Bitcoin has reached a price of $ 23,826 and now a very interesting situation is developing, which is very similar in appearance to December 2017.  Three years ago, bitcoin began to fall sharply in price after a while.  This time, in theory, bitcoin should continue to rise in price, but no one knows what will happen in practice.  In any case, I would not have risked buying bitcoin at the current high price.  As for altcoins, they continue to evolve, even if their price does not rise so quickly.

The price of bitcoin is now over $ 23,000.  We have never seen such a high price.  Despite the fact that we hope that next year it will continue to grow, everything can happen contrary to our expectations.  Therefore, taking out a loan now to invest in bitcoin is not a very smart decision.  The risk is very high.  In general, I do not like to deal with loans and take out a debt.  This requires almost complete confidence in making a profit, and in this case, there is no such confidence.

We will be able to see the season of altcoins after a certain time.  Now a lot of attention is paid to bitcoin, and altcoins, including ethereum, are far behind the pace of its price growth.  I went to CoinMarketCap this morning, Bitcoin price was $ 23,130 and ethereum $ 656.  Now I looked, the bitcoin price has risen to $ 23,568, that is, by more than $ 400, while the ethereum price has remained the same $ 656.  Altcoins are growing in price, but very slowly so far.  The situation should improve in the first half of next year.

We are always frightened with something, and precisely with what may be in the future.  However, in practice, this turns out to be not so scary, and from all the situations that have developed, there are always normal exit options.  And so far, the threat of severe restrictive measures comes mainly from the US government.  As a last resort, we will dispense with territories that are subject to US jurisdiction.  There will always be states and their offshore zones where the rules regarding cryptocurrency will not be so strict.  In general, it is necessary that these rules be adopted, and then we will discuss them.

Each state has the right to require certain rules of conduct in relation to their national currencies, which are collateral for their non-stable coins.  They can also and have the right to regulate the circulation of all types of money that are used as a means of payment in their territory.  Therefore, for example, the US can ban all stablecoins that are backed by its dollar.  Over time, government regulation of stablecoins will become tighter and governments will have appropriate leverage if they act together.

The example you gave is not very good.  If we come to the bank for a loan or to resolve other issues, as well as if we apply to other state or even non-state bodies, we know who we are contacting and in case of any problems, we can always solve them in the future.  If we participate in ICO bounty campaigns, we are absolutely not sure that these are the people they claim to be.  As a rule, they are in another country and we will never see them.  The difference is huge.  In addition, a significant part of ICO project teams in the end still turn out to be scammers and therefore our fears are not groundless.  I am not afraid of KYC, I hesitate to provide my identification data to persons who may turn out to be fraudsters or simply leak them.

I do not consider this project a failure at all and keep the YOUC tokens received for participating in bounty campaigns.  The fact that the project team did not try or could not pump up the price of their token does not at all indicate its failure.  The project should develop over time and then the token will grow in value.  In any case, this is better than creating a large advertisement for the project, artificially pumping the price of the token first and its very low drop over time.

Today the price of Monero is already $ 154, which means that the price of this coin has increased significantly over the past month.  Therefore, nothing happens to Monero as a highly anonymous coin.  You can declare anything you want, but you only need to judge the events and draw conclusions based on deeds.  This coin has proven itself well for a long time, and you shouldn't even pay attention to such statements.

At the same time, even with a partial sale, we still run the risk of losing lost profits.  For example, I have a certain amount of ethereum.  Is it worth selling even 10 percent now, if in the future we expect its large price growth through the update of this coin?  Everything is clear with Bitcoin.  In the future, it will have a price and much less than the current one.  What about ethereum?

In the future, virtually all states will have their own central bank stablecoins.  That is, their fiat money will be used in this case using blockchain technology.  Such stablecoins will perform much more efficiently than their regular non-cash payments.  I see no reason for governments to maintain private and commercial stablecoins that they do not control and may disappear over time.

We remember that when Bitcoin set its previous price record in December 2017, after a while ethereum reached a price of $ 1,400.  Therefore, it is quite possible that if the price of bitcoin for some time will hold at least at the current price level reached, then ethereum should continue to grow in price.  Compared to prices three years ago, the price of ethereum is still far behind the price of Bitcoin.  Meanwhile, ethereum continues to successfully update according to Ethereum 2.0 and this should also affect the price of this coin.

So far, bullish growth trends continue for the future.  We expect further price increases in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies next year.  However, it is completely impossible to predict the movement of Bitcoin for a short time.  With the same degree of probability, now the price of bitcoin may rise further or fall.  However, this will not prevent its further general price growth.

Now the price of bitcoin is already $ 22,061.  Yesterday morning we saw its price just over $ 19,000, and over the course of a day its price rose by almost $ 3,000, immediately breaking several price records.  We really assumed that after overcoming the price of $ 20,000, and even more so $ 21,000, the bitcoin price would have to fluctuate until it consolidates at a new level.  However, Bitcoin surprised us once again.  Probably, other similar surprises await us before the end of the year.

At this rate of bitcoin price growth, by the end of this year, bitcoin may still be able to reach the $ 25,000 target.  Just yesterday morning, the price of bitcoin was slightly above $ 19,000, and now it is already at $ 22,149 according to CoinMarketCap.  We will remember this December for a long time.  Especially if this rate of growth in bitcoin continues for at least another week.

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Although we hope that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will actively grow in price in the coming year, I would not advise taking loans and credits to buy cryptocurrencies.  Loans are usually issued against the security of movable and immovable property, they must be repaid regularly.  However, cryptocurrencies cannot always provide regular predictable profits.  There is also a significant risk of losing your investment.  Even on this forum, some wrote that they had big losses from the invested credit money in the cryptocurrency.

I see that DeFi projects do provide new opportunities and conveniences for cryptocurrency market participants and the Nimbus platform is one of these promising projects.  I would like to know if the Nimbus team plans to conduct bounty campaigns so that members of this forum can earn NUS and GNUS tokens.

As a rule, projects that rise quickly and their tokens quickly grow in value also quickly then fall.  Therefore, such statements should not be taken seriously.  Even if this project turns out to be successful, it will not threaten the ethereum network with anything serious yet.  Good competition is always an incentive for growth and development.

It hardly describes exactly what restrictions the US government is preparing in relation to the circulation of stablecoins.  It should be borne in mind that the US government may not even regulate, but prohibit the use of stablecoins that are backed by their dollar.  They have the right to do so, and the Chinese government has already exercised this right in relation to its yuan.  
I think that nothing threatens the ethereum coin and validators yet.  If they process transactions involving prohibited stablecoins, then tracking them by IP address will do nothing if there is no international treaty on the extradition of criminals between the United States and the relevant state.  This is in the event that these actions are recognized as criminal.  However, this is unlikely, since the public danger of these actions will be too low.  However, to discuss this in detail, you first need the law itself.

Despite the fact that the upcoming congestion may be and will be a period of “tightening the screws” for most people, we still need to change our attitude towards the consumer use of the environment.  Our world is now rapidly approaching a global environmental disaster.  Perhaps we will finally abandon the use of oil and gas and switch to renewable energy sources - sun, wind and water.  Even this will radically change nature and all other restrictions will not be needed.