Exactly, these regulations will only help and prevent frauds, thief, money laundering and many other crypto crimes. If regular users do nothing wrong or illegal, there's nothing to worry about. I understand people who say, that the point of cryptocurrencies is decentralization and anonymity, but one the other hand, lack of any regulations and security system which leaves much to be desire, are the main reason of why the are so many criminals using Bitcoin etc.

yeah... when it comes to negative thinkers- they were, they are and they will be, that's an inseparable part of any community. But I see your point, it's pretty easy to spread false information about that, it's a topic many people have no idea about. The worst thing is there are more and more scams and crimes connected to crypto, so the 'reputation' of digital currencies is being destroyed all the time.

Such situations are pretty common, just like using exchanges to money laundering or other crimes. People who do that think they are 'invisible'. That year might be crucial for crypto world because of AMLD5 guidelines, awareness about crypto crimes has risen. Also there are special methods and companies who deal with such issue. For instance Coinfirm, which is a partner with Binance, is a leader in analyzing cryptocurrency transactions to see if they went through the mixers and rate their risk level for AML compliance reasons. They just released their new Standard AML Risk Reports. Hope next year will bring a lot of changes.

I think not all people will be willing to be educated about crypto stuff, it's quite difficult topic demanding knowing many information and details. However nowadays, Bitcoin becomes more and more popular as a payment method, like in hotels, for food delivery or online shopping. So things, that all of us use and that might be a key when it comes to easier introduction someone to Bitcoin.

2019 wasn't so bad for BTC, besides the price the background is fine. I mean e.g. Ukrain legalized cryptocurrencies and 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive- hope it will help in regulating crypto market in many aspects

It's really impossible to say which cryptocurrency may do so well right now, we dont have proper analytics for such stuff, but this little speculation game intrigued me, so i'll join it ;p

BTC, ETH and XLM are my types, but to be honest I think that such growth might be achieved by some uncommon, unknown project which hasn't been developed yet, or is right at the beginning of the development.

It's pretty sure that Libra won't turn out as a huge hoax when it comes to financial aspect, but it's not the main concern of crypto enthusiasts. The privacy is. Facebook and other companies based on big data collected from billions of users are redeveloping the world on their own, sick conditions and that's why I'll stay away from Libra. But I don't think that you should be worried about your money invested in Libra project - it's quite the opposite, they'll handle it very well. Most probably Libra will let you earn some money, even if you are a complete newcomer into crypto, but instead they are taking your data and this is more valuable for Facebook etc than money.

There are no guarantees that they won't introduce KYC. There is no exchange platform which can provide you such assurance that no-matter-what they won't do it, they have to  adjust to certain regulations and KYC procedure is becoming pretty much standard right now. That's the reason why I wouldn't trust them in long-term. When something happens, like for example, if they'll grow enough to be noticed by legal authorities and they'll be forced to introduce KYC procedures, what will they do? Shutdown or require KYC. Both options aren't proper for you.

I've seen some expectations from people around the community saying that the price might increase to $40k, $50k, $100k but it's hard for to me to believe in such predictions. It seems pretty obvious that the price will rise a lot and we'll witness new ath most probably, nevertheless we still have couple months until halving which means that unexpected events may occure during our waiting. All in all, it's always a good time to buy some more btc, just do it before the 2020 halvening and surely you'll see some profits.

If BTC price will rise during the following days/weeks after the halvening - altcoins will follow. I don't believe that BTC will moon for example to 100k$ right after the halvening, but the price must rise and it will. Many altcoins are very dependent on the BTC price, even those smaller ones, even shitcoins.

Because of there are still no regulations using cryptocurrency is a very common way of money laundering. Some time ago I found out that there are Bitcoin mixers (or tumblers) which "purportedly clean dirty cryptocurrency by bouncing it between various addresses, before recombining the full amount through a Bitcoin $BTC wallet hosted on the dark web". So as you can see that case is very serious and well known among people. What's more, there are companies like Coinfirm which is a leader in Anti Money Laundering and risk analytics for blockchain and cryptocurrencies so maybe in the future such crimes will be prevented. It's pretty interesting topic, you can find more detailed information on their website: https://www.coinfirm.com/blog/coinfirm-releases-new-standard-aml-risk-reports-for-cryptocurrencies

I think it doesn't depend on gender? Why would it, it's a mainstream theme. Majority of community here are men, so maybe we should ask women why they aren't buying btc.

Fully agree, but it's not that simple. Usually crypto thievery revolves around small sums in a single case. Someone is stealing small amounts of crypto from many people, because no one will pursue him heatedly, such approach let those people run away with your money. Justice loses with clear calculation and I'm not surprised and I also wouldn't seek for vengeance if it turned out completely unprofitable for me - all in all it's all about money. The situation is different when it comes to biggers sums, for example stolen from some company or organisation and in this case, even when the chances for retrieval aren't high, it may be profitable for such to hire for example Coinfirm mentioned here. Of course it's better (and cheaper) to prevent rather than seek for help after the incident but sometimes even the best security systems fails to protect assets from being stolen. Everyone who gets into crypto should know the basics how to protect yourself and always be careful.

Guys, have you ever thought about how IT development affected labor market? I mean so many new jobs were created because of that, like social media specialist or CEO. There are and more marketing agencies, new mobile applications are needed, someone has to do that. Few years ago I wouldn't think that there will such professions like today

That's the worst thing, people blindly buy hyped cryptocurrencies and invest in worthless projects. Especially now, when there are so many shitcoins everywhere. Always follow your experience and do your own research and analyze the market.

Oh boy... I'm so curious how will these shuts affect crypto market, what are your thoughts?

Yeah, I don't close my eyes, I know that there are older people who are into that stuff. However I think they are a minority. I could be interested topic for some them, of course, but it might be hard to implement that to their lives

People believed that they could launder dirty money with bitcoin by being anonymous. But it's only an apparent anonymity. The truth is that nothing gets lost on the internet and you can find every transaction and link it to the user. Anyone who commits a robbery should be punished. Companies that deal with AML and KYC procedures come to the aid. For example Coinfirm. Company that gained publicity through business partnerships with the biggest giants like Binance, Kroll, Coindeal, RSK, XAPO, Government of Gibraltar, Cointelligence.

If you are interested in what they do, you can find more information on their website: https://www.coinfirm.com/

Why? I don't think there is necessity to introduce Bitcoin to other people. Note, it could be very difficult to do that, for example to an older people, some of them don't what bank transfers are.  BTC doesn't need any advert or something. It will promote itself over time, take it easy

yeah, I doubt he just 'disappeared'....