Technologically, crypto could replace any Bank in the future, but this will not happen too soon. One of main constraints of crypto is adoption rate. There are still a lot of people that did not hear yet about Bitcoin or altcoins. When adoption rate will increase significantly, I think banks will start feeling more threatened.

Crypto is not dangerous, mate, but we are. Crypto is a bet, knowledge, volatile, a matter of luck ... but as long as you invest wisely and only what you can afford to lose, crypto will match your expectations sooner or later.

Crypto is an investment, you need patience for it. Don't expect to get rich overnight and don't blame crypto if this doesn't happen,as it doesn't work like that.

The pump and dump schemes from 2017 are almost history, crypto is more mature these days and prices are more stable, even if much lower than last year.

I think this already happened... look around.

The blockchain revolution is upon us.

According to Bloomberg, 22% of USA residents report using BTC over USD. And adoption rate will increase in the future.

So many industries have been revolutionized by this public ledger technology that it's hard to keep track.

Most of the people having regrets while investing in Crypto are the ones that invested in 2017 and now they see their holdings diminuated.

However, in crypto you are in loss only when you sell. If you invested only amounts that you can afford the lose, then just forget about them for at least 1-2 years and you might have nice surprises. If you check the price daily, this can become a very stressful task and bring you a lot of regrets.

I started to invest in no-ICO projects and I'm very happy with this decision. Usually when investing in ICO based projects, as soon as they put their hands on our money, project vanishes or becomes scam sooner or later.

For non-ICO projects things are different, as everyone does his best to build a strong project and community.

From experience, you need to follow the market trend before making a decision to move or not to btc. During bullish market you might want to stay in strong altcoins as their potential to raise is bigger than btc's potential.

When market is bearish, the best option is to remain in btc, as Bitcoin does not lose that much its value.

Without any doubt hardware solutions are definitely better than online alternatives. If you have small amounts of money you can temporary keep your holdins on Exchanges, but when you have important crypto investments, for a better sleep during the night hardware wallets are highly recommended.

Nobody knows  for sure when Crypto market will recover. Just remember that when BTC raised from 10k to 20k it took less than one month.

Market recovery could take 2 years or 2 weeks, as well. Due to its volatility it is very difficult to make accurate predictions,  even for experts.

You are not the only one who invested at 20k, it's  sad but don't  desperate. Market  will  recover  at some point. Even if it's  hard to predict  when a bullish or bearish market takes place (usually we find out this a bit late), if you are patient and keep holding your btc I'm sure that ATH price will be exceeded one day.

It is never too late to invest in Bitcoin as it will continue to develop over the time. Bitcoin has nothing backing it up, but it sure as hell isn't a Bubble/Ponzi scheme. Bitcoin acts as a store of wealth for millions around the world, mostly businessmen and politicians who are trying to hide their ill-gotten gains.

Bitcoin helps surpass that various challenges associated with international remittances, with a simple clear-cut solution. This is the confidence and utility that Bitcoin possesses, and this is where it derives its strength from.

Bitcoin maybe overvalued and there might be price corrections in the future, but it's surely not going to be a bubble. Presently, the biggest hurdle for Bitcoin's dominance is the ever-increasing transaction costs, once that's rectified, there is nowhere to go but up.

Crypto does not offer richness overnight. At least, not anymore, not in 2018.

Tread safely if you actually intend to get into the crypto now. Game has changed since how it was in 2017. Earlier you could've used a simple HODL strategy and you would do just fine but now you need to do a lot more analysis and even then loss would just be around the corner. Not to demotivate but only invest amount that you could lose and forget rather easily.

This percent is quite normal for a bearish market. When market will become bullish it might decrease to less then 40% as it was in 2017.

In bearish periods it's better to keep your funds in BTC as price will drop less than most altcoins. In a bullish market you can bet on some altcoins with strong projects behind (eventually not being already pumped).

For now market is still bearish, so Btc looks more safe.

Unfortunately, there are many other ways for Crypto market to be manipulated:

- Spoofing: is to pretend to have an intent to execute a specific trade to affect market sentimen. Often done with setting large orders that don't get filled and are immediately pulled. Fake buy or sell walls can drive the price

Especially familiar in markets with margin trading


- Short and long squeezes

A short or long squeeze occurs when a price is pushed upwards or downwards by a cascade of margin calls
In cryptocurrency markets, where margin trading is popular, and regulations lose, short and long squeeze hunting is common


- Pump and dumps

A small group of traders gets a larger group to buy into crypto which drives up the price and attracts outsiders, then the original small group exits at the expense of the outsiders

Manifests as a sudden rise in price that's followed by a complete retracement in a short period

Often coordinated through Telegram groups


- Wash trading

Creating fake trading volume in a market to signal false interest

Traders can do this by buying and selling amongst themselves to artificially increase trade volume

Especially dominant in exchanges with low fees and altcoin markets

Hi, mate. No offence, but first I would start with a better documentation as I see you still have the signature for "Impressio" that was a scam. They took investors funds and vanished. Just check Ann/Bounty threads for details.

Second, I would recommend you to check non-ICO projects. Usually the power of this projects is around building a strong community, which is not the case for most ICO projects. They just take your money, then they're out.

If you are here for long term investments than you need to understand that main rules in Crypto are to invest only what you can afford to lose and to be patient, very patient.

You rarely see in 2018 tokens that raise with 300-500% in a few days. And this is only a pump and dump scheme. For long term investments, try to focus on stable coins, with continue development and high volumes on Exchanges.

Stop comparing BTC with ETH. ETH will not become new BTC and vice versa because they are different, they have been created to serve different purposes.

Comparing BTC with ETH is like comparing a car with a ship. Both are useful, but with a car you cannot navigate on watter, or with a ship you cannot walk on the road.

If you don't care about the product/service then don't invest. Projects without a real/innovative product behind will just vanish when crypto market will recover. There is no more room for poor/scam projects with no added value. People started to understand this and they don't invest in any ICO as in 2017.

As altcoins market was bleeding a lot last time, it could be better  to invest in it than in Btc for a while. Best altcoin to invest in is:

- The one which is in a sector you are most interested in
- The one you've done the most homework on
- The one that you believe, based on compiled data is severely undervalued (usually in the context of other great performers in its niche)
- The one you are most comfortable watching it's price drop 90%+ and still sleep sound at night, knowing where its going.

If it doesn't match this type of criteria, you shouldn't be touching anything

If you really want to avoid being robbed by thiefs/viruses then you can invest ~100$ to buy a Nano Ledger S and you will definitely sleep better during the nights.

When I started to earn more and more tokens I felt that online Exchanges to not offer sufficient security and I bought a Ledger. Every time when using it you have a different feeling regarding the security of your funds.

If you panic sell at each market manipulation then Crypto is not for you. If you are a long runner just keep your holdings, no matter what price fluctuations happen on short-term. Long-term you will be rewarded for being patient and invested in good projects.