has somewhat stabilized and started rising gradually. This would be the prime time to avoid any kind of risk.

It could be a possibility. But it's a debate if it would be agood idea or not. Again all the other countries may not agree at all.