So ... with the crypto market in bloodbath for the past 2 months and most coins now eating dust, not a whole lot going on in terms of high volume trading. All the exchanges that were in over drive in the last quarter of 2017 with 24/7 operations and continuously adding capacity both in terms of technology, capital and human resources, how are they doing these days? Are there indications/news of any exchange(s) scaling down their operations??

[This is real market crash, not just typical correction.]

From its peak of €800B, alt coin market cap today stands in low €400B and falling along with continuously falling price of BTC which is hovering around €8k now. This is real market crash, not just typical correction. People who invested like crazy in December and early Jan are now sitting in deep red with empty pockets. New investment money would be very hard to come by in coming days and that is one of the reasons why markets aren't picking up and remain stagnant.

Past few days, I am seeing all those backseat coins which were floating around in 1000/10000th of a penny are surging unbelievably with 3 digits rise. I am hodling some of them in big amounts and this sudden surge is making me sick in stomach. These shitty coins have no reason to surge at this pace yet it's happening out there. Most mainstream coins are stable and trudging along a penny up, couple of pennies down etc.

What gives? Is this some sick perverted pump by some crypto cartel, or mere new year enthusiasm or a genuine ride up for such coins?

Hi,

Another newbie here, just started dabbling into this wild wild crypto jungle. I have a few not so "mainstream" coins for which I am looking for a one stop type online wallet or if there's an Android based wallet for these coins, please kindly let me know:

Paccoin
Ember
HTML
COLX
XP


Much appreciated.