Hello everyone, you might remember these threads:

1Q 2018 thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2671625.0
4Q 2017 thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2242841.0

Let's do it again and see who the winners and losers will be for April-June 2018. Please post the ticker symbol and I will update this main post. The coin must be currently trading on an exchange. On April 1st I will take a price snapshot for all tickers so we have a similar starting point. Thanks, and good luck to all!

VEN 0.00033911
NEO 0.00703979
ARK 0.00027897
QTUM 0.00198664
LSK 0.00107085
REQ 0.00002188
NANO 0.00077338
ICX 0.00030070
WAN 0.00046086
AION 0.00028157
NEBL 0.00109142
BPT 0.00004438
FSN 0.00027180
ACT 0.00002837
BLZ 0.00004249
POT 0.00001260
ZIL 0.00000649
ONT 0.00030801
NCASH 0.00000382
BNB 0.00161652
EOS 0.00083080
ADA 0.00002212
NEM 0.00003090
STRAT 0.00050933
RVN 0.00000605
PRL 0.00014236
SLT 0.00010237
RMT 0.00000442

Shill me your coins that have a working product and actual revenue. No vaporware, no testnets, no partnerships.

Ill start with Syscoin

I bought tiny bags of too many shitcoins. Which are worth keeping?

Bitmain just sent out these:

https://blog.bitmain.com/en/lunar-new-year-2018-coupon-giveaway/

Would anyone be interested in my $100 coupon? I wont be buying any more miners, but figure someone here might want it. I am not trying to make any money on this, but to make it fun I will accept any ERC20 shitcoin in exchange (doesn't have to be $100 worth). PM me your Bitmain user ID and shitcoin of choice and I will send you the coupon and my wallet address.  Thanks!

I don't know if it is worth posting this or if I will be bombarded with PnD group invites, but can anyone point me towards a Telegram group with good discussion about alts. Ones where people actually read the whitepapers and have intelligent things to say about the pros/cons? Thanks

It is very long, but very good. Has anyone read this paper by John Pfeffer? Scroll to the conclusion on page 22 for a shortened TL;DR.

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/john-pfeffer/An+Investor%27s+Take+on+Cryptoassets+v6.pdf

Anyone's thoughts on the topic? BTC as a store-of-value will be more valuable than anything else as a means of payment, or protocol.

Currently Binance isn't allowing new users to sign up, but if you use a referral link it will allow you to sign up. Check my signature below this post for a referral link to see it work

Currently Binance isn't allowing new users to sign up, but if you use a referral link it will allow you to sign up. Check my signature below this post for a referral link to see it work

[You have a net gain after tax of $22.50.]

I dont understand how there is any difference in tax for someone who isn't holding for more than 1 year and only dealing with short term capital gains. Can someone correct me if I am looking at Capital gains tax the wrong way? Here's my example:

All short term (less than 1 year) trades will be taxed at your ordinary income rate.

https://taxfoundation.org/2018-tax-brackets/

Lets say you're in the 25% bracket. You buy $100 of BTC. You wait a few days and then trade BTC for XRP. In that time frame your original $100 BTC is worth $110 BTC, so you pay 25% of the $10 which is $2.50.

Now you have XRP and wait a month and trade it back to BTC. In this time your $110 XRP climbed to $150 XRP. You have a capital gain of $40, and 25% of that is $10. Your net tax bill to this point is $12.50.

Now you have $150 BTC, wait for a few days and sell it for $130 USD. This is a short term loss of $20 and you can use 25% of that (-$5.00) to deduct your bill. Your total net tax bill is $7.50. You have a net gain after tax of $22.50.

In the current setting, You do the same trades as above but are only taxed when you come back to fiat, so you started with $100, ended with $130. Thats a $30 gain, and a $7.50 tax bill. Your net gain after tax is still $22.50.

[WINNERS]

Hello again, you might remember I did this for 4Q 2017, and the results are in this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2242841.msg22650608#msg22650608

Let's do it again and see who the winners and losers will be for January-March 2018. Please post the ticker symbol and current BTC price in the comments and I will update this main post. The coin must be currently trading on an exchange. Post your picks by January 15th, or else they will be ignored. Thanks, and good luck to all!

UPDATE: Hello again folks, 1Q 2018 has finally ended and the results are posted below. BTC started Jan 2018 at $13864 and ended the quarter at $7003. Congrats to the winners, you did better than BTC! And to the losers, better luck next time!


WINNERS

Code:

VIBE 0.00001195 0.00002416 +102%
GTO 0.00001988 0.00002673 +34%
NEO 0.00545757 0.00726421 +33%
NIO 0.00000497 0.00000546 +10%
TRX 0.00000470 0.00000490 +4%

LOSERS

Code:

UFR 0.00003233 0.00002758 -15%
HPB 0.00045218 0.00030593 -32%
ATL 0.00004264 0.00002679 -37%
WAVES 0.00090180 0.00052394 -42%
SPHTX 0.00005289 0.00003067 -42%
ZEN 0.00420242 0.00229212 -45%
IOTA 0.00029408 0.00015586 -47%
VIB 0.00003489 0.00001771 -49%
XEL 0.00006259 0.00003115 -50%
ITC 0.00025695 0.00011755 -54%
FLIXX 0.00001686 0.00000750 -55%
WISH 0.00003476 0.00001546 -55%
XRP 0.00016498 0.00007356 -55%
DOVU 0.00002098 0.00000870 -58%
PAY 0.00030033 0.00012447 -59%
SHIFT 0.00058408 0.00022491 -61%
SUMO 0.00048273 0.00017998 -63%
XRB 0.00230233 0.00082283 -64%
ELIX 0.00006689 0.00002290 -66%
PASC 0.00032589 0.00008609 -74
TIO 0.00011750 0.00002375 -80%
XSPEC 0.00029419 0.00005594 -81%

Can you guys help make a list of coins that pay a dividend or some sort of kickback? Please post the coin and the dividend rate, I will update this main post. Ill start with NEO

NEO pays 7.69% return in GAS tokens https://neotogas.com

In my account settings I have checked the box "Hide email address from public?" but the email icon still shows when I post a message on the left side under my name. Any ideas why?

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Where does it go from here? Is this a worthy project? Bittrex hasnt added many coins lately.

Thoughts on BCH skyrocketing upwards with all the BTC/B2X drama?

https://www.yours.org/content/predicting-the-outcome-of-the-november-bitcoin-fork-89914ce0e1f5/?utm_content=bufferf3dec&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Who will be next listed on GDAX? My guess is XRP

https://www.coindesk.com/coinbases-gdax-exchange-sets-out-criteria-for-token-listings/

Thoughts? Seems like GNT is starting to moon already:

https://thetechinsider.org/cryptocurrencies/palm-beach-confidential-november-2nd-predictions/

Vertcoin and Groestlcoin have had massive jumps lately, what is the next coin for this ASIC resistant theme? XDN looks primed for a big jump? Any others?

(Please only ASIC resistant coins in this thread, it is already a well known fact that Waves, Bitconnect, Electroneum, etc will go 100x in the next week  )

Can someone point me towards rules for personal signatures? I had a Binance referral link and a KuCoin referral link in my sig, but one was removed. Is that against the rules to have 2? Thanks

Chinese related coins are all up sharply. Any news?

THAT was a surprise!

https://www.bittrex.com/Market/Index?MarketName=BTC-MANA